Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-30
THE GUARDS OF WINDSOR
CASTLE OF ENGLISH KING
CLOSELY WATCHED.
Difficult for an Unauthorized Person
to Pierce the Line Of
Sentries.

From the London Mail.
| The presence of King Manuel at Wind
sor Castle has been the cause of con-
siderable quiet energy at Scotland Yard.
and known anarchists have been watched
for at the ports. and those whose pres
ence Is known in this country have been
tshadowed. The precautions. however,
taken for the safety of King Edward are
so nearly perfect that little remains to
be done in the actual guardianship Of
Windsor Castle
! For an unauthorized person to gain an
entrance into one Of the kings palaces is
| nearly an impossibility. 1t has been done,
but the number OF times could be almost
counted on the fingers of a hand.
| Within the walls Of Windsor Castle are
| treasures Of priceless value. and even II
the court Is not in residence no one can
enter without his presence being known
| to the police.
Although the royal residences are so well
| guarded at all times, the guard is strong
est when a foreign sovereign pays a state
visit to this country. Then almost every
other man is a detective within mile or
two Of Windsor Castle. and no one who Is
not well known has the slightest chance
OF getting within easy reach of the royal
apartments.
When the king is in residence at Wind
sor the guards are doubled. Instead of
one man marching up and down with
bayonet fixed between sentry box and
sentry box, there are two.
Then there are metropolitan policemen
on duty at each gateway, as well as
| royal gatekeepers in scarlet and gold liv-
cry. In addition to that there are plain
| clothes detectives and night watchmen.
Watching the Gateways.
lunatic seldom gets farther than
Henry Wits gateway at Windsor. The
| little police Office is just inside the gate
| and here is officially recorded every day
anything of note that takes place within
| the precincts of the castle.
A few yards inside the gateway are also
| the quarters Of the officer who is in COM
| mand Of the castle guard. Telephones
are installed all over the castle. and the
different entrances are connected with the
main switchboard, near the equerries' en-
/ trance.
| II paper knife were taken out of the
| castle today 1t would be missed tomorrow.
Every treasure and piece of furniture in
| Windsor Castle is entered into huge
| books and photographs are kept of all
| the most valuable articles.
The sentries were always provided with
ball cartridges until guardsman fired
three bullets into stone elephant on the
east terrace Of Windsor Castle, which he
| mistook for a ghost in the mists of the
| early morning. Now they have to de-
pend on their bayonets.
| 1t is very seldom that thefts take place
at royal residences. The police have
power to search all bags or parcels being
conveyed from the royal palaces. Many
years ago a sentry at Windsor Castle
managed to hook down a valuable gold
/ watch and chain from one of the royal
apartments with his bayonet on the end Of
| his rife. but he was quickly found out
and punished.
A night Waterman goes on duty inside
the castle at Windsor every night and
comes off in the morning. In case of fire.
| he would at once give the alarm, and in a
| very few moments the royal f1remen and
castle guard would be on the spot. and all
| entrances would be closed and guarded.
The same system prevails at the chief Of
| the royal residences.
| There used to be sentries at Frogmore
| In the early part of the last century, but
there Is none now. Around the royal
mausoleum at Frogmore, where Queen
Victoria's remains repose. the metropoli-
tan police are on duty all through the
itwenty-four hours