BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//archive.cryptologicfoundation.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcrea tor 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:39f57984-026b-4865-8e1a-5b1226ca983e X-WR-CALDESC:3 May 1917: Col. Ralph H. Van Deman became Chief\, Military In telligence Division. \n\nExcerpted from Wikipedia:\n\nAlthough Van Deman e ntered the U.S. Army as a surgeon\, he eventually went to work for the Mil itary Information Division (MID). Years later he wrote a history of the MI D - including its rise and fall. He was convinced that the Army must have a coordinated intelligence organization if it were to avoid defeat in the near future\, especially as it was now obvious that the U.S. would soon be involved in the war in Europe. Eventually Van Deman was able to get an au dience with the Secretary of War to present his case. There he convinced t he War Department to accept his idea of an intelligence department for U.S . forces.\n\nAs the result of these efforts\, the Military Intelligence Section\, War College Division\, War Department General Staff\, was creat ed on 3 May 1917\, with Van Deman\, now a Colonel\, at its head. By th e war's end in 1919\, it had grown to 282 officers and 1\,159 civilians\, most of them specialists. One of these was Herbert Yardley\, a cipher c lerk with the State Department who Van Deman made a first lieutenant a nd put in charge of codes and ciphers. Van Deman modelled his new organiza tion on British Army intelligence\, and divided it into several department s.\n\nAs well as military intelligence gathering\, MID was also tasked wit h preventing sabotage and subversion by enemy agents or German sympathizer s on US soil. Short of manpower\, Van Deman relied on private groups which he organized into the American Protective League. He also provided securi ty to government offices\, defense plants\, seaports\, and other sensitive installations. He created a field organization in eight US cities which e mployed mobilized civilian policemen to perform security investigations. I n France\, MID provided operational intelligence to the American Expeditio nary Force\, and Van Deman created the Corps of Intelligence Police (forer unner of the Counter Intelligence Corps)\, recruiting fifty French-speakin g Sergeants with police training. Thus\, within a few months\, he had crea ted an intelligence organization that could support both domestic and tact ical intelligence requirements.\n\nPhoto info: 'Ralph Van Deman' by US Arm y - http://www.army.mil/article/124609/US_Army_Military_Intelligence_Secti on_Established__3_May_1917/. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Co mmons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_Van_Deman.jpg#/media/ File:Ralph_Van_Deman.jpg X-WR-RELCALID:9c7ff5383154be265c2a7876bbe76e42 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d2db77bd-d8e0-49db-bad2-9bea825138de DTSTAMP:20260424T081215Z DESCRIPTION:3 May 1917: Col. Ralph H. Van Deman became Chief\, Military Int elligence Division. \n\nExcerpted from Wikipedia:\n\nAlthough Van Deman en tered the U.S. Army as a surgeon\, he eventually went to work for the Mili tary Information Division (MID). Years later he wrote a history of the MID - including its rise and fall. He was convinced that the Army must have a coordinated intelligence organization if it were to avoid defeat in the n ear future\, especially as it was now obvious that the U.S. would soon be involved in the war in Europe. Eventually Van Deman was able to get an aud ience with the Secretary of War to present his case. There he convinced th e War Department to accept his idea of an intelligence department for U.S. forces.\n\nAs the result of these efforts\, the Military Intelligence Section\, War College Division\, War Department General Staff\, was create d on 3 May 1917\, with Van Deman\, now a Colonel\, at its head. By the war's end in 1919\, it had grown to 282 officers and 1\,159 civilians\, m ost of them specialists. One of these was Herbert Yardley\, a cipher cl erk with the State Department who Van Deman made a first lieutenant an d put in charge of codes and ciphers. Van Deman modelled his new organizat ion on British Army intelligence\, and divided it into several departments .\n\nAs well as military intelligence gathering\, MID was also tasked with preventing sabotage and subversion by enemy agents or German sympathizers on US soil. Short of manpower\, Van Deman relied on private groups which he organized into the American Protective League. He also provided securit y to government offices\, defense plants\, seaports\, and other sensitive installations. He created a field organization in eight US cities which em ployed mobilized civilian policemen to perform security investigations. In France\, MID provided operational intelligence to the American Expedition ary Force\, and Van Deman created the Corps of Intelligence Police (foreru nner of the Counter Intelligence Corps)\, recruiting fifty French-speaking Sergeants with police training. Thus\, within a few months\, he had creat ed an intelligence organization that could support both domestic and tacti cal intelligence requirements.\n\nPhoto info: 'Ralph Van Deman' by US Army - http://www.army.mil/article/124609/US_Army_Military_Intelligence_Sectio n_Established__3_May_1917/. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Com mons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_Van_Deman.jpg#/media/F ile:Ralph_Van_Deman.jpg DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T235900 LOCATION: SUMMARY:1917: Col. Ralph H. Van Deman becomes military intelligence chief END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR