The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-17
old TIMERS ARE TURNED RlWN
Commission Takes Kindly to Sugges-
tions Made BY the Chief For Re-
organization of the Department
Along More Efficient Lines.

Twelve names were added to the
waiting list of the police department
as a result of the four hour session of
the police and fire commission held at
the city hall on Friday evening and
within the next few days five more
men will be wearing police uniforms in
Kenosha. The selection of the men
from the eligible list has been left to
the Judgment of Chief of Police 0 Hare
by the members Of the commission.
The members of the commission sig
nifed their approval of the plans of the
chief for re organization Of the depart
ment with view of making it more in
keeping with the departments in other
cities theTsize of Kenosha. To this end
the chief will be given power to en-
play clerk for the police Office. This
clerk will pass the regular civil service
examination, but he will not be expect
ed to do patrol duty. He will have
charge of! all Of the correspondence Of
tile department and will also be ex-
pected to perfect himself in modern
police methods.
1t is probable that the new clerk will
he put on within the next few days
and it is said that several of the men
on the eligible list are regarded as well
qualified for the duties of this new
position in the department.
It was the busiest night in the his
tory Of the Kenosha police and fire
commission. There was a plethora of
candidates from which to select men
for the waiting list. Twenty candi-
dates appeared for the examination by
the members)of the commission and in
the list wereifve men who had former
py served on the force Not one of
these five men we're recommended for
appointment. The members of the com
mission have taken strong stand in
flavor of men who go on the police
Force to stay and they have little desire
No put men on the force who have
shown a willingness to leave the
6orce just las soon as another open
ling for themEis offered. Several Of the
old men who applied for places on the
force had served for some time as DO
lice officers, sbut not one of them was
FecommendedAfo for unemployment.
"We wants to recommend men for
The police force who will remain in the
employ of the CITY," said one of the
commissioners this morning. zone of
ithe biggest drawbacks to the efforts of
The commission and the chief to de-
Ealop an efficient force is found in the
fact that men get on the force and
serve few months and then when an
offer for other employment is made to
them they leave the force without any
notice. We do not regard these men
las the right kind of men for police
officers"
There was bunch of young men ap-
peared for examination and nearly all
iof the 3men placed on the waiting list
were in the prime of young manhood.
The istE of men placed on the waiting
14Ist for appointment as police officers
Included Walter Lojeski, o. s. Larsen.
John Ohmstead, Edward H. Bienne-
mann, Martin Rupp, E. F. Meissner,
Hans II. Lathrop, Harry G. Harrison,
Walter A. Henry, George Schneeberger
and Arthur 0, Eifer. The commission
disposed of the application Of Emil Fox
and he was placed on the waiting list
for place on the fire department af-
ter he had passed the examinations.
The resignation of Martin Christian
son, former desk sergeant of the police
department, who was lured away by
Cupid, was taken up and accepted.