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Hough, Emerson
American Protective League; Propaganda, German; World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- United States
THE WAYNE COUNTY DIVISION presents this testimonial to
.......................... in appreciation of your volunteer
enlistment, as a member without remuneration, for the assignment
to any duties that might arise in connection with the requirements
of the Government for the duration of the Great War. We especially
desire to thank you for your patriotic services in making this
Division so valuable an adjunct to the general success attained by
the Organization during the strenuous period just passed.
FRANK H. CROUL, Chief.
The total of 30,056 investigations were distributed as follows:
_Department of Justice cases_: Alien enemy activities, male 500,
female 400, total 900; Espionage Act, disloyalties and sedition,
2,000; sabotage, 1,000; anti-military, etc., 250; propaganda, (a)
word of mouth, 5,000, (b) printed matter, 25, total, 5,025; radical
organizations, I. W. W., People’s Council, etc., 100; bribery, 150;
naturalization applicants, 550; impersonating officers, 25; other
investigations, 1,000, total, 1,575; total Department of Justice cases,
11,000.
_War Department cases_: Counter-espionage for Military Intelligence,
800; Selective Service Regulations, 15,756; work or fight order, 300;
character and loyalty, (a) civilian applicants for overseas, 500, (b)
applicants for commissions, 400, total 900; camp desertions and absent
without leave, 600; total, 18,356.
_Other branches of the Government_: Food and Fuel Administrations, 200;
Treasury Department, War Risk insurance allotments, etc., 500. Grand
total of investigations listed January 1, 1919, 30,056.
Detroit Division assisted the Bureau of Delinquents and the Police
Department in several raids for slackers at which about 5,000 or 6,000
men were examined for registration cards. Those who had registered
and qualified are not included above. They would number about 5,000
more. The division also gave material assistance to the police and
fire departments, especially during the armistice days, when from four
hundred to five hundred operatives were on special duty.
It would be rather bootless to delve deep into the individual records
of a city where the totals are so large, but a few of the Detroit cases
might be given in passing. One of these had to do with an alleged
attempt of a draft board official to obtain money from a registrant
for keeping him out of the service. That complaint came in at noon. By
four o’clock of the same afternoon Lieutenant No. 610 had the facts.
That was Saturday, and Monday was Armistice Day. Tuesday morning the
matter came up before a judge of the Federal Court. A thirteen months’
sentence at Leavenworth penitentiary was imposed the third day after
the complaint came in.
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