Evening star., 1922-08-27

| ihuSh udHABe was done to these
vessels One attempt in particular
being the destruction of the great
steel driving shaft of the Leviathan.
the destruction OF which, however.
vas not accomplished. and this ves-
sci. which had been toasted upon her
launching as being destined to. carry
troops across the Atlantic fulfilled her
, missfon-she, however, carried them
from the shores of the United States.
| not to it.
Another very important phase Q.
the work done by the naval intelli-
gence was the inspection of plants
having naval contracts. The irst
step taken by the office of naval in
| teliigence for the adequate protection
| OF plants engaged In Navy work was
| the adoption and insertion in all Navy
contracts the following clause:
/ In addition to the ordinary pre-
! cautions heretofore adopted by the
| contractor for the guarding and pro-
lection Of it's plant and work, the
contractor shall provide such addi-
tional watchmen and devices for the
Navy Department against espionage.
acts OF war and Of enemy aliens as
| may be required by the Secretary of
| the Navy. The contractor shall when
| required, report to the Secretary of
| the Navy the citizenship, country of
| birth or alien status of any and all
Of his employees
twill be seen from this c,ausc
that a census was taken of all en-
hA
among other data that it secured. OBJ
tanned information concerning the Of
ncial personnel, contracts. employees.
precautionary measures. fire precau-
tions and labor. 1t took every pre-
caution to prevent sabotage or injury
to the plants by German sympathizers
which would in any way reduce pro-
duction. Without desiring to be par
ticularly critical 1t must in all candor
be stated that very loose methods had
oeen the rule in the majority of
piants prior to the time that the Of
nee OF naval intelligence began It's
supervision of these concerns. The
owners OF these plants as soon as
they were shown the ADVANTAGES OF
the plan co-operated fully with the
ONCE of the naval intelligence, There
was one plant that contained over
ninety alien enemies. These were re-
moved and turned over to the Depart
ment OF Justice. A number of plants
throughout the country are TODAY
running along better business lines
because the Navy Department opened
their eyes to their former short
comines.
A VICIOUS condition existed in the
matter of passport regulations.
These had to be changed, and while
some citizens of the country chafed
and complained of their harshness
yet it was piece Of work that had
to be done. The then President is.
| sued proclamation instructing the
consuls In all foreign ports before
viseing passports Of persons desiring
to sail for the United States to sub
NIT the names of such persons to the
naval and military attaches in the
country from which they were about
to sail II the naval attache con-
sidered the person undesirable he
would inform the consul at the point
OF embarkation and the latter would
refuse to wise the passport By this
method hundreds of undesirable men
and women were prevented from
reaching the United States. and Ger
many was cut off from communicat
ing with her agents in this country
by means of messenger service. In
few cases undesirables managed to
slip through, but they WERE however.
with very few exceptions. either re-
fused admittance when their steamer
reached our shores or were interned
for the duration of the war.
At tie time the United States en-
tered tho conflict the fee paid by Ger
mans to anyone smuggling a letter into
this country was $1,000, at the closing
period OF the struggle the price had
risen to 500 per missive. with very few
| takers. /
Long before our entering the war the
onice Of the naval intelligence had been
collecting information from abroad con-
corning the material Of foreign navies.
| change in ship design. the expansion of
foreign navies and the advances made
| in the design Of new ships. etc. When
war IVES declared April is, 1917. this
| information was disseminated to bu-
| reaus of the Navy Department and to
all our forces afoat at home and
abroad. The mailing list to which
| this Information was sent near the
| end Of the war contained about 500
names. At first these compilations
were issued once a month. later twice
month and in addition to this pub
lication, which was confidential, other
| reports Of a more secret nature were
distributed to a very limited number
of officers. The story may now be
told that the naval intelligence knew
a great deal more about enemy activ-
tiles than the enemy had any idea Of
In fact, it knew about orders issued
to German fleet commanders and Ger
man submarine officers just about as
soon as they did. Just how this
branch of the service did this was
and must remain a secret.
Rare Philippine Tints.