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Show fmm police Hi Force Made Up of Stalwart Men Xhe Officers of the Department! De-partment! U PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS. Qualities to Which the Patrolmen Be-long Be-long The City Divided Into Five " Inspector's Districts. ,-. UK police force of Chicago consists of 1850 inon, divided among the different nationalities national-ities as follows: American born, lb" per cent; Scandinavian, Scandina-vian, 0 per ceut; German, 18 per cent; Irish, 00 per ceut; dl maintained at an annual y cost of a little over 2,00u,000. .-illy considered, it is not out-iiti out-iiti by "uy force in the world, the iTlhat man shall be admitted uu-. uu-. meeting to the full the required stand-i stand-i being strictly observed. Morally and tdlertually it compares favorably with police of all large cities, and fcs mom-rsare mom-rsare neither better nor worse than the mp men who rely on political place for -cans of livelihood. , . ., , eliminated fremm?kewUnt , politic8 can feel thsThto tennTof"1 hnian solely upon the Drom I ? depend8 duty, and that nl ducharRe of his tead SomtvJ "tin- only manner byhichaSTarbe Bite rTiH r8 thB trial "d. hieh bus with opendoors every Tuesdav event ant guilty and order big discharge the chief may countermand the order One of the latest features added to thf working method,, of t he department L h the force of a bulletin containing a descrip- tobe m the city, together with Information about his crime, also a list of all artide" hots :gi,the rRPdin twentjionr udfa ha Pved iu the two Wnn I hai,haV6 elaP since its adop. tlon its worth aa an assistance to the men It originated with Chief Marsh, who, with a simle, declares that hi has in the course or propagation a number of other ideas which, when developed, will make Chi cago s force the finest in all respects in the w1'1;1.- W.hen askeJ one of his ideas is the divorcing of politics from policing ht looked wise but said nothing. i Since the annexations of a year or so ago 1 Chicago covers an enormous ground area, and many of the blue coated officers have long distances to travel in performing theii duty. That they do their work admirablv is not to be doubted. Headquarters are in the big building occupying oc-cupying the block bounded by Clark. Washmgton.Randolph and La Salle streets! and which serves as a home for nil th. i principal officials both of the city of Chicago Chi-cago and the county of Cook. One suite ol rooms is devoted to the use of Chief Marsh, another is occupied by the "central detail,'1 and a third is the rendezvous of the detectives. de-tectives. Beneath the floor of tho "fij cops' " apartments are a number of under ground cells where suspected persons arese eluded from the light of day until theii captors have "made out a case." A CHICAGO POLICEMAN. Desplaines street station, a picture oi which is given herewith, is historical. From that point Captain Ward started with his squad of .policemen to suppress the Haymarket meeting on the night when an unknown Anarchist threw the bomb which killed and wounded so many people and caused the noose to be placed about the necks of Spies and his fellow agitators. All in all, despite "inflooence" and like drawbacks the police department of Chicago Chi-cago is one worthy of honor and entitled to confidence. POLICE HEADQUARTERS, jat 80 long as the temptation offered to juce them to stray from the straight (of duty is not too great, and the ques-Bjtheymay ques-Bjtheymay be called to solve are not .profound, Chicago may rest secure it no discredit will be reflected upon it ibe brass buttoned officials. As for ivny, the Haymarket riot, still fresh in jytody's memory, is a sufficient guar-ie guar-ie that the force is well able to cope ib ny outbreak short of a well organ-i organ-i revolution that may arise. Fbe accusation that the police depart-at depart-at of Chicago is a political machine, i at equal speed by whichever party iy be in power, is frequently made. To tain 8 position on the force, unless the plication is indorsed by some influential ii;ician, or a sudden increase is made rtssary by the arising of some unlooked contingency, is said to be absolutely possible. Frank O'Neill, an attache of police head-arters, head-arters, and whose term of service ex-ids ex-ids over sixteen years, when asked by ? writer recently what chance an appli-ot appli-ot lacking political influence stood for ting aa appointment, replied: The same chance he stand for getting rack by lightning." " Xo better?" Set a bit." ' . . During your long service how many an-cants an-cants without such influence have been eaappointod to the force?" 'Sot a single one." .Is a man of experience what detriment the personnel of the department do you ink is bad through such a mode of ap- intment?" N'o more than through any other thod. Physically the men could not be iter, and morally well, black sheep ell in every fold.". Once in the force, what are an officer's nces for remaining?" it depends entirely on the man himself, lie has taken to heart Wolsey's advice to ;g away ambition and will not try to ilite that injunction he may, if he keep and attend to his business, remain til he serves his twenty years and is re-don re-don a pension at half pay. But let him be ambitious to rise, and if to not have political influence strong gh to buoy him up, his official days numbered; for every other club swinger sing a little more influence and who 'riving for promotion will, through the tin of self preservation, do his best to a possible though less powerful ri-- ri-- The best plan a young patrolman can ,if he is satisfied with his $1,000 a a to drop all thoughts of promotion i keep as far away from the calcium m glare of the city hall and headquar-!8hepos8iblycan." headquar-!8hepos8iblycan." !Je force is headed by a general superln-, superln-, who is usually referred to as 'l and who draws a salary of $5,000 a . comfortable amount were it not w fact that the tenure of the office is Wertain as that of the administration. present incumbent, a gentleman in 7 sense of the word, mostapproachablo 'M unquestioned integrity, but who, his appointment a few months ago, ''only boast of such police experience '"eterm in the office of United States !1 for the northern district of Illi- him, supplanted Chief Hubbard, Approachable gentleman of strict Wy, who had at the time of hia ap-wnt ap-wnt to the general superintendency wive and continual police experience Ween years. 'to next in grade to the general super-'went super-'went are the inspectors, of whom there )e. eacb having charge of one of the ; wncts of the city and drawing a sal-t-,800. They are the chiefs of their .i'and are held accountable to the '""Penntendent for everything that therein. Their immediate inferiors Ween captains, who are paid $2,250 en forty-eight lieutenant at $1,500 J'Tty-eight patrol sergeants at $1,200 s seventy-foUr desk sergeants at $1,- i .n, 180 patrolmen for duty at crossings and depots (these 180 are SSPUINES 8TREKT STATION. :luefl1(t!tral detail, and are picked :rbpi "nsa of their appearance, . 'n8 over six feet tall and propor-Wei,1 propor-Wei,1 shuldered), 10 first class , Was;on l,,ty- '168 a6 cIass "'each lQVeeular patrol duty, all at itrol 'a 100 8econii el888 patrolmen h L nine month in the year at jP month. , dSeCtlVe force b composed of fifty tfl! " each, and two t r700 eaei- tt 13 ttndr ! , nil 9 S811! superintendent, C?ablr' ' mo8t V Hits n, jmPortnt, part of the force. I uj aivisions enumerated, there W WrLfaniber f lockup keepers, ostlerai anrgeons, engi- n-flv. Z3' Janitors and drivera for trolwagona.. sow ystein8 are concerned there is i 10 CWcago'a, it being fash- j |