Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18
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son Eve'.y Spy
Learned Nus to
Use the Three
:Great Scorer
SerUice Tools:
WIomen, nine,
Bribery.

they were VIGOROUSLY for other powers. There
was still less risk in sending them into Austria
Hungary. where chance was smaller of JAM
ming an allied organization, or of being caught
by the enenly counter-eSp.onaee.
We were green, of course, and We had things
slipped over on us sometimes. But greenness
was often an advantage, for no one suspected
lis Quite few Europeans and Americans
really believed that America never has spies"
Our second advantage was that We had the
money Informers flocked to the American
secret service. We could flash along the
heavily insulated wires Of the spy world the
news that we would pay $4,000 for positive
and accurate information of any movement OF
any frst-claSs German fighting division, and
get such information. If in secret service
silence be golden, yet money talks.
The Americans had to keep tabs on allies
as well as on Germans, If they wanted to avoid
one disadvantage or another IN the inter-
allied negotiations over men, money. supplies,
command strategy and politics that constantly
shifted with the fortunes Of war.
One Of the first tasks Gen. Pershing gave
Ga was to find out whether q certain allied
power was or was not as badly in need of
certain American commodity as that allied
power asserted. Ga told Gen. Pershing that
need had been exaggerated, proving it by some
very authentic information obtained no matter
how, for CO. is the second section of the stan
which is also known as the intelligence sec
ton. 1t is responsible for getting all informa-
ton about the enemy both in actual combat
and In espionage.
MOT long after the first Americans reached
France there were inklings of the coming
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lion of an independent American Army under
its own flag and commander, and to use
American troops as loose manpower to replace
British and French casualties.
The progress of that campaign was followed
at general headquarters, sometimes before the
event. Gen. Pershing knew in time of the
intrigue started in the Fall of 1918 by a GER
tain celebrated Englishwoman to have him
removed from command. Possibly that is how
President Wilson first heard of it, At any
rate, it got nowhere with him He stuck to
his general.
This clash of purpose sometimes caused mu-
tual suspicion, and one American officer at
tached to certain allied headquarters found
evidence that his belongings mad been searched
perhaps by German agent but he doubted
it. He knew that dictaphones were used
thereabout and wondered whether one was set
~ trap him, too.
So presently American officers obliged to dis
eOss in certain places certain aspects Of Amer
lean activities and policy did so in base ball
talk. They used an ingenious code of three
baggers Jumps and Giants, that must have
convinced European eavesdroppers-if any
that Americans were indeed Savages.
The relations of allies have always been
ticklish but a little ingenuity will work WON
ders. For instance the visit to the A. z. F.
Of Col. Marquis Saito Of the Imperial japanese
army.
This distinguished officer member of an
exalted family landed in France with an auto
graphed letter to Gen. Pershing from his old
friend Of Russo-Japanese War days. Gen.
Kuroki, asking that the visitor be allowed to
pay the respects of our allies of the Japanese
army-and to see a little of the A. E. F. A
Californian might have called it an excellent
example Of gentlemany, high-class espionage.
Gen. Pershing had lived in California, but after
talking it over with his staff, he ordered:
"Show him everything"
So Col. Marquis Saito saw everything Es-
corted by Col. Csmpano!e one of whose many
languages is Japanese, he toured the Services
Of Supply.
He saw great depots, warehouses, railroads,
hospitals, building to supply and support an
american Army Of 100000 men who should
win the war. He knew that 1000 900 more
were in training in the United States
But Saito was a soldier and he asked to
See the front The chief of the A. E. F's
espionage service. turned chaperone, scratched
his head. There was much to be seen at the
front and suppose this prominent representa-
tive of friendly nation should get killed?
We shall be glad to have you visit the 'front.'"
ne Shutdown In the Vosges"
THE VOSges?" The Japanese repeated
But that is quiet sector. I mean the real
front, where there is fighting. want to
see your troops in action"
We'll, Col. Campanole thought why not?
u u sc WHIT sort of SOLDIERS Americans make