Evening journal., 1913-10-08
new POLICE
MUST BE OF
THE FINEST
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planned Il after the meeting. man
who is 80 years old today and ap-
pointed to the force is all right, but
If he is 30 years and ole day old he
cannot be appointed
Colonel Slower 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. Tho wording OF the
resolution YOU have Just received was
to that effect"
After thanking Col. stover AIR
Bowers made the 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 q man enters the
force AZ The age of 80 years. he must
serve 25 years before he is eligible to
the police pension He viii then be
63 years of age, too old TO be OF much
service TO the city az that age. Take
a man 30 years of age, and We have
chance 10 get the better part Of that
mans service. He will be of use 20
the city during the 25 years, and viii
then be eligible 20 the pension. which
he can accept and still make a 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 we'll up in
years You can't expect them to work
like younger men We want young
mon, and good mon. and it is our de-
sire TO do all possible TO get them.
General Wickersham added that In
addition 10 taking the physical exam
alton the applicants must also pass
an educational examination
They arc required TO pass an edu-
cational test va order TO comply with
the law as to their ability 70 read and
write unGerstandingly," he said "Tho
Commissioners feel that II is very
necessary that every man on the po-
lice force should be able TO put in a
note book a description of any occur
renee that should happen TO come un-
der his observation"
I'VE don't intend TO make This a
civil examination. remarked Mr.
Bowers. "but we do intend 10 have a
little examination In order TO know
that we are getting intelligent men
on the force. We want men of brains,
for the good and hetterment of the
service The sole purpose OF adopt
ing these resolutions and amendments
today is for the betterment OF the SER
vice and nothing else"
Ia addition TO the large number of
applications for membership To the po.
lice force. more than hundred of
which have been ON file. having come in
during the past two or three years.
thirtv vfour new ones were received at
the meeting yesterday
These were as follows John II. HE
key. No. ll25 West Fourth street 4;
! Thomos G. Hughes No. sos Poplar
street; Ebenezer Phillips. 40. i2l Union
street. Jereniah Donohue. No 1926
Lancaster avenue; John n. Dcvinc. 40
$50 East seventh street: John 6. vii
lams, No. nli Nirkwood street; Adam
y. konit2cr No 1855 Davis street
John r. Crockett. No S34 Woodlawr
avenue. Grover {. Donovan. no sos
Poplar street James G.. Riley. No. 127
West Second street; Eric Findin. NO
sos West Thirty-hrst street, James r.
fioughton. No ll0n West Second street
Alonxa $. White. No s3l DUPONT street .
Albert Malla, NO 1900 Walnut street
William d. karr. No. 402 East Sixth
street. Edward y Bindick No. sos
Poplar street: john t. George. No. 622
East Eleventh street; james T.. Muir.
ray, No 526 Franklin street; Alfred s.
Gilbert. No 207 East Sixth street
Jesse b. Patterson, No. IDS Forrest
street: John Walker No. G25 East Soy.
enth streets William ). Bradcn. No
lSs0 West Second street; Hugh u Me
Bride No 500 Springer street: Joseph
Burke. No. l0I Monroe street; Ray
mond smith No. 3ON East Nnth street
Richard Robinson. No 100 Easi
Eleventh street; Robert n. Young, No
E si4 Wilson street; Harry r. Irons. No
, S23 Orange street; Leon Tumlski. No
q Al0 South Van Buren, street; John b
/, TuTnlski. No. 1904 Maple street ,lohi
II. Woodland ir. No 206 North Scot
. street, james NJ. johnson. No. lg2
r West Sixth street. Joseph A. Rooney
E No. 6ll Pine street; NJ n. Donlon. \,
i Il6 East Sixth street The application
n we're received and iled for fui
4 enrc