. Review of reviews and world's work. the the men elect their own officers and willin due time be provided with their own dis-tinctive uniforms and badges. The scheme as a whole is frankly experi-mental, but the enthusiasm so far exhibitedby the different branches of this Home De-fense League speaks well for its success. TheLeagues first participation in practical workcame last month, when the members assistedthe police in enforcing sanitar>- regulationsto prevent the spread of infantile it is considered that in the event ofa serious war a regiment or two may ver>
. Review of reviews and world's work. the the men elect their own officers and willin due time be provided with their own dis-tinctive uniforms and badges. The scheme as a whole is frankly experi-mental, but the enthusiasm so far exhibitedby the different branches of this Home De-fense League speaks well for its success. TheLeagues first participation in practical workcame last month, when the members assistedthe police in enforcing sanitar>- regulationsto prevent the spread of infantile it is considered that in the event ofa serious war a regiment or two may ver>-possibly be recruited entirely from the ranksof the Police Department, the importance ofhaving a trained reserve to step into thevacant places will easily be seen. A city mu<tnot be without sufficient police protectioneven under ordinary conditions. But onecan imagine the serious plight of a large com-munity called on to face a sudden outbreakof domestic disorder at a time, for instance,like the present—when a large part of its. A Kl U (.KlSS SvLAIi, WITH BICYCLE STRETCHER POLICE PREPJREDXESS JX XEir YORK ?05 State militia is sending on the Mexican bor-der, more than a thousand miles away. The job of the policeman in a big cityis far from being simply a matter of pound-ing the pavement. His work is many-sided. He must be something of a laA\-}er,partly street-cleaner and health officer, natu-rally a peace officer, and also a good deal ofa militar}- man. While other branches of thepolicemans training have ah^ays receivedconsiderable attention, the militan side hasonly recently been developed. It formsa distinct and important part of the pre-paredness program of the New York who saw the members of New YorksFinest on the occasion of their recentannual parade will appreciate the militan,proficiency that has been gained by the it is not designed to make a militaryman out of the policeman, it is essential forhim to know how to give proper commandsin a cl
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