The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-29

service regulations directing that th,
service of protection in the field'--thai
Is outposts and advanced guards should
always be supplemented by a system oi
espionage.
Though such instructions are no long.
or made public, the Germans as is we'll
known still carry them into effect
Apart from the most elaborate arrange
ments which were made in peace time
Tor obtaining information for paid agents
some OF the methods which are being
employed for the collection or convey
ance of intelligence are as follows:
Men in plain clothes signal 10 the
German lines from points in the hands
OF the enemy by means OF colored lights
at night and puffs of smoke from chin.
neys by day. Pseudo do-laborers working
in the fields between the armies have
been detected conveying information and
persons in plain clothes have acted as
advance scouts to the German cavalry
when advancing.
German officers and soldiers in plain
clothes, or in French or British uniforms,
have remained in localities evacuated by
the Germans in order to furnish them
with intelligence.
"One spy of this kind was found by
our troops hidden in church tower
His presence was only discovered through
the erratic movements of the hands OF
the church clock which he was using
to signal to his friends by means Of
an improvised semaphore code. Had this
man not been seized it is probable he
would have signslled to the German ar
tillery at the time of their arrival the |
exact location of the headquarters and /
staff. A high explosive shell would then |
have mysteriously dropped on the build
ing.
Women spies have also been caught
secret agents have been found at the
'ailr6ads observing entrainments and de-
1T is a simple matter for spies to
nix with the refugees moving about
o their homes; difficult for our troops,
Who speak neither French or German,
% detect them.
"The French have found it necessary
o search villages and also casual way
arers on the roads for carrier pigeons.
among the precautions taken bv us to
,uard against spying is the publication
t the following notice printed in French
nd posted up: #
Motor cars and bicycles not carry :
oldiers in uniforms may not circulate ,
n the roads.
"'The inhabitants may not leave the /,
,calities where they reside between O
IN. and 6 a. m.
Inhabitants may not quit their !
ONES after p. m.
" No person may on any pretext pass
trough the British lines without an :
uthorization countersigned by British ;,
Aicer.'
Events have moved so quickly during
le last two months that anything con Il
acted with the mobilization Of the Brit. !,
h expeditionary force is now ancient !,
story. Nevertheless, tb~ following ex- !,
act Of German orde. is evidence Of :,
e mystitication of the enemy and is a :,
ibute to the value OF the secrecy. well 4
ID loyalty at the time in England: y
Tenth reserve army headquarters. I
ont st. Gulbert, Aug 90, 1914, $40. Y
'rps order 2lst August The French 1.
oops in front of the 10th army corps I
We retreated south across the Sambre.
lrt OF the Belgian army has withdrawn y
Antwerp. IL is reported that an Eng
b army has disembarked at Calais and
'ulogne, en- route for Brussels
THE eighth army corps and the guards D,
re severely put to the test and a
'ge number of prisoners fell into our
nds. II is to be remarked that many
the latter gave themselves up volun.
-ily, although they could have escaped.
1T seems that the German soldiers lex
. beginning to have no further doubt DIT
to the treatment which awaits them pa
captivity. At the beginning all those Va
captured had terrified and suppli- to,
ing attitude, arising ont OF state by
nts made by their officers to the effect er
It the French shot their prisoners. II da
rather by an excess of Kindness that fll
transgress in regard to them, ard the m.
kindly treatment which is meted out no,
prisoners in certain districts of France
! even evoked complaints, which oc. Ne
ionally have been justified on the An
t of those who know how our men of
treated in Germany" toy
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