The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17
POLICE OPEN CAMP
IN SPEEDWAY PARK
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Training for Special War and
Riot Service Given
by Experts.
LECTURER IS CANNED"
Bit of Impromptu Comedy Pre-
,cedes. More Serious Bust
ness of Day.
LECTURER Is CANNED"

In quiet SPOT besiue teHt az ''S
Sheepshead Bay Speedway enclosure
Chief Police Surgeon Patrick Murray
was stretched thouehtfuily on the grass
early yesterday afternoon mentally OIL
ing I'D his inteilectuals 30 that when he
should arise half an hour later to deliver
a talk to policemen on police medicine
the old bean would 70 along In way
that indicated It was hitting on all cyl!n-
ders
Along came Patrolman Joseph c.
Carly, who throughout the day had been
helping In the camp kitchen to cook watts
Of food for the first consignment OF cops
who. about 1000 strong. formally opened
yesterday the new Camp John F.
Hylan" at the Speedway, tented town
where big patches OF policemen during
the coming week will camp In the open.
Come, come !" cried Copper Carly.
lingering his n.ghtstick lovingly as he
gazed down upon the recumbent form OF
Surgeon Patrick Murray stretched out
on the park grass. Move on! You
huns can't sleep here !" And Cop Carly
famed the soies OF the Murray shoe
leather with the wild emf of the night
stick.
just From Force or Habit.
Now It goes without saying that ON
Ger Carty's words and deed were the re-
suit of habit which during long years OF
police service had become second nature.
Had the light In the shade Of the tent
wall been bit better Copper Carly
could not help but see that DR.. Murray
was no park bum. Also. when one stops
to think Of It. II becomes evident that II
Officer Carly had likewise stopped to
think of 1t he would have realized that
he was not patrolling the Speedway sod
but was there simply as gentleman en-
joying a sort OF semi-o!flcial outing But
he swung in his moment OF abstraction.
From the little white tent flying the
Red Cross. next door to the headquar-
tiers tent of Camp John F. Hylan, burst
Police Surgeon DAME! ]. Donovan, his
face turning as white as his duck uni
form as he heard the cry which told
that soul was in anguish. All the
fine skill of DR.. Donovan was needed
to alleviate the pains of the sufferer
but within half an hour after the fracas
started Dr. Donovan Issued bulletin
to the effect that Policeman Carly was
resting easily news which greatly
cheered Chief Surgeon Murray when. just
before he began to talk on hygiene to
the men assembled around the camp fire.
he learned authoritatively that Copper
Carly not only will recover. but will
be back on the job at the camp kitchen
long before reveille rouses the police
men from their tents this morning.
Grand Day Otherwise.
All day long baseballs and fried
chicken few through the Speedway
air. the baseballs landing in the leather
mitts OF cops who were being young
sters again. the fried chicken landing
har All nd
blew. clam chowder steamed. polished
black shoes tramped with rhythmic and
military precision along the stretches
of the Speedway track, the camp fire
roared. flags snapped in the breezes.
police inspectors and police surgeons
and other experts delivered talks that
were instructive and entertaining, and
altogether the first squads OF police
who initiated the new camp h ad a
deuce of time generally.
Out of nothing the tented town had
sprung from the Speedway grass under
the snappy direction of Police Lieut.
William T. Davis. Loot" Bill Davis be-
ing somewhat of an expert in such things
owing to his long training as chief Of
the repairs and supplies section OF the
Police Department at Headquarters
Trim rows Of white or khaki tents form
ing many company streets were in readi-
ness just behind the Speedway grand
stand when the first OF the blue coats
came upon the scene. baggage in hand,
at IL o'clock yesterday forenoon.
Not Drafted to This Camp.
Police Inspectors Cahalane and DIVER.
Borough Inspector Murphy of Brooklyn,
and as soon as his duties in Manhattan
would permit Chief Inspector Daily. were
on the Job. And In camp with them by
this time were about one-ninth of the
uniformed Police Department of the
greater city, including nine captains.
forty-two lieutenants and about 700
men. remarkably creditable showing
inasmuch as attendance at the camp
was not obligatory upon the cops. but
wholly n matter of personal choice.
The camp had grown from Commits
s.oner Enright's first idea that II would
be good for the coppers. and therefore
for the city. II In times like these the
men were brought together II only for a
| few hours in the open. Just as an
! army in times of peace must get to-
gether in great masses II II Is to receive
the proper divisional training. Just so.
| the Commissioner believed, would a DO
lice camp such as Camp John F. Hylan,
offer an opportunity to the department
to train the men in sudden and unex-
pected assembly calls and other manru-
vres and tactics OF riot call" nature
which cannot be carried out In the
course of routine precinct work.
$40 in Each Contingent.
Especially. the Commissioner believed
would such a camp permit OF the train
ing OF the sergeants, lieutcnants and
captains In the handling OF effective
units of their men In emergencies
Wherefore II was decided to build the
camp and send the men-suggest Ia
them. rather. that the camp was open
to them--to Sheepshead Bay. each OF the
big groupsato stay in the tent town a
| day and night or from IL o'clock on
n given forenoon until after breakfast
the next morning then be dismissed 70
| make way for the succeeding batch o,
500 or SO scheduled to arrive later In
the forenoon to take their places.
| Patromen. plain clothes detectives
members OF the traffic and harbor
squads. all sections OF the uniformed
force IN fact, were included in the gen.
eral invitation from their superiors to
fork over a dollar and journey to the
Speedway and enjoy themselves TIL,
dollar theoretically pays for the thre,
meals consumed by each COP campe,
while he is at the Speedway. but from
the way that the soups and chicken and
fish and trimmings were dealt out tc