The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-30
MAJOR SYIUeSter issues IN
strucfons for the Great
Fo1ce Of Regular and Spe-
ctaI Guardians ofhhe Peace
People Must Be Kept OF
Sfeeets Escort fo1 PresI-
DENIS CAUSE.-THE Aque-
duct Bulge During The
Regatta.

Major Sylvester this morning made
public the following police orders for the
members Of the department on the 9Th
of October, incident to the parade on
that dav:
In order to carry into effect the pro-
gram as outlined by the executive com
mittee, having In charge the thirty
sixth annual encaIapment of the Grand
Army Of the Republic IN Washington, D.
c.. for Monday, October s, 1907, the fol-
lowing instructions are promulgated for
the information and guidance of the
members Of the Metropolitan Police
Force:
At $50 o'clock ca the morning of
Monday, the sth of October. the floral
and automobile parade will form on
Massachusetts Avenue northwest, be-
tween Scott and Dupont Circles. The
line Of parade will be along Massachu-
sets Avenue TO Fourteenth Street, to F
TO Tenth Street, TO Pennsylvania Avenue
TO the Peace Monument, thence counter
march by way Of Pennsylvania Avenue
to Executive Place. TO the EIlipse in the
White Lot, aId here dismiss. The pro-
cession viii be reviewed in the vicinity
Of the White House by distinguished
guests.
Must Keep People OFF Streets.
IN order that the parade may be
uninterrupted. and life and property
made secure, members Of the force de-
Tu4f -
require all pedestrians and vehicles to
keep of OF the aforesaid streets and
avenues, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, until the parade shall have
passed over the same: requiring a clear
ance Of all pedestrians and vehicles for
at least one square in advance. half
square TO the rear, and half Of the
streets or avenues named. to the left Of
the parade
Any violation of this order will sub
tect the offending person or persons to
the penalty Of the Law.
Policemen on Bicycles.
In order 70 carry the foregoing in
structions into effect twelve privates
mounted CT bicycles viii report to Act
ing Sergeant Bode at Scott Circle at Q
O'Clock a. n. and proceed as escort to
the parade
Thirty priyates mounted on bicvcIes
will report 10 Acting Sergeant PIem-
mons al Scott Circle at O'Clock a. n.
and flank the parade throughout the
route, maintaining a clearance OF at
least half the streets and avenues named
in Paragraph No. l of this order.
-Four privates mounted on bicycles
will report to Acting Sergeant PIem-
mons at Scott Circle at 9 o'clock 2. n.
and be assigned to the rear or the pa
rads, and keep s clearance of half
square through the line Of march.
Six MOUNTED privates will report 20
Sergeant Harrs- II Thomas Circle at
O'Clock q. N. and clear Massachusetts
Avenue from Scott Circle to Fourteenth
and L Streets northwest for the passage
Of the parade
In Front Of The Times Office.
Twelve mounted privates viii report
TO Sergeant Murphy at Tenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue northwest al $40
O'Clock a n. and when the parade shall
have reached Tenth and E Streets north
west, hold ali tTafic on Pennsylvania
Avenue until the parade shall have
passed to the south side thereof. usink
two mounted privates IF his own com
mand and the mounted privates between
D and E Streets northwest for that pur
pose.
Sergeant Murphy viii then, with the
remainder Of his command, proceed 10
clear the south side Of Pennsylvania
Avenue to Ninth Street. stationing two
mounted privates there; 10 Seventh
Street, stationing two mounted privates
there: TO Sixth Street. posting two
mounted privates there; to Four-and-d-
half Street. posting two mounted pri-
Yates there; 10 the Peace Monument;
then when The counter-march SIS made.
take all the mounted DriVates under his
command and clear the north side %
Pennsylvania Avenue TO Fifteenth
Street, 70 New York Avenue.
All the mounted prIvates who report
70 Sergeant Murphy at Tenth Street and
Pennsylvania AvsCuc. and who assist on
the Avenue. shotEG again report TO him
for the last mentioned duty when the
bicycle escort with the parade ap-
proaches.
At Fifteenth Street and New Yo-k