The Secret Corps PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter ii in the big cities "There are no leaders to lead us to honour, And yet without leaders we rally, Each man reporting for duty alone, out of Sight, out of reach, of his fellow. There are no bugles to call the battalions, And yet without bugles we rally, From the ends of the earth to the ends of The earth, to follow the Standard of Yellow!" The Spies March, Kipling, in order to follow the development of espionage in war-time it is necessary to approach one's subject via the path of peace. In those distant days of 1914 when the voice of Lord Roberts could not be heard above the din of Ulster and the Kaiser was extremely affable to us here in England, Britain was spending 50,000 a year on her Secret Service and Germany twelve times that amount. Perhaps the nature and scope of pre-war espionage may be crystallised if we take the respective methods favoured by these two Powers. English espionage was probably as " white " as the doubtful art ever can be. In outline it was this: "Don't employ a bad character or a woman. Sooner or later they will fail you. Rely rather on information coming from trustworthy sources such as British Embassies, Legations and Consulates. Not much 6 peace espionage 7 that matters should escape official British representatives abroad. Besides, they require no payment and are working for their country. If others, such as prominent travellers and business men and officers on leave choose to send in reports--well and good.... However, in the case of Germany, things are different. If any country is going to fight us, that country will be Germany. Therefore we must broaden our espionage system on Germany." So it came to pass that a few British officers like Captains Trench and Bertram Stewart wandered innoce