Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-27
WAR OFFICERS AROUSED OVER
 WORK OF SPIES
Heads of Army Know Very We'll That Large Number of Foreigners Are Nos
 ing Around
MANY INCIDENTS TO
 PROVE THEIR PRESENCE
Plans of Forts Along the Coast Easy 10 Get But PhOtog-
 rapherS are Barred
CBy Victor Elliott.)

Abe hANAaI LAAAOAA-t
 WASHINGON. Aug. Marlborough ly aroused by the startling evidence of the activity of foreign spies in the United States, the war department is taking extra precautions against such secret agents, and is giving the most trifling report Of that nature search. ing investigation. Many reports of at tempts to gain knowledge of the mil itary secrets of the country have been heard Some of the incidents are oi comparatively recent date, and it was upon the submission of such infDrma- ton to a secret session of the judicial committee of the house that legisla- tion was obtained last session from congress providing for the severe punishment of spies during time of peace.
 IL has not been long since an Eng lishman in Calcutta picked up in the streets a small package of blue prints showing every detail of the defence of Corregidor Island, the main stronghold of the United States in the Philippines. The prints were not copies of any drawings or charts prepared for the use Of the United States, but were evidently the result of careful and deliberate investlga- ton of the official records of the war department, but the department was unable to discover the means by which the information had been ob- tained.
 Evidence of Spying.
 Numerous incidents have come to the attention of the secret service men and the war department of spies being e oTTiz oTTikz ;;R tf this is 1J;ifftTy a number of arrests have been made and it is interesting to hear of the various methods resorted to by spies to gain a knowledge of the military secrets of this country and at the same time escape detection.
 A waiter in a Seattle hotel was ar rested and found to be a foreign off cer. In his possession were found many maps and other military infor- nation that he had gathered of the defenses of the Pacific coast. By as stunning such an humble position he was able to wander about the fort without exciting suspicion. An am- bassador recently notified the state department that a cerra.a captain be- longing to the 3rmy of the c,.u15ry in which the diplomat was stationed bad been secretly detailed to spend three years in this country studying its de lenses
 Even tHo i'a.auna Canal has not escaped. One of the engineers found a foreign officer. an attache to one Of sfe South American countries sud ying the Panama canal from a strat- egic standpoint and under stood that there were six or seven officers of the same country in the United States gathering military information.
 Trunk Gives Proof.
 Recently in New York a man was arrested for a trivial offense and in his trunk were found papers and oth- CT information which convinced the authorities that he was in the en- ploy of some foreign power.
 The incident which convinced the Judicial committee Of the necessity for the protected act occurred less than a year ago in the Philippines. An enlisted man belonging to the en- gineer corps was offered $25,000 by two foreign officers for the plans of the defense on COrregidor Island. Being the official photographer. he had ample opportunity to get all the necessary pictures. He informed his superior officers. and a trap was laid for the spies. They were captured and held for trial Habeas corpus proceed ings were instituted. and they gained the Philippines or the United States their liberty, as there was no law iD fhe Philippines or the United States ruder which they could be prosecuted.
 recent case which has been brouebt to the attention of the authorities is that of Private James Retr. stationed at Fort Totten, New Jersey. He is suspected of being any If is claimed that he is an offl- cer in the Austrian army. Little con- sidersfiod is given to this particular ease for the man re-enlisted short limo before his term of enlistment ex- hired. If he had been in the employ of A foreign governmen. he would not have re-enlisted, but would have been mustered out and returned to bis country with the information nc had obtained while stationed at the various coast defenses.
 Mai Gen. Leonard Wood, chief or staF of the army, admits that It IS an easy thing 10 obtain the plans or a coast defense This is especially tr,,e of coast defenses near large cit ies. where there are always large number of visitors. Visitors are a. lowed 10 walk around and look at the fortihcations. Tn this way they are able to make many mental oDserVa- tjons. These observations may be put