The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
GUARDING UNCLE SAMS GOLD.
The Treasury at Washington Well
 Protected.

Visitors who enter the Fifteenth street front of the Treasury at Wash- ington observe inside the door of the first room to the left a small arsenal. It is a small room, but it is the office of the captain of the treasury watch, the man upon whom devolves the re- sponsibility of protecting and defend- ing all of the gold, silver, notes, bonds, bills and other securities of the gov ernment. This place has been held ever since 1871 by Harry A. Cobaugh, says the Los Angeles Times.
 Captain Cobaugh recently told the writer that the large army revolvers in the case are distributed to the indi- vidual members of the watch force daily. and the Krag- -Jorgensen rifles are for the use of the watehmen for the protection of the millions of the people in the event of any overt act on the part of any marauding band that might be organized for loot. AL though there is no prospect nor any seeming likelihood of any effort to capture the Treasury vaults, the watch force is organized and constant ly ready for any emergency. Each man knows his place. and they are all as perfectly drilled as any military organ ization could be.
 Previous to 1877 there were no rifles at the disposal of the Treasury watch force In that year there were numer- ous riotous disturbances throughout the country. notably the riot at Pitts burg, which was quelled only by force after many days. There were similar riots at Philadelphia and Baltimore During the summer an anarchist nam- ed Cohen organized Aand of lawless and riotous men. Daily and nightly he harangued them, and at last declared that all of the money in the Treasury belonged to the people and ought tc be distributed to the people.
 At the instance of Captain Cobaugl, a requisition was made on the War Department for rifles and revolvers John Sherman was Secretary of the Treasury, and he was somewhat dis turbed by the condition of the countr, which led up to this demonstration eral Green B. Raum was Commission. CT of Internal Revenue. He was a vet. eran soldier; good one, too By direc' 1 ton of the Secretary of the Treasur, all of the clerks reported to Genera Raum, individually, and he selected five hundred able-bodied men for tn, defense of the Treasury. He drilled them nightly, and they were read, | for any emergency that might arise | Finally Cohen marched to the Treas ury one afternoon at the head of { band of more than thousand malcon tents. Captain Cobaugh came out or to the portico and met him. Swift, placing his revolver against Cohent | left breast, he told him to order hi followers to march on past the Treas ury. Cohen did so. The riot was prac tically over That was the occasion O first having rifles in readiness. The, were the old Springfield rifles of 45 calbre. They have been replaced h, modern Krags. The Colt revolverA ar of 45-calibre, with long barrels
 Out of this original call upon tn War department for ordnance ther has grown a demand for weapons fo the protection of all branches of tn Treasury, so that, for the protection of the sub-Treasuries. and hints tn War Department now furnishes fou Gatling guns. 300 feed cases for Cat lings, l,500 hand grenades, 137 Spring field carhines, calbre .45: 120 Colt re volvers. calibre AS; 16e Colt revolver. calibre. sS; S5 magazine rifles, calibr 30; and 127 magazine carbines, cali bre 30
 The ammunition supplied consists c 5000 revolver ball cartridges, calibr 45; 1000 revolver ball cartridges, cal ihre .45: IS, 900 earbine ball cartridges calibre 45; and 5000 Krag- g-Jorgense
 ball cartridges. calihre 30.
 The four Gatling guns, the 150 hand grenades. 100 revolvers and 10
 carbines, with ammunition for tn same. are furnished in the Sub-Treas urv in New York. The remainder ar supplied to the hints and Sub-Treas uries at Philadelphia, New Orlean
 Denver and San Francisco.