During the reception parade today 5000 troops lined Pennsylvania Avenue and a special guard will be in the 350 foot dome of the Capitol rotunda when Their Majesties receive Congressmen in the Capitol tomorrow.
Additional precautions were taken as the royal train entered the United States last night. Inspector Albert Canning, chief of the Special Branch of Scotland Yard detailed to protect Their Majesties in Canada and the United States, joined the royal encourage abord the royal train for the first time.
Previously he had ridden in the pilot train with the newspaper correspondents.
He said last night that he felt no "unusual trepidation regarding the security of Their Majesties while in the United States."
"All precautions have already been taken," he said. "We feel there is no more probability of incidents in the United States than elsewhere."
However, there were indications that extra precautions were taken.
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