The sun., 1917-11-25
MARTIALLAW
DECLARED0N
WATER FRONT
Regular Army Soldiers Will
Begin to Guard All
Shores Tonight.
INTRUDERS WILL BE SHOT
Extension of Protective Sys-
tenn to All Ports to Fol-
low step Here.
'INTRUDERs WILL BE SHOT
SPECIAL Despa,cA to TEE srs

Spe10I DeSpotch TO IBn SCs
WAslrrNgroN. Nov. 24.-The port OF
Nav yorS q. "a n. r,,...d n, onca under
So.
r's'd n''i''ar!' co'i'ro'' A"'s III e"''
means martial law along the entire
waterfront. including Manhattan. The
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o"", 'o'''
ann otner "aterironts ABOUT, tho naroor'
Tho order goes into effect tomorrow
at rni6n,~t4 under re~uiat,ons announced
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It will be enforced by a large force OF
Regular Army soldiers with loaded rifles
,rd nth s,r,c, o-acr. IN nreven. allan
"' w."
enemies or enS nthe. n,., rheelnEn pen
Sons from ehteIine INC Pronipi'eu NV
yard waterfront zone. persons disfe
sa<ding tho orders OF the soluiers 10 matt
Will pe shot-
lh,s drastic military control Will Dc
extended as rapidly as possible to every
port OF 'hs United states snippine mu'
nitions t. American troops ana tho AL
lies Ultimately IT will take IN even the
wharvee and cocks used Tor purely DO
mestic commerce.
conference o" Sooper.ion'
United States ATTORNEYS and mar4na1S
in New York will 70 to Governors Isla nd
AZ ~ o'clock to-morrov 10 confer With
Gen. Eli Hoyle. Commander Of the Eas,,
as TO the hest mean. OF cooperatins with
the Department Of Justice and the mill
tary forcea
A, soon a. the contro, 4. established
along the New York city and Jersey
water fronts tomorrow at midnight inc
Department OF justice VIII withoraW
from any PARTICIPATION IN the actual po-
hcfng. This VIII DE- conoucted accord
Ing to regular army methods. out VIII
not inciude the power OF court-martiai.
Tho soldiers will guard the wharvee ana
warehouses, but when they nave mace
an arrest tho persons viii oe turned over
to the Department OF Justice FOR punish
ment
Under the regulations announced by
John l.. O'Brian. assistant to tho Att0r-
ney-General. responsibility Tor the eaiety
Of warehouses and the shipments they
handle Tor the forces abroad is placed
more directly on the owners Of ware,
houses and terminals. Tney are required
To maintain the strictsst scrutiny OF
their rosters OF employees naVins nsts
-aS&hafse~1of tne m"Hsfy a' al .h"e
wi'o co'nPiete odta 10 ,,
pioyees nauVlty, preseht ahesia"'e anu
t"rner places o, en,plosnlent -,
IheS must 1urn'sn an uspeo.or "i
'dsnlincsuon' "h" VII 'n.n,nS 10 ."e
n,'n'arF pa.ro. perS"s n"'s ,S,.,,u,,, ~.
on. ne P.ers s." wa We. ",,e'd "a
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mInals and waterfront warehouses also
will be required to establish pass card
system which will simplify the admit
tance OF persons directly employed or
the waterfront. The inspectors mus
voirh for every one permitted to enter
the waterfront areas ana VIII bf
charged with the duty OF seeing That per
sons having access to wharvss anu docks
leave 'n''ned'ate'F Hiter 'heF o"S''''e l.
The machinery for the establishment
-. w. -, ,nr,ns,ior ror week. aver
-. =, ,h. nrocIa r,.+ion n, president
W;ts,r -, Nov.uh.r IS forbidd,nS- alien
, -. ...,nrooch Az no found within
80 s,r ..n., sss whorp
~ 80, 80 d,-.ct,y ,- hy mean,
~. 20 ,,ch,srs ~, snv ,-essei nv y..sels al
-. sno tor: .,o.. engaged IN the for.
". ~ ~ so,nesttc trada ether Than o,h.
.n ~ os snv warehouse shed
-t-,sx-. &arv,tpoY other tarminal
1900 tac,,itv .diacsn, n
s.oI.t in convection With any sucn
s - ~ ~ So"S :" =
Th,, III, ,aks IN practically every
~ Now Jer..v and New Yorh
H., .,a,,ron,. Tor miles. ar n 1.
s,rthsr nroyided that the patrol shall
hs errective where there IL no ware.
hnusc or terminal provided that the dis.
t.pcc between the warehouses, term'.
nal. or piers at that point ts not greatel
than half a mile.
The soldiers, who will have charge
OF the patrol. have been In readiness
for the Job for several days and will
swing into their work after having had
the fullest instructions a. to what they
arc to do.
CstiSens Must NE Ssretu''
=, v.. .unha,,xed tonight at tn,
D.n, rtu,en, Of Justice that citizens o,
the United states must be extremely
c,reful In seeking entrance to the for,
biddep areas. a. the soldiers are unde,
strict orders and the insistence OF any
one upon his rights to FREQ passag gs
might result in a regrettable incident
Although Nhe regulations are aimed
primarily against alien enemies, a cit,
ixen of the United States is liable &c
ths ,,ous sn,,ences of yiolAtiOns