The Washington times., 1909-02-03
WILKIE NOT BALKED
BYLACK Of FUNDS
Secret Service Work Goes
on Just the Same, He
Tells Tawaey.
MEN ARE ASSIGNED
TO DEPARTMENTS
Are Not Paid Out of Appropria-
tions for His Branch Of
Service.

Details Of the testimony given befors
the Appropriations Committee by Chief
! Wilkie, Of the Secret Service, became
/ known today and disclosed the fact
! that. despite the criticisms Of President
I Roosevelt, the work Of the service has
been carried on without any Interrupt
tion whatever and that not a single man
has been disconnected from the Secret
Service as a result OF the limitation put
ia the sundry civil bin last year by the
House Appropriations Committee
This is interesting, in view OF the
statement made a year ago by Assistant
chief Moran to the erect that the serv-
( Ice carried twenty extra men for the
/ purpose Of supplying detectives TO other
executive departments OF the Govern
ment.
The committee, in examining Chief
/ Wilkie. endeavOred to find out just how
/ the work OF his department today com
/ paFes with that of the six months pre-
/ ceeding the enactment OF the bill which
/ limited the activities of the Secret SerV-
/ Ice men Mr. Willie explained that
! there had not been since the enactment
( OF the law the usual activity among
I the criminals that his men are sup
/ posed TO keep track OF.
/ Two Assignments.
/ He admitted that there have been two
{ assignments Of Secret Service men for
/ Investigations for the Navy Depart
ment.
"One may have been in the last seal
+ year, before the first Of July" said
/ Chief Wilkie. but there certainly has
+ been one since, at Norfolk, bu5 not
+ paid for from this Appropriation.
/ AIT. Wllkle then explained that the
/ Investigation was for the purpose OF
/ clearing up some thefrs at the Norfolk
navy yard and the services Of d dc-
/ tectiYe was necessary because the
/ district attorney declared IL would ba
/ impossible % convict white men on ne
T gro testimony. He repeated that Tie
/ services of this were not paid fer
/ from his own appropriation
/ Paid by the Navy Department
aslfea Chairman IaWney.
ald by the Navy Department" =" said
Ar- Nlikles "but out OF what appropri~
! at I do not know. The account was
/ 2cL -ettied through eur office.
Tourney Asks Questions.
rave there been any other assigu-
ments from your division Of men TO
any other department during the pres
! ent fiscal yoar?" Air. Tawnsy asked
Yes, I think one more" said 8lr.
! WnIie. "A man is still employed in
+ the investigation OF Ehe Mexican revo-
/ luton. He is employed unGar the neu-
traiity act by the state Department.
/ He has been down in III Paso abogU
( ave months
! The committee then endeavored to hud
( out II this assignment constituted vio-
I iattOu Of the Limitation clause OF the
sundry civil bill OK last year, and M.
/ Nilkie said that Joe Priest, secret ser
{ vice man, had been detached from the
/ payroll or the secret service ana IS now
/ employed under q special tund by the
! State Department
! Mr.. Wilkie added that at THIS tfm8
{ last year before the committee adopted
It's limitation clause, there had been
4 sixty tive men on the secret service pay
/ roll and that there are now hTLy-sIC
men. The other nine men. ne said had
} been employed by the Department q
/ Justice.
Has he Department OF Justice or
/ ganlzed a secret service division during
this last fiscal yearza' asked Dir. GaW-
Il only know from what / have heard
! In a geIeral way replied the chief.
( and NJ Finch, the chief examiner,
/ consulted me during the present fiscal
! year in regard 70 some suggestions On
/ organization. know IN general way
For Department of Justice.
/ From July J. 1907. 10 December 81
( 1907, the work done for the Department
( of Justice by the Secret Service, excIu-
that they have q force OF agents over
/ sive Of land-fraud cases, cost Sl3.00s. and
[ for the same period in 1908 the cost OF
/ the work for the department by tho
+ Secret Service was S4o149.
( The effect Of this Limitation upon the
I appropriation Tor Secret Service has
/ been to reduce your force OF nine men 90
/ asked AIr. TaWuey.
''That is one of the effects, yes, sir
/ replied Mr.. WLkie.
+ "And these nine men are now en-
pIOyed I'm the Department of Justice Uu-
/ der the organization OF their force o.
/ examiners
/ THAT is true" replied NJ WHkIe.
; Mr.. WiIkie said that iu addition 20
T the two men assigned 10 guard EFeSi-
/ dent Roosevelt there are also two Wl-A
/ Judge Tart
In that connection asked Mr.. shore
ley of Kentucky. WOULD you desire
/ authorization I'm the law WarrantI1S
the detail of men. not only 20 protec-
I the President bu the President-electt
''Ir might be wise said Mr. ALktr.
IT think If anything should Mapped %
I the Presldeut-elect and there had been
40 measure OF protection taken IN tHo
case. that the Secret Service would be
+ held responsible DO
J Were there any guards az the White
] House until the present administration
! asked Judge Smith. Chief FiIkie replied
i tIat there were not.
Due to Assassination.
And" asked Judge Smith, sit was
F due TO solicitude arising out OF the
assassination OF President Mckinley
taat they We're first put thereT
Eyes. sir" replied bIr. Wukle.
AIr. Sherley then asked a number 0e
. questions for the purpose or dAding out
if the capture OF criminals had been
retarded as a result or the Limitation
I clause IN the appropriation bin.
/ What cases are there" Mr.. Sher!es
+ asked "othev than the one mentioned
/ hv the Secretary OF the Treasury tths
+ Chicago subtreasury SuoTtdgtI upon
which they had taken uo further action
and th8t had been dropped by virtae Cf
I the provision tU which you ascribe the
/ CauseE'
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