OPUipiS LIBRARY > . OGTll -^t - b t - COMMITTEE FOR STATE POLICE his?* -,U-- ' nof l, 3*^ THE NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS Ill's ilSiQ j .■^}. ■ Organized for the prevention of crime, the detection andi punishment of criminals, the preservation of the peace and the protection of the people throughout' the country dis¬ tricts of the State of New York, are now ready for service ? ‘', ft *1 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/newyorkstatetrooOOnewy O facilitate the access of the people of the State to the services of the Troopers the Superintendent of the New York State Police has arranged that telephone oper¬ ators throughout the State, upon receiving the call, ‘T want the State Troopers,” shall immedi¬ ately connect the speaker with the nearest State Troopers’ station. To facilitate the work of the State Troopers and to insure its hest success, especially in case of crime, every person in need of their services should notify them at the earliest possible mo¬ ment. The first hours after the commission of a crime are worth more to the officers of justice than are weeks of time thereafter. Committee for State Police Bedford Hills, N. Y., October 29, 1917. The Committee for State Police offers you hearty con¬ gratulations on the happy outcome of long, faithful and united effort. The New York State Police Force, a mounted patrol for the preservation of peace, for the protection of lives and prop¬ erty, and for the enforcement of law in the hitherto unguarded country districts, so long our great desire, is now our actual possession. We may consider, with peculiar satisfaction, that it comes at a crisis that makes it not only a boon to the State, but a great patriotic gift to the Nation. In this time of unparalleled national danger, the first service demanded of each component State is that she set her own house in order, secure her own internal peace so that her usefulness shall be undiminished, and so that her hands shall be free to give her full share and to do her full part toward the general work of the Union. In view of this truth, we are entitled to dwell with unmixed thankfulness on the fact that our united efforts have been crowned with success, and that we have to-day a State Police, commissioned, formed and ready to carry order, succor, and protection under the law into the remotest parts of this Com¬ monwealth. Major George Fletcher Chandler, Superintendent of the new Department of State Police, has prepared for this Commit¬ tee a statement on the work of the Department from its incep¬ tion to the present time, together with a plan of the work in future view. This Committee takes pleasure in submitting here¬ with a copy of Major Chandler’s statement, for the perusal of its friends. In addition, the Committee asks your attention to a few pertinent considerations: As you know, it has been our watchword from the beginning of our work together that, great though her need of internal protection, it were better this State never have such protection than that she get a State Police touched with politics. Now, in so far as mutable human conditions can have permanence, we have attained the goal that our watchword involves. Governor Whitman has pledged his word, publicly and enthusiastically, at many times and in many places, beyond all qualifying clauses, that while he remains in office, the New York State Police shall never make a move or enlist a man from motives tainted, how¬ ever remotely, with political expediency. In giving the Superintendency of the new Force to Major Chandler, the Governor gave farther earnest evidence of sin¬ cerity in this professed intent. Major Chandler is not a poli¬ tician—has no connection with politics. And ever since he accepted his superintendency he has presented an unyielding front to any and all attempts to insert the fine point of the political wedge into his organization. He is pledged to use his utmost endeavor to give to this State the finest State Police in the world, absolutely free from politics, absolutely clean, just, unflinching, hard-working, sharply disciplined, straight. But no Governor, however well-intentioned, can do it all. No Superintendent, however upright and courageous, should be left to face the field alone. Such fights are too bitter, and we, the citizenry, have too much at stake. We, the many thousands of friends of the State Police movement, acting in our common interest, have won the first battle, and won it handsomely. But our task is by no means over. We have a two-fold duty yet to perform, and, just because of our previous work, it is peculiarly incumbent upon us not to be slackers now. The work of the Superintendent, up to the present, deserves high commendation. In assembling, equipping and organizing the force, he has shown great skill, effieiency and economy, coupled with a maximum degree of speed in performance. But the Superintendent’s hard work lies all before him—the work of fitting his men to the great and serious task entrusted to their hands. First, we must use unsleeping vigilance to uphold and pro¬ tect the highest ideal for the new Force; we must exert all our influence and watchfulness to guard it hoth from insensible deterioration, and from the insidious attacks of venal men. We must extend over it so strong and so active a hand that every would-he assailant, whoever he may he, shall know that it is more than his public life is worth to dare to attempt to impair in the slightest detail its spotless integrity, or its coming effi¬ ciency; or to threaten the existence of our State’s Police. And the mere fact that a New York State Police to-day exists is elo- (j[uent proof of our power to command this result. Already the Committee has heconie aware of a movement, instituted this summer hy those who last winter were the strong¬ est opponents of the bill to secure in the near future the repeal of the creative act. Second, we must have patience and faith during the forma¬ tive period, remembering that in the young beginnings of any organization mistakes of omission or commission may easily and innocently be made; that the task before our new Department is both new and enormous; and that it has much to learn that experience alone can teach; remembering too, that until the Troopers have had reasonable time to study and learn the law that they are now called upon to defend and execute, we cannot justly expect them to serve the State as intelligently as they will later do. Therefore, since our demands are high, we must grant both time and ample moral encouragement for their proper fulfilment. Third, we must hold ourselves ever ready, glad, and quick to co-operate with our State Police in every way possible. The great strength of such a body comes, first, from the fact that it moves always for the Right, with the full weight of the State and her Law behind it; and second, that it has the support and the hearty and active team-play of each good citizen. LEWIS RUTHERFORD MORRIS Chairman of the Executive Committee for State Police STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE Albany, Oct. 29, 1917. Statement: The Superintendent of State Police, commissioned May 2, 1917, began active work on May 6, 1917, by going to Pennsyl¬ vania and consulting with Major J. C. Groome and his officers concerning the work of the Pennsylvania State Police. He was cordially received and every help possible given him. He then went to Ottawa, Canada, to consult with the authorities concern¬ ing the Royal North Western Mounted Police and there received a very cordial reception and much helpful advice. Troop D. Farm near Syracuse where there was a State Range and 250 acres of forage was rented as a Training Camp. Two hundred and forty-three horses were bought from the British Remount Station through the courtesy of Lieut. Colonel Drage and Sir Charles Gunning for the sum of $150.00 each, delivered at Syracuse at $13.28 extra for each horse. These horses have done good work, are sound, and there have been no casualties. The following officers were selected: Captain P. E. Barbour, Deputy Supt., Captains, H. H. Barnes, Willis Linn, H. G. Ros- boro and R. D. Richman, and Lieutenants J. F. S. Meachem, J. A. Warner, A. H. Gleason and H. G. Starks. The Superin¬ tendent wishes to state he is particularly fortunate in obtaining their services and it is through their efforts more than anything else that what little success this department has obtained, is due. On September 6th, the Squadron marched to the State Fair where they handled traffic, policed grounds, etc., and tendered a Review to Governor Whitman. Six other fairs were handled during the past month. Barracks were secured—Troop A in Batavia; Troop D in Syracuse; Troop G in Albany, and Troop K in White Plains. They were selected with the idea of being on the great highways and on the lines of the New York Central System, so speedy mobilization might obtain should an emergency arise. Troopers are patrolling the roads. Detached posts estab¬ lished at Elizabethtown; one near Jamestown; one near Ogdens- burg and one near Mineola, L. I. Traffic regulations on the high¬ ways throughout the State have been given careful attention and enforcement of quarantine laws at Indian Reservations; two or three lost children restored to their homes; stolen horses re¬ turned and gambling resorts raided during the course of the work. The Superintendent is happy to state that there has been no attempt to influence the appointments to this force in a political way. A few perfunctory letters of recommendation have been written but they were all answered in a uniform manner from the Superintendent’s office and were received in a proper spirit, and no organizations of any description have attempted in any way to influence the policy of this department. Apparently Governor Whitman’s wishes in this matter have been religiously carried out in the State. The citizens everywhere have been most cordial and willing to help and Sheriffs and other officers in towns and cities have gone out of their way to aid us, and there has not been one case of friction that has come to the notice of this department, from these officers. It has been the policy of this department to receive criti¬ cisms and suggestions at all times, for the good of the service and the honor of the State of New York. GEO. F. CHANDLER Superintendent COMMITTEE FOR STATE POLICE LEGAL COMMITTEE Hon. Henry L. Stimson Hon. Wm. Church Osborn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dr. Lewis Rutherford Morris, Chairman William T. Hornaday, Edwin G. Merrill, Vice-Chairman Treasiirer Richard Warren Barrett Oswald G. Villard Edwin G. Merrill William C. Le Gendre Henry Marquand Frank R. Chambers Benjamin B. Lawrence Tomkins Mcllvaine M. Moyca Newell Edwin O. Holter Frederick H. Allen Theodore Douglas Robinson W. Newton Giles Frederic R. Coudert Robert L. Bacon Charles Elliot Warren H. Lindley Hosford Katherine Mayo William Jay Schieffelin Dr. Lyman Abbott Charles C. Adams I. Reynolds Adriance C. L. Andrus Charles Adsit John G. Agar Richard Aldrich Edward D. Appleton Dr. S. T. Armstrong C. W. H. Arnold Henry D. Babcock Louis L. Babcock Dr. Hugh P. Baker Anson Baldwin Edward R. Baldwin LeRoy W. Baldwin J. F. Bargfrede Eugene F. Barnes Thomas W. Barrett Harry W. Barnard Walter J. Barrows Curtis J. Beard J. E. Beardsley Samuel H. Beach Gerard Beekman Imlay Benet Charles H. Betts Charles W. Bingham Charles H. Bissikmnmer Anne W. Booth Frederick Boschen F. A. Bosworth Irving G. Botsford Arthur F. Bouton C. W. Bower Gen. Oliver B. Bridgman F. E. Bridges Merritt Bridges Philip J. Britt Russell Brittingham B. Cook Broadfoot Charles T. Brockway Franklin Q. Brown James E. Brown John H. Brown Lathrop Brown Thomas Brown Wilbur F. Brown S. S. Bullions John B. Burnham Rt. Rev. Frederick Burgess C. C. Burns Robert M. Bush Nicholas Murray Butler H. James Cadwell Famum Caird W. E. Candee W. P. Capes F. L. Carlisle Francis M. Carpenter Lewis G. Carpenter Maurice J. Carr Louis P. Church C. W. Clapper George G. Clarabut C. K. Clark James L. Clark M. Eugene Clark William H. Clark H. W. Clarke A. T. Clearwater Henry J. Cochran Stephen W. Collins Richard C. Colt Charles G. Colyer Samuel S. Conover Herbert E. Cook James Fennimore Cooper F. W. Crandall. John D. Crimmins George A. 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