Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-30
Salary

! Two clerks .. LOCO oOO
Two drivers ........ $50 600
Six guards .......... 6eO 900
Jdnlt0r $50 800
Three matrons ..... 40 800
Harbor patrol.
Two engineers ...... 1000 400
Two Bremen $50 1000
Waterman .......... 660 900 .
Two decklands ...... $50 600
The total increase for the civilian
personnel is S15,260. The committee
! believe it only just to the civilian
/ branch of the police force that their
| salaries should be regarded to a
| proper scale. They are underpaid and
the committee feel that their recon-
mendations in this connection are
| just and necessary
For Retroactive Change.
The committee believes that the
| provision in the House bill making
! the basic salaries herein provided
retroactives to August !. 1919, should
be retained. but limited to apply to
! only those officers members and
civilian employees who have remained
in the service.
"The recommendations of the COM
| mittee provide that hereafter all ap-
pointments and promotions of officers
| and members of the police force, ex-
| cept major and superintendent, as
| sistant superintendent and inspec-
| tors, shall be subject to civil service
| law and regulation. Your committee
| SO recommends, because they have
| concluded, after considerable study of
the subject, and observation of the
experiences of other cities, that the
best results can be obtained under a
| civil service merit system
| PROVISION is made however. for the
automatic transfer. without regard to
] civil service rules. of privates of
| Class 1 to class 2, and of class to
| class 3, after the required period of
| service. The committee does not be-
| lieve it necessary or desirable to
! require the operation of civil service
law or regulation in such transfers
| between different classes within the
grade of private. The committee has
retained the House provision requir-
| ing privates of class l to serve one
year before being advanced to class 2.
and privates of class to serve
| two years before being advanced to
| class 3.
your committee has also pro-
vided that hereafter the assistant
| superintendent and inspectors shall
be selected from among the captains
| of the force, and shall be returned
to that grade when the Commissioners
of the District shall SO determine.
Your committee recommend that
not only shall a policeman be dis
| charged from the force if he become
IL member of any organization which
!
concerning strikes, but, in addition,
provides a penalty of fine or impris-
| onment. or both, for entering into
conspiracy or agreement with intent
| or purpose of substantially interior
| ing with or obstructing the efficient
conduct or operation of the police
force
THE sum appropriated to cover the
above increases in compensation of
the metropolitan police is to be paid
one-ha1f out of the Treasury of the
United States and one-half out of the
revenues of the District of Columbia.
The total increases over the present
| compensation paid the uniformed and
civilian branches of the metropolitan
police are s351,020.
1.-The committee recommend that the
compensation of the park watchmen,
who perform the same service as the
members of the metropolitan police,
as required by the act of August 5,
! 1882, should be increased to place
| them upon equal footing. Your COM
mittee is of the opinion that this is
most desirable, not only because the
service performed by the park watch
men merits the compensation recon-
'mended, but also because of the fact
that they are unable to meet their
Iexpenses for the ordinary necessities
lof life. Instances of unusual hard
ship have come to the attention of
/. the committee because of the ex-
i tremely meager' salaries now paid
these men. The increases recon-
mended are shown by the following
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