The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

{ oonfscated counterfeiting outfits. spu-
rlous coin, and other contraband
seized by secret service men, are
! deposited and allowed to accumulate
until, at intervals of about year. a
committee is appointed TO superln-
tend the destruction of these unlawful
articles. The equipment of the secret
service headquarters embraces some
interesting features, including deli
cate scales for weighing coins whose
ecnuineness Is questioned, and
'ogues' Gallery" consisting OF mon
ster file of photos OF counterfeiters
and ohter offenders against the law.
However. the secret service bureau
at Washington is essentially a nerve
center from which are directed the
operations of the twenty-five districts
into which the country is divided on
the secret service map, In oach OF
| these districts a secret service opera
| tive is stationed, just as r patrolman
| is on duty on his beat. but in addition
TO the men thus detailed to indicated
/ geographical divisions. there operate
! from the central office at Washington
| a number of trained detectives who
nay literally be sent to any place
| at any time. To this class belong
| the extra secret service men, who
reinforce the regular bodyguard OF
the president whenever the chief ex-
! ecutive makes tour of the country
or participates in any great public
| function
II is this field service which makes
/
| man to abandon all thought of fixed
habitation with social and family ties.
| He may be ordered from New York
to Texas, or from the mountains OF
| Tennessee to San Francisco at an
hours notice, and 1t is impossible TO
| predict in advance how long he will
I remain at any given place. True to
It's name and policy. the secret ser
| Vice aims to let the public know just
as little as possible regarding its per
sonnel. No secret service operative
allows his photograph to be made,
] much less TO be published. IL he can
/ help 1t, and he seldom acknowledges
| lbs vocation. At the headquarters OF
! Ire secret service htere is rule
aSninst the disclosing OF the namc or
the address OF any of the sleuths.
and in no government publication
not even in the Blue Book" which
is supposed to list every government
employe can there be found any ros-
ter OF the secret service men, or any
OF them.
| However. IL may be stated that the
pay is not high. considering the hard
ship and danger involved, and the Sc
cret service is likely TO attract only
men whose love of life of adventure
and excitement outweighs their desire
Tor monetary reward. A new recruit
III the secret service starts out as
an assistant operative at SO a day,
and II he proves worthy he is promot
cd In due course TO the rank OF Cd.
efatlvo ut IS day. AS an operative
hfs pay may increase To 81 a day, but
the secret service operative whose
salary reaches the point Just short
OF $50 a week must have proven his
worth by long service and have the
experience which can be gained in
no other manner than by practical
secret service work
For all that the monetary rewards
a
means excessive, there is never any
eearth OF applicants for the limited
number of positions In this confden-
t;al corps. Following any occasion
service is brought consplcuously to
The attention Of the public. Chief WI
kie receives application by hte score
from yonng men In all parts OF the
country who are anxious to shine as
slcuths- large majority of aspi
Tapts naively confess that they have
. hSd no experience whatever which
would fit them for this highly special
i2ed held. Many of the inexperienced
applicants are obviously impossible
. bilt even among those who are SUM
ciently promising to receive more
: thsn passing consideration the pro
I portion of inexperienced is over
Vhelming. Indeed. OF the 700 men
whose names are now on the wait