Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22
First Sergeant, Army Service Corps
By w. R. Webb

operation of the French intelligence regulations during the period of this battle. Before the actual attack start ed the Sixth French army had com plete and accurate information of the enemy and the terrain to be fought over. The information which they ob- tained before the battle was after wards checked with the result that nothing of importance was discovered that was not known by the intelli- gence service before the battle began.
 Organization of G2 at G. H. Q. The organization of G2 is divided into four main divisions: 1. The Mill | tary Information Division; 2 Secret Service Division; 8. Topographic, Map Supply and Range Division; f. Censor ship. Division, which includes censor ship of mail, press and propaganda and during the war, visitors. i Probably the most interesting di- vision is the first, because the mill tary information division of any intel hgence service has for it's main duty the securing and furnishing of infor- nation of the enemy of every kind ano description. This information is i'm parted, some of it by means of maps and some of it through daily reports : The information required for general purposes and which was nearly always secured by our division, is divided into five general heads and it looks almost impossible to secure all the informa- tion required. These heads are: l. The enemy order of battle, his strength, condition and morale, the strength and position of his reserves. Obtained mainly from prisoners and cautured documents.
 2. Enemy activity, circulation and movement. Obtained from ground observation posts and visual air i plane reconnaissance
 3. Enemy works-his general lines of entrenehfents; anything of a phy- sical nature used by him in the prose cution of hostilities. Obtained from air plane photographs.
 4. Artillery information. Obtain. ed quite largely through the artillery information service which consists in part of the flash and sound ranging attachments and the balloon obser. 1 vation organization.
 5. Radio intelligence. Obtained from intercepting enemy wireless and goniometric stations and listening posts.
 Methods of Preparation of Informa.
 tion Obtained
 The enemy order of battle was kept
 up to date by means of a large scale
 map upon which was shown the loca
 tion of the line of, battle, army and
 corps sectors, and the division allotted
 to each; the latter are indicated by
 card board tags upon which is noted 3, the name of the enemy division
 these tags being placed in such a
 manner as to show whether or not
 the division in question is in the
 line, in reserve or at rest Daily changes in the location of the divi sions show at glance the situation
 on all fronts. From this information is obtained a clear understanding o the organization of the enemy unit:
 and an estimate of his probable in
 tentions and capacity for battle I The ability of the enemy to main r tain the flow of personnel and mater , ial necessary for replacement in hi field armies and definite knowledge , of his total resources of man-powel was secured by a careful study O a pre-war census reports, casualty re } ports, press reports. captured letters . and other documents relating tt losses, economic and political condi tions.
 By means of airplane photograph P information was collected showini the enemy's defenses, including dug 1 outs, wire entanglements, commanC ? posts, narrow gauge railroads, the lC : cation of supply and ammunition 3 dumps and highways leading to tn main sources of supplies. Enemy's New Code Secured
 The duties of the radio intelligenc f section were most important in SC , curing reliable information and ma g be best indicated by an extract fror a letter written to the chief sigma '- officer of the A. E. F. The extrac l. reads as follows:
 'In addition to furnishing regula
 confirmation of enemy battle orde , and frequent indications of relic . there have been many items of spec j. ial importance.
 e "On March Il, 1918, an entirely ne'