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The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], Organization of the civil police. (search)
the new police force appointed by the Mayor, with Major John H. Claiborne as Chief, assembled at the station over the First Market, where they were received by Major Croft, the efficient Chief of the late Military Police, and his assistants, Captains Ford, Roche and Jackson. The old police then evacuated the station, leaving it in possession of their successors, and repaired to their quarters, in the room over the Market commonly known as Military Hall, where Major Croft and Captains Roche and Ford made appropriate addresses to the men, paying them high compliments for the efficient and faithful manner in which they had performed their duties as policemen for the past six months.--The men gave their officers three rousing cheers in return, and were then dismissed for the purpose of repairing to their respective regiments. The new police were at once placed on duty, and were seen afterwards on their posts throughout the entire length of the city. The number of men appointed is