Spies and Lies 



German agents are everywhere, eager to gather scraps of news about our men, our ships, our munitions. 

 It is still possible to get such information through to Germany, where thousands of these fragments — often 

 individually harmless — are patiently pieced together into a whole which spells death to American soldiers and 

 danger to American homes. 



But while the enemy is most industrious in trying to collect information, and his systems elaborate, he is 

 not superhuman — indeed he is often very stupid, and would fail to get what he wants were it not deliberately 

 handed to him bv the carelessness of loval Americans. 



Do not discuss in public, or with strangers, any news of 

 troop and transport movements, of bits of gossip as to our 

 military preparations, which come into your possession. 



Do not permit your friends in service to tell you — or 

 write you — "inside" facts about where they are, what they are 

 doing and seeing. 



Do not become a tool of the Hun by passing on the mali- 

 cious, disheartening rumors which he so eagerly sows. Remem- 

 ber he asks no better service than to have you spread his lies of 

 disasters to our soldiers and sailors, gross scandals in the Red 

 Cross, cruelties, neglect and wholesale executions in our camps, 

 drunkenness and vice in the Expeditionary Force, and other 

 tales certain to disturb American patriots and to bring anxiety 

 and grief to American parents. 



And do not wait until you catch someone putting a bomb 

 under a factor*'. Report the man who spreads pessimistic 

 stories, divulges — or seeks — confidential military information, 

 cries for peace, or belittles our efforts to win the war. 



Send the names of such persons, even if they are in uni- 

 form, to the Department of Justice, Washington. Give all the 

 details you can, with names of witnesses if possible — show the 

 Hun that we can beat him at his own game of collecting 

 scattered information and putting it to work. The fact that 

 you made the report will not become public. 



You are in contact with the enemy today, just as truly as 

 if you faced him across No Man's Land. In your hands are 

 two powerful weapons with which to meet him — discretion 

 and visrilance. Use them. 



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 The Secretary of War 

 The Secretary of the Navy 



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