Herbert Joseph Spinden’s “war” was very different from that of Henry ECrampton, Henry E.. Crampton. Although both men were AMNH scientists with Latin American research interests, and both had been sworn in as bona fide agents of the Office of Naval Intelligence, their service to the nationThe Nation could not have been more dissimilar. Crampton’s patriotic contribution consisted of time spent either safely ensconced in Washington or machinating in New York; his sole intelligence-gathering experience in Latin America was limited to the summer of 1918. By contrast, Spinden was actively engaged in what proved to be potentially dangerous espionage in Central (and later South) America from early April 1917 throughout the course of the War; he would not return to the Museum until the Spring of 1919.