Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-27
GIVING OUT CASUALTY
LIST NOT ADVISABLE
old scheme Of Gi,ius \mcriCan Los,
e. Considered Great Aid
tn Enemy.
PEOPLE ENDORSE CHANGE
Germans Could Learn Results of NJ
tacks hy Published Date Of
Deaths.

WASHINGTON, March s6.---An Of
ticml statement of the war depart.
mcuts reasons FOR not announcIuR
officially the names Of American
troops killed or wounded in Fyaucc
was submitted 10 the senate today 10y
Mnlor-Gener1l March. acting chlot-
ot-stolf with a statement that the
department considers It OF best ad.
>at age fSnm an poius OF view
General March said tho old Ns.
tenn ot giving addresses and other
details gave Information to tho enc.
my aud brought swarms OF claim
agents 20 harrass tho relatives OF the
mon
The policy Of the war department
General sAiHrch told the senate is "to
put In the hands or tho nearest rclu.
tive or tho last Sioud given by the
Soldler ia hts emergency address
prompt and accurate Information
concerning the casualty before any
thing is given to the press aud TO
prevent any Information appearing
IN the papers which viii he OF any
possible assistance 90 the German
cause.
Claim Agents swarm.
THE old system" General March
adted, which gave the date Of w,
casualty enabled tho Germans To- get
exactly what effect was produced up
on our troops In raid of that date
and YOU would be interested 10 know
that the publication of the emeraen-
CO addresses broughe down upon the
relatives swarm OF claim agents,
who guaranteed they would got from
the government the war risk insur-
auce which is guaranteed by law 20
the proper inheritor.
I'm spite OF the fact that the de-
p1rtTen has In each case ad dNiaed
the nearest relatives that thclr
claims viii be adjusted by the gov
ernment, numbers OF poor people
have yielded to the lmportunltiea OF
these agents
The raids which are heing con
Quoted along our front are for the
purpose OF capturing one soldier,
II possible. with the object OF gain
ing from him Information regarding
the organization which is opposed
To- the German lines at this point
bf the nearest relntlYe the German
agent In the United States an
Germany Is attempting 10 obtain
from them the Information which
Germany is attempting TO obain
from our front by attacks on on
forces. In France they publish no
casualty lists and the Information
reaches the relatives from the may
or or prefect Of the town where
the relatives live
This department In In roceipt of
letters from men of high stan LINK
IN the country, who have sons abroad
protesting vigorously against nuy
change In the new system and DO
mnnding that no Information Shell
bo given TO the press which could
he of assistance tos the Germans
confronting their sons in France
1T has developed also, according
to an Official communication from
the Red Croes that the relatives ~
igcn who are killed IN France are
made Victims oil the most absurd
propositions to exhibit themselves
tor money etc, making their grief
the object Of exploitatioQ by noto-
ricty seekers.
- he whole matter 81 change
in ouI former method on Publishing
C. shulty lists wns brought 40 by "A
cablegram froia Generni Pershing
In which he stred that representa-
lives OF the French government IN d
foImally protested against thel
methods used. The specific rase to
which they referred was a statement
given out In the United states OIL
cially which permitted tho GerInnM
to know definitely the effe 4 uf gus
shells on "a certain date. rhe whole
subject was then thoroly s.udlel bnd
the decision reached 10 adopt the
policy which IL the subject of your
communication"