The Washington herald., 1918-02-12

Rear Admiral Victor Stanley. royal
navy, has been assigned TO duty at the
British Embassy here. He will relieve
Commodore Guy Gaunt, who has been
ordered to England to take q sea COM
mand.
Admiral Stanley was in command OF
one of the squadrons Of the British
fleet that participated in the battle OF
Jutland. In the ordinary routine OF
British naval practice, Commodore
Gaunt would have been relieved from
duty as the naval attache at the Em-
bassy> here in June, 1916.
The important work he was engaged
upon. however, decided the admiralty
to keep him here. He Is regular
fellow and leaves a host Of friends be-
hind.
The exact date OF Admiral Stanley's
arrival is not known. He is a brother
Of Lord Derby and has served as an
attache at Petrograd, His wife Ii a
native Of Canada.
Paymaster Christian ]. Peoples.
who il first assistant to Rear Admiral
Samuel MCGOWAN, Chief Of the Bu-
reau Of Supplies and Accounts. Is one
Of the new rear admirals whose nomi-
nation has been confirmed by the
Senate.
Admiral Peoples Is one OF the best
known pay officers in the navy. and
there is no officer In the Pay Corps
who has had more sea duty or more
important assignments He has been
the right hand man OF Admiral Nc
Gowan in the direction OF the naval
supply machine since the first day OF
war.
The number of soldiers and college
Students now in the officers training
camps in this country is 1s,34s. OF
these ISL are from the national army,
5.566 from the National Guard, SIS
from the regular army and 2,oS2 from
colleges and universities. From these
men the War Department expects tc
get 1000 new second lieutenants.
The following general order has been
issued by Mai. Gen. John Biddle. act
| ing Chief Of the General Staff. for the
government. OF the correspondence OF
the men in service at National Guard
| and national army cantonments cred
tied to those cantonments:
l. All persons in the military serv-
ice are forbidden to act as paid cor
respondents for or contributors tc
any newspaper, magazine or Other
publication, or to receive any pay.
ment or reward whatever froth any
such publication for any letter oil
| item of news written or furnished By
| them. whether the article in Ques'
tion is sent direct to the paper oil
periodical, or consists OF private cor
respondence which the writer per
mits to be published.
.. Except as above prohibited
there is no objection to the writing
of letters or the furnishing of new:
items to newspapers. magazines
&c. from time to time. or to the
publication, with the consent OF the
writer. of personal and private cor
respondence, provided such activi'
| ties do not interfere with the proper
performance of military duty. anC
provided also that the following di.
rections are faithfully complied
with.
8. All letters containing matter
for publication, as above authorized
must be sent through the off1cer
hereinafter provided for. charged
with the duty OF censoring letter!
for publication. No letter designed
in whole OF in part for qualification
will be mailed otherwise thar
through the above mentioned Off
Ger and such letters will be alwayi
left unsealed.
4. The commanding officer OF ever
| camp, cantonment, and training de
pot or detachment in the United State!
will detail a suitable officer to per
form the duties OF censor of all mat
ter intended for publication ant
written by persons in the militar!
service. This officer will delete al
references capable OF furnishing i'm
| portant information to the enemy. tn
commanding officer will also call {,
the attention of all persons in rnilitar
service writing for publication, Q