The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-03
STRICT RULES OF
ARMY. CENSORS
Funston Wants Only a Few
Newspaper Men With Army.
TO EXAMINE ALL PICTURES.
No Movie Men Allowed With Invading
Forces and None but Real Reporters
Permitted to Accompany Expedition.
Violators of Rules Liable to Arrest.
Personal Communications Read.

Permitted to Accompany Expedition
Violators of Rules Liable to Arrest
| Personal Communications Read.
| General Funston has. decreed that
only a few war correspondents shall
accompany the American forces into
| Mexico
Secretary of War Baker has upheld
the decision of General Funston. but
strong pressure is being brought to
bear on him to throw open the doors
The degree Of censorship imposed by
| General Funston so far has been mild
compared to that he can exercise I'M
der the army regulations. 1t is pre-
scribed in the regulations that censor
snip within the theater of operations
is controlled by the commander of the
! field forces An officer is assigned as
| censor and provided with necessary as
| SiStants
Stops Public and Private News
Censorship includes censorship over
private communications and over press
publications and communications
All private communications. whether
they be of officers. soldiers, foreign at
taches. newSpape! correspondents or
any other individuals. DISPATCHED
from the theater Of operations are LA
BILE to censorship \ censor is author
lied to suppress any statement that
might be of value to the enemy or pref
judicial to the welfare of the forces in
the field.
All newspapers or journals in the
theater of operations are subject to
censorship. ana they can be suppressed
by the censor whenever he deems it
eXpedient
Each correspondent is required to
file an application giving a brief his
tory of his career and to take an oath
of loyalty of the usual military form
Their employers are required to give
bond for them Men who have evil
IDENTIFY secured credentials with view
to adventure rather than serious work
as correspondents will not be received.
and the secretary of war has power to
say TO whom passes shall be given
The regulations provide that an Off
cial photographer shall accompany
dependent field force His films and
plates will be sent to Washington
promptly, where prints will be issued
at nominal cost to the press No pro-
fessional photographers and moving
picture men will be received
Regular correspondents may carry
small hand film cameras. but the films
a fn bn
field forces or to the chief censor at
Washington. where they will be devel-
oped and such Of them as pass censor
ship will be sent to any given address
The chief censor in Washington shall
be commissioned officer. In this in
stance he is Captain Cootes. attached
to the general staff. There is also
censor attached to General Funstons
headquarters. and General Pershing
will also have censor in the field
All correspondents news or private
dispatches. mail letters for publication,
private letters. drawings and photo
graphs must be submitted TO the cen
sor and receive his stamp before being
sent.
The correspondent will not be allow
ed to send information concerning the
occupation or REIMBURSEMENT of po-
sition, the news of any victory or de-
feat, the names of organizations or
commanders, the disposition of troops
the state of supply or transport, the
number of sick. the extent of losses
or any other matters of information
unless the dispatch or report contain
ing such information is passed on and
authorized by the censor After cen
sorship the correspondent will be
shown what if anything has been elid-
ed by the censor Any relaxation of
these regulations rests with the com
mander of the field forces. in this case
General Funston.
Liable to Arrest
The official army telegraph lines are
open to correspondents for the sending
OF dispatches when not occupied with
official dispatches. but the dispatches
will be sent in the order filed. and the I
censor shall say how many words may
be sent Within the cenSor's discretion
correspondents may send messengers
to carry censored dispatches to better
wire facilities than those at the imme-
date front.
Correspondents are required to dress
in the same olive drab uniform worn
by the army. but each wears white /
brassard on his arm marked wRh a & /
10 designate his calling No CORE
spondent can leave the army to which |
he IS attached, either to 90 home or
any other place. without the consent /
Of the war department.
Correspondents can be suspended for 7
distortion OF dispatches in the office of /
publication ana also for the use of Ian
guage or expressions conveying hidden |
meaning which would tend to deceive |
or mislead the censor. For extreme |
offenses they may be sent to the rear
under arrest.
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