The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
CITY UNDER GUARD;
! 5000 NJ. MILITIA OUT
r. - - 4 49,
State Soldiers Posted at Van
tage Points in Record
Time in Drill.
READY TO CHECK REDS
Bridges, Terminals, Reser-
voirs and Homes Of Wealthy
Held by Details.

Streets of New York Bwarmed WIN
State guardmen last night when eleven
regiments. comprissas more than 5000
men, answered y cab nor practise mo
bilization with rspidity that sahsneo
the higher officers In command OF the
brigades, who wanted TO make sure the
units could be assembled at q moments
notice in case the threatened July Fourth
Red outhurst eventualises-
Mator-Gen. ORyan emphaticaliy saio
in his opinion the mobilization had
nothing to do with The Red activities
and threats, and this sentiment was
echoed by the other officers. There Ii
not much fear expressed by either the
guard officers, the police or the secret
service that any serious demonstration
will take place on July Fourth Other
than sporadic strikes In connection with
1.-THE Mooney protest Violence In not ex-
pected inamuch as IL has been made
pretty clear TO the I. w. W., Reds and
other anarchists the arm Of the law ID
ready for them.
IN line when assembly was blown In
Svery armory in the city last night
Companies Of each regiment were
marched out to tactical guarding points.
All men were notified where they are to
report should q call be issued. They will
be notified by telephone. The places
guarded last night. and which will be
protected In the event Of Bolshevik out
breaks here, include bridges. railroad
terminals, public utilities, Government
buildings, the homes of the rich and
other obvious targets for anarchist at
tack.
Brig Gen. George r. Dyer was in
command of the First Brigade. Brig
l. II
the Second Brigade. The battalions OF
each regiment assigned to guard points
In Brooklyn were on their way five min
utos after the companies were reported
~ Guard on Waterfront.
Col. Hayes, commanding the Seventh
Regiment, received his orders at 7 IS
and by 8 :15 two battalions were march
Ing through Fifth, Park and Third ave.
nues. and other guard detachments pa
trolling the East, River front between
Sixty-frst and Seventy-eighth streets
About one thousand officers and mer
remained out on guard during the night
and another battalion WIS held In re-
serve In the armory. -
Z Six hundred men of the Fifteenth In
fantry (negro), assembled at their ar
rnory. Seventh avenue and 1920 street
Rt o'clock. Two companies Of the
Ssventy-frst Regiment were sent ou'
around the Grand Central Terminal ant
down to the river. The Sixty-ninth will
chiefly guard Manhattan entrances to the
big bridges that span the East River
The entrances to the Hudson tubes wers
guarded. Squads were stationed at va
rious entrances to the subways also.
When an inspection showed all mer
Oh post, and all points outlined in thu
thu ra0ipnanty
were recalled. Capts. Orvis and Schuy
Ter OF Gen. Dyer's stan toured the dis
tricts in an automobile and 90 notified
AN guard commanders. 's'F
The mobilization. in Brooklyn caused
no end OF excitement end crowds gath
Erred around the armories and elont
the points that were guarded. TIL
Twenty third. Forty-seyenth. Fourteenth
regiments and Second Field Artiller,
outfits responded promptly. and the re
port pleased Brig. Gen. Robb. He said
I'VE want the public to know tina
our work tonight has nothing to d.
with the Bolshevik movement in thii
country nor the present situation on tn,
Mexican border. We are drilling oul
men, as we have done on many OCCASION
before for several years"
Brooklyn Well Protected.
.AutOmODlle tTuChS LOOK nall OF I'M
Twenty-third Regiment to its posts
One company guarded the reservoir nea,
Prospect Park. another the Long IslanC
Railroad depot, a third took post arounC
Borough Hall and the fourth was as
signed to the Edison power house OF
Pearl street. Guard details also wen
to the b. II. T. and Long Island powe
houses Tho men remained on guarC
until II o'clock.
Two battalions OF the Forty seventh
Regiment marched from the armory OF
Marcy avenue. Brooklyn. at o'clock
to several public utility Citations. The.
included the F1atbush station OF III,
Long Island Railroad. the Bushwicl
freight depot, the Edison power plan
a. Gold and John streets. the B. r. T
Plant on Division avenue. the Ridge
wood reservoir and the ,wallabout Mar
ket Col. Walter ]. Carlin inspected tn,
men an hour later and found all tn,
posts guarded.
The piers along the Brooklyn water
front were guarded by 500 men OF tn,
Fourteenth Regiment under Col. Fred
erick w. Baldwin. The Brooklyn sid,
Of the Manhattan. Brooklyn and VIII
iamsburg bridges was theoretical,
guarded by 800 men OF the Second Fielt
Artillery. who brought their batteries
from the Myrtle Avenue armory down 4
the river districts