The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-07

To NUMBER
HUNDREDS
Small Army Will
Protect the
President.
Unusual Precautions
Are Being Taken
in Syracuse.
POpulace Will Be Kept at
a Distance During
His Visit.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


SYRACUSE, n. Y, Sept 6.-Guarded as
no other President in the United States
ever was guarded in times of peace or
war. Theodore Roosevelt is to be hedged
about while in this city tomorrow
Never for a moment will there be less
than 100 armed protectors around him.
The populace will be kept at distance
The elaborate precautions taken include
the constant attendance of the usual body
guard of secret service men and detectives
from Washington. whose numbers have
been greatly increased; company of Ma
tional Guard and one hundred local po-
licemen, making at least 800 armed men
in all.
During his ride through the streets Of
this city the crowds will be kept back
from the eurbstone and detectives will
carefully watch the throngs in the vicinity
of starting and stopping points. Even
those in the windows along the route of
the procession will be under surveillance.
Unless the President strongly objects the
stand at the Fair Grounds, where he is
to review the parade of the National As
sociation of Letter Carriers, and which is
TO be surrounded by high wire fence.
will mark the limits within which no one
not personally known to his escort will be
allowed to appear. This will keep the
crowd 100 feet distant on each side.
STARTS FROM OYSTER BAY.
OYSTER BAY, L. L, Sept 6-President
Roosevelt left at Q o'clock for Syracuse,
n. Y, where tomorrow he will open for
mally the New York State Fair and de-
liver a Labor day address. Shortly be-
station in one of his own carriages from
Sycamore Hill. A goodly crowd of
townspeople had assembled at the station
to see him depart and wish him a sue
cessful journey. He was cheered as he
passed along the station platform and in
response he lifted his hat, greeting two
or three of his acquaintances cordially.
The train on which he travelled to Long
Island City was a Long Island Railroad
special consisting of two cars-President
Baldwin's private car and a combination
car. The President was accompanied by
Secretary Loeb, several members of the
executive force, representatives of the
press associations and four secret service
officers.
ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6-The train bear
ing President Roosevelt and party
reached Richmond HILL L. l., little
ahead Of time, but was held there ten
minutes awaiting the coming of Jacob A.
Riis, who is to accompany the President
to Syracuse. Long Island City was
reached at 9:55 p. m. and the travellers
were brought into Manhattan by a boat
of the Thirty -fourth-street ferry line
Here the President was met by Police
Commissioner Francis V. Greene, with
four plain clothes" men, among whom
President Roosevelt recognized Sergeant
Edward ]. Bourke, whom he recalled for
his efficiency in enforcing the excise law
while Mr.. Roosevelt was at the head of
the New York Police Board, and later as
a member of the Rough Riders in Cuba.
The President greeted Sergeant Bourke
cordially and spoke in high commenda-
ton of the officers work as it had come
under his observation.
Carriages conveyed President Roose-
welt and the others of his party across
the city to the Christopher-street ferry.
Inere being time to spare, instead of GO
ing directly across the North River to the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
stream for some distance, all enjoying
train pulled out of the station at Has.