Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-30

lowed by a hundred cooks when take
the field I am preceded by a hundred
spies.
Indeed, until about twenty years ago,
there was a paragraph in their field
service regulation directing that the serv-
ice OF protection in the field-e g. out
posts and advanced guards-should always
be supplemented by a system of espionage
Though such instructions are no longer
made public, the Germans. as is well
known still carry them into effect.
Apart from the more elaborate arrange
ments which were made in peace time Zr
obtaining information by paid agents
some Of the methods which are being en-
ployed for the collection or conveyance
Of intelligence are as follows:
Scouts in Plain Clothes.
Men in plain clothes signal to the Ger
man lines from points in the hands OF
the enemy by means of colored lights at
night and puffs of smoke from chimneys
by day. Pseudo laborers working in the
fields between the armies have been de-
tected conveying information and per-
sons in plain clothes have acted as ad-
vanced scouts to the German cavalry
German officers and soldiers IN plain
clothes OF in French or British uniforms,
have remained in localities evacuated by
the Germans in order to furnish them
with intelligence.
Spy Found In Church.
One spy of this kind was found by
our troops hidden in a church tower. His
presence was discovered only through
the erratic movement. OF the hands OF
the church clock, which he was using 10
signal to HIS friends by means OF an
improved semaphore code. Had this man
not been seized it is probable he would
have signalled TO the German artillery
at the time of their arrival the exact
location of the headquarters and staff
high explosive shell would then have
mysteriously dropped on the building.
Woman spies have also been caught;
secret agents have been found at the
railroads observing entertainments and de-
| trainments.
1T is a simple matter for spies to mix
with the refugees moving about to their
homes; difficult for our troops who speak
neither French nor German to detect
| them.
The French have found it necessary to
search villages and also casual wayfar.
ers on the roads for carrier pigeons.
Among the movements taken by US to
guarantee us against spies is the pub
lication Of the following notice printed in
French and posted:
"1-Motor cars and bicycles not carry.
ing soldiers in uniforms may not circulate
on the roads.
"2-The inhabitants may not leave ths
localities where they reside between {
p. m. and a. m.
'3-Inhabitants may not quit theil
homes after p. m.
"4-No person may on any pretext pas
through the British lines without ar
authorization. countersigned by a Brit
isn officer
Events have moved so quickly durinI
the last two months that anything con
nected with the mobilization of the Brit
isn expeditionary force is now ancien
history. Nevertheless the following ex
tract OF a German order is evidence o
the mystification of the enemy and is
tribute to the value OF secrecy, well an,
Loyalty maintained At the time in Eng
land:
Tenth Reserve Army HeadquarterI
Mont St. Guibert. August %. ls14.-2S. 20
corps order 2lst, August: The Frenc
troops in front OF the Tenth army corp
have retreated south across the sambre
Part OF the Belgian army has withdraw
to Antwerp. II is reported that an Eng
lish army has disembsrked at Calais an
Boulogne. enroute from Brussels'