Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-30
sCHEL. BENSON AND,KEYsER
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The promotion Of Sergeant Schcll 10 in
line with the new situation created by tho
enlarged department Sergeant Schell IL
one OF the older mon Of tho department. in
point Of service, having been appointed
a patrolman May /, 1893 He was As
signed as clerk To the chief Of police Au-
gust /, 1898, and promoted to the rank
OF sergeant, January 9, 1912.
Sergeant keyser WAS appointed pa
trolman June 3, 1907, and was promoted
to house sergeant in March, 1915. Sar-
geant Benson was appointed patrolrnan,
January 27, 1903, and was promoted TO
sergeant on October 10, 1918
John T. Gaynor, who has been polio.
telegraph operator at the central station,
was appointed patrolmnn January 2,
1901. Elijah Johnson, who has been on
the detective force, was appointed n
patrolman April 25, 1911. Albert II. Fore
man was appointed TO the force january
], 1918. Andrew Devinpey was appointed
November 0, 1916. Michael McOillion,
who has been on street duty, was np-
pointed June 1, 1897. Robert Bowman
and Michael Jordan are members of the
traffic squad, who will be missed from
their usual posts. Bowman, stationed at
Tenth and Market streets, WAS appointed
patrolman July l 1897, and Jordan, sta
toned at Delaware avenue md Washing
ton street, was appointed July z, lWS.
onN. wIcxERaHAM pRornerr.
At the meeting of the board yesterday
afternoon Commissioner MegeaY moved
the adoption Of the promotion list, as out
lined above and as finally adopted. Com
missioner Wickersham said he wanted To
make n statement before the promotions
a., haA
seconded Mr. Megear'e motion Gen.
Wickersham said: ~ want 70 say that
there are several things | can't agree TO
and one of these is the naming Of n captain
for the chiefs office | believe in the
appointment Of n captain "a carry out the
duties of n captain, according 70 The rules
and regulations Of the department, but
| would not make captain Of police TO
perform clerical duties II IL il desired
10 increase the salary, | believe in that"
He said further that he could not under
stand why older men, whom he termed
rs good and perfectly active men, were
sighted in favor OF some Of the younger
men General WickershAm said he
could not vote for Sergeant Foreman, a
young officer, over some Of the older men,
although he realized that Foreman was a
good man
On the motion 10 adopt The promotion
list Commissioners Smith and MeRear
voted in the affirmative, while General
Wickersham did not vote
Commissioner Meecar explained that
IL had not been decided vet that Captain
Schell would be retained in the Office of
the chief of police He added that there
were some police departments where cap
tsins were in the chiefs Office.
THRrE-PLArooN sysrnN.
Mr. Megear next asked Chief Black IL
he had sufficient men 10 insuguate the
affirmative reply Mr. Megesr made n mo-
tion that the eight-hour system become
effective January l. General WlnkerSham
seconded this motion, which was adopted
by the unanimous vote of the board.
The promotions in the department. leave
a vacancy IN the post of police telegraph
operators 10 that two ncw opcrst6rS viii
have TO be appointed. Thorp are two
vacancies in the traffic squad, two Va
cancies among the patrolmcn and w
oancy in the Detective Bureau. All will
be filled by the chief of police, ~ will the
additional positions of patrol Grew, Ambu-
lance crew and turnkey.
II is not expected that thars Win be
any promotions In the Detective Bureau
for some time. Chief Black u expected
to announce the necessary changes n tho
department to fill the vacancies created by
the promotions and to arrange The Of
ficers to fill the three eight-horr shifts. II
will be necessary to change the reporting
system and provide for cxtrH men ~
night. An enlarged detective force, sd-
ditional traffic officers and extra motor
Cycle officers are some of the changes
contemplated. Chief Black has been
working hard, preparing for the new
system for some time, and expects to
be able TO mako the change to the eight
hour system on Saturday, the time
scheduled.
A communication wAs presented by he
chief OF police, in which he recommended
that when the eight-hour system Is in
stalled permanent day turn be created,
composed of men who have been on the
force Is years or over.