Evening star., 1922-10-05
NEW WHITE HOUSE
POLICE ORGANIZED
Maj. Badinger Is in Charge
of BIuecoats Guarding
the President.

The actual transfer of the officers
and privates of the Metropolitan po-
lice force doing duty in and about
the White House to the newly Gre
ated White House police force went
into effect yesterday.
The change. which relieves the Dis
trict of the responsibility and its
share of the expense of guarding the
executives home and office and the
nearly twenty acres of surrounding
grounds. was made without any forz
NAL ceremony and without any hitch
in the routine work. The officers and
men, in groups and individually. after
formally resiGning from the Metro
politan force. were duly sworn in to
the new force by Nelson y. Webster,
financial clerk of the White House,
BaltIinser In Charge.
The new force will be under the
personal direction of Maj. Ora NJ.
Baldinger. L. S. A., one of the mill
tary aides at the White House. al
though the act creating the force
names the President as the nominal
head. The other officers will be
will be Maj. Baldinger's direct as
sistant. and Sergts. W. W. Easley and
A. l.. Walters. A. W. Gall will be
an acting sergeant.
This change was brought about by
the enactment of a bill drawn up by
Senator Phipps of Colorado, who. be-
fore presenting it to Congress, had
conferred with the President and in
corporated his ideas into the measure
This change in jurisdiction Will
bring no noticeable change 10 the
actual policing of the White House
and its surrounding grounds. The
uniforms to be worn by the men Will
he practically the same as those worn
while members of the metropolitan
force. with the exception of the de-
sign on the buttons and the Shieid on
the front of the cap and the badge of
authority worn on the blouse.
These will contain the emblem of the
United States. However. the mem
berS of the new force Will be fur-
niShed with their uniforms and equip
ment, whereas while members of the
metropolitan force they were required
I" pay for their uniforms and equip
ment.
The act creating the new force
provides a salary Identical with the
salary of class J. of the Police De-
partment. which is s1.660. including
the bonus. The head sergeant VIII
receive s252o. including the bonus.
and the two other Sergeants Will re-
ceive $l,SOn. including the bonus.
Personnel of Force.
According to those in command the
manner of policing the White House
and grounds under the new act Will
be the same as in the past The men
work in three shifts of eight hours
each. Five of the men will be detail
ell for exclusive duty in the White
House building and a corresponding
number in executive Offices. The re-
mainder will confine their attention
to the grounds.
Besides the officers already mem
toned the personnel of the new
force follows: Privates-Charles 5.
Baum. Noble \. Eeans. r. l. Trice.
James NJ Bramlett. William E.
Brown. Wilbert Galloway. George n.
Fitton. Simon s. Fraser, August w.
Gall. Henry Gilbert. Walter G. Glea-
son. Edwin c. GoSs. Edgar II. High.
Walter l.. Hospital, J. NJ. D. McCub-
bin: Isaac Johnson Frank B. Kelly,
John X Lintlcr. william S. Newton.
Edgar T.. Porter. Thomas Scanlon.
Thomas T.. Ouinlan. Ernest NJ. Sea-
man. Tobias Talbert. Herbet H. Tar
mon. Wade II. Trice. James p.
Welsh H. L. Marcy. c.. II. Baesgen
and B. f. SnodgraSS