This gives the barest, and, indeed, a most vague idea of the many and well-organized activities of this division. As a machine of protection it was deadly efficient. No place in the country had more to lose than had Detroit. It was a vulnerable point. It was the armor and weapons, offensive and defensive, of the A. P. L. which guarded it. The manufacturers of Detroit furnished cash for the A. P. L. The individual citizens of Detroit did not pay a cent, nor did the United States Government. Recognizing this unselfish work of thousands of its citizens, the Detroit Patriotic Fund Committee in July, 1918, made an unsolicited grant of sufficient funds to keep the division going for another year.
Detroit Division had a total of 30,056 complaints entered on the files. Of members there were enrolled in all 3,903. To each of these in good standing there was given an engraved testimonial, his sole pay for months of time given free to his country:
THE WAYNE COUNTY DIVISION presents this testimonial
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in appreciation of your
volunteer enlistment, as a member without remuneration, for
the assignment to any duties that might arise in connection
with the requirements of the Government for the duration of
the Great War. We especially desire to thank you for your
patriotic services in making this Division so valuable an
adjunct to the general success attained by the Organization
during the strenuous period just passed.
FRANK H. CROUL, Chief.
The total of 30,056 investigations were distributed as
follows:
Department of Justice cases: Alien enemy activities, male 500, female 400, total 900; Espionage Act, disloyalties and sedition, 2,000; sabotage, 1,000; anti-military, etc., 250; propaganda, (a) word of mouth, 5,000, (b) printed matter, 25, total, 5,025; radical organizations, I. W. W., People's Council, etc., 100; bribery, 150; naturalization applicants, 550; impersonating officers, 25; other investigations, 1,000, total, 1,575; total Department of Justice cases, 11,000.
War Department cases: Counter-espionage for Military Intelligence, 800; Selective Service Regulations, 15,756; work
