Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-11
POLICE Do VERY
CRED|TABLE WORK
CROWDS ARE HANDLED BY
ARMY METHODS
No Report of Disorderly Conduct
Reaches Ears of Officers-Chief
Glad Festive Week Is
Over

Army methods pursued in the gov
erning of large crowd was the
way things were managed by CHIEF or
Police Kern yesterday, and the result
was that never before has large gath
ering been so orderly or so we'll man
aged in Los Angeles.
Two hundred and twenty-five patrol
men to manage a crowd of more than
100000 persons scattered over the main
business streets for a distance of more
than two miles was the proposition the
department was up against, and to use
that number of men it was necessary
to leave certain sections almost unpro-
tected during the parade hours.
Despite the fact that the crowd was
the largest which has ever thronged
the streets OF Los Angeles, but few ac-
cidents were reported, and In no place
was there any disorder Some persons
who had gained places near the wires
which were stretched along the edges
sons passing them, but a few words
from the patrolman in the vicinity al
ways opened the way.
Chief Directs Men
Chief Kern was in direct charge of
his men and was assisted by Captains
Tom Broadhead and Walter Auble.
Lieut.. Linhausen was in command of
the mounted men, while Lieut.. Charles
Dixon acted under the instructions of
the chief.
In all the parade covered a distance
of about thirty blocks, and in each of
those blocks six uniformed officers were
on duty, while plain clothes officers
could be seen moving back and forth
through the crowds. Each officer had
been assigned to his beat and given his
orders in regard to the proper methods
of handling the crowds. Every sergeant
on the force was on duty, ready to in
struct the men in case of necessity.
Only one mix-up occurred during the
day and that was just when the parade
was disbanding at First and Spring
streets. There the mob surged into the
streets and by the police lines. Word
was at once carried to Chief Kern and
within few minutes mounted officers
at his command cleared the streets. At
First and Broadway the crowd also
filled the streets for few minutes, but
the police found little difficulty in driv-
ing them back.
No complaints of disorderly conduct
on the part of any of the spectators
were received at the station, and when
asked the officers stated that the crowd
was a much easier one to handle than
had been expected.
No Reports of Disorder
II have received no reports of dis
orders along the line of the parade" +"
said Chief Kern last night, land this
fact delights me greatly. We had TAX
en- great care to instruct the officers in
their duties, and each man knew what
was expected of him. / would have
regretted it had any unpleasantness oc-
CURED, but each spectator seemed to be
filled with the spirit of the affair and
to be willing to act reasonable
From a police standpoint the parade
was a great success, but / am glad II
| Is over. The entire week has been q
hard one for the men, as they have
| frequently been called upon to double
on shifts. Each man did his best, how
ever, and cannot find too much to say
in their behalf"
| While the 225 policemen who had been
assigned to watching the streets during
the parade were engaged at this duty
the remaining thirty-eight others were
engaged in guarding the homes of those
who had assembled to witness the ceie-
| bration. The residence sections of the
city were not left unprotected, but il
was necessary for the officers to double
on beats and in many cases it was nee
essary for the policemen to walk as
many as three during the parade hours