The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-18
SECRET SERVICE
TO PROTECT TAFT

! 10 mo average citizen who is ac-
! SuSlemed TO travel when and wherever
! ne chooses without thought cT danger
except that Incident 10 tho method
! VI travel which he chooses. the pre.
Sdupons taken by tho secret service
| ouieau OF the United States govern
nent TO guard the president when he
! udVeis abroad from dangers al the
nav .' ~ fanatlcal bomb throwcr or
Feligion'craZed individual who imaz-
mes that he has served his God and.
ms country by assassinatinC the ex-
gcu'iFe head Of the nation. will provo
| Interesting.
me secret service bureau OF the
| government Is composed Of men who
nave been trained to vigilance. TO de-
,ect criminals, and who are pastmas-
zero IN the art Of discovering plots
against the government and It's OIL.
Itinerary Given Bureau.
Nhet the president OF the United
states contemDlatcs p Visit 10 remote
secuoTn Of the country his first act
- TO place his Itinerary. with the cit.
ieS az which he proposes TO stop, in the
ndnds s or the head OF the secret service
oureau at Washington. d. c. The best
men In that department arc detailed
10 'isit each city on the proposed
rouhe. Usually they reach the points
at which the president intends To visit
several weeks IN advance of his or
rival
Keeps Bureau Informed.
III program Of suy nature H.
planned, the secret service man gets
All OF the details and wires or writes
them back 10 his chief in Washing
ton II some known follower OF an
anarchi5tic band happens 10 be along
tue proposed route this fact Is also
communicated 10 the headquarters OF
The bureau. Every detail looking to
the safety OF the president is followed.
and Instances are on record where
presidents have without warning sud
denly changed their plans altogether.
The reasons have sometimes not been
made known, but the secret service
bureau knows why.
Secret Service Men Here.
When President w. n Taft comes
to Utah this month he viii find that
secret service men have already pre-
cedcd him: chat every provision has
been made by them for his safety and
that police departments OF every city
he visits have been consulted by the
secret service men employed By the
government for just such occasions
l.. c. Wheeler. one of the best men
In the secret service department has
been In Ogden several days assisting
the committee having in charge the
entertainment of the president and his
party when they visit Ogden. Mr..
Wheeler With a Gordon al other OIL
GERS. VIII be on the streets hours be-
fore the parade begins. alert and
watchful of every person who attempts
to get too near tho president So eau
tlouS arc these officers who are em-
ployed to guard tho national executive /
that no announcement is made until |
within a few minutes before the pa.
rade begins as TO what order the car |
riagcs or other vehicles are to pro-
coed ip the parade
Local Officers Cooperate.
In addition ~ the detectives who ac-
company President Taft as his body
guard whenever he leaves the cNecu-
tive mansion and the secret service /
men sent out In advance 90 prepare for
his arrival. an extra force Of dctcc-
tves and patrolmen will be ever
watchful OF the crowds of eager people |
who Will crowd around the president |
as soon as he leaves his private car.
The railroad companies which VIII |
handle the presidential party will use
every means possible to facilitate tho
journey through the west Rights OF
way VIII be allowed over all other
trains so that any unnecessary delay
of the special train Will be obyiated.