Williamsport will be under “military law” the night of April 8. Members of Company E, Eighth Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard will constitute the police force that night.

On April 8 members of the Williamsport Police Pension Fund Association will hold their annual benefit ball at the armory and most of the officers will be off duty.

In order to get publicity for his company and to assist police department, Captain Painter conferred today with Chief of Police Fred Tepel and offered to have his company substitute for the police department.

Captain Painter plans to secure a volunteer detail of about 20 of his men in uniform, who will act as policemen. These men will be on street duty and will act as special officers of the department and will assist at police headquarters.

Captain Painter and Chief Tepel have not yet completed their plans but by April 8 they expect to have all the details arranged and the “soldier-policemen” assigned to their duties.

Captain Painter said his men will willingly act as guardians of the law for one night.

The public is forewarned to be on good behavior when the soldiers are walking their beats, for one of the first things a soldier learns when he is assigned to guard duty is that he is “boss” and his word goes.