Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-15
GUARDING THE QUEEN.


have taken place of late years have
thrown upon the police of all countries
an immense amount of difficult and deli
cate work in guarding Monarchs, Princes
and Ministers. In England we have be-
come familiari7ed with the idea that our
leading statesmen must be escorted by
detectives wherever they go; and pop
ular as the Queen is, we know that elab-
crate precautions are taken to protect
her every time she appears in public.
Few. however, can be aware of how
much anxiety, activity, trouble and con-
sequent expense, are involved in that
word protecting" Looking only at
the pecun;ary side of the question, the
tine which mailman or frantic inliicts
upon country when he attempts, even
without success, to take the life of a
ruler, is considerable. The services of
detectives have to be paid for; and to
do their work properly, these officials
must not be stinted of money for tele-
grams, railway and cab fares, and cas-
ual expenses. Sometimes they have to
assume DISCUSSES, and to pay heavily for
secret information as to alleged crimi-
nal designs; and though, this informa-
ton is often worthless, the police can
not afford to disregard any item of in
telligence bearing upon the safety of
the great personages whom they have
to guard Thus. the contents of every
letter sent, whether anonymously or
not, to Scotland Yard are carefully con-
sidered. The mischievous simpletons
who concoct untruthful letters tor fun,
and the foolish busybodieS who write to
disclose suspicious circumstances
that have come under their notice, may
all rest satisfied that they cause worry
and waste of valuab time, if nothing
worse. AS the police have sometimes
received warnings of great Importance
through unsigned missives bearing no
guarantee good faith, they make it 2
rule to investigate all facts not palpablv
absurd which are revealed to them; and
doubtless by so doing they have often
been enabled to prevent crimes. Many
an intending criminal must have been
ba ked in his schemes by the timely dis
covery that his movements were being
watched. --
To guard royal residence that is,
to keep an eye ON suspicious charac-
tiers who may prowl about it, or seek
admittanre requires vigilance, but is
easy work compared with the task OF
protecting the SOY ereign when she APP
pears in public. Every time the Queen
leaves one of her residences, even Tor
an afternoon drive. the event is notified
some hours beforehand to the police by
the equerry on duty, who announces what
itinerary her Ma esty will probably'fol-
low. At certain points all along the
route. policemen have be stationed.
and detectives are placed at all the
points where the royal carriage is likely
to stop. Round Balmoral and Osborne,
the roads Can be watched without diff
Guilty; but not so round Windsor
Castle and Buckingham Palace. Wher-
ever crowds can congregate, the difficult
ties OF the police are multiplied. "A
special superintendent is deput:ed on
ordinary occasions to patrol the line of
the royal progress but when there is
state pageant. this duty is performed
by the Chief Commissioner in person,
He has to see that not only the police
men in uniform, but the detectives
unsupported by the crowds among
whom they stand-are all at Their posts. !