Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Few persons in the United States. ex-
elusive of police department officials,
have much of an idea of the NUMBER OF
policemen there are in the more I'M
portant cities in this country.
Mai Richard Sylvester chief of police
| of this city and president of the Inter
national Association of Police Chiefs,
has taken the pains to make an invests
| CATION of the number of policemen and
the area covered by them in $50 cities,
| and at the recent Iieeting of the associa-
| ton he told of the result Of his efforts.
He said: THE enormity, growth and
advance of the police organizations and
facilities within the United States, as
evidenced by conditions in $50 of the
principal cities and towns, may be more
readily realized when you are informed
that these represent combined area
of 6.S6o square miles and total pop
| ulation Of about thirty millions Of peo-
pie. The numerical strength of the uni
formed police force, charged with the
supervision of this great area and the
protection of the millions of individuals
included therein. is 1897. Included IN
this magnificent civil army are 36,S51
patrolnen. 547 bicycle policemen, TOO who
are riding motor cycles and 1,S41 mount
| ed on horses
Employees of the police department are
much interested in the matter Of the an
| nouncement of the half-holiday season
ployes, it IS stated, are entitled to the
holiday, but, 1t Is stated. the order does
not extend to those who labor Tor tne
protection of the lives and homes OF the
residents of the District.
There are but few civilian employees IN
| stated.
| work is chiefly at Headquarters. They
are clerks and stenographers, and occa-
sionally some of them get the beneht OF
the holiday. Such is not the case Win
| work. The half-holiday order means
nothing to them. and they are also re-
CURED to be at their desks Sundays.
| Last year Maj. Sylvester issued an or
der giving such workers every other sun
day off. The order was effective only
! short time, however, and since then the
| men have labored 1866 days in the year
minus the twenty days leave allowed
"But we are hoping for a little Sunday
holiday this season." one of them re-
| marked.
Automobiles are owned by eight mem
| bare ~ the police force" commented al
| official of the department, "and at times
they perform service that should be per-
| formed by government-owned vehcies.
| But the department has no automo'
| biles other than patrol wagons, ne aod,
ed, land it is just the one department o.
| the District government that shouio Have
| them.
| "The use of an automobile" he con-
cluded. Knight mean the capture or a
| felon or the saving of lie, Where
| slower means of locomotfon Is calculated
| to end disastrously.'
| Detective Guy Walsh of NO. ana Al
! bert Hardin of No. 9 have used their
cars in the prosecution Of work OF the
notice department. They have saved the
! department many dollars, probably sew
raj hundred, but neither has received
even pay for the gasoline he used.
Other owners of cars are Lieut. An
thony Shilling. F. 8. Hughlett, Bosier
castle T w, Greene Harry A. Cole and
John Watts
ARRANGEMENTS for the annual leaves of
absence are being made by most OF the
Ieutenants Lieut.. j. A. Sprinkle or the
first precinct will take his wife and chill
dren on a trip to Des Moihes, 1oMa' 10 20
visit his mother and sister. Wh1le the
wife and children are in Des Moines the
lieutenant will take run to canon City,
| Col, to visit brother.
Iieut Jeremiah ]. Murphy Of the Sec
ing himself with his new duties, he says,
that he has not given much thought to
| the question of vacation.
"And a serious drawback, he added,
"is a lack of funds, but I guess when the
time comes for a rest from work III be
found on a coastwise vessel on the way
to Boston"
No 3 precinct is represented by Lieut..
! Edward Keefe, one Of the Oldest lieu
tenants in the service. He has twelve OF
his twenty days leave coming to him.
IT spent eight days at home he stat
ed, land was given a chance to do odd
Jobs about the house."
II Is probable that the lieutenant Will
take his wife to Knoxville, Tenn, where
most of her relatives reside.
Lieut.. John Conlon Of the fourth pre-
cinct has made arrangements for his
family to occupy a cottage at Colonial
Beach during July and August. His cot
tage is in the lively portion of the town.
the lieutenant says, and 1t Is possible to
sit on the front porch and enjoy the mu-
sic and dancing.
What better place does a man want
than that?" asked the lieutenant.
Another lieutenant who has arranged
to take his family to Colonial Beach for
the heated term is Yulee Hodges of
M < The lieutenant his wife and two