Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-03
Personnel of Committee.

Star, they designate the central commit
tee which is to direct the crusade
Personnel of Committee.
The committee appointed consists of
of several departments OF
the District government, of large num-
Der of civic bodies and of all the citizens
associations Of the District
The proclamation directs the committee
to use the boardroom in the Municipal
building for its meetings: to devise plans
for conducting the campaign; 20 carry out
the details of the work proposed and to
report to the Commissioners the results
achieved.
At the first meeting Of the committee,
which will be at 4:45 pm. Friday of this
week. the Commissioners will preside
Cuno II. Rudolph, president Of the board
Of Commissioners, will call the meeting
to order. 1t is expected that addresses
will be delivered by all three heads of
the local government, including Commits
sioners Rudolph, Johnston and Judson.
Cards for Householders.
Indicating the deep interest which Off
cia.s of the District government general
ly are taking in the plans for city clean
ing week, an order directing the members
of the entire metropolitan police force to
do what they can to make the city pre-
sentable from standpoint of cleanliness
today was issued by Maj Richard Syl-
vester, superintendent of police
The police department will not stop
with this order. but already has given
instructions for the printing of 10000
cards which viii be distributed by MEM
bers of the force among the household
erS of the city. The cards will request
cooperation on the part of citizens to the
end that they nave .he pavements i'm
front of their houses swept before the
hour of o'clock in the mornings so that
the sweepings may not remain after the
street sweepers have passed over the
street.
Orders to Police.
Maj. Sylvester's order follows:
You will direct, and observe that your
orders are carried into effect. to the end
that every reasonable action be taken
by the members of your command to
make the city look presentable from a
standpoint of cleanliness; the waste pa
per nuisance should not be forgotten,
splitting on the sidewalk, the throwing of
matches and waste into the streets, in
the cutters and on the sidewalks.
s"Where old material, not of a delete
rious character, is deposited on vacant
lots, in streets or other places where the
police have supervision, they should urge
those responsible to have the same re-
moved, and where decomposed matter
and such as comes within the laws and
regulations is deposited the parties re-
sponsible therefor should be prosecuted.
THE members of the force should CO.
operate with the street cleaning depart
ment and tho park Watchmen in render
ing a continued improvement of the sery-
ice, which has been accomplished UP to
the present time. and it is hoped that
the interest of the force will not be lack
ing in this regard, to the end that Wash
ington may be improved and maintained
as a clean city. This does not apply only
to the city of Washington. but to any
and all parts of the District
There are fruit venders and keepers of
stands of many kinds who enjoy certain
qua si-privleges in the occupancy of space
about their establishments, and this should
not be countenanced unless those occupy
ing such places are mindful of the order
that cleanliness must prevail.
Cards for School Children.
Fifteen thousand cards were delivered
at the public schools today for distribu-
ton among the school children, the first
supply having been exhausted. The cards
are to be signed by the children after
cleaning up the back yards OF their homes
and turned in to the general committee in
charge.
The Boy Scouts, who are taking an ac-
tive part in the campaign for a clean
city, under the leadership of Edgar s.
Martin, supervisor Of Fairgrounds and
commissioner Of the Boy Scouts, are
making fine progress in ''clean-up''
in, Of ho cif,