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L 3 Sn F Hurricane Signa's. p’f\' the event of an impending hurri- ?cnnv, the tollowing signals will be siven from the Forts at Christiansted, Froderiksted, and King’s Hill;—and the te ovhone centrals will also inform &ll sahseribars (couniry ones first.) D aring the day: —On2 hurricane flag (s red Hag with 2 blick square in the centre) will be flown. If this island 1s in the path of the hurricare, TWO HURRICANEK FLAGS (one above the other will he flown. During the night: —Two rockets wiil be fired at an intervai of five minutes, Office of the Director of Police, Fred- eriksted St. Croiz, V.l U.5., 16th July 1924, F. COULTER, Director of Police. DISEASES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIU HEALTH TN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 3 Oi" (di UNITED STATES. Durinz the month of June, 1924, the {Hibwing diseases of interest to the public h. ve h:on reported in the Virgin Islanis: In Stiut Croir. Pvsantaee . i B N D ‘Praehoma ... i ks B Babicaloss . . v 8 In St. Thomas.—St. John. I’E“ll'..’,’l'.l L ee G 1 Sel.. 2 H. M. STENHOUSE, M. D. Chief Sanitation Officer, Municipality of St. Croix. Mails Cloze for the United States by s. s. Pari- ma at 4,00 p. m. today and for the Leeward and Windward .slands, Barbados, ete., by s. s. Bolivar at 11 00 a. m. tomorrow, 19th, PROCEEDINGS OF THE N ¥ T COLONIAL COUNCIL FiE 81. CROIN. (Continn-ld I}':};z“.;/:s;rd'u/'s Avis.) Ist Member for Frederiksted Town (Juckson) remarked: Mr. Chairman. 1 am q:i‘e in accord with the proposal of the Honorable 20d Member for Chris- e (B 1x VLG tiansted Town to add one more sergeant to the budget inasmiuch as one will be disechareed tonight. While Iconsider that the Police Forece is tuo large. 1 don’t say they are over paid,bu’ [say t at thenum- ber of policemen is qite outol propori.on to the number of inhabitants. 1 remem ber goine down to a iittle ¢ity in Indizoa of 7.500 people to take up the practice of law after I had got mv licens:; I went to the Court House to iind out tre condi- tion of affairs: I fourd that thers were only two policemen ard a sherili in that city. I inymediately came to the conclu- ston that there was ro place for alawyer. We have, it is true, developad a_ well equipped and efficien: police forze; 1 say eificient considering ihe conlitions un- der which we labor here in 3. Croix. Thov ave well drilied men; they make a splendid appearance o strangers; when they are reviewed :ocey make us feel proud, but still [ have always held and ati!l do hold ithat our police fovze is too large. To prove that there is ny neces- sity for suen a large police force we have only to consult the records. 1f you look at tFe reeords of the Police Court vou wiil find that all the offenses charged ave of a very trivial natuv: and instituted by private persons. We must loog to tae records for the necess ty of this trem=a- dous police force. Whnen [ spoke of a re- duction of the force I mean eventually; [ don’t m~an in the morning; no. 1 was saying that some of ray colleagues will not azree with me, ‘hey may say that there may be a riot- If we hav2 a riot we have soldiers which the United Stafzs Governmant is payiaZ to maintain on this is'and for the protection of the in- habitants. There is no reason in the world for us to have such an overwhehia- ing organization In the Jays when there was murder; vwhen w 2 had the rumshops opened; when there wasa mu - der every Sunday we hada’t sush a tre- mendous force; now "he ruiasaops a2 closed I see no necessity for suzh a top heavy organization. 1 canndt, howev.r, at this moment vote for this monzy bill and as a result in the morninz a man is pat out of his job, and perhap. oaz ol tne most eTicient men in the foree. 1 t M>mber for Caristian.ted Town (Adramson) remarked: Mr. Caairmaa. [ don’t quite agree with the Hnorable Ist Member for Frei:riksted ‘own as regards reducing the Police Force; Tam not in sympathy witl that idea for the reason that there is ilways ac¢'y to do away with the Nava. Governm:nt; and if that is done can th> police 10ne take care of the situation? lastea! 7 redue- ing the puiice foree I advoezte that we increase the numb:r ol its p:rsoane!, In Porto Rico and in the British Islands every block one goes “» he finds an ablo- bodied policeman; I se: policeraen patrol- ling the countrv districts in Porto Rie; that is not done here becaus: the force is not large enough. Let us sympathize wi. the police and let tlose that ac: now.emp oyed hoid their ijobs. I repeat that insteat: of reducing the sumber of policemen now 2mploved add two more to that namber: let us iry to encourae them to remain with us and not go away with every steamer that Jeaves Lhis island for the United States. ist M-omber for [rederiksted Town (Jackson) remarked: Me. Chairman. i just want to explaic my position. 1 £ not speaking of reducing the foice at present: | mean eventually. Evenif tle men are our friends and we find it neces- sary to reduce the number we have (0 do it. How are we going to show that it is necessary? By the rocord of the Police Couart. ist Member for Frederiksted Ccun'ry District (Fleming) remarked: Mr. Chuire man. lam in lull sympathy with the proposal of th2 Honoruble 2nd Member for Christ*ansted fowvn us regards b g- ing im an amendment to retain the nun- ber of sergeants Mow employed. We have no Marines in Frederiksted and therefore we should have suflicient po- licemen to guard that town, 1 wish to naint out that formerly we had fanr nieht guards on the streets and two were cu- ployed at the Cus'oms House. 1 also wish to point out that the Police are as- sisiing in the enforcement of the proni- bition law. It is supposed that the rum industry has been kiiled, yet a considera- bl quantity of rum is being manulac- tured and there are inuch more drunken- ness teday than before, It the force were reduced lives and properties of the peo- ple of Frederiksted would not be pro- perly protected, 1 am of the opinion that the number of policemen in Fred- eriksted ougit to be increased. The po- lice in Frederiksted are giving fairiy good service for the salaries they are re- ceiving. W=z have no Gendarmes nor Marvines in Mrederiksted. Ist Member for Frederiksted Town (Jackson) vemmarked: Mr. Chairman. Whan I speak here lam not doing so with the intention. of catching votes. | am speaking conscientiously asa represen- tative of the paople. [ am speaking for the proteciion of the Treasury. 1 will not vote one doliar that ! think is unnecessa- ry expendituce. We have a budgzet call- ing for Fres 1,223,269.85; I am going to vote for it because better cannot be done, But I am asking this Counecil if it is going to continue its policy of such lavish sex- penditures forever; and if it thinks that the Uunite]States tax-payers are go- ing to throw money into their hats while they are sitting herve doing nothing at al! to increase the revenues of the island and elamoring to have life and properiy protected. The Honorable Member wlho spoke about protecting life and properiy would not have been aere had the people of this island not been a law abiding people. Pro:ectioa of life and property- We all want to be protected to the extent that we protect ourselves., When 1 speak here abou® redu :inz the police force [ am th or d: