South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-19
NEW SYSTEM FOR
SENDING LISTS
OF CASUALTIES
Press Associations Get Print
ed Lists simultaneously and
Newspapers Provided
With Copies by Mail.

WASHINGTON Aug 19.-Wlth
the publication Monday Of the daily
list OF casualties among America.
forces overseas, press associations
10 cooperation with the war ana
postodice departments. put into
effect O new arrangement by which
these complete lists are delivered
daily by mail 90 the papers or
virtually every city IN the United
states.
since the American army IN
France has grown 10 a force Of near
Iv millio1 and "a half men. taking
AN even greater and more agrees
sive part i'm the task ina driving back
he Germans. transmission Of the
fuI honor roll of dead. wounded,
missing. daily by telegraph 20 all the
newspapers has become almost an
Impossibility. For weeks the press
associations have been obliged 10
curtail the volume OF their news re-
ports I'm order 10 deliver promptly
-hese lists all important TO the
friends and neighpors of the boys at
the front.
Controlled by r. .. Department.
% meet LAlAE H4lNtd AAnts AAAN AbEA
office department. exercising control
Of the telegraph system, has under
taken the responsibility of teie-
sraphiug the lists across the CONT
neut and OF providing printed copies
I'D tk4 press associations simultan-
eous.y i'm Washington. Chicago and
SAN Francisco. From these points
the associations mail 20 the news
papers each days list bearing a date
Of publication several days later
han the day it is telegraphed so that
ali papers may publish the same list
on the same day. Provision has been
made for having half OF the names
appear first in the morning papers
and half first in the afternoon pa
pers but all papers receive the COM
plete lists for publication at the
stated times
But Few DAYS Delay.
This plan. OF course. means pubh-
cation OF the names a few days later
than If they were telegraphed 10 the
papers but with direct telegraphing
becoming ont OF the question. IT fur
uishes means OF uation-w dis
tribution which Will place the lists
before the public long before most
Of the papers could receive them by
mail from Washington
In announcing the inauguration OF
tine arrangement. the committee ON
aublic information explained Sunday
night that it viii not affect the war
departments policy of notifying i'm
mediately the families of men men
toned I'm the list The committees
statement said.
Prompt Private Information.
There viii be no delay i'm the
private notification Of the next OF
sin Of officers and men reported i'm
The daily casualty lists because Of
The changed system of public an
uouncement OF casualties As soon
MS II is possible TO compare the
names. which are reported by the
adjutant office with the card index
ed c3talog at the statistical division.
he usual private telegraphic notid-
cation viii be made 90 relatives"
In order that the plan of stimuli
-aneous publication in the newspa-
peers may be carried out fairly and
tb.t the relatives OF soldiers whose
names appear ON the list may be
saved annoyance the war depart
ment has the pledge of the press
associations that no use whatever
shall he made OF any list before the
day fixed for publication The pa
pers specifically are required 10 re-
frain from seeking Information or
pictures in advance Of the publica-
-Ion date from relatives or friends
of men named