The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-25
CLOSE GUARD FOR PRINCE.

Hundreds of Special Police, Beside
Militia, Protect Visitor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Interming
with the crowd at the depot to meet
Prince Henry CT Prussia, today, was a
small army of secret service men, de-
tectives and policemen. Mayor Sylvester,
the chief Of police, had ESQ of his uni
formed men on special duty and 125 of
these were detailed at the depot. AS
sisting the local detectives were a corps
Of detectives assembled from a number
CT other cities for familiar faces of Grim
inals and suspects from other points.
Sp> eral mounted policemen guarded the
rear Of the trainshed. A score of police
men on foot, also marched alongside the
carriages on each side, at intervals of
six PAGES, in single file. 1t is only short
block from the Sixth Street depot to
Pennsylvania avenue, and as the march
ing column swung around it, they found
| the broad driveway from curb to curb
swept bare of people and vehicles from
that POM as far as the eye could reach
in a westerly direction. From shortly be-
fore the scheduled hour of arrival all
street car service along or across the line
of march had been suspended, all vehicles
| except those belonging to the arriving
party hau been barred and only author
lied persons were allowed within the
lines. There We're only few of these
banked along each side of the route, in
addition to the police were over 1,-vy men
of the District Of Columbia militia. They
formed double line, of sentinels at inter
vals OF four paces,s facing Of course, in
wards.
The safety Of the prince was assured
not only by -4ls immediate escort but by
lieutenants, among whom was divided the
responsibility of the order of route from
the depot to the White house, each hav-
ing a separate but interlocking jurisdic-
ton. 4nere were thirty policemen spread
over the first three blocks, half hundred
from there to within a block of the
| White house and two score more Of
them assembled in Pennsylvania avenue
Immediately in front of the executive
grounds. All these were reinforced by a
large number of officers in citizens
clothes. At the White house large de-
tail of police, assisted the regular men in
keeping the grounds free from intrusion
of unauthorized persons. When the lire
Of carriages bearing the prince and
| cortege started from the depot a platoon
of sixteen mounted policemen wheeled
into line and took position at the head of
the column Acting Lieutenant Matthews
in command of them. They constituted
| the front platoon and a similar squad of
mounted police, under Sergt Harry, pro-
tected the rear. Between the police and
the carriages marched the military escort
comprising troops of F and G, Of the
Second United States cavalry, from Fort
Myer, headed by the cavalry band and
Fourth battery of field artillery, all under
the command of Lieut.. Col. Dimmick.
They We're Immediately in front and back
OF the line of open carriages fanking the
princes carriage On each side were two
mou ted policemen with equipment of
gauntlets and dresssaddle clothes. They
were within range Of the carriage so as
to avoid as much as possible any annoy
ance or embarrassment to the royal guest.
The double line Of sentinels left a gap
Of four feet in the-ayenue and two feet
in Fifteenth street along the treasury
building. the most people being massed
along the curb.