Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-30
HOW new YORK is
Being PREPARED
AGAINST ATTACK

New York, April 2S-Ths great
metropolis, has been rapidly prepares
by the police national guard and
United States army officers, acting to.
gether. to meet an emergency. Some
of the measures taken would be OF
equal value in case of a great fire
flood or rio, but just ut present they
are designed to meet the needs of a
sudden call to war.
Not all the preparations known by
newspaper men and others to he in
effect, or contemplated here can he
mace pubic. There is no censorship
put a word to the patriotic-to
paraphfase the proverbs sufficient
NV York has large unnaturaiZel
foreign population. In the main these
aliens are peaceful. but the authori-
ties are taking no chance with the few
llreDrands among them
Every danger point has been plot
ted. Al the slightest indication of
tiouble, 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 II trouble comes his TO-.
600 big bluecoats will be reinforced
Immediately by an equal number OF
national guardsmen whose homes arc
in this city.
Besides these, Mr. Woods for some
months had had 1000 volunteer
policemen training in the various po-
lice stations. These men have prom
lsed to do police work when Gale d
upon to supplement the regular force
Commissioner Woods has already
dispatched a special squad of detec-
tives to assis the regular force which
guards the great aqueducts bringing
water from the Catskills and the Gro
ton watershed.
A few pounds Of dynamite iudici-
ously placed could make New York
90 thirsty for many day.
II enemies wreck telephone and tele-
graph wires within the city, the 20
lice Will not be at loss. They have
been trained to communicate between
signal stations on the top of the sky
scrapers by means of flags and liant
erns.
Detailed information has been
gathered concerning the number size.
and power of river craft. OF automo-
hiles 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 ser
vice; and the police have worked
out method for handling volunteer
nurses and stretcher bearers.
The national guardsmen of the city
have been divided into squads in such
way that each squad leaders lives
near the men of his unit. An order to
mobilize received at the remimental
armory would be tclephoned 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 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 non-com-
missioned. would have beene notified
and within sixty minutes the com
manding officer, the field. staff and
company officers and the first SER
geans and quartermaster sergeant of
each unit would be at the armory.
while the subordinate leaders would
be completing the notification of the
privateS.
Six hours after the order to mobilize
had been received the guardsmen
would be assembled, uniformed, armed
and equipped, each with three DAYS
emergency rations and ready to move
out.
They consist OF a signal corps bat
talon with an aeroplane detachment
which would probably fly at once
from Hampstead plain to Central park
or some other point within the city;
two battalions of engineers, ten troops
and machine gun troon of cavalry,
fourteen batteries of field artillery
thirty-three companies of coast arti.-
lery. seven regiments OF infantry q
field hospital. an ambulance company
and the quartermaster corps.
Another 10000 guardsmen would
commence arriving the next day from
New York state outside the city.