MANILA POLICE IN INTRAMUROS, ca.1890s SALARIES The salaries paid members of the Manila Police Department are as follows: Chief of Police, $3,500 Inspector and assistant chief, $2,500 Assistant inspector and captains, $2,000 Lieutenants, $1,500 and $1,200 First-class sergeants, $1,200 First-class rounds men, $1,800 First-class patrolmen, $900 sergeant, $1,800 Assistant sergeant (a Filipino), $1,200 Upon the establishment of Civil Government on August 7, 1901, the city came into possession of a Metropolitan Police, offered by volunteer officers who had been retained on duty after the muster out of their respective regiments. The police force consisted of 40 sergeants, 40 rounds men, 500 patrolmen, and 20 volunteer officers on duty with the police department; an army surgeon filled the position of police surgeon. The native police force consisted of 1 inspector, 1 surgeon, 9 captains, 20 lieutenants, 73 sergeants, 71 rounds men and 1,029 patrolmen. Of the above native force four companies were on duty in the towns adjacent to Manila, and were immediately mustered out of the service by order of the Civil Governor and never really became a part of the police force of the Civil Government. On August 7 the following officers and men were retained in accordance with the law organizing the Metropolitan Police force, viz, i inspector, i surgeon, 6 captains, 40 sergeants, 39 roundsmen, and 500 patrolmen. The native police force: One inspector, 1 sergeant, 6 captains, 37 sergeants, 37 rounds men, and 569 patrolmen. This force was reduced on August 31 to the following strength: Metropolitan Police force: One inspector, 1 surgeon, 6 captains, 32 rounds men, and 400 patrolmen. The native police force was reduced to 1 inspector, 1 surgeon, 6 captains, 32 sergeants, 36 rounds men, and 528 patrolmen. On November 1 the Police Department was reorganized by Act No.286 of the United States Philippine Commission, which act provided for the following officers and men: One chief of police, 1 inspector and assistant chief of police, 1 assistant inspector, 1 surgeon, 1 assistant sergeant, 6 captains, 6 lieutenants, 20 first-class sergeants, 20 first-class rounds men, 300 first-class patrolmen, 28 third-class sergeants, 28 third-class rounds men, and 300 third-class patrolmen; 1 chief clerk 1 property clerk a force of 12 clerks, stenographers and interpreters and 2 messengers, 1 chief of the secret service bureau and 24 clerks, detectives, and messengers. River and harbor police: One captain, 3 first-class sergeants, 3 first-class rounds men, 24 first-class patrolmen, 3 third-class sergeants, 3 third class rounds men, and 24 third-class patrolmen. The act authorizing the Department provides that first-class police shall have a thorough knowledge of the English language and be familiar with the duties of a police officer; that the third-class police shall be able to read and write Spanish, and that so soon as they acquire a sufficient knowledge of the English language to transact the ordinary duties of a policeman, they shall be advanced to the grade of second-class policemen and their pay increased 25 per cent. Prior to March 1, 1902, examinations for promotion to second-class police were held by the Police Department; since March 1 the Civil Service Board has held examination to determine the fitness of third-class patrolmen to be advanced to the grade of second-class. After the reorganization of the Department, Capt. J. E. Harding was made inspector and assistant chief of police and exercised general supervision over the Police Department, having special supervision over the records of the office and the various police stations, conducting summary court trials and all investigations relating thereto. Lieut. E. S. Luthi was appointed assistant inspector and given special supervision over the second and third-class police. Under the reorganization a launch was purchased and the river and harbor police organized under command of Captain Chadwick, who was succeeded upon his resignation by Lieutenant Wilson. This branch of the department has performed valuable service and when harbor regulations are adopted, its efficiency will be greatly increased. At the present time the river and harbor police have no regulations and simply carry out the orders of the captain of the Port and the Chief of Police. They serve all processes on ships in the bay and have been called on several occasions to quell mutiny and bring offenders ashore.
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