Evening journal., 1913-10-08
NEW POLICE
MUST BE OF
THE FINEST
contInued lrom FIrst Pase.

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planned it after the meeting, man
who is 80 years old today and ap-
pointed to the force is all right but
II he is 30 years end ole day old he
cannot be appointed
Colonel Stover was then invited
TO speak. "At the last meeting OF
Council as committee of the
whole he said. "they instructed me
as chairman of the police commit
tee to state to the Board OF Police
Commissioners that Il was the desire
of Council that the appointment of
the ten patrolmen be made on a non
partisan basis. The wording Of the
resolution you have just received was
to that effect"
After thanking Col. stover, Mr.
Bowers made tho following state
mont TO the reporters "The changes
we made today are solely in be-
half OF the good of the police force.
We are trying, as commissioners
want to try. and will try. to make the
force as efficient as possible. We con-
sidered that when a man enters the
force at the age of 3S years, he must
serve % years before he is eligible TO
the police pension. He will then be
63 years OF age. too old to he of much
service to the city az that age. Take
man 81 years Of age, and we have
chance 10 get the better part cf that
mans service. He viii be of use TO
the city during the Is years, and will
then be eligible 10 the pension, which
he can accept and stlll make living
outside Of the pension. We desire to
build up the force and we are handi-
capped. because some Of the men now
on the force are pretty well up In
years. You can't expect them to work
like younger men. We want young
men, and good men, and it is our de-
sire to do all possible to get them.
General Wickersham added that In
addition TO taking the physical exam
alton the applicants must also pass
an educational examination.
They are required TO pass an edu-
/ catloral test In order to comply with
! the law as TO their ability to read and
write understandingly,' he said. "The
/ Commissioners feel that II is very
necessary that every man on the po-
lice force should be able TO put in a
note book description of any occur
!
! der his observation" "
we don't intend to make This a
civil examination" remarked Mr..
Bowers. "hui we do intend to have a
! little examination In order to know
that wo are getting intelligent men
on The force We want men Of brains
for the good and bettermcnt of the
service. Tho sole purpose Of adopt
ing these resolutions and amendments
today is for the hotterment of the SER
vice. and nothing else"
ln addition TO the large number of
applications for membership TO tho po-
lice force, more than n hundred of
which have been on file. having come in
! during the past two or three years
/ thirty four new ones were received az
the meeting yesterday
These were az follows: John IT, HE
key. No. ll2a West Fourth street
Thomas c. Hughes. No. sos Poplai
) street. Ehcnc7er Phillips. No. i2l Union
+ street. Jeremiah Donohue, No. l22
Lancaster avenue; John \. nesine. Ne
6 $50 East seventh street; John q. vii
lams. No all Nirkwood street; Adnn
u. konitzer No 1856 Davis street
John B. Crockett. No S3i Noodlawl
NANUINf AAiANNI ~ AfNNWNNWs NJ. N'i
Poplar street; James c. Riley. No. 72i
West Second street; Eric Fundn. No
303 West Thirty-frst street; James +
Ioughton, No. 100 West Second street
Alonza S. White. No s3l DUPONT street
/ Albert Walls. No. 300 Walnut street
William d. Karr No 402 East Sixth
strcet' Edward J Bindick, No 5n-
Poplar street: John T. George. No 81.
East Eleventh street; james r. Muir
ray. No. 526 franklin street; Alfred 5
Gilbert, No. 207 East Sixth street
Jesse B, Patterson. No. l22s Forrest
] street; John Walker, No. 625 East Sew
cnth street, William " Braden, No
lS28 West Second street; Hugh !. Me
Bride. No, 500 Springer street; Josepl
Burke No. l07 Monroe street. Ray
/ mond Smith. No. 500 East Ninth street
Richard Robinson, No. 420 Eas
, Eleventh street; Robert H. Young, n,
C Sii Wilson street; Harry r. Irons n,
D S23 Orange street; Leon Tumlski, n,
c ll0 South Van Burcn street; John I
\ Turnlski No 1904 Maple street; Ioh
e H. Woodland, IT,. No BOG North Scot
/. streeti James M johnson. No. 1902
o. West Sixth street; Joseph A. Roone,
No. Gil Pine street; NJ. r.. Donon. n
n ZIG East Sixth street The application
~ were received and filed for iui
n encc.