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 It will perhaps not be necessary to go into the usual series of narratives of interesting cases in the instance of the Crescent City. The report, as outlined above, is so different in its general phases from that of the average division that it may be allowed to stand, with the addition of its tabulated totals, which cover all the forms of assistance to the Government in which A. P. L. has participated throughout the United States.

Alien enemy activities                                     292 Citizen disloyalty and sedition                          1,626 Sabotage, bombs, dynamite, defective manufacture            24 Anti-military activity, interference with draft             34 Propaganda—word of mouth and printed                    1,326 Radical organizations—I. W. W., etc.                       43 Bribery, graft, theft and embezzlement                      82 Naturalization, impersonation, etc.                        827 Counter-espionage for military intelligence                  2 Selective Service Regulations under boards               2,194 In slacker raids, estimated                             20,000 Of local and district board members                          4 Work or fight order                                        254 Character and loyalty—civilian applicants                 103 Applicants for commissions                                  57 Training camp activities—Section 12                     2,919 Training camp activities—Section 13                     2,843 Camp desertions                                            140 Collection of foreign maps, etc.                         3,500 Counter-espionage for Naval Intelligence                   206 Collection of binoculars, etc.                               8 Food Administration—hoarding, destruction, etc.           453 Fuel Administration—hoarding, destruction, etc.           964 Department of State—Miscellaneous                           7 Treasury Department—War Risk Insurance, etc.              625 United States Shipping Board                                15 Alien Property Custodian—Miscellaneous                      7 Red Cross loyalty investigations                           400

The decision to demobilize the American Protective League was arrived at somewhat suddenly, for reasons more or less obvious to all members of the League. As recently as November 13, 1918, Mr. Bielaski, Chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the U. S. Department of Justice, wrote to Chief Weinberger, expressing the assurance