Show I S 7 c s f i V f t 4 J A t I th r ri i fA 4 V I P L i ft i 1 I cJ 4 S SV St Se Sr ft tJ 1 1 e 4 r I V t V i JI r a I o fj l t vt oo J r 1 I j f li fi 1 X 1 7 CL x Jf A ii r l e 6 liEN the announcement was WIlS first W u made mollo that tho the United ll States Secret Service might bo ho Investigated gated by Isy Congress a ilK as n sequel Hoquel to the V present controversy between the Preal President Pre l P dent dunt and the tho national legislature the iho sug SUI suggestion suggestion provoked the tho most widespread V Interest throughout the country No 0 won von wonder woner y der er for tor the Secret Service has hils long been the most mysterious branch of or our no na national government the one federal activity ty t regarding which the public at large could learn very er little and regarding i which their curiosity naturally Increased l proportionately proportion III V This keenness of ot o tho the reading public for tor V POOPS peeps behind the tue scenes at tho the headquarters headquarter torts ter of ot the Black lu l Cabinet In Washing Washington Ii tUII ton In iii attributable In part to the fact tact that 0 the scope of oC activities of ot tho the Secret Service has hUB Increased greatly since Theodore Roosevelt entered the White House It V was wall tItle this till broadening of ot Secret ecret Service operations that Congress COn reM protested V lust year aud aull finally 11 n all put n a to so by 11 V means meaDS of ot f restrictions placed upon the theL L of o the money moncy provided for Cor or the main maln maintenance of ci the he I Secret H crot Service It was V this curb In turn turu that angered the th Pro l dent and aud caused him to 10 tho state statements i V meats ments lu In his recent message to Congress s that precipitated the present III UI feeling f The Secret Service nas n created primarily a marily to catch und anti punish counterfeiters V 4 41 esai and to protect the tho person of oC the president dent lIt of oC the United States State against J cranks and For many years ear these re responsibilities comprised tho the nuin lIum sum total of or orthe the duties dutell of ot this Interesting branch of or ortho the tho Treasury rr Department Deportment but during the past decade there thero grew gre up a practice on the tile part of ot other Cabinet officers of or from time to time asking the secretary of oC tho thu Treasury to loan them Secret Service erice men meD to ferret out matters In ID their respectable departments department Thus Thins men meu from Irom the unique detective bureau were loaned to V the secretary l of ot the tho Interior and aDt render reDder rendered ed cd Important service In ID securing oJ in connection with the tho land hind fraud elites cases III In the West Other Secret Service Servicemen men flea had bad a it hand band In exposing the sensa sensational ons cotton report leak Icik In tho the De Do Department Department of oC Agriculture anti KO so the tho list might be prolonged to Include cally colly all nil the tho executive departments of oC tho thc government not the part port played by IJ these theo cleverest of ot plain clothes cloth men In Investigating charges naval To such extent had tho the practice grown groIn ere era Congress put n a stop to It a 11 few tew months ago IO that tho the Secret Service Bureau was wall constantly carrying upon lb 18 rolls rolla at least leant 20 more men thc would have been required for tor the tho work worLe of ot the tho service lu Ju accordance with Its original purpose These extra Secret Service agents I when working for tor some omo l depart department ment bent other thou than the Treasury wore were not laid out of ot the fund which Con Congress gross gress line has each year oct Jet for tor the maintenance of or the Secret Service but received pay PO from whatever department they served sereLl At tho thu same Bome time they con continued continued continued to bo be carried ou on the rolls of or the Secret Service and were directed by the m 1 rAt Y J a JL tr I U I l 1 1 V Vt t V S 1 V 4 or me reZ chief of oC the Secret Service and ond made their reports to him hIm Veteran members of ot Congress recall that once before betor some omo 25 2 yearn years ago ngo there was watt an aD uproar because of ot certain methods of ot the Secret Service and at nt that time a limitation was placed upon ullon It very cr similar to that restriction which was waG renewed at the last session of or Con Congress gross gress and aDd which aroused tho Iro Ire of oC Pres Pros President PresIdent ident Roosevelt As matters mattera now stand the Secret Service Berries men cannot bo de do detailed d tailed for tOr any auy duty other than that of oC acting au as a bodyguard to tho thu President or trailing suspected counterfeiters This hedging about of at the activities of or the tho secret pollen baa itna Inconvenienced the Treasury Deportment Department Itself for Cor forthe forthe the Secret Service sleuths bad holl been ren ron rendering dering signal service In keeping tab upon suspected d smugglers and antI detecting upon the tho customs laws aud and auto also In In Investigating robberies and ODd Irregularities lie In branch mints assay etc The nerve norve center of ot the Secret Service upon which public attention Is la now being focused HO so strongly occupies a 0 very er un UD unpretentious UnPretentious pretentious suite of ot on o the second of oC the tue Treasury Building at tho the sent neat of ot government Here are arc the tho private vate oto of ot this chief of or tho the service Berllee Mr lr John K g Wilkie who receives received l n a sal salary RI nl ary nry of oC 1000 per d tho the assist assistant assistant ant chief William illiam Herman Moran who is 16 paid per year There Thero b S i a cler eler clerical ical division employing about half holt a n dozen persons perilous Identification cution bureau 5 ZT etz ek where are aro kept on file die the tho detailed records of ot nil known wn counterfeiters and other un undesirable desirable citizens and aud R a 1 largo large la o storeroom where confiscated counterfeiting outfits etc seized in Secret Service raids are oro allowed to accumulate until such time as UN asIt UNIt asit It lu iii convenient to destroy them thom accord according lug ing to law low The equipment of or the Secret Service headquarters embraces some Rome Interesting features Including specIally prepared maps upon which are outlined In advance the of ot operatives delicate scales for tor weighing coins tho the nets nest of ot which In Is I In III question and a rogues gallery consisting of oC u it 1 monster mouster file die of ot photographs of ot offenders against t tho thio law In The Secret Service Bureau has hae hasIn hasin In effect 25 2 j branch offices scattered In Ia nil alL parts of ot the country On tho the Secret Service map mlp the United States Stated is di dl divided vided sided Into luto 23 districts cud aud lu Iu each EliCh of ot these districts here Is Lt a resident re agent who In is presumably to bo be found In this territory Just jUHt as Oil a II patrolman when on OD duty should be on a n given I beat However perhaps tho the most picturesque work of ot the tho Secret Service Is 18 performed by br UH Its flying IluS squadron tho free freo mace lance lancefield macefield field workers who may mil literally bo be sent sont time of ot these to any auy nu place at any Most men arc liro not much above SO 3 years of ot ago ogo Indeed the tho average age ace of ot all Secret mou Is under 35 und they are alert energetic resourceful r and capable of ot assuming almost any disguise demand demanded cd ed Moreover thoy regard regor It ae as all In ir i the days daya work to be ordered at nt an nn hours bours notice from New Ness York to Texas or from the mountains of at Tennessee to California It may surprise many of ot our readers to learn that those these government prototypes of ot Sherlock Holmes receive celo what are In reality reo Illy very modest t salaries If It one ODe takes into account the hardship null and danger l In Involved A new recruit re In the Secret Service starts out as ns an nn opera operative tive tivo at nt 3 per por day lIay and oDd If It ho bo proves worthy Is promoted In tine due course cour e to the rank conic of ot operative at ot 5 l i per day As s nn on operative bin bbs pay par may sitay Increase to 7 T per day In addition of ot course to traveling expenses but ere ore n a Secret Service man attains this topnotch salary he ho must have havo made wade good lu its no uncertain fashion und and acquired a considerable fund Cund of oC that practical experience which la iii the most vain valuable able asset of ot a n Secret Service The Tho prominence recently given ghen to tho the V Secret Service In tho the newspapers has ban had hud the effect of or Hooding flooding Chief desk e k applications from Crom men In all parts of ot the thc country countr who are arc eager cl to enter this fascinating field However most of or orthe the tue aspirants confess that they thoy arc are total totally ly I devoid of ot practical experience In this line liDo of ot work and ant there Is iii little prospect I but what tho the bend hend of or the tho secret police will have to continue to depend for tor re recruits rec c upon tipon certain sources that have boc come to be ho recognized unofficially as ns preparatory schools for tor men ambitious to win places In lu Uncle Sams confidential corps Tue claim departments of or the great creot railroads l of ot the country have hayo graduated a number of at men wen Into luto tho the Secret Service and ond xo Ito likewise hove have tho the big ble mercantile agencies where Investigation work IB is re ro reduced to a line fine science A few te govern I ment ni nt sleuths el have havo pl paved ed their way by bT V service In iii law offices where certain kinds VV of at work are aro necessary Q and yet V others othera have hale acquired experience o In leglU legitimate V mate mote private detective organizations ns V V Perhaps the most valuable men on all tho the Secret Service roster are aro those who have hao come from the tho departments of ot public V VV V safety In foreign countries and who V VV have hue In consequence n a knowledge of or V foreign tongues and mannerisms that th t Is 19 for tor successful Investigations g V among anarchists anarchist and Black KL V lined Hand plotters Two of ot tho the best men In hi Bat V the Otto Secret were formerly heads beads BI of or municipal police pollee departments say sev severa se t V era oral began their careers as 16 United States V VV V deputy marshals V V V One Duo of or the tho most mysterious phases of or V Secret Service work concerns the math main 1 of or communication between bet cen the V V V V central office at Washington and Its field V operatives Of Ot course the Secret Service Servicemen V V t tUen men Uen are ure provided with the most mo t homing baffling V V of at secret codes cotIe for tor use uso lu In telegraphing but very TerY often otten thor there Is danger that sue BUS V VV V V would be aroused against a n Secret VV V Service man should bo ho attempt I tt any corn com m V V whatever with Washington W V Even EIen If It a 1 Secret Service operative dc 4 V VV V consider It safe sofe to transmit a tt message V the real meaning of ot which has been cf et V disguised he bo never Doer dispatches V Vit V It openly to the chief of oC the Secret Sen ServIce V V VIce V Ice Jee but Instead addresses It to some itrI V vote rate Individual previously agreed upon V VV V V who Iho turps turpe over the message to Chlof Chiet V Wilkie or his assistant The Tho V VIs U Is not n t likely to te t violate confidence for tor V though thou b he may know knew DO tho the origin of ot a n inoa me sage 3 e he be cannot decipher Its purport be he V V tho cod coda V VV VIn cause he be Is not familiar with In which It 13 couched u 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