Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-18
KEEN GUARD WILL
WATCH ROOSEV WELT
Detectives Will Be at Elbow of
Former President and
in the Crowds
4l0O POLICEMEN ON DUTY
Ten Hospitals and Fifty Surgeons
to Take Care of Heat
ProStrationS
400 POLICEMEN ON DUTY
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were in the White House. The police
are taking unusual precautions.
From the time Roosevelt leaves the
steamer at quarantine he Wlll DE
guarded by the keenest detectives
on the force. Some of the men
will be always at his elbow, others Will
be distributed among the crowds,
,,atching for the least suspicious move.
Inspector Russell, head of the de-
tective bureau, will take personal
charge of his men. Police Commits
sioner Baker today assigned sixteen
inspectors. forty-eight captains, III
lieutenants, 40 sergeants, 400 patrol
men and twenty surgeons TO duty ioI
the land parade. Another force In police
boats will watch the water parade.
60OO ON GUARD
In the lineup there will be about 2OOC
Spanish War Veterans, in addition to
the Roosevelt Rough Riders, bringing
the total number of soldiers and police
on guard to well over 5000.
The soldiers are to act as Colonel
Rooseyelt's escort and guard. The
chief work of the police will be to keep
the crowd in order, but they also will
look to the protection of all out of town
visitors.
-Four hundred detectives began tc
scour the city last night for every
crook they could recognize. All those
gathered in will be held under lock
and kew until the celebration is over
To look after those who have slipped
through the dragnet other hundreds
of detectives will be constantly circu-
lating through the files on the SIDE
walk during the parade.
THE LAND STATIONS
The National Volunteer Emergency
service. of which General e. S. Davis
Is at the head, will look after hospital
arrangements. If the day Is hot the
scores of surgeons and nurses are sure
to have their hands full caring fol
cases of heat prostration. But ample
provisions have been made. NOT ohlS
will there be ten land stations along
the line of march from the Battery to
Central park and Fifth avenue, but q
hospital boat with q station off Slater
island will follow the river parade.
HOSPITAL tents and ambulances will
dot the streets wherever the press Is
thickest
All big hotels report large advance
reservations of rooms for tonight anc
tomorrow, but it is thought they will
easily be able to care for all theil
guests. as the bulk of the visiting
crowds will naturally be recruited from
nearby towns. When the cheering Il
over these will go home to sleep II
their own beds.
UP EARLY
Mr.. Roosevelt's children now in thi
country and his relatives who arr
going to meet him will sacrifice severa
hours of sleep for the sake of being
the first to greet the wayfarer.
The revenue cutter Manhattan, whicf
will take them to quarantine, will leav'
at an hour not yet determined, de
nending on the time when the KaiseriI
Auguste Victoria enters the harbor, bu
in all probability they must rise before
dawn.
Rear Admiral Leutze, conmandant o
the Brooklyn navy yard, Will command
the warships detailed to the naVa
parade. They will lead the line, WIFI
the South Carolina In advance, followed
nv five torpedo boat destroyers, fou
revenue cutters and four police boats
Then will come in twelve divisions th'
fleet of chartered steamers reserved
by clubs from all over the country
and excursion steamers plying 10
chance fares.
In the general roundup of crooks de
tectives corraled siXty-seven in tn
borough of Manhattan. They were al
taken to police headquarters during
the night and morning.
Police Commissioner Baker had
conference with the police magistrate
and it was agreed that all known pick
pockets and other criminals taken be
fore the magistrates win upon prope
Identification be held as susptciou
characters for forty-eight hours.