The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-09

the same or the following day. That
has frequently happened for reasons that
are best known to the French foreign
office, but are supposed to be chiefly
psychological The old war horses have
become a little worn, the new arrival
with fresh face comes in with more
optimistic view of the situation and he
generally has some new argument to
prove that he is the one man predes-
tined TO the proper exponent OF the sit
uation in France to the American public.
| He has the further advantage OF never
having yet had occasion TO complain
that the time is long between trips.
1t requires something like hundred
capable men, in a large proportion Paris
newspaper men, modified and detailed
by the general staff to do this work.
There are among them such conspicuous
representatives of the Paris press as
Monsieur Robert de Jouvenel, editor in
chief of the Matin, Monsieur Chaumeix,
one of the members of the editorial staff
of the Journal Des Debats; Monsieur
Rene Puaux, war correspondent and
a member of the special staff of the
Temps.
There are also number of men from
the diplomatic service detailed to look
after the propaganda of the war to the
limited extent that France has engaged
in papers. This service is under the inn
mediate direction of Monsieur Henri
Ponsot, man of considerable experience
in the consular and diplomatic service |
abroad, and possessing the energy re-
quired in dealing with the mass of detail |
with the desire of so many |
to be ali at the same time
on the firing line. Associated with Mon
sieur Ponsot in this work is Monsieur
G. B. d'Anglade, former consul general
at New York
All these services are under the gem
eral direction of Monsieur Gauthier, Sc
lected by the government for general
supervision of all the affairs connected
with the press.
The correspondent who has complied
with the regulations adopted at the be-
ginning of the war has medical GER
references from his ambassador
Is to his honorableness, and who is for
innate enough to get his permit to 90
o the front, joins party of from four
o six, goes by rail to point decided
Ipon in advance, and is there met by
he officer detailed by the general stall
o show the party over the itinerary
reviously arranged. Few insignificant
notifications and no changes in the itin-
rary are possible, and 50 long as the h
arty is under the conduct of the officer T Ii
is subject to military regulations. t
What they see at the front is in nearly c
very case repetition of what was seen a
V the previous party, but that is the G.
ault of the trench warfare which has d
ltroduced into the military operations n
onotony that does not at all further the t.
lterests of the war correspondent. The a
Ups are generally so managed that the o.
are able to sleep in a y
bed at some hotel near W
Rough the front to be easily accessible in g
lie motor car. They pay their own no &C
j bills and their own railway car fares, q
1T the motor cars are requisitioned We
cles provided by the general staff. When 2;
is all over and the copy is ready, it OF
ust be submitted to the officer who has II
lided the party for his censorship, and I'll
avoid friction and curb the zeal of Il
" correspondent tempted to get the til
tier of rival an hour is generally As
red by the officer for the submission Is
the copy in common. The revision
it is sometimes a simple matter-oc- w
sionally quite serious. The correspond or
t must not give names of officers, num- or
rs of regiments and names of places; 10
must not describe damage to build of
IS from bombardments if he named the
ildings and the towns; he is frequent 81
allowed to mention officers if he does ia
t name localities, and he can under 50
rtain circumstances name localities if 10
does not mention officers or men or 35
celtic destruction. In no case may he 10
TX about the number of troops or the els
ture of the troops, neither active, re. 10
we or territorial, neither can he say
I'm where they come because an indi- wi
lion of the homes of certain soldiers gr'
uld give to the German staff the num- ere
rs of the regiment, and thus help them ere
arrive at an estimate of the total 10
ees in front of them. In describing
mbarded towns he must be careful not ~
mention any important buildings that ~