One Inspector was in
charge of detective work and the other an overseer of the
uniformed force. Each of the Lieutenants was in charge of one-
fourth of the Zone with headquarters respectively at Ancon,
Empire, Gorgona, and Cristobal, and the sub-stations within these
districts in charge of sergeants, corporals, or experienced
privates, according to importance.
Years ago when things were yet in primeval chaos and the memorable
sixth of February of 1904 was still well above the western horizon
there was gathered together for the protection of the newly-born
Canal Strip a band of "bad men" from our ferocious Southwest,
warranted to feed on criminals each breakfast time, and in command
of a man-eating rough-rider. But somehow the bad men seemed unable
to transplant to this new and richer soil the banefulness that had
thrived so successfully in the land of sage-brush and cactus. The
gourmandizing promised to be chiefly at the criminal tables; and
before long it was noted that the noxious gentlemen were gradually
drifting back to their native sand dunes, and the rough-riding
gave way to a more orderly style of horsemanship. Then bit by bit
some men--just men without any qualifying adjective whatever--
began to get mixed up in the matter; one after another army
lieutenants were detailed to help the thing along, until by and by
they got the right army lieutenant and the right men and the Z.
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