Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

a oaDts an onnortiInitV IN make a
thoro,,eh insnectior of tho gun and
showed what those same agents could
- a., ,h,s oo,ntr,. In tha event of bos-
Titles
The army agent bos under hin, ex-
merits who wake = sreciaItv NJ varions
iiros s,,cb &c ordnance fortif,cations
ard nlosi,os Tbeso r,en aother
and sift tho i,forn,atior in tbeir re-
snac+i,e fie1d ord nrenare u In nroner
shone for tr.r.,,,issiop n c.ern,ary
rh,,s q aavoI,.as rro,, +bo ,,,ilit.r,,
q cont TO l.ro,v tho conacitv and tho
o,,f,,n+ oe IN santor,as tnr,ins o,,t
r,i1itarv oo,,,rr,ont ma 70 k,ov irst
that is being shinned m tho lilies
J;i,au,,,a be hoe hear serdiro NON
;,,to Canad, 80 ti,a o,,. aho,+ tho
oonoa,,ratior, ~ troors tharo .rd tho
probable date OF their transportation
to the front, SO that the general staff.
receiving reports from other parts OF
the allies country. NAV he able to
estimate the number of. troops in the
field. their efficiency and their degree
of preparedness for hard fighting.
Likewise the German naval man is
assigned to assemble information con-
vessels of the allies. of the munition
CARRYING ships. and so far as possible
to get what facts this government
has obtained concerning the naval ac-
tivities and nlans of the allies.
Before the war started his work con-
siste1 chiefly in explorinp the naval
bases of the United States and max
ing A thorough study of the strength
of the American navy. our naval plans
and the like. With the outbreak of
the wear his activities broadened. and
where he had one man searching out
facts for him he has % now. ITnon
him devolved the DEVELOPMENT OF the
plans for sending out supplies secret
" from American ports to the German
cruisers who were making raids on
the commerce of the allies.
sn;.. an Adv;.orv a..rd
The s,ory is told ~ the hntIor i, i.
Nou vorl, howe u.ho n-oo,,raa sro,,
~. roo,,n+ =, ,o,,oru,,,o,,. ,se,o,o, =
ranort .neciaI1,, nrao,rad ,o,. tba ,,vesi
dont -, +ha Irnitad Cta+os on tha na,.,.
ara VIZ oon,ino -. oo,.on+s .o,t =
10 tho ,,ayal nvnert ~ Csar,,a,,, rhore
;s No do,,ht ,,,rthor,,o,a tbat ~. nav,1
exnert hos succoodad IN nIocirg c.ar-
r,an anies ,nor tba ron, navel adyis-
orr, hoard anno,nted hy Sacratary
1oarials ond tha. 10 roooi,o. ror,or+s
concerr,,,e, e,sry r,e,,,ho, - tbot bodv
Each one ~ +hosa oxec,,tives nos
author,t,, ard r,ono,. 60 sond o,,t r,on
10 n,aLe snecioI ,nvesti9otions for hin,
But for tho most mart thev receive
tho;r i, +,o, tirst .hro,,ah % 80
no remuneration except their expenses
for the work and, secondly. from the
network OF spies placed all over the
United States. Here again the Ger
manic faculty for minute organization
has displayed itself. There are agents
in every stratum Of society who make
Inquiries and report regularly to a
collector of information.
The country. however. is divided
into geographical sections under an
agent who receives renorts from the
hundreds of agents and forwards them
to the nroner persons at headouarters
here in New York. This sub-execu-
| tive has established centers of infor-
nation in his district for the round :
ing nm of the reports Of his men and
women He secs 10 II an far as nos
sible that every imnortant hotel
every factory turning out ANYTHING of
Importance for the allies every big
banking institution that NAV be doing
business for the allies every big cor
marathon that has any business deal
! ines with the enemy has emnloved for
It some German agent who can get
at the facts desired by Germany.
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ho go than :, 49, dn,ngs 80 D.,
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