If a drum roll had ordered the AMNH scientists recruited by the ONI to “fall in,” they would have responded as follows: Agent 56Office of Naval Intelligence, ONIAgent 56, Herbert J. (“Joe”) Spinden; Agent 139Office of Naval Intelligence, ONIAgent 139, Charles REastman, Charles R.. Eastman; Agent 241Office of Naval Intelligence, ONIAgent 241, Roy ChapmanAndrews, Roy Chapman Andrews; Agent 245Office of Naval Intelligence, ONIAgent 245, George K. Cherrie; and finally Agent 270Office of Naval Intelligence, ONIAgent 270, Henry ECrampton, Henry E.. Crampton. In addition to these bona fide intelligence assets, other scientists associated with the AMNH, including paleontologist Barnum BrownBrown, Barnum (for a short while Agent 233Office of Naval Intelligence, ONIAgent 233), mammalogist Harold AnthonyAnthony, Harold and bird collector Rollo HBeck. Rollo H.. Beck, reported to government officials on the current political situation in Latin America at various times during the War, and immediately after. Other members of the Museum’s scientific staff worked directly within branches of the Federal government during the War, including Frank M. ChapmanChapman, Frank M., a distinguished commissioner for the American Red Cross who was subsequently dispatched to Latin America on the organization’s behalf in the waning days of the War; Bashford DeanDean, Bashford, Curator of IchthyologyIchthyology, Department of, who served as a major in the Army Ordnance Department in Washington, D.C.; and the already very political Henry ECrampton, Henry E.. Crampton, who was appointed to both the high-level Council of National DefenseCouncil of National Defense and the ONI. Finally, a number of the Museum’s staff (scientific and not) were drafted to serve in the military.