Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-20
Sole Candidate to
Qualify In Civil
Service Examina-
ton.
TWELVE LIEUTENANTS PASS
THE CAPTAINCY TEST
The Leaders Are Tuite, Corr
dano and CORDIALLY, Detec-
tives, Now on the Staff at
Headquarters.

Confirmation of the story published
in yesterdays Evening Star that Cap
tain Michael T. Long, Of the Fifth
precinct, headed the list in the civil
service competition for the position Of
chief of the Newark police depart
ment, vas received from Trenton to-
day, with the additional information
that Long. alone OF the five competi
tors-himself, Captains Michael J.
Ryan, Samuel Brown, John z. Brown
and William A. Carroll-qualified.
Long finished with an average Of
1915. He is therefore the only one eli
gible. and in the very nature of things.
the police commissioners will have no
alternative but to appoint him to the
chieftaincy This the commissioners
will doubtless do at their meeting next
Thursday. or in time for forwarding
the nomination to Common Council
for confirmation. There is. of course.
no question as to prompt favorable
action on the part Of the Board OF
Aldermen.
Captain Longs victory is popular
one but surprise is expressed at the
failures of others 10 qualify.
Tuite, s9.43; Cordano. 89.0l; Corr
bally, 1892: William H. Stucky. 85-41.
John J. Caffrey, s3.1s: Charles A.
Lindner, s276; Thomas r. ConneiL
s2:02; James A McRell. Sill; Joseph
K. Ebert s0.6e: Julius Mailer. S0.1s;
Edward A. Keogh. so.02.
Nine others who took the examina-
ton failed TO qualify.
Competition Results
Other results in police competitions
were announced from Trenton today
by the Civil Service Commission
They are as follows:
maintained that il would be pre-
sumptuous for him to make any
statement until official action was
taken by the police commissioners.
He has been deluged with congratu-
latory ages ever since his sue
cess In passing was reported in the
Evening Star yesterday Mrs. Long
too. first heard the news when .
! friend called on her last night and
brought a eopy-of this paper. She
was delighted. of course,
In the examine ton for captaincies
Lieutenant Tuite had a percentages
of se43: Lieutenant Cordano. S9-o1,
and Lieutenant CORDIALLY, SS.92.
Newark's 5 prospective chief is fifty
two years of age. and was born in
Cherry Valley. n. Y. He has lived
in Newark fifty years. A sketch of
the prospective chief, with incidents
in his career as a police officer. ap-
peared in yesterdays Evening Star
Contest for Office.
The contest for the Office eft
vacant through the death of Chief
Michael Corbitt. which occurred sud-
denly last Memorial Day. was marked
by many interesting features
After a long controversy IS To
whether the office of chief of police
came under the competitive class. or
whether the police commissioners
could. presuming that the office was
in the exempt group. make their own
selection from among the captains. ir
was decided that the civil service
commissioners were the masters OF
the situation and that the position
must be earned through a competi-
tive examination.
Five captains; Ryan. of the First
precinct: Brown. of the Second;
| Long. of the Fifth: Brown. of the
Sixth. and Carroll, of the detective
bureau. entered the contest. Cap
tain Oscar Nogel, of the Fourth pre-
cinet, and Peter ] Christie, of the
Third. decided not to take the ex-
animation.
The civil service commissioners
found confronting them decidedly
knotty problem. it being the first case
of the kind TO come before them Tor
disposition. To find a person COM
petent to prepare course Of physical
and mental tests. applicable to con-
ditions existing or to be met in New
ark police circles, wss a trying task
| in itself. The arrangement OF ques-
tions and the method of rating for
merit was finally left to Captain Mar
tin H. Ray. late of the United states
army. who had conducted the work
of reconstructing the Philadelphia de-
partment of public safety system.
After nearly three months OF
thought and study and deliberations
conclusions were reached by the civil
service board.
There is conjecture in police circles
already as to probable shiftings in
details when the new chief takes his
place at headquarters in the City
Hall His promotion at the outset
will leave the captaincy of the Fifth
DraciOpf vacant