The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
No Announcements Will Be
Made Either Before or After
Expeditions Start
GENERAL In CHARGE
OF ARMY CENSORSHIP
War Department Rapidly Com
pleting Plans For Sending
National Guard to Concen-
tration Camps

Washington. June 3).-Future ar
rivals of American troops in France
or any European port will not be
made public Neither will there be
any announcement 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
the arrival of PershinS's first division
al French port.
Brisadier-Generai Frank Mcintyre,
army censor, said today:
There is little possibility Of any
arrival OF American forces IN France
hetns- III 4+le-t tsit tta- ttereafter-s tt
troop movements of whatever kind
will be secret"
General Mcintyre has been placed
In complete charge OF all infor nation
relating TO military matters. Secre-
tary Baker has taken all such work
entirely out OF the hands OF Creel 8
civilian bureau of wise.
The whole censorship problem is
understood to .be before President
Wilson roI adjustment.
General Mclntyre's statement today
means that when a man says he is a
seiectiye conscript. leaves his home
to Join the cofors, nothing more will
be known about where he is until he
either is killed, wounded or returns
home. OF course letters will be per-
mitted. but no information of what
he is doing or where he lie located
VIII be permitted in such letters. When
his relatives OF friends write to him
they Will merely address him as Care
american Expe dictionary Forcea-. and
the letter wal ns iarraried hy The
government
The move has double design. II
Will prevent Germany from knowing
or estimating how many men Amer
tea Is sending 10 the front. The
troops viii 60 out. be given a course
of training and derar, from the shores
of the United States as silently as
ghosts in the night.
There will be no announcement that
second .s:e is ss.ss.ffs ST ri
for the front or that a third expe-
dition is being made ready.
Despite the present shortage OF
equipment OF all sorts army officers
today promised that sufficient ma
terial would be on hand September
10 completely outfit the national
guard when /, is drafted into the fed
efai service IN three rucrsrenrs, July
Is. July IS and August s.
oficfal announcement Was made to-
day by Adjutant-General Henry =.
Mccain that the national guardmen
before being accepted IN the federal
service would each have to undergo
a severe physical examination such as
is employed in selecting men for the
regulars. Should a guardsman fail
10 meet the requirements he will be
Discharged
This announcement OF General Me-
Cain Is taken TO indicate that an equal
" severe Examination will re ,,,aSa ~
the case of drafted men
The war department is rapidly COM
pleting its plans for sending the ma
tional guard to concentration camps
in the South. Southwest and West as
rapidly as it-is mustered fed
erai service
Every arrangement for the trans
portstion of the national suardsnen
TO the camps is being completed In
line with these arrangements Score
tary Baker today stepped into a dis
pute which had been raging between
the Louisville and Nashville railway
and the Western Union Telegraph com
pany. The dispute. which involved the
right of the latter company TO main
tain Its lines along the railways right
OF way, was approaching climax
which threatened to interiors with
government operations especially
troop movements. Secretary Baker.
accordingly warned both parties TO
reach settlement Immediately. other
wise he declared the telegraph line
would be taken over by the govern
ment.
Secretary Baker today alec approved
~ie establishment OF sanitary corps
under the medical department OF the
arnly