| Show etious E ETi 1110 D S E EMPLOYED M P L 0 Y ev T TO 0 0 GUARD U A PRESIDENT presidents A squad of special policemen in citizens clothes consta constantly aly on duty inside the white house the total absence of nil all martial display and precautionary measures about the he dwelling and the person of the kiil f wagi strato 0 f t the I 1 nation 0 would o orllo any foreign visitant washington at lh he present moment in war times tl mft u in times of ft peace tile the president of t united staten gaii tile the meled abild independent life that u lampto CUK lie he roe and conita and beyond the icko liny any other man feet fact that he 1 la 14 4 haral r worked p perhaps uan than any other man in the coun try his doily daily life differs in no respect from that of lila his follow citizens he talks abroad strolling through the streets of uie the capital or drives mith hip hl forvily for lily unattended by guards or Tec of ally sort eort so fo for far oil as can tie be een e en from first to last our presidents have love been men of uncommon nerve or and freedom from sense of personal danger there Is no record of any one ot of them linver at any time asked or even def defered jred special protection or guard puring tire period of the ho civil nar or tome thirty mounted cavalrymen with VL IL captain in coln command and were nere deta detailed fled by order of the secretary ot of war to guard the while house and to escort alo ho president ahan hn he drove if rove out vat bur AN provision for his a safety never met iab lili presidents Lincol ns approval and nd when a cottage at the home during the summer alff he would on dig a n d an aal 4 dismiss disclaim he be dragoons who escorted him thero there efrom from tin tile white house fa for r the th night flight to ohp th kiert dismay of oc hla his confident ibi 0 whom the security of the presidents person was in trusted an and I 1 who realized the dangers from th the vagaries va of cranks and the con diLlons incident to war time sir air Lincol ns wi dispensed with upon tile the frat pretext and has never boen replaced although four military tin the ir lion of Joh nerin as aa president and the capital haa suffered buffered the dangers of at least one invading army that of cry much uneasiness aa felt by the friends arlenda of president cleveland at that urno and tho chief of police made it his Ppe clail autv one night to rids ride so out t to woodley mr air clevela Clev elands summer hwn ton to se for himself nha dan gels FOIS the president might be exposed to nothing could excel tile the quiet and order kelch reigned that midnight on tho the woodley road the police inspector indeed cri encountered countered but one man astir nor was it any marauder or even a colored Cri chicken lemen thief but mr cleveland himself who mho seated at his waltr I 1 ln ng table jai in the full light of a student I 1 lamp R A close to a broad open to tho the ground would have made a tempting target for the shot of an assassin who could have taken deliberate aim from the long avenue betheen betA een rows rowl ol of trees which led to the house houe after after tills this two policemen diore ero stationed at woodley and others ill at the white house where the rarden garden gates which had always bon been open were TIT now w locked but these precautions wore were more to protect the ladles ladies and children I 1 of tho the family from curious eyes than to secure the safety of the tho the officers directly responsible for the fresl dents protection from anny ann Y ing intrusion are aw IVIl Wll liani harn 0 of 0 I 1 olice and mr porter the 1 IJ elira if WIN W IN 71 it klaf I 1 11 col W G moore tho the scores of foolish land and threatening letters from fanatics or mischief ra ral people oil all paa through mr air T to hainli and are arc turned over ver by film to maj moore loore never by any chance coming coining to the president PresIde nL I 1 col moores experience ban filled him in a pecullar pi cullar manner tor for aerie these grove grave ile he Is a native of washington anac and 11 listed AS an a pi in tile notional national ines I 1 under der t th ilist ran rall for troops lit in 1461 aiom rom the h hm blo pa post h was nas su suddenly dollay ordered to doport for duty as aa private sacre tary to I 1 the secretary of wor war and lie served i both secretary SeC cameion Camei cin find stanton in this hn capacity throughout the iha t ilni line ol of ill the war 1 for far special girvice be h wai and ad autant general of D f volunteers and since i tho the war ling has co commanded mm tile the district troops and Is now colonel of tho FI r et regiment of district militia the ell discipline s lie hf maintains the th dis triet police 1 li 14 4 military in the highest degree decree while not R larrr large force con on grems greas being especially in the necessity for police protection of tire the national capital Is no more effective pollee police force in the world which is IR by their un equal cn ulel leA of great crowds upon inaus and other core cere mantal occasions lit in A special squad of 0 irom from tb 1 ty to fifty police guard tile the white house houpe premises prem leeB on the outside the th district police olao also serves as aa outer gaiard for the other government this force Is directly under the control of col moore and the unusual distances covered by the ile long blocks blocha and inter squares equator of the iho ton plan are overcome to EL a preat great degree by a lal jai arian arrangement gement ot of electric signals of 0 col moores to orca special contrivance ivanac kneir knon only to him and his guards within tile the white house there Is 13 a full complement ol of guards in efti citizens zenal bivs dress fully aimed u mcd and having authora ty ly to act under any circumstances these men are arc disposed throughout tire the mansion manion and receive their orders from and report to mr potter so tt it seems that very simply almuly and troubled liou blea by by no undue fears or lick inck of proper 1 tion the president Is virtually protected us as a civilian by chil challans lans it Is not to be supposed that these to men col co moore and mr porter were selected lied lec with a view to their special fitness for this part of their duties in guarding tile the president agoust tile possible attacks of cranks or 0 r fanatics but bui that they have a illness fitness for it Is generally acknowledged as tile tho insult of fortunate circumstances cp right 1 by tire tho inic lit crary and 0 nos o ia Stir vice |
