The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-25
ENRIGHT ATTACKED
OYER POLICE LIST
Plea for Nine New Captaincies
Called Making Places
for Friends.
WALLSTEIN IS AROUSED
Two Scheduled for Promotion
Are Officers of Benevo-
lent Association.

Declaring that the reasons given by
Police Commissioner Enright for his re-
quest to create nine additional captain
cies and to make appointments to them
ARE all bunk using the language of
the Mayor of our city," Leonard M.
Wallstein, counsel to the good govern.
ment committee Of the Citizens Union,
said last night that It looked as though
the places were to be created "at a time
when they could be filled by people who
are In right with Enrisht."
The report Of the committee on finance
and budget Of the Board of Estimate APP
proving the Commissioners request Is on
the calendar for to-day's meeting.
II may be only coincidence that two
OF the men on the present eligible list
for promotion TO captain are officers OF
the Police Lieutensnts' Benevolent As
ISOLATION. OF which Commissioner En-
right was formerly president, and that
this list expires on Wednesday, And 4.
so happens that one of them happen,
TO be ninth on the list. II the Board of
Estimate acts favorably on the EnriRht
plan for nine new captaincies to-day this
official will just be reached on the list
Mr.. Wallstein declared the secretary
OF the Municipal Civil Service Commits
sion refused to permit representative
OF the Citizens Union to inspect and
copy the existing eligible list for pro-
motion from lieutenant to captain Yes
terday when a further written demand
was made calling attention to the fact
that the law requires such records shall
be open to public inspection Morris Cukor,
president of the Civil Service Commits
sion. replied that he would make an
answer in few days. In the mean
time. as Mr.. Wallstein pointed out, the
appointments would have been made.
Statement by walIstein.
In some way Mr.. Wallstein obtained
copy of the lists, which show the
position OF the officers of the Benevolent
Association.
In his statement Mr.. wallstein said
The calendar abstract Of the report
states that the recommendation Is made
to replace a similar number of the
uniformed force now detailed as act
Ing captains, in order that the work OF
the Detective Bureau may be more
effective by placing II in charge OF off,
GERS holding the rank of captain and
who are experienced In detective work,
all OF which. in the language of the
Mayor Of our city. is bunk
The real reason for the recommen-
dalton and for the request of the Poll se
Commissioner upon which it is based is
found in the present day domination OF
the Police Department by the new "sys-
tenn" In the form of the police asso-
ciationS OF one sort or another
The existing eligible list for promo
ton to captain in the Police Department
would expire on Wednesday, April 80,
1919. having been promulgated May 1,
1915. the law providing that eligible
lists shall not continue in force for more
than four years.
Two OF the names included among the
first nine on the list as It now stands,
are those OF Lieut.. Charles A. Zanes and
Lieut.. William T. Davis Lieut. Zanes
sixth on the list. IL recording secretary.
and Lieut.. Davis. ninth. is treasurer OF
the Police Lieutenants Benevolent AS
ISOLATION. OF course, from the viewpoint
OF Commissioner Enright. himself until
| recently president OF the Lieutenants AS
/ ISOLATION. It would be out OF the question
To permit the existing eligible list, with
| the names OF these gentlemen on II, TO
die within the next few days, and to run
the risk of their failure TO qualify for the
new list, which Will be established as the
result OF a new examination
The first step in putting over this
creation of nine new police captaincies
was taken at the Board of Estimate
meeting on April IL. when, without pre-
Vious public notice by way OF publication
on the boards calendar, the board re-
| ceived by unanimous consent and re-
| ferred to its committee on finance and
budget the Police Commissioner re-
quest for provision for the nine new
captains A mere taxpayer or member
rll Nth
formation that this had been done until
the publication yesterday OF the board 8
minutes OF Its meeting OF April IL.
List Under Guard,
when application was made yester-
day to tho Municipal Civil Service Com.
mission for permission to examine the
eligible list for police captains az II
now stands such permission was refused
y renewed request was made this morn
ing and was again refused Thereupon
the annexed letter was delivered TO the
president of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission. who said he will answer Il
In the course OF few days, the official
list being meanwhile withheld from in
spection.
1T Is interesting to note, also. that the
Police Commissioners request for the
creation OF these new captaincies pre-
coded by just few days his recent
statement TO the Mayor that not a single
new position has been created by the
present police administration II looks
as If some new ones were about to be
created at a time when they could be
filed by people who are in right with
| EnriGht.
THE eligible list for promotion 70
captain. as promulgated May /. 1915
varies considerably from the list as 1,
now exists because of appointments, re.
| tirements, &c. The first twenty on the
list, as corrected TO date this being the
one the Municipal Civil Service Com
mission refused 10 permit us to inspect
are as follows. except that the ADDRESSED
and percentages are those given in the
/ 1915 list:
sullivan. George L., 733 Crotona
| Park N, $685..
2-McMahon. Joseph T., Llanarch
road. St. Adams. S6.3O.
3--Fay. Thomas NJ, "a Seventy third
street, Brooklyn, $3.50.
| 4-Duane. John. S34 Eagle avenue
Bronx, s6,25.
5-Clinord, Philip r, 1Ol Halleck
street. Glendale, $500.
6-Zanes. Charles H., 405 East Fifth
street, Brooklyn. S6.15.
7-Mulligan James T.. 336 West Nine
| teenth street. s6,l4.
S-Belton, Samuel G., 154s Mershell
street, Bronx, $50.
9-Davis, William r., 16l Sixth ave-
nue., Brooklyn. SO 10.
l0---Randles. Patrick j., Is Fifth ave-
nue.. Whitestone, $3.50.
l--McAuley. James, 926 Putnam ave-