The sun., 1919-05-04
GEN. DU POINT MADE
NEW POLICE DEPUTY
Appointed by Enright to BE
Special Commissioner for
Queens Borough.
DUTIES NOT OUTLINED
His Accession to Force Puts II
Into "Near BilliOnaire"
Glass.

With the appointment yesterday Of
Gen. T. Coleman du Pont as Special
Deputy Police Commissioner assigned to
the Borough of Queens. Richard e. En-
right. New Yorks Police Commissioner,
has jumped the police force from the
millionaire class to something more like
Millionaire. For Gen. du Points wealth,
piled atop the hundreds OF millions rep
resented in four other men on the force.
Allan A. Ryan. DR.. John A, Harriss,
Rodman Wanamaker and Edmond A.
Guggenheim makes a pyramid Of stag
gering proportion.
The order for Gen. du Points appoint
ment became effective yesterday noon.
but there was nothing contained in the
order indicating what Commissioner
du Fonts duties would be. He is un-
doubtedly one of the richest men In the
country When he retired from E. /.
du Pont de Nemours & Co., OF which
he was president. after making millions
in the powder business, he built the
Equitable Building. one Of the largest
office buildings In the world, and pur-
chased from ]. +. Morgan a majority
Of the capital stock of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society.
Some OF His Interests.
A little later. after recovering from
an operation, he formed coal COM
pany at a capitalization OF 5000, 900,
and in February, 1918. paid 100000
for the Waldorf-Astoria. He is head of
the Greeley Square Holding Company.
which owns the Hotel McAlpin. An
other large hotel in Wilmington. Del,
Is owned by the Commissioner. and he
is director of the Empire Trust COM
pany. the National Surety Company
and a score OF other banks and cor
porations
Gen. du Pont Is Sc years old. He was
born in Louisville. Ky, a son of Bider-
mann du Pont and Ellen s. Coleman.
His family for generations have been
identified with the manufacture of pow
der and explosives. He studied at Ur-
bana University. Ohio. later at the
Chauncey School in Boston. and WAS
graduated an engineer from Massachu-
sets Institute OF Technology. Then he
entered the steel business.
In 1889 he married Alice du Pont OF
Wilmington. a distant cousin. They
have five children. In politics the new
deputy is Republican. He was chair
man of the Republican State Committee
OF Delaware in 1904. and was a member
OF the Republican National Committee
In 1908 he WAS chairman Of the speak
ers' bureau of the national committee
The boom for him as candidate for the
Republican nomination for President was
short lived.
The policy OF naming multi-milllon-
aires as special deputies began a year
ago, when Mr.. Enright appointed DIR.
Harriss. The last appointee was Mr..
Guggenheim, who is deputy in charge Of
The Bronx.
Youngest of Deputies.
Mr.. Guggenheim is youngest OF the
five He is 81, son of hurry Guggen-
helm of the American Smelling Com
pany. Much of the copper output OF
the United States Is controlled by his
family. He is vice-president OF the
Chile Copper Company and the Braden
Copper Company, and in the few years
he has been in business he has made
millions.
Allan A. Ryan. son OF Thomas For
tune Ryan, Is serving without salary as
head of the Division OF National De.
fence. He is now a director OF the
! Bethlehem Steel Company and president
OF the Stutz Motor Company. The
Royal Typewriter Company was pro.
| NOTED by him.
DR.. Harriss is one of the wealthiesi
| physicians in New York. but his fortune
| has been made in commercial and in
| dustrIal enterprises. He Is head of the
| International Arms and Fuse Company
the International Mail Equipment Com.
pany and the Metropolitan Hotels and
Amusement Company. Recently he gave
a house on Riverside Drive to the Police
Department for a clubhouse He 4,
head of the traffic division OF the de-
partment.
| Rodman Wanamaker developed tn,
Police Reserve, assuring the city OF ar
unlimited supply from which to draw
men or equipment In time OF emergency
He is extremely interested In aeronaut
les, He has homes In Paris. Philadel
pha and New York. Besides being vice
president Of the Wanamaker stores, h.
has large manufacturing interests.