New-York tribune., 1917-10-31
State and City to Organize
Guard to Protect
Supplies
Will Recruit and
Arm Big Force
storehouses, Underwriters
Say, Are Now at Mercy
of Nations Enemies

plans for the formation OF a "iooo
a.fepee corps" composed Of SeVera'
,bousand armed men who VIII ehee-
,;,ely guard New York's 1000 supp!
s..;rst tbe ravsges Of enemy-siien
S,,bnq. are being formulated by the
S,,to Defence Council, in coopera''o"
vab Mayor Mitehel's Defence Commit
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Within a few days it is expected 'iD'
-. .,., will be complete, and before
~ r,ore time elapses it is hoped
.,.t 3 large part Of the force will DC
1t1.,d 70 duty. The Council the
comr,ittee and FIRE insurance om'I1,s means
,sroucbout the city believe the I''s .
- ec.ourees TO be in danger oI oe-
.truction at the hands Of the na''0n :
e.onics The organization o. inc "
sa,co force is held 20 be me"S'i' "
..;tsi and immediate necessl'! o.,-
"a. a. things are now there Is hosn-
a,o,ert the destruction by enc
mies Q! e. -" said W. +. MALTA
,tVteo s,c-,tsrv 49, Of the National boaro
- We Tnderwriters, yesterday
Supplies Now Unprotected
"a rang Of determined pro-GermA.n
6r,bugs could do enormous I@l,JSh -.
New York in one night' oou Ioft
niles. AS valuable as they are, az - -
improperly protected or ehtTeIs ""
Guarded. IN many cases H'''lo"S, -.
soilsrs' worth Of supplies are ie-,
rigbtlv in the care OF supeISi'ih ue'.o =
wstebmen whose pay is insuhcle"' ~
make them Efficient. oa
II regard il imperative tha' @-ii'eV .'...
Guards. in sufficient numbers, De p"'
N Guard stored supplies witnouI DC
Isv There have been enough susp''
cious Tres throughout the country t'
warrant the greatest possible precau
tons
Food Arsenals" Planned
,,.r,bors Of the Home Defence
IearDe in all probability VIII ne USE
n form the nucleus OF inc ne" loINg
Inst how the balance OF tne coIPS
il "a be recruited has not oeen ih@o'
known. A plan whereby suppues ..
secondary necessity may be "l'lu' q" J.
from storehouses within certain as
triets and replaced by iooostuuS Is
under consideration. Such olSlrlc1'
would be in the nature OF iooo arse
nails" and guarded as such
Most meat packers. sugar renhers
,nillers and refrigerating companies ~
this city say they have taken ever.
nyeeaution 10 guard their property eve
einee the United States entered m
var However. with the exception OF
more careful watch by the guards u
their employ, they have taken no adde
precautionary measures TO meet IN
present situation.
Sulzberger e. Sons Company ha
taken Food Commissioner Hoover
statement that nationwide plots l
destroy food are prevalent more SER
ously than most of the packing Eouse
with plants IN this city, and has slight
iy increased the guards around IL
prorerties. The local manager san
yesterday that the police are aiding d
pstrolling the plant
Swift q Co. are leaving the problem
Of guarding their storehouses TO IN
heads Of each individual building, Will
Cudahy g. Co. find no cause for worry
as they keep little more than dali.
tupply o. meat on hand.
Neither Acker. Merrsll & Condit no
Park & Tilford has increased tht
guards at its warehouses. The Hecker
Jones.Jewell Milling Company ha'
guarded its mills very carefully foi
the last year Yesterday d conference
was held 10 discuss the advisability OF
increasing this guard. Tho American
Sugar Refining Company has employed
special patrclmcn for several months
Il has also organized Il uniformed
Plant Defence Reserve of about fifty
employees