Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

mated that the illness of policemen
annually costs the city of Washington
$4,000. requiring 10000 days of abb
sence from duty.
Most of this illness is due to pre-
ventable causes. especially to colGs,
resulting in severe cases of pneumonia,
grippe and rheumatism.
Many of these colds are traceabIe
to the heavy, belted coats which have
been part of the
New Uniforms Washington po-
to Prevent Colds. nee uNt TIN b rud
to be worn indoors as well as out, which
necessarily resulted in overheating,
followed by chill. Even fifteen or
twenty minutes in the warm station
house answering roll call is sufficient
cause for many colds.
The adoption of new uniform for
the Washington police is Maj. Pull
mans method of overcoming this diff
fculty. The new coat is loose and
unbelted. Beneath it the officer wears
a blouse. When called into court
room he removes his coat. During
roll call each officer stands in his blouse
with his coat upon his arm. After he
has answered to his name he donS his
coat and goes out upon his beat.
But health is not enough. The police
man should be athlete, and many
,ities are taking steps to make him
inc. In Washington few weeks ago
= police swimming contest was held at
the public bathing beach. Medals were
awarded for individual achievement
and handsome bronze trophy for the
Vest record made by the officers of a
Jingle precinct.
In New York policemen are now re-
CURED to do certain amount of gym
hasium work Base bali, shooting,
running and motor cycle races are be-
ing encouraged by the police commits
sioners of different cities. Youngs-
town. Ohio. is planning to have a big
police field meet next month. One of
its interesting features will be a
chariot race, in which three chariots
will be drawn by stalwart policemen.
Along with his development from an
almost proverbial corpulence and
clumsiness into athletic fitness, the
modern American policeman is being
educated along many lines. For ex
ample, with the cooperation of the
National Red Cross Society, he is being
taught to give first aid to the injured.
a man may bleed to death in eight
how to check the flow of blood from
a wound may save many lives. In
Washington supply of bandages is
kept in the call boxes, and every Of
hcer knows how to use them The
famous triangle bandage of the Ger
man army. capable of being used in
thirty-eight different ways, has been
adopted mere
Instruction i, the res,sc;+a,io, of
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' VI SIioeA' gas iihdia-
ton or drowning
How Policeman is also being given.
No. I.r In Berkeley, cal,
oe e' police officers re-
fyyo rersOps la ST month who
had been overcome by gas.
Lessons designed 70 teach obserys-
-io,, ;de,,i+catior If crool,s .ra cri,n-
. GU IN
-hais IN spite OF olsgulses, and pre-
:ention of crime, are all part of the
modern poIiceman's daily work New
yorlx was tho rioneer c;tv in as+abIisb-
INC ptoiie o''S IN GO 81; sti
ing speclal schools lot poilcefheh, out
many other cities are following suit. Con-
else practicaI textbooks covering the
Ji1.-ar+ srhiacts reouired fo,r tho CON,
s,sI, -. -
Pie'e VI pottee u''' m
recently been prepared LOT these
schools.
The policeuan is becoming more and
more tne connecting link between the
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weeks before the election commas
sioner Arthur Woods of New YORK de-
cided that much good might be done
by familfarizing the public with police
duty by having intelligent officers talk
to the children in the public schools.
BY cooperation with the board of
education he was able TO assign fifteen
officers TO visit public schools in UNI
form and explain to the children that
police work meant more than merely
arresting people who had broken laws.
II meant continual EFFORT to make
neighborhood safer, happier and cleaner
for everybody living in 1t. IL was e&-
planned that things were forploden De
cause they injured some one Bohnres
on election night were dangerous De,
cause they produced large hres ana
cost the city much money 10 eAuh
guish them. ms ihcTeas , taAeS ~
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result, less than a dozen election bon
fires were lighted. where there had beeh
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