The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

Except to leave off the pay rolls 20
police officers who had served long, moth
ing featured the election of city officers
yesterday at the hands of the commits
sion. Confidential information, it is as
serted, was received and subsequently
locked up in the sacred catacombs of
the commission as to the % officers who
were left off the roll That informa-
ton was not divulged by the commits
sion, Judge Lane or Chief Bodeker, and
SO far as known the police thus de-
prived of positions do not know for what
they were discharged
One captain was reduced to patrolman
and one sergeant received the same fate
One sergeant was made captain While
one private from the motorcycle squad
was promoted to sergeant One warden
was discharged and former Police Cap
tain Thomas Y. Hagood was named war
den with Mr.. Evens and Mr.. Puckett.
The commission did not call each name
of the persons and elect in that way, but
simply elected George II. Bodeker, 'and
the attached list of officers. which list
contained the names of the new men who
| take the place of the old. Thereupon Mr..
l1xum moved that Chief A. V. Bennett
be named chief of the fire department,
with the names on this list as mem
bers of that department., and a list was
handed in which did not bear the names
of eight old time firemen who it is
generally whispered about wanted TO join
a union.
Changes in Two Departments
Or down the line the officials were
elected by wholesale. 1t was apparent
that the commissioners devoted their
time exclusively to the fire and police
departments No changes were made ex-
cept in those departments and but for
voluntary information given by friends
present some officials would not have
beer named at the meeting yesterday. As
it was the health and sanitary depart
ment officials were not elected.
II. Scudder Ryall was renamed seere-
tary of the commission. Capt. Romaine
Boyd again heads the legal department
with his assistants. j. j. Boggan is Ii
cense collector Chief Bodekcr heads
the police in fact, as well as in name
while Chief Bennett is again in charge
of the fire department He is the only
official that publicly thanked the COM
mission for re-electing him.
The patrolmen who yesterday ceased
to draw pay from the city, against whom
no public charges have yet been made
follow: j. II. Veitch, a policeman for
many years; J. A. Treadwell, Robert G..
Waldrop, one of the few traffic men of
whom reckless drivers stood in awe; G.
Hughes, n. l.. Byers, y. j. Thornton, n.
A. Walker, Robert II. Hawkins, Jr.,
whose father was promoted from SER
geant to captain l.. A. Ransom, j. H.
Trimble j. j. Blackmore, D. K. Blue,
j. II. Dougherty, o. r. Myers, j. Fore
man, C. S. Price, f. II. Hambright, w.
A. Love and w. d. Evans.
The successors to those officers left off
We're not elected yesterday, but the fol-
lowing were placed to work. T. A. Riley.
A. NJ. Ellis, Howard Moore, Pierce Full
CHAM, e. A. Foster, A. b. Chesnutt, S.
b. Smith. W. S. Watson, c. M. Burllett
and S. W. Roberts.
The promotions yesterday were Rob-
ert H. Hawkins Sr, from sergeant to
captain, succeeding G. II. Devine, who
was denoted to patrolman. James Buck
alew was denoted from sergeant to pa
trolman while Patrolman George Bagley
was made sergeant, succeeding Bucka-
lew.