Evening star., 1942-07-02
(Last OF a SerieS.)
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

Washingtons auxiliary police
system has CHG on the fifth
floor of the Municipal Center
Building.
There, under the direction of Maj.
Edward J. Kelly, superintendent OF
metropolitan police, and Inspector
Harvey G.. Callahan, assistant
superintendent, the general outline
of auxiliary activities is guided by
the practiced hand of Sergt. John
F.. Ryan and a few aides.
Sergt. Ryan is such busy man
organizing the still expanding aux
iliary force that he usually eats his
! lunch at his desk, but his good
humor never flags and has smoothed
over many a jagged situation. The
sergeant came on the job fresh
from the streets, and he has the
point of view of a cop on the beat,
which is what the rookie auxiliaries
need. While details of organiza-
ton are left to the precinct COM
manders, general policies must be
formed and carried out at police
headquarters. #
Z Each Auxiliary Indexed.
If you want to know anything
about auxiliaries, their qualif1ca-
tions, training and assignments,
ask Sergt. Ryan. Only don't If you
can help it. He's busy enough. A
big map on the wall of his office
shows precinct boundaries and
emergency beats. There's card
index containing pertinent data on
every one of the more than 1000
auxiliary policemen, who are fin
gerprinted and investigated thor
oughly before they are allowed to
go on their unpaid jobs.
On the headquarters auxiliary
roster is reserve force of more
than 600 This detachment in
cludes members of Congress and
leading business and professional
4nen of the city-many of them
older men who are not expected
to do routine police duty, but whose
ability and experience would be
valuable in an emergency In an
enemy attack or some comparable
crisis, these reserves would assem-
bic at headquarters to be sent where
needed.
More than 10000 separate items
went into equipping the auxiliary
police, q job handed Inspector Mil
ton D. Smith. Starting with an
empty stockroom, Inspector Smith,
with the cooperation of Roland M.
Brennan of the District purchasing
Office and others, soon had the prof.
ect under way, and the Commission
ers allocated $72 $50 to purchase uni
forms and equipment. Arm bands,
whistles, nightsticks and overseas
caps and other equipment went out
by the thousands. Later every aux
iliary got steel helmet.
Citations Marked on Records.
Through Sergt. Ryan, day by day,
goes the morning report which
shows how many auxiliaries we're
on duty the previous day in each
precinct, what time they put in.
The report is consolidated and sent
to Maj. Kelly. Citations for meri-
torious service-and there have been
many-are placed on the permanent
service records of auxiliaries.
Every precinct station house has
one or more regular policemen as
signed to auxiliary activities and
room devoted to the purpose.
Some of these policemen are lieu
tenants or sergeants, many are pri-
Yates. Incidentally, if you belong
to a certain old school and think
every cop is just a dumb flatfoot,
you might look up some of the men
in charge of auxiliary work. You'll
find them as keen lot as you'd
want to talk to, we'll educated
whether in schools or through their
own industry-and their attitude
toward police service is modern.
There is the Anacostia precinct,
No. II, where 1t. James E. Silvea
has had the tough task of scatter
ing nearly $50 auxiliaries over 17l2
square miles. These auxiliaries
have been divided into Is units,
corresponding to such communities
as Bradley Heights, North Randall,
Fort Davis, KenilWorth, Capitol
View. The auxiliary captain is
Adelbert w. Lee, insuranceman and
civic leader.
Chosen for Leadership.
Auxiliary officers are chosen for
their qualities of leadership. No
community politics goes with Maj.
Kelly or Sergt. Ryan. At No. g.
which embraces the sections of
Chevy Chase, American University
Park, Forest Hills, Massachusetts
Park. Pinehurst and Wesley Heights
the auxiliary captain is Fred Ko-
chill, who was World War I cap
tain and lost an arm in battle.
That precinct, incidentally, has an
ordained minister, the Rev. H. E.
Metcalf, who is regular police
man, and he teaches first aid to
the auxiliaries Of this and the sew
enth (Georgetown) precinct.
At No. 7, by the way, Capt. Ar