Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-27
INTREPID BLUECOATS
GUARD CAPITAL CITY
New Members of Force Offset Influx
of Desperate Char
acterS.
Savage Indians Prowl Streets and
Cowboys Look Ready to
.Shoot Up" the Town.

Have you seen one of the new police
men? There are several on duty
around the city. Their uniforms, OF
a much lighter blue than those usually
seen. their brass buttons, neat caps
and their night sticks that must be all
of nine inches long make them an
especially fine looking body of men.
All are remarkable for their clean
shaven appearance and their very fresh
compilations. Their average height Is
somewhere between three and four
feet. One was patrOlling a block on
18th street this morning; he had the
copper's stride down to perfection and
needed no lessons in club twirling. No
doubt a cap pistol of the heaviest cal
iber was resting underneath his tun1c
Well, why shouldn't they increase the
police force here. in view of the many
desperate not to say wild, characters
that Christmas seems to have brought
to roam the streets of the National
Capital? Three extremely bloodthlrsty
Sioux chiefs were seen within a dis
lance of two squares yesterday. TWO
were stalking along on foot, with
rifles and tomahawks actually In their
hands, in utter defiance of the law
against CARRYING such deadly weapons.
They Had Terrible Glare.
They spoke to no one they passed. but
their glare would strike terror to the
average peaceful washingtonian's heart;
they looked capable Of any wickedness.
The third, with face daubed as If for
war. was running "A powerful touring
car with a forty-inCh wheel base He
had probably stolen 1t: number was
displayed, but the word Comet was
stenciled across the hood. IL Is PROP
ably a new make ard should easily De
identified.
Cowboys are even thicker than In
dams. Cad in leather or sheepskin
CHAPS" scarlet handkerchief around
neck. six-shooter and lariat on hip, they
are staggering in twos and threes AL
over town. Where do they come from
Nobody knows. They weren's here We'd
nesday Nor can any hotel give in
formation about them. But here they
are Many have intelligent, some even
kind faces. But you know cowboys. Let
them once get enough ginger ale ABOARD
and there is no telling what they VIII
do. Their worst instincts come out then,
and they think as little OF boring an
inoffensive tenderfoot or play1ully put
ting q rope around his neck as You or
l would of eating our dinners. 1t Is
thought, however, and not without truth,
/ that, in the event OF any trouble Win
the Indians their white blood would al
most certainly lead them to array them
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Soldiers of Many Nations.
The military would help. too. as they
did the day of the suffrage parade, last
spring. when the crowds of hoodlums on
the Avenue became unmanageable. There
are lots of them here, too Not so many
handsome uniforms have been seen since
inauguration. A Star reporter yesterday
and today counted no less than
nine very martial cooking soldiers ana
| officers fully armed and equipped.
as follows: Two United States cav
alrymen No conductors caps. either.
! but the big black helmets with flow
| ing yellow horsetail plumes such as
we used to see In parades before the
| Spanish war. One sergeant evidently froQ
the 7th Regiment of New York; gray
| ing brush in the top Two members OF
some crack regiment of hussars from the
British army. The reporter couldn't see
Just what one. but noticed an intricate
device I'm gold surmounted by the British
arms upon their sabretaches. More thar
likely 1T was the 10th Hussars. OF which
| Edward VII was colonel, and many other
notables have been officers. One officer
in a continental-looking uniform buff ano
blue and cooked hat. The seventh was
| a private or looked to be. in the Rich
mond Blues, and the last two were plair
linfantrymen from the forces of some
European power.
Mothers used to make the uniforms fol
the kids. Now you can go into toy
store, name your army and your regt
ment and the clerk hands ii out to yoJ
fastened on a card, correct and handsome
in every detail.