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meen een Rm ee ae wre mali 5 throughout the United States and foreign countries and is being extended at the rate of over 1,000 fingerprint records each day. The Bureau of Investigation invites each and every peace officer in the United States to avail himself of the information contained in its fingerprint records. This service is rendered to all legally con- responds to almost 30,000 inquiries each month, each inquiry being answered by letter within 48 hours after it is received. The records of the identification division are based primarily on fingerprints and it is difficult to make Positive identification unless fingerprints are furnished. However, a card-index system is main- tained through which on numerous occasions an accurate identifica- tion is made possible by the name or alias of an individual coupled with some descriptive data, The National Division of Identification and Information is, of course. a cooperative agency. The only information which can be Fupplied to inquirers consists of data which have been previously transmitted to the division by law-enforcement officers and penal institutions. The cooperation between police ‘officials, sheriffs, and wardens throughout the United States and the division of identification has been splendid. In spite of the gratifying progress which has been be the service it can render. Your cooperation will be appreciated. A pamphlet has been prepared by the Bureau of Investigation known as How to Take Fingerprints, which contains instructions concerning a simple and standardized method of taking fingerprints. Any law-enforcement officer who is now, or who may desire to become, a contributor to the records of the National Division of Identification and Information will be supplied with a copy of this booklet upon request. Any inquiries concerning identification matters should be addressed as follows: Director, Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of J ustice, Washington, D. C. O