The sun., 1919-01-24
SO HUSKY CADETS
NOW REGULAR COPS
Display Their Newly Won
knowledge at Graduation
Exercises. e'
ENRICHT ADDRESSES EN-
Patrick Brady, Who Stands
First in His Class, Gets
a Revolver.
ENRICHT ADDRESSES EN-

Eighty-eight youngsters in the blue
police uniform tramped out OF Police
Headquarters yesterday morning hoping
to run up against a gunman or thug.
or good rough and tumble burglar, and
be able to relieve some OF that feeling
that they had to clean up the world
or bust Off a button.
Two months Of intensive training
under the eye or Instructor Lieut..
Charles Schofield. who can snap out the
words "forr-r-ar inch" In way that
makes a Teller want to climb tree.
had filed these eighty-eight young hope
fuls so full of ginger that they were
solemnly weighing the possibilities OF
Commissioner Enrights warning that II
they were good. and did their duty
faithfully. they might some day. even
as he, head the beSt Police Department
New York ever saw
Chock Full of Knowledge.
They had slowed away in their system
the whole bag OF tricks that Lieut..
Schofeld drills into police cadets, they
knew how to lay down the law and
the regulations OF the city to any OBJ
streperous person with a leaning to Boil
shevism. and just the best way to wal
lop Gopher in the jaw and then lead
him tamely TO the calaboose. They
knew how to resuscitate the drowning
and climb fire escape In the most APP
proved manner.
So yesterday Commissioner Enright
Invited all the relatives of the budding
policemen to see them graduate into the
ranks OF the 10000. and all the depu-
ties and Mayor Hylan. as well as n
good number of the higher officers OF
the department were there also. One
end of the big gymnasium was filled
with an admiring audience that included
an impreseionable young lady Of about
who wept when she thought some one
was tossing her big brother around too
roughly.
First DriiI with Rifles.
In these days when the department,
boasts machine gun squad and Is even
hoping to add aviation to its accomplish
! merfts II is only natural that they should
open the proceedings with military drills
with rifles. and they went through theil
| PAGES in way that would make a Ma
| tional Army captain approve. Their,
was snap and precision in their march.
| ing and their manual OF arms
After that came gymnasium exercises
the exhibition Of grips calculated &c
makes thugs howl for mercy, bit OF
| boxing. and then the whole company
they had to be tossed to- with an cas-,
grace that spoke loudly OF trained mus.
cles
After the exhibition drills they
marched on again in the brand new uni.
| forms they have been longing for two
| months TO wear. with shiny new club:
that will crack many a merry tune be.
| fore they get promotion. Commissioner
Enright told them that these are trou
! blous times and they may have difficult;
in keeping the peace. but that the who.,
city was watching them and depending
| upon them. WheTeupon elghty-eigh
| chests stuck out about two inches more
| and chins were elevated till their own
ers were looking down their noses al
| their curly headed chief.
Head of Class Rewarded.
Perhaps the proudest OF all. however
| was Patrick Brady, wiry young mar
1 of certain ancestry. who was callet
| before tire entire squad and presented
| with the Bloomngdale prize for beinS
at the head OF his class. The prize is a
| IS calibre revolver which Patrick re
garded with affection a s he walked baci
! TO the ranks.
| Commissioner Enright told them tina
! although ne expected from them tn,
maintenance Of law and order, he didn'
| cling strongly TO the belief that police
| men are on the street TO he beaten up
indeed. he hoped that II there was an!
beating UP to he done the other fellow
| would get II. There Is little doubt tina
| Policeman Brady went away from Head
! quarters just praying that all OF He'll
| Kitchen would fling itself at his sturd,