The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-12-07
.DEfENsE SOCIETY
 CALLS F0R LOCAL VIGILANCE CORPS


 | tivity which has been responsible for fires, ammunition plant explosives. | sabotage. food scares and other at- tempts tp damage the morale of the American people.
 RecenA events in this country make 1t pRin that the Germanm~s@ o1 or propaganda which slrfs been so effective in Russia and Italy is now being attempted in this coun. try with an alarming degree of suc- 1 cess,' according to the appeal to Americans now being issued by the American Defense Society German propaganda has long been supplied l to our troops in the national encamp ments. The ship-building program is being interferred with by German. inspired strikes. Germans are di- recting the boarding of food supplies to an extent that panics have al- ready been prevalent in the leadinc cities. Newspapers are giving daily reports of fires in ammunition plants and grain depots and the country is now on the verge of an even greater calamity in the shape of railroad strike of unprecedented extent which threatens to cripple our national in- dustry."
 The far reaching need of the local Vigilance Corps can readily be seen when it is known that in this coun- try alone there are today several million alien enemies representing Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Trrkcv, ar ":''f' countries \ y'nna.u."r - allied with the Prussian autocracv. Almost without exception these enc mics are free to go about as tiry see lit. and while the government mas done much toward tiehtening the censorship of mails and cables, nevertheless there are numberIss channels by which these enemies are in touch with tn directing genius of German propaganda in Berlin
 IT Ame' jeans mean to stand by the men al the front, whose lives are already being sacrificed, and to stand by their Government, the op- portunity IS offered in the additional service they can give to this work oi the American Defense Society.
 The plan of organization under. taken by the Society and recommend ca to loyal Americans provides for the enrolment of a small American Vigilance Corps in every city and town which shall classify all resi- dents under the following terms:
 i. Loyal
 ?. Disloyal
 3. Doubtful.
 I. Unknown.
 Following the general Assifica loh Of citizens the Committeais urg eo to make further designation of the following list:
 l. Alien enemy. k 2. Pro-German. f'l. :.
 d. Anti-Government.
 In the letter of instructions to branch organizations the Fxecutiva Committee of the American Defense Society gives the following:
 At the earliest possible moment when you have made vou- classifca' tion of alien enemies, pro-Germans and those opposed to the Govern. ment in this war, send this list to the Police Department, the local ren resentative of the Department of Justice and to whatever represenfa- UVes or the army or navy inteIli- gence bureaus there are in vonr community. Do not let this matter rest, however, with this first classi- tication of the enemies. Too much stress cannot be put on the import. apce of having your own Vigilance Corps take steps to watch alien enc. ilies' pro-Germans and those oppos- ed to the Government. Only bv such cooperation will you be able TO give effective aid to the Govern hent. Take every means you can to let the people of your city know the names of our enemies.
 Unofficial announcement has aI- ready been made at Washington that the Government is about to register the alien enemies in America. Your Committee already having acted along such lines. will naturally he in position greatly to aid the Govern. ment Census when such a census is taken. No doubt many attempts will be made to evade the official Government Census and information on the enemies in your community lwil therefore be of greatest value
 ou are enjoined to watch the speech, associations and activities ol every man whom you may suspect ot dlsloyalty and to send in the im- mediate report. For further fnfor- nation and instructions regarding the work of the Vigilance Corps of the American Defense Society ad- dress National Headquarters, A. F.. 25rd Street. New York City.
 The Clifton association will be known as the Clifton Vigilance Corps of the American Defense So- clety, and at a meeting on Tuesday night the following committee were appointed: F. II. Springer. Chair man; Mat Danenhauer, Secretary: J. J. Jones, c. H. Love. o. J. Co tey. Peter Riley. Measers.
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