Military Information Division intelligence service
also: MID, Military Information Division of the Adjutant General's office
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U.S. War Department founded
Military Information Division documented
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“The War Department inaugurated its permanent intelligence institution three years after the Navy established the Office of Naval Intelligence…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.69
Military Information Division subsidiary_of
Adjutant General's office documented
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“From this frustration was born what would become the Military Information Division of the Adjutant General's office…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.70
Military Information Division operated_in
United States documented
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“no government agency existed for collecting and compiling such information... From this frustration was born what would become the Military Information Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.70
Arthur L. Wagner headed
Military Information Division documented
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“Colonel Arthur L Wagner chief of the Military Information Division counseled the President and the Cabinet against an immediate invasion of Cuba…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.70
Andrew S. Rowan worked_for
Military Information Division documented
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“Lieutenant Andrew S Rowan a former military attache in Chile and once in charge of the Military Information Division's map section…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.71
Frederick Funston worked_for
Military Information Division documented
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“His pursuer was Frederick Funston an agent of the Military Information Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.75
Arthur Wagner headed
Military Information Division documented
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“Upon returning to the United States he was debriefed by Colonel Arthur Wagner head of the Military Information Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.75
Ralph H. Van Deman worked_for
Military Information Division documented
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“Van Deman championed the fledgling Military Information Division and urged his military superiors to give more consideration to intelligence development…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.76
Army War College absorbed
Military Information Division documented
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“Shortly thereafter the War College sought to absorb the intelligence unit this action Bell also approved…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.77
Military Information Division transferred_to
Army War College documented
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“Transferred to the War College in 1908 the intelligence function was administered by an information committee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.77
Military Information Division member_of
General Staff documented
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“The Military Information Division had become the second section (G 2) of the new General Staff organization in 1903…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.82
Ralph H. Van Deman proposed
Military Information Division documented
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“Van Deman attempted to correct this situation by appealing first to the president of the Army War College urging that the Military Information Division be re-established…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.82
G-2-A-7 subsidiary_of
Military Information Division documented
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“the [AEF] Military Information Division's seventh sub-section…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.165
Military Information Division subsidiary_of
American Expeditionary Forces documented
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“the [AEF] Military Information Division's seventh sub-section…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.165