Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-18
FEDERAL PASSES
ARE NECESSARY
u. S. Marshal Fairy to Issue Per
mits to Water Front Trans
portation Men.

United States Marshal Fairy has issued
the following supplementary Instructions
and regulations concerning the pass
system under regulation l3 of the Pres~
dents proclamation of November 10,
1917, which embody the principal portion
of the instructions issued by I. w. Greg
ory, United States attorney-general:
"Teamsters and ohaulfers- Each team
ster, driver, or chauffeur making de
liveries 10 or taking merchandise from
waterfront facilities must exhibit q
waterfront pass before he shall be allowed
TO enter upon the premises. Such pass
shall be prepared by the immediate en-
ployer OF spch tcamstcr, driver, or chauf-
feur on the form provided for regular
employees of owners or operators OF water
front facilities. In the space provided for
location, however, the person ISSUING
such pass may write the word universal.
In all other respects the pass shall lie
prepared and issued IN the same manner
that employees passes are prepared and
issued Such tcanster driver, or chauf-
feur shall not be permitted TO go upon
any such waterfront facility unless ut
the time Of exhibiting his pass he also
exhibits his shipping receipts to tho
cornpanying such teamster. driver, or
chauffeur on his vehicle (unless the
holder of a waterfront paesJ shall he
permitted to enter such zone. Immediate
" upon loading or unloading the vehicle,
the teamster, driver or chauffeur shall
leave the premises
Crews Of vessels Passes will be *
sued for the purpose Of permitting the
crews Of vessels TO pass through the piers.
wharves and docks at which their vessels
are moorcd These passes should be issued
on the form provided for employees Of
owners or operators Of waterfront Ia
cilities. Passes should be issued TO one
or more officers Of the vessel, and in the
space designated employed by' the name
of the vessel should be Indicated Such
passes shall be honored only st the pier
designated therein. In lieu Of the sigma
ture of tho employer tho owner or operator
of such waterfront facility may sign
each pass No member Of the crew of
any such vessel shall fe permitted 70 enter
or leave such waterfront facility unless
accompanied by the holder Of such pass
who vouchers for the integrity and loyalty
uf such person 10 the identification IN
spect0r employed at such waterfront
facility Watchmen employed IN and
about such waterfront facilities shall not
permit members OF the crews Of vessels
moored at such facilities 70 lolter in or
about the premises Passes issued 10 the
officers Of vessels as aforesaid are solely
for the purpose Of permitting such officers
and members Of the crews to pass through
such waterfront facilities upon leaving or
returning to their respective vessels.
Such passes shall also be issued IN
tripIcatc but need not contain the photo
graph Of the holder They shall not be
honored by Identification inspectors until
signed and sealed by the United States
marshal. The use of each such pass shall
be- limited TO the particular time at which
he vessel therein described IS mOored at
the particular waterfront facility, and
shall be- surrendered by the officer TO whom
II vas issued before the departure OF the
vessel, when Il shall be Cancelled by such
owner or operator and the United states
marshal advised thereof identification
inspectors shall be advised ol he move
ments of vessels ut their respective water
front facilities In order that fraudulent Use
Of pass may not be made after the de-
parture OF the vessel mentioned In sad
pass
Lightermen The pass system must
be maintained in such way that access 20
waterfront facilities shall be restricted
from the water as well As from the land
side OF such facilities Passes for captains
and members Of tre crews OF lighters shall
be Issued on the regular form provided Tor
employees of owners and operators OF water
front facilities. In the space reserved IN
the pass for location the employer
issuing such pass may write the word
universal" In the space reserved Tor
Occupation" the employer issuing the
pass Will, In addition 10 specifying the
occupation of the proposed holder, also
state the name or number by which the
lighter upon which said person Is employ
ed is known or designated. No captain or
member Of crew of a lighter viii be per-
mittod to work in or about 81 waterfront
facility unless such person Is the holder
OF 4 waterfront pass Captains or MEM
hers of the crews OF lighters shall not be
permitted To Ioiter in or aboutthe prem
ises at which their vessel Is moored.
Holders of such passes will be permitted to
enter waterfront facilities by the identi-
fication inspectors only during the time or
times when their respective lighters are ut
work at such premises. Identification
inspectors shall be advised OF the move
ments of lighters at their respective
waterfront facilities in order that fraudu-
lent use of passes may not be made at
times when the lighters mentioned IN said
passes are not actually engaged at such
premises.
Commercial representatives and other
per ons.-Au persons not actually en-
ployed by owners or operators of water
front facilities but having business 70 do at
such facilities at frequent intervals should
procure waterfront passes In the same
manner rs employees of owners or opera
tors of such waterfront facilities. The
form of pass provided for employees Of
owners or operatorsof Waterfront facilities
shall also be used for all such persons,
All other persons having business ut
waterfront facilities shall procure passes
from the United States marshals, permit
ting them TO enter such facilities. These
passes may be issued on the form pro-
vided for employees of owners or operators
Of waterfront facilities The United
States marshal, on the face of each such
pass, shall make a notation that its use Is
limited to the day Of the date upon which
SAID pass was issued, and Identification
inspectors shall Use extreme caution TO
limit the use Of such pass 10 the day Of
date Of issue only. Such pass, however,
need not contain the photograph Of the
holder The United States marshal, or
any other person preparing such pass, ln
the space designated location shall in