........ German intelligence was active in Russia, using a variety of methods of collecting information. So, on the cover of the November issue of the Russian military magazine "Scout" for 1906, an announcement was published by the German company "Daube and K", offering officers to do "literary work" for a good fee. There, for those who wanted to enter into correspondence, the postal address of the company {23} was indicated. Neither the editor of the magazine, nor his staff, attached much importance to the announcement and it was distributed throughout the empire. Some officers were interested in the opportunity to earn money as a journalist and they offered their services to the company. GUGSH learned about the already circulated announcement of the Germans quite by accident. In March 1907, the headquarters of the Caucasian Military District sent a sub-lieutenant 71 of the Fomenko Infantry Regiment to the GUGS, in which he wrote with innocent indignation: "... Assuming that this is a compilation of some encyclopedia, I wrote to Germany at the indicated address and asked to inform what my literary activity should consist of ... " It turned out that a certain gentleman offers "for a fee to provide information necessary for military purposes" {24}. To clarify the interests of the "company", intelligence officer of the Vilna Military District, Lt. Col. Vitsund, with the permission of his superiors, also sent a letter to the address suggested in the magazine and soon received a response from Koenigsberg. The company asked him to send materials about the organization of regimental machine gun commands and howitzer batteries {25} for a 12-kopeck line fee.
The GUGSH ordered all chiefs of staff of the military districts of Russia "to take measures so that gentlemen do not enter into relations with the firm" Daube and K "and the like ..." {26}. It is clear that this ban could not stop those who had already decided to betray
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RUSSIAN COUNTRY EXPLORATION IN 1905–1917:
SPYONOMANIA AND REAL PROBLEMS