Show They'd They d Rather Be Detectives Than the Chief Executive Most Popular Job in Country Is That of Sleuth in the Secret Service and Thousands Want It WASHINGTON April 21 Six 21 Six thousand applications s are are- arenow now on file for the most sought for Jub In to tho the United States Where scores m mav ty y aspire to be president there thousands are who would bo detec detectives t tives es employed In the ther secret s service e of oft t the e nation n. n During the last twelve months but two men were added to the service yet et Inthe Inthe in inthe the s same me period more than 2100 letters were ero received ed from real near and embryo embro sl sleuths ut The Tho mental mental- c calibre Uble or of the the w writ writers pers p- p ers ra of 01 th these se letters Is' Is fairly Is-fairly fairly t illustrated b by bythe bythe the application for or a place which came from a small town toon in Ohio and which resembles resembles' nearly all tIl the other applications except that It Is notable for tor its brevity Dear Sir I wish to apply for tor Job as aJ e In the secret service You Your see seeby seeby by bV this card I was graduate from the thew w- w wr r- r school Also I know the secret writing At the bottom of this letter Jetter I will s sign my name in the secret wa way Hoping to hear from you OU soon I will wUl close Chi Chief J. lam II FJ Flynn nn found the cabalIstic cabalistic cabal cabal- secret writing more Intricate than thana a 3 counterfeit 20 O bill and he lie he Is convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that it It- would baffle any crook whether it aided in catching one or or- not The Tho applications are from men of 01 no particular class section section- or calling I I have worked In a 3 gr grocery store and anft butcher shop all m my life lICe and have learned to be vel very observant reads a Nebraska letter 1 always watch faces ver very closelY and can tell suspicious persons at a glance If It you OU are in a hurr hurry for me Just send send- mo mp n a telegram Ono One year old old bo boy who rho Hives in Tc n roto that the tte most of his life was r tent hent on a farm tarm arm but that a few fc months previous ho had been given I en a aJob ajob ajob Job In a second hand store Nero Hero he hc caught a n man luau who ho was tr trying to tei steal a fourteen inch plow an and at once nice sent Rent In his hid bid for a place On Chi Chief r FI Flynn's Flynns tm nn a force Hed He'd Bo a Great ive One letter written in a n fine hand on on linen stationery ln t probably from a man uan who wears vears a watch and carries s his handkerchief in his his his' cuff clift contained this tills aph I I feel assured that I 1 would bo of or Inestimable value 3 as a detective for I ah a always s 's attract a great deal of or at attention attention at- at wherever cr I go 0 A 1 San Francisco co youth covered co three pages telling of or its ability to to oto disguise himself a fo o that that even the m members of or his own fatally family were deceived l cd Ho lie gave gaO an DIl Inventory In of hi lie outfit A New York City applicant ant said he hall hail h been cn shadowing a II sUt suspicious marl man for days Y and expected developments short hort 13 ly Ir 1 He p. p wanted to o know if he lie would b be beas as assured of or a place pJ cc In tho rho ho secret service ervice in case casc he made the tho arrest Thu Th mo most t active as agency ncy In tn cluttering I up the tho letter flies files of the tho e secret ecret ret s service cr art aro concerns calling themselves correspondence correspondence corre schools for d detectives II Scores of 1 letter conic come in every month containing contain In hi ing diplomas diploma from t JC lh the enders ra having been t told ld that such nich a recommendation rec ree- would assure them the COole coveted coveted cov cov- eted ole po How to Get a a. Job Joo With all their l' l bOS bOSt boasted t detective Ct ability nb tn the vast majority of or the applicants K reent om ef unable to discover Cr any 1 rea real I information lion an as t to the working of the federal secret secre cc service division J Letters e eto 11 lo to Pr Wilson 11 Chief tr treas trens treasury no ury department and of In internal In- In r revenue I von Seen Secretary tar of or State Bryan B is lis appealed to Tho proper roper method Ina may b be br- discovered rfd b by reading reading tilt this paragraph paragraph para para- graph of or th the tho civil cl tit fc Section 53 29 1 Secret t only 1 only only- Applicants for positions In Irs tho the secret 11 Fir r vice kc of or the treasury te department ep lIt forward rt rt to the tho secretary of the treasury and marked ter I form eel O properly executed a arm and such uch t asto as to their experience training qualifications and personal per ch characteristics KB aft they JIll inny prat bo be 1 ale able hIt to 10 obtain without ur n nip fJ tp their political or ref glou i n affiliations muo tI 0 1111 which ma may be considered d as an proof of or their na flatness for employment In 11 thiN eT This Thin examination on Is confined d to lo f J and acid PC personal 10 fitness I should Also the name flamer and ad addresses act ad dresses of ot p persons r ons lo to whops they rift fir tow to their character and fur fliT employment In this service k Inquiries in iii jI rd m to applications application tIled Hied for fot thus c service Should b be e nr 1 ls d t to u the tho secretary tarl of the lra treasury un A New York rork paper which to tobe tobe tobe be ot dc devoted to the t of civil e lc er ice employees elU published hed an Item that were ern by lIy tile the secret lier In Washington o tIton A AH 1111 t H 11 r stilt th thI thi I civil chU service and secret t h bureaus I w were re with application Q and the detective schools did a rushing business No examination for secret service men are arc hel held b by the civil service commission so that outside of Secretary of or the Treasury Treasury Treas Treas- ury un McAdoo cAdoo Chief Flynn FIOnn arid and a few subordinates sub sub- ordinates nobody knows how flow man many secret service agents there are or who they be |