sent by the American government, placed its pilots and managers of expeditions at the disposal of the United States, and indicated the places where much needed rations could be landed to save their starving countrymen. When the peace protocol was signed, the Delegation, at the request of the American authorities, sent the news to the Cubans in the field, at the same time advising them as to the terms of the protocol, which was on the lines of the resolution of intervention. After the proclamation of the protocol, the Delegation still continued to place the questions, which would certainly arise, before the American authorities and to suggest the measures which in justice to the Cubans should be taken. The pending prosecutions were at the request of the Delegation dismissed, and money, which was deposited as bail, was restored and used by the Delegation in furnishing food to the needy and aiding the families of Cuban officers and others to return to Cuba. Fully confident that the pledges in favor of Cuba would be religiously carried out by the United States, the Delegation was arranging to close its offices, when in November the Assembly of Representatives authorized the Delegate and Charge d'affaires Quesada to remain at their posts in representation of the Cubans. The Cuban Revolutionary Party was, however, dissolved by proclamation of the Delegate. At present writing, the work of the Delegation is about ended and in a few days the offices will be closed. The Delegation is content to be judged by the results of its labors. I. Extrada Palive. CHAPTER XXI. THE SECRET SERVICE IN THE WAR. BY JOHN E. WILKIE, Chief Secret Service Division, Treasury Department. HERE was nothing spectacular about the work of the TH for there were wholly lacking the military features which the public so generally associated with that branch of the Government's service. In the War of the Rebellion Col. Baker's men were operating in the enemy's country surrounded by all the perils that menace a spy in hostile territory. There were hairbreadth escapes and thrilling experiences of the most sensational character. Penetrating the enemy's lines, securing information of his strength, position and probable movements-these were the tasks set for the daring fellows who composed the Secret Service force in the War Department in the early sixties. Not so in the last war. The late secret service campaign, if it may so be termed, was one wholly of defense and protection. It was believed that every large center of population was infested by foreigners of anarchistic tendencies who might seize the opportunity for the execution of plots against the officers of the Government or against the welfare of the community at large. It was also believed that Spain would attempt to secure official information of our plans and movements, and it was to checkmate the moves of these two dangerous classes that the Treasury Department Secret Service devoted its energies. When Col. Baker's force was disbanded at the close of the Rebellion, the counterfeiting of government obligations had grown to such appalling dimensions that the Service was reorganized as a branch of the Treasury Department for the suppression of this and other crimes against the Government, but |