The times., 1899-10-04
HANDLING THE CROWDS.
The Police Arrangements for the p,
rade Well Executed.

The Police Arrangements for the Pa
rade Well Executed.
In striking contrast with the police ar
rangements for the parade of Monday night
were those of yesterday. There was alb
solutely no hitch in the programme Major
Sylvester personally took charge of his
force at the Capitol, where the crush was
greatest, and with his mounted aides, kept
within bounds surging mass that only
awaited momentary laxity on the part of
the police as a signal to leap over or crawl
under the restricting ropes. The vigil of
the police however, was never for a mo-
ment relaxed, and the result was that per-
feet order was maintained, where chaos had
prevailed on the previous night. Then. too,
the daylight aided the policemen. Sum-
ming up the arrangements of the police of
yesterday, little but praise can be extended
TO Major Sylvester and his aides. On the
whole, the dense masses were admirably
handled, and everything was as near per-
fection as could possibly be expected.
Promptly at the appointed hour, Major
Sylvester, with Lieutenant Kenney and a
squad or mounted men, assembled at the
east side Of the White House The broad
utive Mansion from Fifteenth to Eight
eenth Streets was cleared in a few mo-
ments and then the general details, under
the various lieutenants and sergeants
roped the cross streets interseeting the
Avenue, from the Peace Monument to the
Treasury building. No one was allowed
within the lines except the committee men
and newspaper reporters. The entire wide
expanse of thoroughly cleaned asphalt was
perfectly clear at the time the sig
nal was given at 1890 o'clock for the pa
rade to start. From that time until the
end of the pageant rounded the corner at
the reviewing stand at Fifteenth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue perfect order
was maintained. When the parade had
finally cleared the corner and was IN full
line along the Avenue the crowd was al
lowed to follow in its wake, being held
at little distance to the rear by squad
of mounted police, who followed directly
behind the High School Cadets. After the
parade started Major Sylvester and his
squad of mounted aides and officers. who
were in the van, had a clear and unob-
structed path not only to the Peace Mon
ument, but to the stand at the Capitol.
The posts of duty of the different lieu
tenants OF police, with their respective de-
tails of mounted and foot men, were the
same as those of Monday night, as were
the posts of the various hospital ambu-
lances, the only exception in the police ar
rangements being that there was no detail
at the Pennsylvania Railroad station, be-
cause there was no necessity for it. The
line of march between the Peace
Monument and Eighteenth Street was
covered in divisions by men under COM
mand of Lieutenants Kelly. Amiss, Da-
ley, and Boyle. Captain Austin was de-
tailed at the Peace Monument and together
with Lieutenant Swindells looked after the
crowd in and about the Capitol until the
arrival of Major Sylvester.
The hospital ambulances, while ready at
their posts for any emergency call. had
little or nothing to do. There were only
two cases of fainting reported. There were
no injuries as result of crowding or street
fights, the latter being conspicuous by
their absence