Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16

were slowed without packing, except
as to some of the parts. They arrived
on the other side without damage ana
when they steamed off pulled big
trains of the box cars after them.
The arrival of these railroad trains
and a great number of motor trucks.
has enabled Gen. Pershing to clear
terminals on the other side to such
an extent that it is now possible to
run the freight carriers in round trips
that are much more satisfactory than
they formerly were in point of time.
The use Of the names of Gen. Bull
lard, who commands the LIST United
States Division.
Publishing Names and Gen. Har-
bord, who COM
VI VuCe1s' mands the ma
rines, in recent press dispatches was
by permission of the military censor,
Maj. Gen. Mcintyre, and the approval
of the Secretary of War. The Secre-
tary has frequently expressed his
willingness to publish the names of
officers when it is possible to do so
without disclosing military informa-
ton not already discovered by the
enemy. He further made the impor-
tant announcement that whenever II
is possible he will permit the publica-
ton of commanding officers, as he is
decidedly in favor of permitting the
American people to become ac-
quainted with the work OF their
leaders at the front.
This position of the Secretary is
very acceptable to the many who are
n ALL tr.ka Oh in, n
events Of the war, but it is embar-
RAISING. for if he does not give out
the entire truth, no matter how i'm
proper it would be to divu1ge that
which he must hold back, he is liable
to be charged with not dealing
frankly with the people. who are
bearing the war burden. And when
they lose faith in him his usefulness
is waning. Meantime he is entitled
to al eonsideration Tor giving out out
may be of use to the enemy. AS to
matters of war administration in
which the enemy has little concern.
the propriety Of silence is one of
judgment in which the people nat
urally have great interest.
With the Presidents call of the Ma
tional Guard into federal service the
states lost the troops
Home Tronns which they had been
depending upon to
LUZ otdtes. maintain order within
their territory, but this did not i'm
pose upon the government the duty
of policing the states.
Each state took up the new prob
lem in it's own way. Pennsylvania
was best able to solve it. which it did
by a slight expansion of it's state con-
stabulary. Some states raised minia-
ture armies and others did nothing
but ask the federal government to
take over the police job for them.
They have called for troops to guard
plants and everything else that need
ed protection. but in so doing they
have seriously interfered with the
of the military forces
which must go to the other side:
their rights. but both are going on
wrong theories. The state that in
terfeBes with the national armies is
asking too much, and the other is
taking an unnecessary burden. Sol
civilian watchmen are more efficient in
guarding places, and the only need of
troops is to support state authority.
The states with the schemes for the
ton against Germans: the national gov
has that job. Competent Off
GERS are not available to train them;
they are not organized on a basis that
fits them into the military scheme, and
they are Of no military use to the gov
1t is limited that the government will
be requested to provide the pay for some
of these organizations on the theory
that they may be used in guarding
munition plants or other works Of value
in the war scheme of the government,
but the United States guards are organ
lied for that purpose and any influence
to put state organizations into national
service is an attempt to put upon ma
t!onal payrolls class Of troops that do
not fit into any place where thew are of