Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31
maintenance OF ORDER
Chief of Police Arranges War
Against Crooks.
PLAN TO HANDLE THE CROWDS
Caring for the Sick and Injured.
Hospital Corps to Parade.
Baltimore Visitors.

The preliminary steps toward forming
| the column of veteran soldiers and sailors
| to act as an escort of honor to the Pres1-
dent-elect and Vice PreSident-elect from
the White House to the Capitol to take
| the oath Of office the morning of March
4 will be taken during the present week.
| The first formal action will be taken by
the United Spanish War Veterans Of the
District. Department Adjutant John
Lewis Smith last night issued a call for
| a meeting of officers Of the department
! of the District of Columbia, past depart
| ment officers and past and present camp
| commanders in Flynn's Hall. Sth street
and Mount Vernon place, opposite the
Public Library, next Thursday evening.
| Plans will be made for the participation
Of the six local camps in the Inaugural
| ton ceremonies.
| The arrangement for the participation
| Of the seventeen Grand Army posts OF
F! the District of Columbia in the escort Will
be made by the anew department COM
mander Of the G. y. r. who will be
elected at the department encampment to
| be held February 10. Edwin II. Holbrook,
| the present senior vice commander, is
| scheduled to succeed Commander John s.
Walker, and he will march at the head
Of the veteran division.
The garrisons Of the Army and Navy
| Union. including several from New York
| and other places, will. be commanded by
| Col. j. Edwin Browne of Baltimore, ma
tional commander.
Police Chief Is Busy.
Maj. Sylvester, chief of police and
chairman of the committee on public
| order. is busy arranging for the work of
the police and members Of his committee.
Reports indicate there will be an i'm
| mense crowd of visitors here at the in
ausuration," Maj. Sylvester said to a
Star reporter last evening. land 1t will
be no easy matter to take care of them.
I'm expecting conscientious work from
the members of the committee. and with
better than they would otherwise be-
Maj. Sylvester explained that the ap-
pointment of four hundred or more spe-
cial policemen and the bringing here of
experienced detectives from the principal
cities of the country will be a great help
In maintaining order and holding the
crooks in check.
Many Extra Detectives.
Inspector Boardman has informed men,
bers of the detective corps that fifty
or more sleuths are to come here from
otllCt CitICs. IJC lldS ulduC .
for accommodating them at hotels in the
business section, but will not determine
on their assignments until they reach
here. Two or more Of the visiting detect
ives will be assigned to work with each
| member of Capt Boardmans staff.
Many of the special policemen will be
| sent to the outlying precincts. while mem
bers of the regular force will be sent to
I IA 1rSt third nd Qfytb kor
they will perform duty along the line of
the parade and where the crowds will be
| the largest. Attention is also being given
by Maj. Sylvester to the question of car
ing for sick and injured, although DR..
D. P. Hickling is chairman of the SUBJ
committee in charge of that work. 1t is
expected that there will be at least TWEEN
ty-five ambulances and patrol wagons
stationed at convenient points, while
tents and other places will be available
for rendering first or temporary aid.
Power to Handle Crowds.
Under the provisions Of the act of Con-
gress relating to inaugural matters. the
local authorities are to frame regulations
which will give them additional power to
handle the crowds. Maj. Sylvester re-
allies that drastic measures are neces-
sary on such occasions and during the
coming week he will devote some of his
time framing the necessary regulations.
He realizes the street takers and ped
dlers have to be reckoned with and the
regulations will be broad enough to reach
| them.
Upon such occa sions,' said the super
intendent of police. "some of the takers
and peddlers are really crooks, and it is
/ the duty of the police to ascertain some
| thing about them. 1t is also necessary
that the police should have authority to
got of those who a
proper showing.
"The police department will not stand
| for anything that is not just right Maj.
| Sylvester added. "and persons of ques-
| tionabe reputation who come here may
expect trouble
There will be no delay in roping off
Pennsylvania avenue in order to keep
the crowds upon the sidewalk. the super
intendent of police says, and tine police
and members of the committee on public
order will do what they can to prevent
| the use of boxes or other distractions
upon the sidewalks along the line OF
| march. Large quantities Of sand will be
kept on hand for use on the streets in
event of the pavement becoming slippery.
Hospital Corps in Parade.
| Company G, Hospital Corps, at Wash
| ington barracks, having strength of 16O
| men, will represent the medical depart
| ment of the army in the inaugural pa
radc. 1t will be commanded by Capt.
Charles X. Reynolds of the medical de-
partment. Arrangements are being made
| by the medical department to assist the
American Red Cross in the establishment
of aid and relief stations along the line
| Of march Inauguration day.
Word is received rom Baltimore that
| the members of the Merchants and Manu-
| facturers' Association Of that city have
| accepted the invitation extended by Com
| missioner Macfarland at the recent BAN
quet of that organization and will come
10 this city TO participate in the inaugu-
! ration.
Coming in Special Train.
| The members will come in a special
| train leaving Baltimore about o'clock
| the morning of March 4. and returning
late that night. Col. William A. Boykin,
chairman of the hospitality committee,
will be in charge of the arrangements. A
| caterer with a corps of walters will &C
| fi,o Ut, md III