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Show CODE OF THE JUNiR (Organization of Young Boys ln n York Is Given Inotruction In Civi" Duties and Good Conduct The junior police of the city of. York is an organization for boys tween the ages of eleven and fifteii who are regularly trained, drilled o instructed in athletic sports, civic' ties and good conduct under compt.,.'! and responsible supervision. in Century Henry Rood describes h origin. "It 'occurred first to a ppfo captain of the East side Sweeneti' the Fifteenth precinct. The conmii sioner and several civilians got it. gether with Sweeney, and the lieauj worked out. Today the junioi is well organized, with inspectors is' captains and other young officers, id' a growing membership that will iH,i 5,000 and over this spring. Cnlfona are permitted, but are not insisted every junior, however, is entitled ti wear a special badge, which is ng worn on the outside of coat or jacket, excepting at drills or other gathering Duties of the junior police include tb use of clean and decent language t: all times, in all places. The codecs; tinues thus: "IS'ever 'hitch' on wagons . or ste: cars ; always cross the streets at fc corners ; do not build bonfires In ti-streets; ti-streets; do not break windows or sir: lamps, or deface buildings or siieitiii with chalk ; do not smoke cigarettes:: play 'craps'; see that garbage cans e-kept e-kept covered, that garbage aad isbs and waste paper are not miied b cans ; that cans are promptly row from the sidewalk after being emptj?:; that persons are requested to keep si-walks si-walks and areaways in front of tt-i buildings clean, and that they don:: throw refuse in the street." |