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Show VIGILANCE CORPS I FOR UNITED STATES; NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Vigilance f corps of the American Defense society j will be extended throughout tho Uni- ted States "for the purpose of aiding P, the government to end German propa- j ganda and enemy activity which has h been responsible for fires, munition j plant explosions, sabotage, food wastes and other attempts to damage the mor- ale of the American people," according ! to a statement made public by the f trustees of tho society. t "Under the p'an of organization, one of the duties of '?p vigilance corps in even' city and town would be the class- I iflcatlon of all residents under the fol- f lowing classes: '. " 'Loyal, disloyal, doubtful.' After I the completion o.f this classification a further designation Is urged as fol- ;! lows: 'Allen enemy, pro-Germah, an- j tl-government.' " 3 This list, the originators declare, I should be placed In the hands of po- ; lice departments, representatives of the department of justice and the in- h telligcnce bureaus of any army or nav- al force in the community. If the gov- :i ernment should decide to take a cen- j sus of enemy aliens, the work of the 1 officials would be greatly facilitated by the lh?t obtained by Uio local vigilance committee, it was explained. fj nn c. |