Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
POLICE AND PUBLIC
PRAISED FOR ORDER
Elaborate Plans Are Made to
Handle Traffic and
Crowds Today.

The Police Department last night
shared honors with the public or
Washington and the $4,000 or more
visitors for orderliness displayed dur
ing one Of the greatest demonstrations
in the history of Washington yester.
day.
Words from high officials came in
last night according honor to the
method whereby the police had per-
fected arrangements for handling
crowd running into the hundreds of
thousands, and paying tribute also to
the law-abiding qualities Of the peo-
pie who lined the route Of march,
gathered in the Monument Grounds
and swirled about the temporary
presidential mansion at Dupont Circle.
John Hays Hammond, general chair
man OF the committee in charge, per-
sonally telephoned to Maj. Z. B.
Hesse, superintendent of police, his
congratulations on the order preserved
throughout the whole line of march.
There was not a single break of
crowds beyond bounds. Mr.. Ham
mond, 1t was said, mentioned in his
communication to Maj. Hesse that
Lindbergh. had commented warmly
upon the efficiency and orderliness of
the arrangements during his ride down
Pennsylvania avenue.
Rockenbach Sends Praise.
Gen. S. d. Rockenbach, commander
of the District Of Washington, of the
United States Army, also communi-
Gated a warm message of congraula.
ton to Maj. Hesse on the clockwork
precision which marked the arrange
ments for the parade and the general
celebration.
Maj. Hesse himself last night passed
the honors to the general public and
to his assistants, Asst. Supt. of
Police Charles A. Evans and In
spector William s. Shelby, who plan
ned and charted the course of the pa
rade, and went into technical and |
minute detail regarding the system |
for handling the crowds and traffic.
The events regarded as virtually |
certain for the schedule Of Col. Lind. |
bergh today are the visit to Arlington |
National Cemetery and the Flag day |
exercises at the United States Capitol, |
with visit to Walter Reed Hospital |
as a probability.
Elaborate arrangements were made
by police for the Flag day exercises at
the west front of the Capitol.
More than 100 policemen, divided
into four groups under captains, will
be in charge of the crowds on the
approaches to the Capitol. One group
will be under Capt Martin Reilly of
the sixth precinct, at the station for
section 1, which extends from First
and B streets northwest to First and
B streets southwest; another group
under Capt. G. l.. Plemmons of the
twelfth precinct being assigned to sta.
ton 2, extending from First and B
streets southeast to First and B streets
southwest; the third group, under
Capt. William E. Sanford of the fifth
precinct, being assigned to station 3,
extending from First and B streets
southeast to First and B streets north
east and the last group, under Capt
G. T. Peck, being assigned to station
4. on B street from First street north
east and First street northwest.
Inspector HeadIey I'm Charge.
Inspector A. ]. Headley will have
general supervision of the details. He
Will place men at each entrance to
the Capitol grounds and post police
men for a block back at each entry.
These police guards will inspect the
passes and Identification cards OF per-
sons entering the grounds for the
ceremonies.
Parking Of vehicles is to be re-
stricted tomorrow on First street
from B street northwest to B street |
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northeast to B street northwest; on
First street, from B street northeast to
B street southeast and on B street
from First street southeast to First
street southwest. The period of the
restriction will start at l o'clock this
afternoon and end after the cere-
monies.
Police have been instructed to keep
all vehicular traffic moving from the
Aa al n1lA l
nue. and 3 street northeast; New Jer.
sey and B street southeast and East
Capitol street. The exercises will start
At 4:30 o'clock
Previous to this, it is expected the
itinerary of Col. Lindbergh will result
in crowds thronging to Arlington
Cemetery, for which point he is ex-
pected to start about 1880 o'clock this
afternoon.
His route, as charted by the police,
Will be east on Massachusetts, avenue
10 Eighteenth street, thence south to
Virginia avenue and east on Virginia
avenue and B street to Seventeenth
street; then south and around the
Tidal Basin to Fourteenth street,
southwark again and across the high
way Bridge to Military road, thence
west along Military road to the south
gate of the cemetery.
Highway Bridge Plans.
Mindful of past traffic jams at the
Highway Bridge, positive instructions
were issued for a strong detail on
Fourteenth street from B street south.
west, to the south end of the High
way Bridge.
Whenever any suggestion of traf-
nc congestion becomes apparent" the
order reads, Capt. Bremmerman of |
the fourth precinct, in command, |
will order all traffic diverted away |
from Fourteenth street, so as to re- |
lieve congestion on approaches to the !
Highway Bridge and on the bridge, !
and will permit no interference with |
or delay of the party and escort"
Capt. Collins Of the seventh pre-
cinct Is instructed to employ strong
details on Key Bridge and it's ap, |
proaehes, greatly similar to the ar |
rangements at the Highway Bridge. |
The arrangement of traffic on M |
street 10 left discretionary with him.
Conditional orders were issued for |
special details in event that plans |
were changed overnight.