Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-06-16
Police, National Guard and
United States Army Prepare
for Emergency.
DANGER POINTS ARE PLOTTED
At First Indication Of Trouble Guards
VIII Be Placed at Piers, Public
Buildings, Aqueducts and
Terminals.

New York.-This great metropolis
has been rapidly prepared by the po-
lice. National Guard and United
States army officers, acting together.
to meet an emergency. Some of the
measures taken would be of equal
value in case of a great fire. food or
riot. but Just at present they are de-
signed to meet the needs of sudden
call to war.
Not all the preparations known by
newspaper men and others to be In
effect or contemplated here can be
made public. There is no censorship.
but word to the patriotic-to para
phrase the proverbs sufficient.
New York has large unnaturalized
foreign population. In the main these
aliens are peaceable. but the author
tiles are taking no chances with the
few firebrands among them.
Every danger point has been plot
ted. At the slightest indication of
trouble. guards will be placed at all
piers, public. buildings, reservoirs.
aqueducts, and important transporta-
ton functions and terminals.
The program has been worked out
mostly by Arthur Woods. police COM
missioner. If trouble comes his TO-
900 big bluecoats will be REINFORCED
Immediately by an equal number Of
National Guardsmen whose homes are
In this city.
Besides these, M Woods for some
months has had 1000 volunteer po-
licemen training in the various police
stations. These men have promised
to do police work when called upon to
supplement the regular force.
Commissioner Woods has already
dispatched specia. squad of detec-
tives to assist the regular force which
guards the great aqueducts bringing
water from the Catskills and the Gro
tor watershed.
A few pounds of dynamite judicious.
ly placed could make New York go
thirsty for many a day.
II enemies wreck telephone and tele-
graph wires within the city. the police
will not be at a loss. They have been
trained to communicate between sig
nal stations on the top OF the sky
scrapers by means OF flags and Ian
| terms.
Detailed information has been gath
cred concerning the number, size and
power of river craft. OF automobiles
and of other vehicles which might be
pressed into service.
A list has been made OF empty build
| ings that might be used either as bar
racks or TO supplement hospital serv-
Ice; and the police have worked out a
method for handling volunteer nurses
and stretcher bearers.
The National Guardsmen of the city
have been divided into squads in such
a way that each squad leader lives
near the men of his unit. An order
to mobilize received at the regimental
armory would be telephoned to the
squad leaders. Each leader would
then telephone to those members OF
his squad who have telephones and
would call on the other men OF the
squad personally.
| Those men who could not be reached
in this way would receive kilograms,
which are now lying all made out In
the desks OF the company clerks in
the armories.
| Within thirty minutes after the re-
ceipt of the mobilization order. the of.
ficers. commissioned and noncommis-
stoned, would have been notified and