The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-07

"Put does it not require a large
police force 10 keep the peopfe III
order?"
axnarience. The chief is Col. }. I.
Fvfa and the assistant chief IS Capt
u Barber of h United States
Army. Both men have had military
exneriance. and the force is handleo
somewhat along military lines. we
have nearly 800 policemen all told.
One-half of these are white Anlerl-
cans and are chiefly ex-soldlers OF the
United States Army. The other han
are blacks who a served IN the
police and military forces or the
West Indian islands and have maze
good records there. AS a FeSuit ou,
policemen are trained to obey, and
they are efficient in their work. The
black policemen receive in pay al
most three times as much here as
they received in the British service.
and they are pleased with their JOBS
They are used chiefly in handling the
black population Of the zone. | be-
lieya one feature Of our police ser
vice which makes it more easy 10
preserve law and order here IS the
respect which the laborers have for
the police. Our police officers are
held in much the same regard as are
the famous mounted policemen Of
Canada. One or two Of our police
men will go into a camp OF zoo or
800 blacks or Spaniards and make an
arrest without the necessity OF club
bling any one. This would not be pos
sible in many parts Of the United
States.
The Arrests Per Month.
ut may be that the population is
better than ours?"
I believe thai much of our good
order is due to the way the men are
handled. Now. here is last months
report. which shows the arrests
which were made among twenty-odd
thousand people in the zone. The to-
tai number of arrests was 538. and Of
the offenders arrested AT were men
and 81 Now. note the ma
tionalities. They come from fifty diff
ferent countries. Here are 81 from
Jamaica, 1872 from Barbados. Is from
Trinidad and Fl from Martinique. 48
from the United States; Z are from
British Guiana, 6 from Fortune
Island. from India n 8 from
China. Among the theirs are Cubans,
Germans, Greeks. Italians and Mexi-
cans. l from Finland, l from Tunis
in north Africa and 1 from New
Zealand. This gives you some idea
Of our mixed population"
What are the o~ffenses?"
"They are mostly petty ones. 4
number are for violation Of the SAM
tary and revenue laws, some for cru
city to animals, some for fighting and
drunkenness and other forms Of dis
order. a few for n~on-support Of wives
and families, two or three are fol
homicide. some for burglary. Fl are
for Vagrancy, 2 for o fighting, anG
included in the total are the arrest!
OF 5 soldiers for being absent without
leave"
The Jails and Prisons Of the Zone
What do you do with these mel
after you arrest them"
IF they are unable to give bono
we put them in Jail and have then
tried in our Zon courts. We hav,
a p~enitentiary at Culebra and jails a
the various towns on the zone. tn,
p~enltentiary is a model of it's kin
The prisoners are credited with GOO
conduct n they can thus shorter
their terms Of imprisonment, The.
are also graded and clothed accord
ing to conduct, and we find this ha
greatly improved the prison disciplin
and b efficiency Of prison labor. w
now have 145 cOnvicts in the peniten
tiary. Two are in for life, Z for te
years or MORE, 81 ave received five
: year sentences. 29 two-year sentence
. and about SO have been sentenced 70
one year. We employ the convicts i
: the construction of public roads. an
5 the results are excellent"
3 What IS the future Of the socia
4 conditions at the ends of the canal
. Will Panama and Colon be piou
towns or will they turn into hotbed
Of vice like Suez and Port Said. til
two pesthOles at the ends Of the Sue
canal?"
: Il believe they will be far differer
X from the Sowns on the Suez canal?
said the Governor OF the zone. "Ur
der u arrangement with the Pan;
n manian government we have joint j,
risdiction with it as to immigratio
n and 1T is the policy Of the two go,
q ernments to work together to exclut
o vicious characters. OF course, the,
q is some wickedness going on in tt
S. cities at the two ends Of the cana
RI hut tho 1fFort ho- hoo~ -..-.--