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50 Do -el the ed ed ed THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1915. Brooklyn War Heroes in Medal of Honor Legion Men Who Were Decorated by Congress for Specific Acts of Bravery on Field of Battle- -Former Justice William D. Dickey, Commander, to Preside at Encampment in Washington. The Medal of Honor Legion of the United States, of which former Supreme Court Justice William D.

Dickey of Brooklyn, also a member of Grant Post No. 327, G. A. is commander, will hold its national encampment in Washington, D. coincident with the forty-ninth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, from September 27 to October 2.

The men of Brooklyn now living to whom medals of honor were given are Major General Isaac S. Catlin, Brigadier General Horatio C. King, Colonel William D. Dickey, Major Walter Thorn, Dr. George, W.

Brush, past commander of Grant Post; Alexander A. Forman, William R. Pelham, William H. Matthews, Galbraith, John Fitzgerald Brosnan of Grant Robert, Post, who is also adjutant of the organization. The members of the gion in Brooklyn have been honored by the organization in the selection of three of members as its principal officers, Colonel Dickey as commander, his second term; Alexander A.

Forman as quartermaster and John nan as adjutant. The Medal of Honor Legion was organized in Washington, D. April 23, 1890, and first convention in first commander. ed Since then General Boston, with Michael A. Dillon as the Nelson A.

Miles of Washington, Major General Daniel E. Sickles, late of New York, and the late Major General Oliver Otis Howard of Vermont have been commanders. The Medal of Honor is granted by the Congress of the United States to its holders for some specific line duty. It ranks the same as the act bravery over and above their of a Victoria Cross of England, the Iron Cross of Germany the Legion of Honor of France, only the Medal of Honor is more difficult to obtain. The first Medal of Honor was given to General George Washington by gress on March 26, 1776.

Only about five medals were awarded to the men of the Revolutionary army. There were but few medals awarded during the War of 1812 and the Mexican and Indian wars, but in all the years before the Civil War no medals were awarded to the men behind the guns or the men in the ranks. The heroes of the lution, the men of Concord and Lexington, of Trenton, of Valley Forge, of Princeton and Yorktown, the sailors who fought with Commanders Barry, Jones, Hull and Perry were forgotten. The first act giving Medals of Honor to seamen was passed by Congress December 31, 1861. An act passed July 12, 1862, provides that in the da name of Congress non-commissioned officers and privates who shall most distinguish themselves by gallantry in action during the Civil War shall receive Medals of Honor.

An act approved March 3, 1863, awards Medals of Honor to commissioned officers who shall in like manner distinguish themselves by conspicuous acts of bravery. Special Entertainment for Medal of Honor Men at Washington. At the encampment of the Medal of Honor Legion in Washington the members will be entertained in a fine way. Commander Dickey has arranged to give a dinner to his comrades at the Hotel Willard during the time. It is understood that Commander Dickey, Dr.

Brush and John Brosnan will march with their post on the day of the parade, which will be in commemoration of the Grand Review of 1865, following the surrender of General Robert E. Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox and the close of the war. It will also commemorate the review of the fighting Sixth Corps, which was unable to reach Washington in time for the Grand Review and had a review of its own. The details of the service of the Brooklyn men and the act of bravery which secured for them the award of the Medal of Honor is interesting.

Colonel William D. Dickey was born in Newburgh and enlisted in May, 1862, when but 17 years old. He served until the close of the war. He was a member of the Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, and on June 17, 1864, as a captain, refused to leave the field, remaining in command after being wounded by a piece of shell. He led his command in the assault upon the enemy's works the following day.

He was a sergeant at 18, major, Medal of Honor and brevet colonel at 21-a fine record for a New York schoolboy. When the war closed Colonel Dickey became colonel of the Nineteenth Regiment, N. Y. N. G.

In 1894 he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention, corporation counsel of his native city and served as justice of the Supreme Court for fourteen years, and is now official referee of the Supreme Court. One of his subordinate officers in the Army, First Lieutenant John Richie, has recorded a fine tribute to Colonel Dickey's bravery and distinguished service. General Catlin's Record for Bravery on Field of Battle. Major-General Isaac S. Catlin was among the first to respond to his country's call for volunteers.

He organized a company in Oswego, N. was commissioned captain on April 16, 1861, and was in the battle of Big Bethel, June 10, 1861. Colonel Townsend refers to the important services rendered by Captain Catlin, declaring that there was no braver officer in the field. He was promoted to lieutenantcolonel of the 109th New York Volunteer Regiment. In the battle of the crater at Petersburg, July 30, 1864, in a heroic attempt to rally the disorganized troops, he was disabled by a severe wound.

While being carried from the field he recovered somewhat and bravely started to return to his command, when he received a second wound, which necessitated the amputation of his right leg. He served his country until the last shot of the war was fired and was mustered out of the service as colonel of the 109th Regiment. He was made brevet majorgeneral of volunteers June 4, 1865. He was brevetted major for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of the Wilderness, and lieutenant-colonel for distinguished gallantry In the battle of Petersburg. After leaving the service and after serving as District Attorney of Kings County, he was appointed to the regular establishment and retired in 1870.

In 1903 he WAS commissioned -general in the regular army. March 29, 1865, General Horatio C. King, then a major of volunteers and quartermaster of the First Cavalry Division of the Cavalry Corps, requested permission, which was granted, to accompany the general commanding the division on the movement then ordered A volunteer aid-de-camp and was often under fire. the action near Dinwiddie Courthouse, March 31, 1865, Major King. while acting as aid, behaved with distinguished gallantry in BROOKLYN MEDAL OF HONOR VETERANS Pack Bias Former Justice William D.

Dickey. JOHN J. FITZGERALD. Medal of Honor Man and Department Patriotic Inspector. WOODS' 'COP COLLEGE' TO MAKE BLUECOATS REAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS Commissioner's New Path to Promotion Means Hard Study for Men.

The current edition of the little 14- page monthly bulletin which Police Commissioner Woods prints for the edification of the members of the force, announces that 3,125 applications have been received from patrolmen who are anxious to enter the free school to be established to fit them for promotion to the rank of sergeant. It is questionable if ever there was an innovation in police methods that excited so much interest among the men as this plan of the present commissioner to have the members of the force schooled by reliable Instructors in the technique of their duties. Much more is required now of a policeman than in the old days, and the members of the force have much more to learn, if they hope to exchange the plain uniform of a patrolman for that of a sergeant, lieutenant, captain or inspector. In times gone by and pretty much forgotten now, it was not uncommon for a patrolman to rise in rank in the ratio of the quality and quantity of his political pull. The writer remembers one commanding officer who went through all the ranks in a week.

He was appointed a patrolman on Monday. On the following Wednesday he was made a "roundsman, a rank not now recognized; then, on Friday, a sergeant, equivalent today to the rank of lieutenant, and he was a captain a few day later. He went on the force with the understanding, from some political boss, that he would be pushed to the head without delay, and he stepped over the heads of many worthy men without the possession of any of the qualifications that made for police service. This was an unusual case, it is true, but forty years ago, and later than that, promotion was the result of political drag, or personal friendship, and the question of merit did not enter into the matter at all. It is true that some of the older captains, in Brooklyn particularly, made good, in spite of their rapid progress, and there were scholars among them; men who, although quite willing to use influence to get the higher places were personally honest to the core, and would not take a dishonest penny under any circumstances.

Police Today Must Work Like Beavers to Gain Promotion. The policeman of today has to work like a beaver for his promotion, and he gets his rise in official service honestly. The men who lose out in the civil service examination do not always believe this, for it is quite true that certain lunkheads can cram for examinations and pass with flying colors In the oral and written examinations. The "greasy grinds" in college are not always the brightest of the students, and many a brilliant undergraduate has to lower his colors to one who is not mentally fitted to tie his metaphorical shoelaces. So it is in the police examinations.

Bright men, with much in the way of practical experience behind them, with much administrative ability, and with the power of filling any executive job in the department, fail to "get on the list" because some slower and duller minded man has had the persistency to jam his cranium full of just the brand of facts the examiners want. The dullard gets on the list. and everybody who is disappointed is willing to declare that the thing has been "fixed." The policeman of today, as a rule, is an ambitious chap, and he has been willing to pay during the last few years, for preliminary instruction in some so-called "civil service school" for entrance to the examinations. The civil service schools turn out candidates for places in the Fire Department, che Police Department, the Department of Education, and, indeed, all the other departments, and for promotion examinations. Police Commissioner Woods wants to give the men on the force the benefit of the experience of some of the older and brighter policemen on the force, and under the care of Inspector Cohalane, who writes books and pamphlets about police work, A corps of instructors in the duties of patrolmen, sergeants and captaina has been organized.

Every patrolman has been invited to enter the schools, which will hold two daily seasions, one from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and the other from 7:80 until 9 p.m. There is to be one class in the Borough of Queens, three in Brooklyn and tour in Manhattan, while there are to the law and the police must keep hands off. Nobody has ever tried to guess the number of questions a policeman, and particularly a sergeant or lieutenant is expected to answer. A hazard of 5,000 would be too low, yet the mental gruelling the men who go to this official school will undergo will cover not less than 5,000 subjects of contemporaneous human interest. The policeman will be expected to be able to distinguish between fifteen varieties of felonies, describe the various kinds of motorcars and post himself in many ways on many subjects.

The curriculum of the course is based largely on Inspector Cahalane's "Police Practice and Procedure," a book that found favor when it was published, a short time ago, with the heads of the present administration. The topics dealt with include ordinances and co-operation with other city departments; fires, parades, riots, traffic regulations, the motor vehicle law, motor vehicle identification, the liquor tax law, the laws on narcotics, laws relating to children and animals, to dangerous weapons, burglary and robbery, larceny in its various technical grades, homicides, election laws, court procedure, laws of arrest, the use of force, and warrants, in making arrests, public morals and a lot of other things. The questions of courtesy, discipline and deportment must also be considered, and the patrolman will have to prove his knowledge of the geography of the various boroughs of his home town and tell of the car lines, the means of transportation and describe the points of interest. He must be a walking encyclopedia about law and morals and his city. The men are delighted with the opportunity to learn and they will not grudge the time they spend.

Especial pains will be taken to instruct them on questions that will come before them on the competitive examination for the promotion to sergeant, which is soon to take place. Commissioner Woods' plan for the school has been approved by the Mayor and by Dr. Henry Moskowitz, the president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission, and Dr. Moskowitz has assured the Police Commissioner of his warm as. sistance and support.

The newest subject to interest the department is the identification of passing automobiles. The fact that license numbers have been of little aid in detecting criminals who employ autos for quick "get-aways" in recent cases, makes it plain that the criminals can quickly change the numbers on their cars. The patrolman in the new school will be taught to identify the various makes of motorcars by their radiators, hub caps and even the sound of the exhausts. Training in the motor vehicle law, the liquor tax law, fires and city ordinances will occupy three times the training in accidents, burglary, public morals, homicides and other criminal acts. The examinations will be strict and searching, and when a policeman gets a diploma from the new school, Commissioner Woods is convinced, he will be a very valuable and well-trained member of the force.

Cabalane Sure New College Will Bring Forth Fruit. Prexy Cahalane said the other day that he felt sure that his new "cop college" would be a success. Said he: "The great number of men who have applied for admission is an of their confidence in the honesty of the civil service regulations. In fact, I consider it the highest compliment GIANT SEWER WORK PROGRESSES WITH NO TRAFFIC DELAY a cavalry and charge. has acquired General King some prac- fame as a public speaker, editor and poet.

How Major Walter Thorn Won Medal of Honor. Major Walter Thorn, at Bermuda Hundreds, on the James River, while the army under General Benjamin F. Butler was pressing the siege of Richmond, himself saw service and distinguished by gallantry which won for him the Medal of Honor. General Butler found it impossible to pass up the James River on account of obstacles sunk in the stream. General Butler dug the famous Dutch Gap Canal and struck the river above, closed to his boats.

The canal was finished in January and nothing remained but to blow out the bulkhead and allow the water to enter. The order was given to light the fuse that connected with the tons of powder placed to do the work. All the troops had been withdrawn to a safe distance, the fuse lighted and the fire slowly began to eat its way to the powder, when it was discovered that the guard at the bulkhead had been forgotten and in a few minutes would have been blown to atoms. The astonishing news was heard by Major Thorn, and without hesitating a moment, he rushed off, reached the spot, and, heedless of the Confederate fire, stood on the mine long enough to call to the men to flee and save their lives. He then turned to save himself.

He had not quite cleared the place when the explosion took place and he was thrown with the mass of earth, but escaped almost unharmed. Major Thorn was born in Brooklyn November 18, 1844. He was wounded in June, 1862, at Suffolk, and at Dutch Gap Canal in December, 1864. He received a medal from the war fund of Brooklyn for acts of bravery at Petersburg and was commended by General Grant for the capture of a Confederate flag and a Confederate major. He is a lawyer by profession and past commander of the Medal of Honor Legion.

Alexander A. Forman, who was a corporal in Company Seventh Michigan Infantry, was terribly wounded at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, but refused leave the fleld and continued fighting until he fell fainting 1 from loss of blood and was carried unconscious from the field. Mr. Forman is in the real estate business. Sergeant Brosnan Won Medal at Petersburg.

Sergeant Moore had a costly medal of gold suitably engraved and presented to Brosnan for his heroic assistance in saving his life, of which medal he is very proud and wears with his Medal of Honor. Sergeant Brosnan's officers speak of him in high terms. Brosnan is now a clerk in the Supreme Court. Captain George W. Brush's Heroism at Ashepoo River.

Captain George W. Brush, on May 24, 1864, at Ashepoo River, S. voluntarily commanded a boat crew which went to the rescue of a large number of men of the Union Army on board the stranded steamer Boston and with great gallantry succeeded in conveying them to shore, being exposed during the entire time to a heavy fire from a Confederate battery. The expedition was under the command of General William Birney. After the war closed, General W.

W. Marple wrote to the War Department asking that a Congressional Medal of Honor be awarded to Captain Brush, saying that on May 24, 1864, Captain Brush saved the lives of some 400 of his comrades from the steamer Boston grounded in the Ashepoo River. This heroic act on the part of Captain Brush and four other brave soldiers who volunteered to accompany him in his perilous work is the more deserving of praise for the reason that this officer was a long distance from the steamer and took possession of the only boat available and could not on account of the distance from the boat act on orders from his superior officers. The four men who acompanied Captain Brush also received medals of honor. Dr.

Brush has been an Assemblyman, a State Senator, and is considered in every way a public-spirited man. Robert Galbraith, who was an ap- Sergeant John Brosnan was born in Ireland July 1, 1846. He enlisted when he was but 16 years old in Company One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers, on August 1, 1862. He won his medal at Petersburg, June 16, 1864, for rescuing a comrade who lay exposed to the fire of the Confederate sharpshooters. While in command of his company on the right of his regiment, after charging across a ravine the men were forced back under a terrific fire from the enemy.

Brosnan rushed in front of his command and called upon them to renew the charge. The men responded gallantly but were forced back each time on account of not having proper support. They held their position behind the ravine and threw up earthworks during the night. The next morning they found they were in a very bad position, as the enemy's sharpshooters were playing havoc with them, and they were about to fall back from their position when Corporal Michael Carroll of Brosnan's company, who was returning to the line with rations, was struck down by the sharpshooters and lay in an exposed position, a target for their marksmanship. Brosnan's attention was called to this by his comrades shouting to him to get under cover.

Brosnan saw at once that Carroll was helpless. He rushed across the open field to his aid, when the sharpshooters opened a regular volley at him. The corporal cried, "Lay down, sergeant, or they will kill you." The sergeant's answer was, "I will take you out of danger first." He did so, but lost his arm in the effort. This was not the only occasion on which Brosnan distinguished himself. At Blackwater, in 1863, he was recommended for promotion for volunteering with nine others of his company to dislodge some of the enemy's sharpshooters who were firing on our men.

They had to cross an open feld exposed to musket fire, but they succeeded in driving them off. At Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 18, 1864, the line of battle was ordered to fall back. John Moore of Brosnan's was lying helpless on the field. Brosnan rushed to his aid to prevent him from falling into the enemy's hands. Robert Jameson, also of Brosnan's company, came to his aid; they raised the wounded man to his feet, and locked their arms across his back, the wounded man resting his right arm on Jameson's shoulder and his left on Brosnan's.

In this way they hastened after the retreating column. They escaped the shot and shell which fell thickly around them, until they reached a strip of woods, when a piece of shell struck Jameson, killing him instantly, the force of which knocked all three down. Brosnan succeeded in carrying the wounded man to a place of safety. At the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, while charging the enemy, Brosnan's regiment was separated while crossing a swamp or marsh. After discovering there was no connection with the left he was detailed by his captain and the colonel (Reed) of the regiment adjoining his, with a comrade who volunteered, to go with him (Jere Costello of Brooklyn) and find the remainder of their regiment.

After going in the direction which they were instructed to take, a straight line across, they penetrated as far as the enemy's lines, all the time exposed to their fire. They returned and reported that our men were not the in order that direction. The colonel gave to fall back and they rejoined their regiment to the left and rear of the swamp. They were complimented hazardous by the colonel for their and successful undertaking. After the war Tunnel Method on Macon Street Makes Big Impression on Property Holders.

PART OF CLASSON AVE. TRUNK. Workmen Burrowing Forty-five Feet Beneath Street Surface--Live in Houses Erected on Scene. MAJOR WALTER THORN Ex-Senator George W. Brush, M.D.

prentice first class in the United States Navy, A received his Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism while under fire of the enemy at El Pardo, Cebu, Philippine Islands, September 12 and 13, 1899. John Fitzgerald, former gunnery sergeant of the United States Marine Corps, received the Congressional lantry in action in the fight at Cuzo, Medal of Honor for heroism and gal- Cuba, June 14, 1898, when three companies of marines were engaged with 1,200 Spanish soldiers in one of the hottest engagements of that war. Fitzgerald signaled the United States steamer Dolphin from an exposed position, under a heavy fire from the enemy, to "cease firing" when she was throwing shells from her six-pound guns into a company of marines, having mistaken them for Spanish soldiers. This heroic act, part of Fitzgerald no doubt saved the lives of many of his comrades. LINEBURGH MENS OUTING Kings County Republican Club Going to Seaside.

The Kings County Republican Club, whose clubhouse is at 1038 Greene avenue, will hold its nineteenth annual outing next Saturday, July 24. Thomas B. Lineburgh, executive member of the Fifth Assembly District, heads the entertainment committee and nothing has been left undone to make this affair a big success. President Charles Burstein is co-operating with the entertainment committee and arrangements have been made for the outing to be held at Cutler's Undine Hotel, Seaside, Rockaway Beach. The members will leave the clubhouse in a body about noon, in autos, and motor to the landing at Canarsie, where a special steamer will take all hands to Seaside.

Chester A. Kenney, chairnan of the games committee, has announced interesting athletic events, among them to be the single and married men's races, and two sprinting events for prizes. Refreshments, swimming, dancing and a shore dinner on the beach will be enjoyed by all. Notable men in public life in the borough have promised to attend. The club committees who have banded together to make this affair a big success are composed of: Entertainment- Thomas B.

Lineburgh, chairman; James Clarke, Benjamin Cohn, Edward H. Taylor, James R. Weston, William E. Cutler, Henry E. Esterbrook, Nicholas Muller, Frank M.

Stark, Walter Heuthwohl. House--Louis F. Reis, chairman; Louis Blausten, Rutherford Harwood, Hugo Langer, August Albers William Mathers, Joseph Dietrick. Membership James B. Shaw, chairman; Charles W.

Dewes, William S. Dolph. Games- C. Arthur Kenney, man; John Wirth, Rufus C. Whiting, Thomas L.

Lineburgh, J. Harry Dietz. Press--Robert C. Beers, chairman; Archibald Colby, William Delaney. Social Notes The marriage of Miss Ethel M.

Joslyn, daughter of Mrs. Roselma Race Joslyn, to George C. Kneho, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.

Kneho of 1777 East Seventeenth street, took place Saturday, June 26, at 3:30 o'clock, at St. Brendan's Roman Catholic Church, Avenue and East Twelfth street. The Rev. Father Sheridan performed the ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, F.

W. Gordon. The bride's gown was white satin with white shadow lace trimming and a brocaded court train. She wore a tulle veil caught to her head with a Dutch cap of lace and orange blogsoms and lilies of the valley. The bride carried a shower bouquet of bridal roses.

The bridesmaid WAS Miss Viola Olson, her only attendant, while Peter J. Kneho, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The bridesmaid wore a frock of white lace and a white lace hat, and carried pink roses. Following the ceremony a reception and wedding dinner was served at the bride's residence, 1815 East Twenty-first street. After a short honeymoon Mr.

and Mrs. Kneho will reside at 100 North Oxford streeet. Some of those present were Miss Roselma Race, Mrs. Maggie Race (nee Joslyn), Mr. and Mrs.

F. W. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. C.

Kneho, Mrs. J. F. Numner and son, Herbert of Milford, Charles Kneho, the Misses Eva, Lillie and Veronica Kneho, J. W.

Dennison, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson, Miss Flora derson, Mr. and Mrs. J.

J. Murray, Mrs. W. Walters, Mrs. G.

Ingram, Mrs. Van Pelt, Mr. and Mrs. A. Rounnerman.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Varick, Miss L. Stermer, C.

Riceby, Mrs. R. Roth, F. Stevens, F. Scinieke, W.

Scinieke, Miss A. Scinieke, Mr. and Mrs. R. W.

Williams, Miss L. Williams, Mr. Tennis, Lawrence Ostrander and Miss Loretta Ostrander. of Poughkeepsie, Mrs. George Robertson of 199 MeDonough street is on a visit to her Mra.

D. Jones, formerly of Brooklyn, now of Peekskill, N. Y. Miss Josephine Heffernan and her brother, John Francis, of 842 Hancock street, are enjoying a two weeks vacation at "Watson's," Twin Lake, Pike County, Pa. Brigadier General Isaac S.

Catlin. General Horatio C. King. be two in the Bronx. The schools will be centrally located, so that the patrolmen will not have far to travel, and the classes have been arranged according to squads, so that the session for each squad will always come on the men's time off.

Men who are filling details and do no night, work will have night classes, and detectives will attend the school during the day sessions. Of the applications received by the Commissioner, 1,008 came from Manhattan, 714 from Brooklyn, 293 from the Bronx, 269 from Queens, 88 from Richmond, 235 from the traffic and marine squads, 57 from the inspectors offices, 826 from the detective bureau, 87 from the central office squads, 34 Work on three sections of the great Classon avenue sewer system located in the Bedford section, contracts for the construction of which amounting to about $850,000 were awarded a few months ago, is well under way. That section of the sewer being built under a part of Tompkins avenue and a part of Macon street is being done by the "tunnel method" and in marked contrast to that section built by the "open cut" method used on a section of Tompkins avenue, below Greene. Under the latter method trolley and all other traffic was diverted from the street, unsightly planking shut off light and air from residents along the route and buildings, fences and sidewalks were, in some instances, badly damaged. But for the sinking of here and there a shaft for the removal of the many tons of earth and rock to make room for the sewer, few persons would be aware that a more important section of the great system is being constructed today.

Not a resident has been barred from easy entrance to his property, not a pavement has been disturbed and the trolley cars are operated along Tompkins avenue on an uninterrupted schedule. Property owners and members of civic bodies who so strongly opposed the continuance of the "open cut" method of construction now express satisfaction with the manner in which the work is carried on. That part of the sewer being built under Tompkins avenue, from Greene avenue to Fulton street, is being constructed on new lines and will be watched with much interest. The sewer here will range from 25 to 45 feet below the surface of the street. It 163.

SEWER WORKMEN'S HOUSES ON MACON STREET, AT TOMPKINS AVENUE from the telegraph bureau and 14 from the health squad. It will be seen that the schools will be well attended. A policeman of any rank has to know a whole lot of things about law, equity, health and city ordinances, the rights of parents, and of children, and of husband and wife, and of employer and employee; he has to have a great deal of sound common sense if he expects to get along in his work; he must be able to differentiate between a what felony and a misdemeanor and for tell punishment there is one kind of misdemeanor and what kind for another; the exact jurisdiction of the magistrates and the justices of Special Sessions, of the jurisdiction of the County Courts; of the daily rules for the control of urban residents. He must be able to tell just where the law steps in to interfere with what might be termed personal liberty and where ever paid to the civil service in this country. The men show their willingness to prepare themselves by the hardest kind of purely voluntary study to meet the civil service conditions." Each of the ten schools, or branches of the main school, will be under the sole instruction of a lieutenant, who will devote his entire time to his cational duties.

He will have no regular police duty, The first half-hour of the session will be given up to review of the past week's home study assigned to each patrolman of the class. The remaining hour will then be occupied by a lecture by the instructor on a new subject. A questionbox will be provided, into which each patrolman may drop a written slip of paper containing any questions cerning his work which have not been touched in class, or which deal with considerations of police policy. MAIN SHAFT OF BIG SEWER AT THROOP AVENUE AND MACON STREET will be 14 feet in diameter. Steel plates of a convenient size to handle will form the outside and the inside or arch ring, and the lining will be of concrete.

That part of the sewer to be constructed under Macon street, from Lewis avenue to Tompkins avenue, will be 11 feet in diameter and built by the familiar timber work method with a lining of brick. This will 11 average about 16 feet in depth below the surface of the street. Two shafts have been sunk on Macon street and two on Tompkins avenue. Those on Macon street are at Lewis avenue and Throop avenue, and those on Tompkins avenue at Monroe street and at Macon street. Workmen, or "groundhogs," burrow under these streets like ground-moles and the earth is raised by steam power in small cars to the top of the wooden structures sent along a short track, and the earth dumped into a big bin from which it is loaded into trucks which haul it away.

Except for the bells which signal when to start and stop and the rumble of the trucks, one would never suspect that work of any kind was being done there. All along the streets are little houses in which sewer workmen live. Work proceeds in either direction from these shafts. On Macon street about 100 feet has been completed in both directions. The distance completed under Tompkins avenue is a little less.

While that part of the sewer By8tem extending from Wallabout to Greene avenue has been completed several months the pavement has not been replaced at many points. There has been a dispute between the city and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company as to which should bear the expense of the work. The corporation counsel has given an opinion to the effect that the paving between the car tracks and two feet on either side should be done by the railroad. From Greene avenue the route of the great sewer is to be under Tompkins avenue to Fulton street, to Brooklyn avenue, Dean street, Nostrand avenue to Prospect place, ending at the trunk line at Grand avenue. That under Macon street will extend from Lewis ave, enue to Tompkins and thence to Fulton street.

There will be other branches but much smaller and therefore less important from a construction point of view. The work is expected to be completed within a year. Chief Engineer Edwin Fort of the Bureau of Sewers in in charge of the work and is assisted by A. J. Griffin.

WERNERSVILL IS BUSY. Galen Hall, Wernersville, July 17-This popular resort is crowded with guests, and the heavy bookings into the autumn is evidence of the appeal of its many advantages. Among recent arrivals from New York are Mr. and Mrs. W.

W. Kouwenhoven, Miss A. F. Baxter, Mrs. George H.

Gerard, Mr. Mrs. and R. S. Mrs.

Palm- C. P. Hackley, Mr. and er, Mrs. Julia Reynolds, Margaret G.

Bishop, C. S. Goodale, Miss J. E. Pearson, Mr.

and Mrs. W. S. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.

F. A. Selbert, Mrs. J. A.

Bolton, F. P. Bolton, Mra, R. F. Bloomer, Miss Helene Miss Mary Moore Orr, Misa Curtis, Mrs.

H. Granfeld, Mra. L. 01m- stead, Misses Flagg. Miss M.

K. DItman, Miss G. de Olloqui..