Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-08
nDL|CEMEN MAY RETIRE
after 20 YEARS. SERVICE
benevolent Association Amends Con.
,sss.s stitution in Meeting Held
Here Yesterday.
REPORT SHOWS BIG PROGRESS

REPORT SHOWS BIG PROGRESS
From Small Beginning, Institution
Has Developed Into Organization
of Much Helpfulncss-L. u. Nor
Iris Makes Speech.
SPIsichmond policemen may be retired
aud put upon the pension list after
twenty years OF service. "a constitu-
tional amendment 10 this cffcc; having
been adopted yesterday afternoon a. the
annual meeting of tho Police Benevo-
lent Association. The meeting. which
Mas held at the Mechanics Institute.
marked the twentieth anniversary Of
:, INSTRUMENTATION OF the association.
Z winch started without funds or outside
support, and, according to reports made
yesterday, is now paying monthly pen
sipns. amounting to 500. and has in
yeStments totalling SlS5,oro.
s.gDirectors, which included Chief Sher
sfySof the department. and the captains
rpm the three district stations, We're
zorrs as F. 0 H. Hawas e w g Forbas
ana John w. Boyd First District.
Gnptain r. J: Mcmahon: Sergeant W.
and Patrolme =, ]. Dugan and l. \.
Gampodonico; Second District Captain
w. Sheppard, Sergeant w. J.. Whit
Captain j. L. thinner. Patrolmen y. J.
Moore and J. B. Manning.
Until the change in the constitution
yesterday Twenty-Five years of service
was required before man might re-
TIRE TIRE and and be pe ems moy Yer,
reduce the years OF service. making. *
pogsible for the men, I. they SO de-
snd after xoe f tRe ms4f
rnent to the constitution was adopted.
Dr.. ST. Julian ,oppenheimer, Poii,s
Benevolent Association. pointing out
hygienic methods which should be OBJ
served by policemen in caring for their
own health. He stated that policemen
wear too many clothes during the win
ter months. pointing. out that they
equip themselves with double outfits,
really an injury TO health eventually.
L.. Il. MORRIS DELIVERS
r SPEECH AND MAKES REPORT
Leo Wallerstein spoke to the men
which will start soon. asking that each
member pledge one days wages TO the
fund. Cards were distributed among
the men and many OF these were filled
Il z. Morris. president OF the asscc-
alton. delivered an address before the
compiishea during the the pa pas, WV twenty nS
years and since the last annual meet
nE Tne paa yess has In p BEEN fSew q
reptional trouble for the Police De-
partment. 1t seems as IL it were your
lot to be periodically signaled out for
community expects that you should
be. above reproach. and rightly SO, be-
cause . our lives and property are in
your hands and we must have All
abiding faith in the integrity OF our
protectors 1t is, therefore. unfortun-
ate when exaggerated rumo-s spread
broadcast an unfavorable opinion CON
corning YOU. which rumors upon Judi
Cinl inyestigation. prove TO be untrue.
courasing to any one, especially TO
public officer, who should be stimu-
a lated and commended in the perform
not be successfully eainsaid. that our
police force as a body is honest and
capable. and an ashersion upon the
nnder suspicion. Every fair.nindad
St.lSen VIII deprecate wholesale con-
II there be guilt anywhere, the censmre
should fan upon those who deserve il
and no others. 80
WHY MEN HAVE LEFT
4sl5 DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
It is not surprising that n nunhc-
otrmen have during The past wear Ier,
me service One reason Is that undo
d present ooc abnormal conditions certain
eration. and then also the men f".,
saat they have not the proper SYM
ms blc condition
should be remedied at ali hazarde ''o'
during AIny entire connection win
av vo dhsS9cia! ION have consistently
ness of the department conn, 49, pusi.
or my Office. "u''ea
questions of policy, when :: nronnsi,, on
IS once enacted into Jaw. il sbo,iId I'I IN
iaifhYully administered De
however gratifying this erbih,,
WWLh.cn may impair our future ctfnr,
younger men are vitality intnrne,.d j
49, because their benefits shouI5 hc
tirement. S vi lhelr re-
Eight OF our men have TONED t,o
our ,oy. enc we at home have shown
elty loan. our holding Of thcqn 80 i-tS-
lars lars f1sg;ssToedg Sng fifteen thousand dol
uu aWo OF our comrades have gone
West since our last mectinr ,fH 49,
tou's werner, late Chief of Policc de-
GseTnitGiee ms ,iiife, on January II, isiS.
Gehtle ana Kind but firm in IN. a.;
charge OF duty, he left behind No nross
seford OF loyal and faithful of once"
our brother. - T. TalIey. was -
Moved from this sphere on Ii, g,
i9iSr He had served for many 49,. -
ddsaeey ms ms exemplary, conduct had en-
Isereea ,t1i''Is'l r. 20 al VINO knew him
resigned on September q 1915 ~
poaFd elected Officer Fred G. Wil;iame
90 ms successor for the nnexpIrn1
aerm, ana ae has been serving us ac-
Our secretary Captain Georr, !.
I,oitock, performs his duties win usuni
eHlcIency. and my thanks arc due hin
for his work. "V MN
Ny colleagues have been very pronn,
na,aIilehdahce, and j appreciate thc;r
UNIFORM Klndness ana assistance.
in conclusion. | rci,crate ,nvssn,,.I
toEyou for loyalty and efiicien:v t,i,'h
ness ana forbearancc towards ,nm-
Somrades and nrmncss in the unh,,id.
& ing OF your association. so ma, n,ir
good work may continue ana hrGH.
comfort TO those In whose b.haj, w.,
4 have given our best efforts far th.
past twenty years. ''''
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