Evening star., 1933-03-05

needed assistance At the Union Station a
large corps Of patro,men and detectives was
maintained with smaller details on duty on the
principal highways leading into the city.
Equipped with city guide books, the Ofhcers
were of invaluable assistance in directing
visitors to hotels, or mapping the quickest route
to the scene of the inaugural or otherwise per-
forming their duties as policemen.
One of the principal jobs of the 60-odd out
of-town detectives brought here for the
inaugural was the surveillance Of crowds for
possible dangerous Communists or Reds"
In past inaugurations, the chief duty of the
sleuths has been to pick up known criminals
who may be attracted to the city by the Ia &c
crowds. But this year, with increasing &C
tivity on the part Of the radicals the detectives
were instructed to keep q weather eye out for
known Reds
1t was a far cry yesterday from day l04
years before, when another great Democrat,
Andrew Jackson. was inaugurated with virtu-
ally no police aid. Great crowds rushed the
inaugural stand At the Capitol, brushed off,
cials aside uncefemoniously and clutched eager
ly at the hand Of the Nations seventh PTesi-
dent.
Throngs followed Jackson up Pennsylvania
avenue and all but mobbed him in their en-
thusiasm as he entered the White House Push
ing in after him, they partook Of the presi-
the costly carpets of the mansion spill
ing wine and breaking glasses with reckless
abandon
Nor did the Inauguration of President ROose-
welt compare with the induction ceremonies
of the founder of his party, Thomas Jefferson,
on March 4, 1901, when, according to chronicles
of that occasion, the new Executive permitted
all who chose to attend the inaugural feast
toward the close of which blacks and dirty
boys drank his wine and lolled upon his
couches."
comparison might be drawn though, with
the Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861,
which, like the second Wilson inaugural, vas
heavily guarded by the Army. Rifemen we're
stationed in hidden spots all along the parade
route and the presidential carriage was sur
rounded by q double file Of cavalrymen, who
afforded an ample shield to the gaunt Lin
coin. At the foot of the Capitol steps regi-
ment of Militia were drawn up. while on the
Hill itself battery of Light Artillery stood
ready to quell at once any general outbreak.
Only few days after he had taken his first
oath as President Lincoln was calling for vol
unteers. The War Between the States was
underway.
With possibly one exception the Police De-
partment has been commended for every in
augural it policed. That exception was the
first Wilson inaugural, when the suffragettes
held coincidental demonstration.
The great woman's parade down Pennsyl-
vania avenue was disrupted by crowds of spec
tators and the thoroughfare presented riotous
scene, and the women fought mady to continue
their parade. That was the day before Wilson
formally succeeded Taft, and the affair still
was fresh in the minds of leading officials,
including members of Congress. A Senate in
vestgation was ordered and the then superin-
tendent of police defended his supervision Of
the parade strenuously, maintaining he
corded the suffrage parade the same protection
he would the presidential inauguration
Inaugurations may come and 60 along with
bonus marches, hunger demonstrations and
Labor day parades-they're all routine to the
ever vgilant patrolman.
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