Evening star., 1935-05-19

Piggott, John Kelly, Washington
and William Cox
| BY 1860, John H. Goddard was chief
of police and had serving under him
! in the first ward, William Daw and
John Dewdney; second, William H.
Tanning and Joseph Williamson;
third, James H. Suit and William L.
Ross; fourth, Edward McHenry
Henry Yeatman and B. T. Watson:
fifth, H. c. Narrower, E. c. Gardiner
and r. Collins; sixth, Nicholas G.
Sanderson and Francis S. Edelin,, and
seventh. John M. Lloyd and Joseph
A. Gill.
At the same time John Mills was
captain of the Auxiliary Guard, the
other members being: F. M. Brick
head, William Bird, l.. C. Burkardt,
j. M. Carrico, David Davis, r. H.
Diggs, George Donaldson, Bernard
Donnelly, Robert w. Dove, N. Drum
mond, George Evans, j. B. Frere, Jo-
seph Goodyer, c. T. Griffin, William
Harper, J. G. Hempler, John Heyrel,
J. E. s. Hilton, William Horner, B.
D. Klopfer, William H. Lloyd, F. A.
Neitz, H. c. Norris, J. W. Reynolds,
w. H. Richardson, John Rickets, j.
H. Sessford, Edward Short. Richard
Stoops and H. S. Ward The guard
house was at the Center Market.
In 1863, Samuel Ourand Is recorded
as being chief Of corporation police,
and in 1865, James Lynch was hold
ing this office.
There were many changes in the
personnel Of the police force in the
early days, just as there have been in
more recent years. due largely to po-
litical reasons. Speaking Of this, Will
helmus Bogart Bryan says: For the
first year, Capt. Goddard served as
the head, both of the city and of the
Federal police. Then the next year
the Democrats came into power, fol-
lowed by the Know Nothings, and
then a fusion candidate and then the
Democrats again. The changes in the
captains in the day force or chiefs
of police, as they were also called, re-
fleet the political fluctuations and
were as follows: Horatio N Steel. John
Davis, James w. Baggott, F. A. Klop-
per. With the exception of four years,
1854 to 1858, when James H. Birch
and John Mills served for two. years
each, Capt. Goddard continued head
of the Auxiliary Guard"
THE present metropolitan police
force, as we know it today, came
into existence through the act of
Congress Of August 6, 1851, made
necessary through the peculiar con-
ditions existing here at that time,
mainly because Of the large number
Of Federal troops stationed here dur
ing the Civil War and the continuous
stream Of arrivals Of the Nations
wards at the Capital during that
period, which abnormally increased
the population Of the District by ap-
proximately $4,000.
This law provided: 1.-THE corpora.
tions Of Washington and Georgetown
and the County Of Washington out
side Of the limits Of said corporations
are constituted into one District, to be
called The Metropolitan Police Dis
trict Of the District Of Columbia"
and that '"The police force shall con-
sist Of a chief executive officer, to
be styled major; one captain, who
shall be the inspector Of the force,
command 1t in the sickness or alb
sence Of the major, and perform such
other duties as the Commissioners
may direct; 10 lieutenants, 20 ser
geants and 200 patrolmen or privates.
The said officers and employees" it was
provided, shall be appointed by the
Board Of Police and shall hold office
only during such time as they shall
each Of them faithfully observe and
execute all the rules and regulations
Of the Board Of Police, the laws of
the United States and the laws and
ordinances existing within the District
enacted by the city or county au-
thorities within the same, and which
laws or ordinances apply to such part