Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
War Department Plans to
Withhold announce
ments about Any
Movements.

or any European port will not be made
public. Neither will there be any an
nouncement of plans for the movement
of forces overseas.
This is the result of premature pub
LEGATION, through permission by the
committee on public information. of
which George Creel is chairman. of
tho arrival of Pershing's first division
at a French port.
Brigadier-General Frank Mcintyre
army censor. said to-day:
There is little possibility OF any ar
rival of American forces in France be-
ing made public hereafter. All troop
movements Of whatever kind will be
secret"
General Mcintyre has been placed in
complete charge of all Information re-
lating to military matters. Secretary
Baker has taken all such work en-
tirely out of the hands of Creels civil
ian bureau of wise.
The whole censorship problem is un-
derstood to be before President Will
son for adjustment.
General McIntyre's statement o-day
means that when a man-say he IS a
selective conscript-leaves his home to
join the colors. nothing more will be
known about him until he either is
killed, wounded or returns home. or
course, letters will be permitted but no
information of what he is doing or
where he is located Will be permitted
| in such letters. When his relatives
or friends write to him they will mere
ly address him as Care American Ex-
peditionary Forces" And the letter
will be forwarded by the government.
The move has double design. 1t will
prevent Germany from Knowing or
estimating how many men America is
sending to the front. The troops will
so out. be given a course of training,
and depart from the shores of thr
United States as silently as ghosts in
| the night.
TO BE NO ANNOUNCEMENT
OF FUTURE EXPEDITIONS
There will be no announcement that
second expedition is being prepared
for the front, or that 4 third expedi
ton Is being made ready.
Despite the present shortapo of
equipment of all sorts. army officers to-
day promised that sufficient material
i :
pletcly outfit the National Guard whom
u is drafted into the Federal service
In three increments-July Is, JULY %
and August 5.
ohciai announcement was made to-
ua9 oy AdJutant-General Henry r. Nc
cam that the national guardsmcn, be-
iore oelnG accepted in the Federal SER
vice. would each have to undergo n
severe physical examination such as
Is employed in selecting men for the
regulars Should guardsman fail to
meet the requirements, he will be re-
leased from service
mis- announcement of General Nc.
cain is taken to indicate that an
equally severe examination will he
made In the case of drafted mon and
that only those physically perfect or
VINO have slight deficiencies which can
De corrected by treatment. will be an
proved On the basis of this, officials
estimated that probably only so per
cent of the draft army would be
physically eligible.
Messages from General Pershing go
nrSt TO Acknowledgement Mccain. and
copies are furnished to the chief of
stan. General Tasker II. Bliss, acting
TOT General Scott: Secretary Baker and
the censor, General Mcintyre.
General Mccain has had no word of
the troops from General Pershing. and
indeed. has had few messages of any
Kind in the last day or two 1t is be-
iieved. according to the unofficial state
ments of officers. that Pershing is now
at the French port where tho American
troops are temporarily encamped, and
will send on full report in day or
two
TO SEND NATIONAL GUARD
TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS
The War Department is rapidly com
pieting its plans for sending the Ma
tional Guard to concentration camps In
the South. Southwest and West as
rapidly as mustered into the Federal
service. 1t was announced to-day that
official designation as a camp had been