Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-05-05
Two or Three Men May be
Chossn by Board of AL.
derman Tonight
MAYOR TELLS OF NEED
New Platoon System Will be
Success With the Addi-
tion to Force
GIVEN TRIAL YESTERDAY
John MeshroW to Retire as
Patrolman--WiIl Continue
as Truant Officer.
GIVEN TRIAL YESTERDAY

Two or three additional patrolmen
may be chosen by the Council tonight
as the result of operation of the new
platoon system of police distribution
which became effective yesterday.
There Is every indication that the
new scheme will work successfully
and to good advantage of the city
and the men, but the mayor and al
dermen declare two or three addi-
tional men are needed. This became
evident when two squads doubled up
for night duty at 5 o'clock last night.
There should have been twelve men,
as against from twelve to sixteen
that were formerly sent out under
the old system, but there were but
ten. John Meshrow, although a
regular police officer paid by the city,
is serving as truant officer, and
Mounted Patrolman William T. Hart
mann Is Ill.
The new policemen are likely to
be w. A. Bachman, Lester j. Under
hill and Frank Kasprcak. Together
with Benjamin F. Tunison they top
the eligible list. Mr. Tunison stands
first on the list at present, but de-
clines appointment at this time. One
man is to be named as patrolman in
place of John Meshrow. He will
tender an application for retirement
under the police pension act at the
meeting of the Council tonight. 1t
Is likely that he will be engaged i'm
mediately by the Board of Education
for duty as truant officer. He would
probably receive $50 month as
such and at the same time will re-
ceive half pay as pension from the
city. .-s~
IN addition to his successor there
are to be two additional members on
the force. The men scheduled for
appointment are declared to be fit In
most ways. Bachman is we'll ac-
uuainted with police work. He Is OF
good physique. Underhill has long
served as a special officer and detec-
tive. Kasprcak Is of excellent
physique, being six feet tall, weigh
ing 100 pounds and being but TWEEN
ty-two years old. He was honorably
discharged from service in the United
States Navy.
The platoon and four-squad system
was started at o'clock yesterday
morning. The patrolmen were dlvid-
ed into four squads with six men to
a squad, as follows:
SQUAD A-Niels Tonnesen, L. G.
,rs1sen, Chris Hansen. Timothy ].
o,iSlan, Andrew Jensen and George
ozus ad B-Charles Quinn, Thomas
Da1taa In, James MCGOWAN, Joseph
CntI0owski, William Calvin and Joseph
Hartung.
Squad C--John P. Reager, Hugh
Steed, John Martin, John F. Murray,
Martin Rymarczyk and John Dun
ham.
Squad D-William A. Clooney,
Nels Lybeck, Robert Harding,
Michael Muska and William T. Hart
mann.
Squad A began at o'clock yes
terday morning and worked eight
hours straight until noon. Squad B
relieved them at that hour and work
ed eight hours straight until 8
o'clock at night At that hour squads
c. and D doubled up for night duty
and worked until O'Clock this
morning. The same outline will be
followed for the remainder of the /
week, unless good reason is seen for
change. Commencing next Sunday
morning the squads will change
about.
The police department horse was
transferred from the city stables to |
the stable in the rear of police head
quarters on Saturday. Each of the
four squads contains mounted man,
George Kozusko in Squad A, Joseph |
Hartung In Squad B, John Martin in
Squad C and William T. Hartmann
In Squad D. Hartmann is Ill at t
present with blood poisoning, be- !
lieved to be due to internal injuries
lsustained from riding the police de-
4artment motorcycle. He will be laid
up indefinitely. Andrew Jensen may
fill his place. Either he or Martin
may be auxiliary mounted man. In
event Martin Is made extra man,
Jensen will most likely become the
mounted man OF Squad G. The
mounted men start work in regular
uniforms with the men Of their re-
spective squads. The one going on
at O'Clock in the morning patrols
a beat until o'clock, at which hour
he mounts either a horse or motor
cycle. He remains mounted until
noon, when he is relieved by the
next mounted man. He in turn Is
mounted until o'clock at night,
after which he cares for the horse.
The mounted patrolmen must take
turns at feeding, cleaning and gener-
oily caring for the horse.
The men have not been assigned
permanently to posts.
Boys Steal Ice From Cars.
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