Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-13
THE POLICEMAN OF THE PRESEN-
of the Days Best CNrtUUns.
ny FREDERIC }. uAsKIN

man. who. almost overcome by INA
fumes. was trying to crawl up thr
stairway from the hoilcr-rooin. Doyle
! picked him up and carried him on n.
back to the men assembled IN the NARA.
and then went back TO save others
shortly afterwards. the second cM-
plosicn occurred, and the policema,
was thrown into the street. badly cut
by broken window glass For this act
of bravery. Doyle was awarded tho
honor medal % the Automobile CIuu
OF America
The medals Of honor are an i'm.
portant feature Of the New YORK police.
force. Every spring the department
holds its annual parade. in which bat
thlons or hlu"coats march and drill
and perform the calisthenic exercise,
which Al" taught in the training school
~ the conclusion Of the parade the
Mayor Of New York presents six medal,
Of honor 10 policemen who during H..
Ncar have performed the most ,Uugpi..
nous feats Of bravery, one Of these H..
ing awarded 10y The police departures
and the other ~. by private citiX.l
OF clubs. IN" privai. medals ar. ~,
iihlnelander Meda! FOR Nalor the Isu.,,
Bel! Medal for Bravery. tho Peter F
Never Medal: the Automobile cub
Media! aud the Brooklyn Citizens
MEDIA! The man who receives one ut
these medals is the envy OF All his
brother officers. and this clemeu, has
policemen TO follow UP criminals :.
The risk OF their lives
Family Provided For.
There IS also another element in 'lj,-
situation which is an Incentive to ,.I.
lowing the criminal Tn tn. face IF
death Tile policeman knows TIA,
he Is kiilcd his family VIII he we'll lt,.
vid"G FOR For many years. i. n,n
were Ehied IN the service. the depn,.t.
m"n' was authorized 20 issue snl,,l
monthly allowance 70 his wife hu, ,l.
sim vas anything hut adequate Th,i,..
ia 1914. courageous dctccciV. sui-
.chut naucd Joseph Guaruiar! W.,
killed Ia au attempt 1" arrcs, a maU
for fclouious assault lie l.ft wi-,.
and several "hi!drcu Tor whom thc"r.
Was no adequate provision. The "a
received = :rcat deal az pUbIi.itN, aud
1t private citizen came forward With
tn" proposition ~ starting an hru.T
iuud FOR the relief Of widows and chil-
dv-n of officers Killed ON duty. con
irihutinG as q basis $1,000 The polio
then held II meeting In order to decide
upon a plan Tor swelling the fund. and
1, was finally proposed that every year.
'hey should hold TWO field DAYS. .u.
which various members ~ the force
would eNhib!t their athletic pyowcsS
in a big athletic meet. for which they
success. the first exhibition netting the
policemen Ss5.OrU and now the meets
arc regular events looked forward To
by their audiences as well As the police
mcm. The 1915 field day exercises have.
just closed, and among the first 10 he
taken care ui trum the gate receipts
MAS tho widow Of Patr"lman schwartz
who was recently Killed while tryiu.
TO arrest a ""upi. Of Italian criminals
From this IT may hc seen that tho
popular idea 81 tho American police
man. aud especially tho New York
policeman is often unfair and crrou"-
Gus The metropolitan policeman to-
day is a man with high standards ~
duty aud courage unit 81 efficiency
IN large organization and often q
hero