The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08
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GUARDING \ PALACE. =.

"'i' Ii"it al buckingham palace
honmS oiit Tho hour of midnight. twc
rcd-liv"ricd servants emerge from IN,
S'eWaFd'N room, one bearing Il larGc
bunch of KEGS. ~
1T is the duty of these two Ia lock
al! IN" entrance doors of the palace at
midnight. with the exception of tn,
o"or at the cquerrics' entrance, which
i i'lt open all night. and which is
used ny the king and queen and mcnl-
ntfs OF the royal household who may
enter the palace after midnight.
TWO servants arc on duty at This on
trance all night. When all the doors
nav" been locked. the servants in at
''hhhnr" AT each retire for the night.
ana from then until the following
morning the palace is in charge of the
night staff. consisting of police, sol
"lrrs' W"tchman. and iiremcn.
mere are ten police, who. through
out the night, patrol the five r)riet
r"rrl'"rs in the palace. They have
regular heats in tine palace exactly as
ti'"% nave in the street. There is II po-
iirr station attached to the palace.
Mhcrr twenty mon arc stationed. who
ar" detailed entirely for duty outside
amt inside buckingham palace. and
are, "l course. relieved of all street
d'ty' Ihey wear precisely the Same
uniform us cons,ahlcs on ordinary
street duty.
Tho mon detailed for night duty en-
ter the palace At II o'clock. but do not
begin patrollinG the corridors until
midnight. They remain in a guard
room in the basement floor hetwccu
III and l.. where. if they wish, they
ar" allowed to smoke and arc given tor
and coffee.
IN" patr"lling Of the corridors is
carried ont precisely i'm the same way
as II the police were ON duty i'm the
street They walk in pairs up and
down their cheats meotinc al the
end of a beat" just as they would
III the street. The corridors arc kept
tli&ht al night.
IN" duty of the R~uckinsham palace
Pollct-Wh" must not he confused!
with m" detective staff. who have thr
r~rSp"nSin11ty of looking after the per
s"nal safety of the king and Queen
are really Very light, ana 10 got post
"h I" the palace station is n tate that
an CONSTITUTES in tho metropolitan di-
Visions regard AS an extremely for
thni'" one. The discipline nlaintaiu-
cd. however. among the palace police
IS NorN strict, and the slightest breach
on TN" Part of Il constable of n OF
tine special rules obtaining mt the pal
ace police station is usually followed
ny his being sent back TO ordinary
duties.
There arc two watohmcn ON duty at
the palace an niuht. ono is s,,tin,n1
in tn" corridor whore the personal
apartments Of the sovereign are sitll-
"tod. Tho Watchmnu'a room is ;t ONE
end of tho ,nr,.idr,, .,,I a.. tt.
end IS y clock.
The Waterman is REQUIRED TO PATROL
the corridor every half hour. Whcn
o" Reaches the end of tho corridor
Nti"r" the clock is placed. he has tn
push n needle, with which tho clock
is fitted. lcr"ss the face of it, and it
records the time AT which he did so.
It n" is five minutes late i'm arriving
AZ the clock, the needle cannot lac
pushed. and when the clock is; exam
'n"d tho NEXT day tho fact that the
Waterman was nnglectful of his du-
ties becomes apnarcnt.
IN" palace Waterman. az. tho other
Waterman IS O. allied. is on dutv i'm the
corrid"r where the state rccontiou
rooms are situated. and he visits each
apartment Of which there are ten.
from Zinc to time t~hroughout the
Ni&l1i,
buckingham palace has its own nri-
vat" telephone exchange. i'm which an
operator IS on duty all night. When
the king is in residence. calls from
various quarters are fairly freullcut
throughout the night. Many of Them
are OF official or Scmi-utiirial char
acter, and MAY come from governments
offices. or possibly from the British
Imha&$adni in Paris, on from some
of the royal residences in this coup-
Try.
The o,,crator js nroy;dod u.;.h .
book of spn,ial talenhnun rall fnr,,s ="
Each shoe, of the book is hcaGad
"Eurkinrham nalacc nlannn,n n;rrht
call and there is n L,.,I. sm,.n ~
the hour al which thc raj ,.,,o =,
When a can comes in no n.nr,a.
writes down Tho ,ncs.,n ana ~ .
of the caller and Initials ~" .In", '
Each call is written ON , .o,.ra,l
sheet. and all Tho shoots ara snn, ' NV
With his ma iesty's rnr,csno,aonna w. a.
tho secretaries flcn,r,,onn+ i. 81.
morning. CIV
The ranpcme dcscr;bod ,,l, ,r
plies to calls cunning il, af,or NH
night. when a c.IIn, /. nn, :, nit
to any of Tho bonsehoid da ar. .nr",si'
If fine king worc .vnoc,i,,n na
cially urgent can tho n,,nr.',. r,I
of course. he ins,ructnd 1o NV, w.
callers through to the sccrot, vac aas de
and some ono mn,ld No
there. of course ia answer ,bn na,
Four soldiers arc on p,,ard ,brnnnb
out the night in tho chia, nn,rnnna
hall of the palace, and six soldiers ire
n, r,orl o,tr;l, -. IN
tries ar zach nntranco ~ Seh-
Tho Guard at nucii,n
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