Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22
SECT. WEBB TELLS
 OF OPERATIONS OF INTELLIGENCE DEPT.

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 particular battery and after receiving the report from the station the bat tery was silenced in a few moments. After capturing the position a check was made of the accuracy Of this system and it was found that the difference between the actual dis tance and the estimated distance as reported was only 12 yards though the battery was 12 miles away.
 American Propaganda
 The propaganda department was charged not only with the policy re- garding propaganda over the enemy's lines, but with the actual preparation of the leaflets and with the manner of their distribution. The principal material used were speeches and proclamations of the president. Put we found one of the most effective leaflets was a general order issued by G. H. Q. to the American officers, presumably not intended for propa- ganda purposes, prescribing that Ger man prisoners would have the same ration as American soldiers and gen orally outlining the treatment which would be accorded them. It also gave a list of the "eats" which the ration contained Nearly all of the prison CTS captured had these leaflets, which were widely distributed over the German lines by airplanes, con- cealed in their uniforms, and prompt ly produced them after capture, point, ing to the list of articles included in the ration. Theer will always be difference of opinion as to the value of propaganda. In general it can be said it has little effect on an organ ization in high state of morale but has a very excellent effect in further depressing the morale of a unit al ready in a low state, We have. a good deal of testimony from German prisoners as to it's effectiveness in the latter case.
 In our policy as applied to the cen, sorship, its one aim to save the lives of the American soldiers by keeping from the enemy information which would enabel him to inflict losses upon the men. Many people failed to realize that only by extremely care full censorship can military move ments be made or even planned with enemy is in a position to know a great deal It was our duty to keep him from knowing more. The writer of a letter mentioning matte rwhich was forbidden was not only endang- ering his own life, but the lives Or his companions. The point which a great many critics of the censorship seem to miss is that every bit of in- formation supplied to the enemy, whether by streachery, carelessness. or ignorance, was likely to cost the lives of our soldiers.
 In concluding this article. 1. want to emphasize the fact that the battle or der of the enemy and an estimate of his intentions was determined from information received from great va riety of sources. but principally from the statement of prisoners and the examination of captured documents found on prisoners. These prisoners, for the purpose of obtaining informa- tion, as a rule are only secured by successful raids. So it can be seen that practically the whole structure of intelligence largely rests on the work of the front line troops. and the greatest credit is que ,o the bat faIion ccout officarS and detachmanf of scouts, who. as rule, participated in every raid and suffered heavy losses in every battle.