The Intelligence Department at the War Office was
under-funded. However, as events developed it was thought a good idea to have a
list of names of reliable people with the skills needed to develop an Intelligence
Corps. These men consisting of Army Officers and Metropolitan Police could be
called up at short notice. These men would need to be mobile and Motorcycles
would turn out to be the preferred method of transport.
A small Counter Intelligence Service (MI5) was already in
existence in 1914 and we will hear more about their work later in the month.
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