Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS FORCE

Finch thinks that he has gathered
around him the finest staff of detec-
tives in the world.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS FORCE
Like Chief Wilkie, Mr.. Finch is un-
willing to state the exact number OF
his force. He has between fifty and
sixty men working for him all the
time. They are engaged in TWO
branches of the work of the depart
ment. They have behind them two
bulky appropriations. The first OF
these, $2S5,000, is for the detection and
prosecution of all forms of crime
against the federal government.
The second appropriation, 100000, is
for the prosecution of infringements OF
the federal antitrust laws. This total
of $4S5, 900 is wholly applicable to the
secret service work of the department
of justice. 1t is said not to have been
the original intention of congress that
this whole sum should be so expended.
1t was the expectation of congress that
this antitrust law fund should cover
all the expenses both for the detective
force and for the extra legal assistance
which the attorney general might call
for when the big antitrust cases come
to trial Nevertheless, the whole sum Is
at hand and may be expended at any
time and in such manner as the attor-
ney general sees fit.
The department of commerce and la
Dor furnishes another example of the
executive division of the government by
which more than one secret service is
maintained. In this department the
most important work of this kind Is
that of the bureau of immigration and
naturalization. The appropriation for
this bureau alone amounts to $2,5(o,OOO.
Out of this $550,000 is for detection and
prevention OF Illegal entry into the
United States. The sum is divided as
follows: $4,000 for the use of the com
missioners of immigration in prevent
ing illegal general entry of criminals
and other undesirable aliens, includ-
ing contract laborers, into the United
States, and 100000 for the enforcement
of the Chinese exclusion act.
DETECTING ILLEGAL ENTRY
The latest report of the number of
men employed by the department in the
enforcement of the contract LABOR
law and the avoidance Of the illegal
entry of such laborers is fifty-siX men.
In the bureau of immigration as a
whole there are more than 14O0 en-
ployes. OF this number most are en-
gaged in watching at the gateways OF
the nation for the undesirable imml-
grant.
The bureau of standards created as
part of the department of commerce
and labor examines materials which
the government may be called on to
purchase. 1t is the province of this
bureau to search for flaws. Not pre-
viously recognized as in any sense
branch of secret service work, 1t was
so classified by the special congress
sioual committee. The bureau OF
standards employs all told about one
hundred and twenty persons. The COST
of it's maintenance for the present yeal
will be $50,0O0.
Even the Alaskan seal fisheries have
the protection of a pocket edition Sc
cret service About dozen men un'
der the supervision of a seal expert
are engaged in protecting the seals
from poachers and taking care thal
the female seals are safe from attack
on land by the fur companies Whc
have heretofore been privileged to slay
the male bearing seals on the
Pribiloff islands.
Rig FORCE IN PosTOFFICE
In the postoffice department is an
other big secret service. 1t is known
as the division of postoffice mspec-
tions. Its employees engaged i'm ac-
tual secret service work number 295
The postoffice inspectors are engaged
in the suppression OF IIduu I'LL oN6 -
the medium of the United States mails
and in frauds against the postofflce de-
partment. They also take care or the
robberies of postoffices and the prose
cution of the robbers. The salary roll
is $572,750. In addition to this sum
there is per diem expense allow
ance for which appropriation is made
amounting to 100000, so that the tota
expense of this branch of secret service
is nearly $1000,000
The state department has its owr
little secret force. 1t consists or nVt
consular inspectors who each draw
$4,000 per annum. Their duties are or
mixed character, but they are IN the
highest sense of the word conhdentla
and secret. The state department Il
privileged to employ outside detectives
and to compensate them from the con
tinpent fund of the department wher
circumstances of a sufficiently grave
nature Justify such employment /
NAV also hire special men to protec
the lives and persons of distinguished
foreigners visiting the United states
members of the royal families OF Tor
| eign nations and the like.
Two of the major bureaus of the de
partment of agriculture may be SAT-
| to have their own special secret serV
| ices. These are the bureau or ANNA
| industry-the meat inspection service
and the bureau of chemistry for tn
enforcement of the pure food and drui
act. A third bureau partakes OF tn.
nature of a secret service althougi