Evening star., 1941-12-30

exits should be made slowly and
without pushing.
The whole Metropolitan Police
force, approximately 1000 men, will
be on duty. Aiding them will be s.
900 volunteer auxiliary policemen,
who have been trained TO help di-
rect traffic and to guard darkened
streets.
Sealed Orders Distributed.
An innovation which will make
tonight's rehearsal more realistic for
many workers will be the distribu-
ton Of sealed orders by police to
senior deputy wardens in charge
Of areas. These secret orders. pre-
pared by Maj. Kelly, were trans
mitted to precinct commanders, to
be turned over to patrolmen for
delivery. The patrolmen are to de-
liver them as soon as the raid warm
ing sounds.
The sealed orders are intended to
test the efficiency of the system OF
distributing information. Presum-
ably they will relc.y information
concerning enemy objectives OF
other matters relating to the simu-
lated raid.
Defense executives emphasized
that all persons not on official mis-
sions should stay of the streets
during the alarm. Persons at home
should remain there. and those
caught outdoors and sent to shelter,
should stay in them until the all
clear.
Nearly 1000 auxiliary firemen will
report to fire stations ready to carry
On as if incendiary bombs we're being
dropped.
Also slated to rehearse tonight i,
5he communications unit of the Aux
iliary Fire Service. The members OF
this unit. of which DR.. Edward Goo
kin is in command. will report to
Fire Chief Porter and will notify
auxiliary firerlen in case they have
not heard the raid warning.
The medical service. directed bv
DR.. John A. Reed. will assemble its
casualty teams at hosDitqls. ready
to dash to any theoretical scene OF
damage. They will not attempt to
man CASUALTY or f1rst-aid stations
at this practice.
The emergency feeding crews, VOL
unteer women directed by Miss May
Mason. will go to their stations, most
of them located in basement dining
halls of churches, ready to serve hot
soup and coffee.
Chief Air Raid Warden Clement
Murphy will send into the field to-
night force Of 10000 deputy and
assistant wardens, prepared to
blanket the metropolitan area for
the protection of citizens and their
homes.
General instructions which Chief
Murphy sent to his force follow:
"All wardens and ssSistents shall
be at their e~tabli7hei posts ard
within immediate reach of tele-
phone. Messenoers shall he in resdi-
ness in each sector warden pest.
Each senior warden will take
charge of his post in his sector
Each zone warden will visit and
inspect each air raid warden post in
his zone. Assistant zone wardens
will assist the zone warden.
Wardens to Make Reports.
Deputy wardens will remain al
headquarters of the afraid warder
group. Assistant deputy wardens will
be assigned to duties to assist the
deputy warden.
The chief AFRAID warden will be
at 635 North Carolina avenue S E
He can be reached through Com.
munications "a special civilian de-
fense switchboard
Deputy wardens shall report by
| telephone when inspection CT tht
entire area has b,cn ComD,eted
They shall include in this telephone
report the number of sector post!
that have been eSta ab!iShed. the com.
plement of men and shall particu
larry report any lack of efficiency
found This telephone report shall
be Immediately followed by writer
report, giving an elaboration Of th'
original report, including exact To-
cation Of each sector post. telephone
number OF each post, number ant
name OF senior warden on duty.
The Army Medical Center PLAN
TO black out tonight Is trainini
test.