Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
PLANS TO KEEP ORDER
Police Force May Be mcreas-
ed Inauguration Week.
WAITING UPON CONGRESS
Proposed to Engage Nearly 500
Extra Men.
TO HAVE POWERS OF REGULARS
Printed Instructions Will Be Given,
Which Will Indicate a Wide
Range of Duties.
70 HAVE POWERS OF REGULARS

Will MAJ. sylvester, superintendent Oh po-
| lice and chairman of the committee on
public order, arrange the minor details
Of seeing to the protection of the public
during that period. 1t is expected that
| he will have the assistance of 400 spe
cial policemen and about sixty extra de-
| tectives for service during inaugural
| week. The special policemen will be
named by the several police captains.
these officials having been asked to record
the names Of persons who are thought
| to possess some police qualifications. The
sixty detectives will be brought here from
| the principal eastern and western cities
and will work with the sleuths connect
| ed with the central office at headquar-
| tiers.
| it is stated Maj. Sylvester wants the
captains to exercise discretion in order
that he may get the best men to serve
the department. Those who accept such
appointments will be expected to do hon
est and faithful duty, and will have to
live up to the rules governing the regu-
lar members of the force. 1t is stated
that many persons have an idea or &C
cepting appointment with a view to hav-
ing a good time during the few days
they are on duty but when they enter
upon their duties with such expectation
they will be disappointed.
Demand for Uniforms.
Second hand and cast-off uniforms will
be in demand for the specials, those
wearing the uniforms being more likely
to be placed on duty in the business sec
ton. Maj Sylvester realizes that it will
be necessary to detail many of the spe-
cial policemen in the business section,
and he prefers them to have something
more than their badges to attract the
attention of strangers to them. He re-
allies that thousands of strangers will
have to depend upon the police for sug-
gestions of various kinds and the spe-
Gals in uniform will be in the sections
where they will be able to be Of such
assistance. In all probab ility the rules
of four years ago will be made appli
cable to the special policemen this year.
Special" policemen were instructed four
years ago that they possessed all the
powers conferred upon members of the
regular force and were subject to the
regulations governing the force.
Special policemen will be especially re-
minded of the regulations prohibiting
them from entering barrooms or other
places where intoXicants are sold, and
will be notified that drinking while on
duty or appearing for duty under the in
f1uence OF liquor will be cause for imme-
date dismissal.
Instructions to Specials.
1t is the intention of Maj. Sylvester to
call especial attention to the need of
courteous treatment of strangers, and the
specials will be instructed about as they
were four years ago, when they were told:
Special privates anywhere should be
prompt to offer information as to loca-
tons and streets to strangers and visit
ors, being particular at depots to prevent
them being imposed upon by runners.
and hackmen, who often misrepresent
prices and distances. Disorder and the
surrounding of strangers by runners
must not be permitted
In addition to this Maj. Sylvester will
give them printed instructions concerning
what he will expect of them. They will
be told that they will have to perform
regular police duty. 1t will be necessary
for them to prevent disorder look after
supposed thieves and see that windows
houses are fastened at night. They will
also be instructed in the matter of caring
for the sick and injured. and will be ex-
pected to know the telephone calls Of the
hospitals and emergency stations.
-Four years ago there were sixteen tenn
porary hospitals. where the sick and in
jured could receive treatment. They were
along the line of Pennsylvania avenue as
far west as Goth street, four of them
being east of the Capitol. Police patrol
wagons will also be stationed at conven-
lent places. and ambulances will be kept
where there will be no delay occasioned
will be expected to know where the
wagons, ambulances and emergency hos
pital stations are located and to give
prompt response when assistance is
| needed.
Duties of Extra Detectives
! Inspector Boardman will have charge OF
| the detectives who are to be brought here
| from other cities. Some of them will
probably remain on duty ten days. while
others may be here only a week. The
visiting men will be assigned to work
| with the members of Inspector Board
| mans squad, and will be required to
| work early and late in order to protec
residents and visitors from thieves. De-
| tectives will not all be kept in the bust
| ness section Of the city, the police off,
| Gals believing in guarding against house
burglars as well as against pickpockets.
Detectives are to be brought here from
other cities chiefly to assist in keeping tab
on the pickpockets. Scores of the light
| fingered gentry are expected to follow
such a crowd as is likely to be here at
| the Inauguration, and the police officials
want to have detectives on hand to greet
| them before they have an opportunity
to do any robbing. Four years ago there
| was little stealing done, but at some
other inaugurations 1t was as much us the
| clerks at police headquarters could do to
| record the complaints that were received.
Maj. Sylvester detectives will have the
assistance of the railroad and Washington
Terminal Companys detectives. The lat
| ter will be Of service on the trains at the
| Union station, where some OF the local
| and visiting detectives will also be on
guard. Detectives will do duty on railroad
| trains between Baltimore and this city
| the hotels and steamboat wharves will be
| watched and attention will be paid by
| the sieuths to pieces where the crowds
are greatest. 1t is hoped by Maj. Sylves-
| ter and his force that the crowds will lose
no more than was lost here at the in
auguration of President Roosevelt.
Cincinnatians Want to March.
| Maj. Thomas P. Morgan, chairman of
| the committee on civic organizations re-
| ceived letter last evening from Guido
Cores, president of the Stamina Re
publican League Of Cincinnati, requesting
that place be assigned the organization
in the inaugural parade. I'VE will have
2OO men and a band of fifteen pieces,
Mr.. Cores wrote. land the members will
wear dark suits and derby hats, a special
badge and carry canes.
The Staminas expect to reach Washing
ton the morning of March 3, over the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
The Central High School of Springfield.