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Show NEW WESTERN ORGANIZATION Secret Interstate Citizens' Intelligence In-telligence Body to Aid Government Gov-ernment During War. J SEVEN STATES COVERED California, Oregon, Washington, Washing-ton, Nevada, Idaho, Montana Mon-tana and Utah to Watch Traitors. SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. The intelligence office of tho western department de-partment of the United States army announced today the organization of a secret interstate citizens intelligence organization, to be known as the Nathan Na-than Hale volunteers. Any man or woman who is a citizen of the United States may hold membership. The seven state of California, Oregon, Idaho, Ida-ho, Washington, Nevada, Utah and Montana will be covered by the organization. or-ganization. The object of the organization organi-zation will be to aid the government in connection with anti-spy, pro-German and anti-American activities. Brigadier General E. G. Hunt of the national guard is chief of the advisory board of the organization, which is divided di-vided into ten divisions in the western west-ern department, with headquarters at Seattle, Portland, Berkeley, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, San Diego, Spokane, Great Falls, Salt Lake City, and Reno. The identity of the members will be kept secret and tho menj and women wom-en selected to act under orders-will-be furnished with identification credentials creden-tials and assigned to tasks of gathering gather-ing information in the various sections. |