The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22
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of being well informed of all that is
DIN on. Whatever Is deemed allow
able of publication he is advised of.
and IL he can ecure any Information
from outside sources he uses IL as he
link best.
For the protection OF the interests of
the service. all correspondents are u b
Jected to a general order issued by the
secretary of war, and each one must
have a pass issued by the assistant sec
rotary and signed by the editor Of the
paper which the correspondent repre-
sents. BY this pass military COM
manders are instructed to permit h
holder TO pass freely so far as. in their
judgment. IL Is proper and ~expedient
TO allow. and to extend to him such
aid and protection as Is not incompat-
able with the interests OF the service.
These passes are limited TO as small a
number as possible. and the holders.
Immediately upon their arrival upon
the field, must report at headquarters.
where he pass must be countersigned
by an officer to be designated by the
general in command. nee within the
line of the army the correspondent is
subjected to all the rules and articles
OF war as far as applicable, n to such
special regulations as are prescribed
by the proper authority. The general
in usually makes arrange
ments for the messing of correspond
ents and their transportation. at their
expense. The genera in command
may order correspondents to leave the
Ines at whatever time he deems their
presence injurious TO the success of
military operations. Disobedience to
orders or any other on the
part of the correspondent is followed
by the revocation of his pass.
While these regulations may seem
stringent enough. especially when all
matter sent out is subject to a press
censor. yet they are. by no means. Sc
we're when compared TO the rules gov
erning h operations Of correspond
ents of the British armies. The war
correspondent is seldom held in much
esteem by British generals and he is
only tolerated. while his copy is sub
jected to all sorts of elisions and re-
visions. Up 10 the present stage of the
Spanish war there has not been much
opportunity for the war correspondent
to exercise his ingenuity on land. but
the numerous newspaper boats which
have accompanied Captain Simpsons
fleet TO Cuban waters lave been vieing
with ms another in daring exploits and
Jealous news gathering. To a certain
extent. the naval correspondents are
subjected to the same regulations as are
those on land. for the first consideration
Of the astute commander is TO prevent
the publication OF anything which might
afford the slightest chance Of convey
ing information to undesirable quarters.
One Of the greatest war correspond
ents Of the times has been Archibald
Forbes. who is reckoned. both In this
and in Europe. a master of the
art. He. himself. considers war CORE
spondence a fine art. although only a
little more than Ave years ago he wrote
hat the conditions Of special CORE
spondence were being so altered that il
had practically ceased 10 be the fine
art to which much zeal. energy and con-
had. for a brief time. elevated
IL. Mr.. Forbes thought at that time
war correspondence was simply a
vocation controlled by precise and re-