War Risk Insurance cases 230
U. S. Bureau of Naturalization cases 3,905
Draft investigations 30,440
Food Administration cases.
Food investigations 12,637
Sugar investigations[1] 179
Fuel Administration cases.
Coal investigations 3,263
Lightless Night investigations 1,500
Total investigations[2] 99,175
Number of men temporarily detained for examination
of Registration and Classification Cards during the
Slacker Drive of July, 1918 200,000
Delinquents apprehended and forced to appear at
local Draft Boards 44,167
Deserters apprehended and sent to Military Camps 1,900
Record compiled for the U. S. Marshal for Alien Enemies;
number of entries 18,000
Escaped criminals apprehended and turned over to
Police Department 38
Blue Slip Summons issued 726
Automobile license numbers registered on first Gasless
Sunday 129,204
Photographs, maps, postal cards of views of Germany
sent to War Department 9,525
But it is from the notebooks of the operatives, recording varied activities all in the day's work, that we get the real reflex of the A. P. L. We cannot forego giving a few extracts from the stories of Chicago captains.
Let us take at random the summary from S, captain of District No. 11, where there were fifty-six members—forty active operatives, under a captain, two lieutenants and a legal advisor. This district covers a large portion of the most German section of Chicago, part of which is loyal and part very much otherwise. In six months, during the last year of the war, there were 512 cases assigned to the district by headquarters, and the district turned
- ↑ A direct result of the sugar investigations was the saving of
millions of pounds of sugar, and the donation to the American Red
Cross of thousands of dollars by violators. - ↑ In addition to the above, hundreds of jewelry store investigations
were made for the purpose of obtaining information regarding
alleged price discrimination against soldiers and sailors; also,
hundreds of investigations of tailors, clothing stores and department
stores in the interest of Army uniform regulations.
