Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-08
Secretary Lansing Plugs
Sources of Information
Regarding War.
ONLY TWO SOURCES
REMAIN ENCLOSED
Lansing and Bureau Of Foreign Intel
lisence to Censor All News Concern.
ing american. Movements and In
tsntiens- subordinatss Who Talk
Threatened With Dismissai-Nine
Regiments Of Engineers to France.

sing today followed up the state fde-
partment gag order which forbids any
other official there to give information
to the public with the statement tis'
any official who gave out information
conveying a criticism OF the depart
ment's policies should be dismissed.
Mr.. Lansing reiterated that the CIV
ing Of information to the newspapers
hereafter would be only thru himself
and the new bureau of foreign intelli-
gence
Secretary Lansing said he had for-
bidden officials talking with cor
respondents because he was dissatis-
fed with having Information comins
from many channels. He said he Woulo
centralize all information even ~ to
details dn the bureau OF foreign intel-
ligencA Apart from WHAT was thus
/ given out no anformAtiona WILL be- al
lowed to reach the puslD thru the
state department
Secretary Lansing was pressed FOL
an instance whore information harm
ful for the best interests Of the scoun-
try had thus been pubHshed. He said
that as yet no serious cases had oc-
CURED. but he was very much afraid
that they would occur shortly.
To Hahdls All War Subjects.
Secretary Lansing stated th4t the
uress would. have to content stself With
what the bureau OF foreiSn inteHl-
vence<Raye out. That bureau, he said
would handle everything in the inter-
national field, all subjects in connec-
ton with tho war, in short everything
The bureau IL manned by two Off
cials. The chief Of the bureau is WIN
out newspaper Experience, and his as
sistant has been in foreign fields fot
several years. The bureau has the task
of supplying American missions aproa'
with information.
state department officials are pro:
hibited from giving the public even
personalities Of distinguished foreign
ers who come to the United States on
official business.
ENGINEERS to Europe at Once. a
Regular army engineer officers as
signed to organize and command the
nine regiments of engineer troops to
be rushed to France for work on rail-
way communication lines were an
nounced by the war department today
as follows:
First regiment, New York district
Lieut.. -Col. C. H. MoKinstry; ad1utant
Lieutenant Price. .,3t..
Second, st. Louis Colonel Curtis NJ
Townsend; adjutant, Capt. G. L Hall
Third, Chicago-Col. w. C. LanEhtt;
adjutant, r. D:>Black.
Fourth, Boston-Major w. p. Woo
ten; adtutant, Lieut.. L. E. Atkins.
FIFTH. pittsburgh lieut. Col. Edgar
Jadwin: adjutant,' Lieut.. B. B. Somer-
vel. -,
sixth. Detroit-Lieut. Harry Bur
CESS: adjutant, Capt. r. F. Fouler.
Seventh, Administration John r
sewell, engineer corps, formerly 9
mator In the regular service; adJutant
Lieut.. C. p. Bullard ;s =. A-',.s. VI. )
Dishth, San Francisco lieut.. Col
]. B. Cavanaugh; adjutant, Lieut., ]. B
Cress. .es
Ninth, Philadelphia-Lieut. Col. @
L. Dakyne; adjutant. Lieut.. F. Tom
kins. :.
The entire reserve list for the Firs,
Reserve Engineer regiment created un.
der the national defense act in thy. New
York district, and including among its
officers many prominent engineers IL
civil life, has been called and presum-
ably that regiment win be the firs'
called out. No decision as to the
deslgnatton to be given the new regi-
ments has been reached.