Show WIL IES TESTIMONY Chief of the Secret Service Before House Committee Washington Feb 3 That it has bas been possible for tor the various departments of I the government to obtain the services of the secret service men In spite of the re restrictions restrictions restrictions placed upon the secret service by the amendment to the sundry appropriation appropriation appropriation bill last year is apparent from the testimony of Chief made today before a subcommittee of the house com corn committee on appropriations Apparently however the outside use of the men waS wa limited The testimony indicates that the amend amendment amendment amendment ment does not entirely restrict Mr Wilkle Wilkie stated that one man was as assigned assigned assigned signed from the secret service to the navy department to Investigate a theft in the thenay navy nay yard jard ard at Norfolk Va and another I to the state department to tho the Mexican n revolutionists Both men are arc carried on the secret rolls of the secret service but are paid by the departments to which they have hae been assigned Another case brought out Is that of the tho assignment of the men to accompany Taft for Cor which there Is no n In law Mr lr Wilkie Wilkle claimed that the assignment In this instance was as justified In hi that the secret service would probably be held responsible for f r Mr r Tafts safety if tf no measure for protection were taken Declaring that a period of financial and commercial depression n Increases counter counterfeiting felting Chief Wilkie asked for an Increase of In the annual animal appropriation for this service He lie declared that as a result of the limitations imposed on the secret service nine men moo have been dropped since July some of them now being In the em employ employ employ ploy of the department of Justice as ape special special cial dat agents Mr rr Wilkle advocated a central detec detective tIe tive bureau In the department dep of justice which would do the detective work for all of the government departments I wish to record the fact said Mr Ir Wilkie that no member of the secret service or anyone acting for far the secret service has ever shadowed a congressman or senator S |