The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-22
STRICT RULES OF
ARMY CENSORS
Funston Wants Only a Few
Newspaper Men With Army.
TO EXAMINE ALL PICTURES.

| FORCES ana None but Real reporters
Permitted to Accompany Expedition
violators of Rules Liable to Arrest
Personal Communications Read.
General Funston has decreed that
only 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
ship 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 he of officers. soldiers. foreign at
taches, newspaper correspondents or
any other individuals. dispatched
from the theater of operations are La
BILE to censorship. A censor is author
lied to suppress any statement that
might hn of vol 70 IN
JUDICIAL to the welfare of the forces in
the field
All newspapers or journals in the
theater of operations are subject to
censorship, and they can be suppressed
by the censor whenever he deems 1t
expedient.
Each correspondent is required to
file an application giving 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 a 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
each field army or other important in
dependent field force. His films and
plates will be sent to Washington
promptly. where prints will be issued
ut 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
must he sent to the censor with the
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 a commissioned officer. In this in
stance he Is Captain Cootes. attached
to the general staff. There is also
censor attached to General Funston's
headquarters. and General Pershipg
will also have censor in the field.
All correspondents news or private
dispatches. mail letters for publication.
private letters. dra wings 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 a po-
sitiOn. the news of any victory or de-
feat, the names of organizations or
the disposition of troops,
of sick. the extent Of losses
or any other matters of information
unless the dispatch or report contain
Eng such information is passed on and
by the censor. After cen
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 i'm the order filed. and the
shall say how many words may |
be sent. Within the censor's discretion |
may send messengers |
to carry censored dispatches to better |
wire facilities than those at the imme- |
date front.