New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12
Enright Warns Peace :.
City Is Menaced Unde,
Proposed Call
683 Now in Service.
Many Officers to G.
Commissioners Sem;.A.
nual Report Tells of Graz.
Economies Effected

Police Commissioner Richard r.
right made public yesterday hi, Gu ~
seml-annual report, covering the g..
half Of 1918 He dwens esns,:.,
upon the economies he has efrec.ea !.
preparation for war emergencies ~. -,
the inroads that the draft has rs4 .'
force. N" VIE police
In comparison with the f,,,..
Iast year, he declares, he has ssvs y,
me services o. 926 men by redre;sss
deIalls and the number of special ~
JToimen and spent less by s777lsssss,
MS pecunlary economies were brou.s.
about by reducing the number of -.
lcai employees, eliminating automoh;i..
ana motorcycles, merging branch 4.
tective bureaus with station mons:
dlscontlnuing a mail delivery svs.sss
the "wlre-tapping" bureau. publies.;..
of THE Police Bulletin" and o.t'a
more or less expensive bureau ann,
tcnances and by economy in the r,.
Of coal. vac wv
Doing It's Part for War
By way Of providing for war sm.,
gencies, the Commissioner points + a..
ne has reorganized the Home Dsfs,.s
League as the Police Reserve. with =.
active membership of .4e9 mon ,.J
women on June 80. A division ~ III.
body, the Police Training Corps. ra M.
slsts virtually of probationary natreI.
men performing active police duty. !.
numbers 672 men, among whom are
some training for aviation in the sy,.
ton division. Three thousand womss
belong to the Women's Police Resere
Their duties are largely along soesI
service lines and in cooperation with
the Red Gross.
AS an auxiliary there is the Woraen's
Police Training Corps. numering PIG
whose ira ming is such as to fit then
for various civil service pos tons. Also
here s he Division of National De-
fence. which had charge o. the regis
rat on of enemy 9 \ rs and cooperstss
with local cxemptioS. boards. and he
Medical Emergency Relief Corps whies
Is being trained to provide ORGANIZED
medical aid in case of conaagra,jos
explosion, bombardment or similar ey.
t~aordinary emergency.
Hit Hard by New Draft
AS to the threat which the propose
draft legislation, including men from
eighteen to forty-fve. no ds for 'la
city, Commissioner Enrieht expresses
himself at considerable length. ssyas
ITO date 693 men have been iauaesi
into the service of the govenmss
approximately 7 per cent Of the tO..
OF the Police Department; the ysdp
end will unquestionably see Is
number increased to 1900; and ull-
mately, approximately 5000 men, ..
about % per cent of the force, will
have been drafted. When it is remen.
bered that prior to the war there was
Police Department, the seriousness Of
these constant Withdrawals, further
depicting its strength, will be graspsd
at is understood the government i,
contemplates raising the draft age .
forty-fve years. Should this 2roIes'
ever become an actually, practically
every ap,e- bodied policeman would 30
absorbed by the army. Heretofore the
draft has taken policemen of the RANK
of patrolman only. Now, howsVei,
under this extension of the age linl.
men who have reached the ranks o.
sergeant and lieutenant will De
drafted. Moreover. physically 1T po'
licemcn Will be called before civilians
with dependents, as the Fenner lsF
gives them the difference between ihs
Federal and civil compensation, al'
makes it impossible for them to ealn
exemption on the score Of lnadequ.'
provision being made for their os
pendents.
City's Peace Endangered
"a competent policeman canno! ~
created in a few weeks; it taxes W..
or two to bring about that result. ny
task of refilling the depleted RANKS "
the Police Department from the quss
tionab.e material left over from ~
draft is q practical impossibiilty, "
civil service requirements OF cans
dates for the position Of polieem''
being very severe.
"No comparison is possible oeIS:.s
New York City and any other num- ;rs
pality in this country. 1t IS the pi.I.
gateway of the country's commerce,
is the financial centre of the coua~i
if not of the world; from it radlsss ~. -
activities LODGING to the proper s ,ss
efficient conduct of the war ano ~
maintenance of the prestige and POW 4,
of this country in the eyes OF ~. ~
world. 1t is estimated that 70 per s ssS,
of the soldiers ard so per cent Oh A''
supplies leave from this port: :. c.v
"a disaster in or to New Yora V's'
directly or indirectly attrlbutaoe
insufficient or inefficient pollcIns' W. w..
be multiplied and exaggerated Wv;
sand times in the enemy press,
would provide stock from when eossii
less arguments could be drawn w.
which to encourage the tagging spA-
of the enemies of this country. ,..
Possibilities OF serious disoross
ever present Labor is restless pm
cious and insidious forms OF ea'
propaganda are constantly oelng J
earthed: traditional racial feeinl'
smoldering; many of the Fedora s..,Jb {
city government regulations W., s
necessary to the successful conouss
the war. have been misconstruaes.. ,n
the foreign element. and some q .m.b \
have no doubt been intens,oprsg.
garbled by the agents Of enemy