Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-19
Name Heads Civil
Service List Ac-
cording to Report
Here.
VETERAN SAID 70 HAVE
LED IN EXAMINATIONS
Fifth Precinct Head Has Long
Record for Bravery and Dill
igence. Which Extends Over
Many Years.

Captain Michael T. Long, COM
mandant of the Fifth precinct. heads
the list of eligibles for the position Of
chief of the Newark Police Depart
ment, according 10 unofficial state
ments made this afternoon. II wax
further said that Captain John Brown
was second and Captain Michael ].
Ryan third
Commissioner Fordyce could not be
reached to affirm or deny the state
ment. Secretary Gardner Colby. seen
at Trenton, said be could not dssruss
that mater at this time
The appointment should mean that
as soon as ordinary details can be ar
ranged Captain Long will be pro-
NOTED to I'll the vacancy caused by
the death of the late Michael Corbitt.
Chief Corbitt died on horseback last
Memorial Day. while heading he
mounted police escort 20 the big an
nuai parade in celebration of the oc-
casion. With the exception Of a few
days following Corbftt's death Can
tain Michael ]. Ryan, of the First
precinct, has been acting chief
After long controversy as 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. II
was decided that the Civil Service
commissioners were the mastars of
the situation and that the position
must be earned through a competf-
tive examination
Five captains, Michael J. Ryan. of
the First precinct; John E. Brown.
OF the Second; Michael T. Long. Of
the Fifth: Samuel Brown, Of the
Sixth. and William A. Carroll. OF the
detective bureau. entered the contest
Captain Oscar yogel. OF the Fourth
precinct. and Peter J. Christie. of tho
Third. decided not - take the ex-
animation
The civil service commissioner
found confronting them a decidedly
knotty problem, 1t being the first case
of the kind to come before them for
disposition To find a person COM
petent to prepare a course of physical
and mental tests. applicable TO com
ditions existing or to be met in New
ark police circles, was 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 recOnStfuCLInS tne fDlidu6ipuld ut-
partment of public safety system
After nearly three months OF
thought and study and deliberations
conclusions were reached by the Civn
Service Board.
How the Chief Ia Chosen
The procedure in the naming of
chief of police is for the Board of Po-
lice Commissioners to receive a certi-
fed list of eligibles from the Civil
Service Commission and therefrom Sc
Iect one for appointment or TO recon-
ment to Common Council the appoint
ment. --T
The civil service law gives the Po-
lice Commissioners the right to choose
the first. second or third name on the
certified list, but good and sufficient
reasons must be advanced for the re-
! jecting of the person heading the list
| The precedent established by Newark
appointive bodies in all important
cases is to select the first name on the
certified list. The nominations of po-
lice or fire chiefs by the respective
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