The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-19
Work Effected by the United
States Secret Serv-: ,g.s,.
ice Men
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MAPS OF EVERY
| INFECTED SECTION
Every Meeting Place of Dangerous Rad
icals is acknowledgements Planned to
Put Spy in Every Division Of
American Army.

American ARMY.
WASHINGTON, June I9-The Ger
mans through their organization in this
country attempted to establish a mill
tary espionage service, including at
least one representative in every brigade
division or larger unit Of the American
army They succeeded to a considerable
extent, but for the efficiency of the Sc
cret service under Bruce Bielaski, and
the military intelligence division Of the
army their operations would have been
much more effective
This information was given to the
senate military affairs committee by
Brig. Gen. Marlborough Churchill. head
of the military intelligence division He
said Mr.. Bielasllfa work in running
down German agents all over the coun-
try was 80 effective that the German
plans were thwarted
notwithstanding the large scale and
| heavy expenditures that characterized
the German operations in this country,
! Gen. Churchill declared the actual dam
| age done to American ships. ports. in
/ dustrial plants and the like was really
remarkably small Some Of the German
spies attached TO the army were inter
ccpted.
General Churchill explained the differ
! cnce in politics between the department
Of Justice and the military Intelligence.
The department OF Justice regarded
crime as an individual affair. seeking to
| capture and prosecute individual GRIM
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vision considered it desirable 10 study
in their largest relations such radical
covenants a. Bolsheyism anarchy and
others that are threatening the country
Accordingly most detailed SURVEYS had
been made of sections of the large elite,
wherein radical movements have THEN
headquarters. The general displayed t,
the committee maps of New York city
one slldWint Mauifattm an6 TIE 'tithrr
Brooklyn, n which were marked. h
said, every meeting place infested b,
! dangerous radicals.
He considered this work had beer
| very useful because il aimed to give
view Of the entire psychology of sucl
movements. studying them a. move
ments and seeking to reach an under
standing of their underlying motive
and purposes. as well as their methods
In times of peace, Gen. Churchill said
the military intelligence service depend
for its data mainly ON reports Of foreig
attaches 1t Is now producing daily an
weekly Intelligence summaries Of tn
sitaation III The world Thus. the on
issued last Saturday reports eleven mil
tarv conflicts in various parts of TIA
world, although the world is supposed t
b, ut peace. This information, digeste
with reference to It's political. its ceoI
omie and psychologist aspects is fun
niShod 10 the general staff and to II
navy for their guidance
s.Rcfore the war. said Gen Churcl
Ill, "our foreign attaches were general
selected chiefly because they were me
who had the means with which to LIN
abroad Some Of them proved cxecller
intelligence officers but that was quiz
bv accident Now they arc selcctt
strictly for their qualifications We ha'
thirty-thrcc Of these attaches and siXt
eight assistnnts. On the peace time has
there should be fortv-one chiefs and a
sist1n;s ana we are dcmobilizing on III;
basis
The object Of every intelligence ser
ice being TO know what the enemy
doing and to prevent him from known
what vou are doing, Gen. Churchill G
pressed the opinion that the Americ;
service had been very successful DO
in finding ont what the Germans we
doing and in daceiying them in VIII
the American army was doing
Agents were sent into German
through neutral countries and al
through he fighting lines and their j
pcrts were Of the greatest value as de-
onstrating hat the morale Of the G,
man community was nearing the brea
ing point before the outside world re-
lied the fact