. Review of reviews and world's work. s, keepdown lawlessness, and organize shelter andrelief work. It is a wise citythat prepares for such emer-gendes in time of peace The work of the NewYork Police Department ingetting ready for just suchcrises is an interesting lessonin preparedness and an ex-ample of what can be doneby the police force of a largemunicipality to put itself inshape for handling suddencalamities. For fully a yearnow a campaign of prepara-tion has been systematicallypursued, with the result thatto-day the Police Depart-ment of Americas grratrstdty is prepared to the
. Review of reviews and world's work. s, keepdown lawlessness, and organize shelter andrelief work. It is a wise citythat prepares for such emer-gendes in time of peace The work of the NewYork Police Department ingetting ready for just suchcrises is an interesting lessonin preparedness and an ex-ample of what can be doneby the police force of a largemunicipality to put itself inshape for handling suddencalamities. For fully a yearnow a campaign of prepara-tion has been systematicallypursued, with the result thatto-day the Police Depart-ment of Americas grratrstdty is prepared to the best ofit» abilit> to meet almmt anycondition* brought abf>ut by fire, flood,c>clonr, tidal wave. rarfhf|iiakr, or rvrn aforngn invasion. Ihr force of menU trained for all the various kinds of workinvolved in ? with a sudden rafasfro- ph«. Ilir |^ .,ir ready an in case of riot or othrr nrcrMJly, ^ Am. Irtx Atto. ARTIttR HPolice rommUiioncr men can be concentrated almost immediatelyat any given point in the entire city. In any great disaster, the first problem isto provide food and shelter for the unfortunate people immediately becomea great, suffering, distracted horde, difficulttc handle effectively without refugees have been carefully plannedfor. Sites for camps have been selected,boats and vehicles listed fortransportation purposes, andarrangements made for can-vas shelter. The whole campwill be conducted accordingto the highest standards ofcamp hygiene and sanitationas laid down by modern mili-tary regulations. This workwill all be done by police-men. They not only knowhow to lay out the camp site,but can pitch tlu tents, andput into operation all tlu*sanitary measures apphingto large groups of peoplehouM-d in one 1 hex-have had the best of train-ing, both theorrtical andpractical, under regular armyofficers. Manv of them havebeen
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