Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
MEN IN SERVICE
NOT ALLOWED TO
WRITE WITH PAY

A copy OF the order which pro-
hibits all persons in the military
service from acting as paid CORE
spondents, has been received III
Rock Island It follows:
al! persons in the military SER
vice are forbidden to act as paid
correspondents for or contributors
TO any newspaper. magazine, or
other publication, or to receive any
payment or reward whatever from
any such publication for any letter
or item of news written or fur
nished by them, whether the arti-
Gle in question is sent direct o
the paper or periodical, or consists
of private correspondence which
the writer permits to be published,
Except as above prohibited,
there is no objection 70 the writ
ing Of letters or the furnishing OF
news items to newspapers, maya
zines, etc. from time to time, or
to the publication, VITA the con-
sent of the writer, or personal and
private correspondence, provided
such activities do not interfere with
the proper performance of military
duty. and provided also that the
following directions are faithfully
complied with.
An letters containing matter
for publication, as above author
lied, must be sent through the Of
ficer, hereinafter provided for.
charged with the duty OF censoring
letters for. publication. No letter
designed In whole or in part for
publication will be mailed other
wise than through the above-men-
toned officer, and such letters vii
be always left unsealed.
The commanding officer Of every
camp. cantonment, and training de-
pot or detachment in the United
States will detail suitable officer
TO perform the duties of censor 0:
all matter intended for publication
and written by persons in the mill
tary service This officer will de-
lete all references capable of fur
nishing important information to
the enemy.
The commanding officer will
also call to the attention of all
persons in military service writing
for publication, or otherwise, the
fact that criticism of superiors and
the spreading of false reports
which would tend to- injure tho
military service constitute breaches
Of military discipline.
None of the foregoing applies
to troops in Europe. The com
handing general. American expe-
dictionary forces, will establish such
& in hp
situation may seem to him to re-
/ quire.
The object of this order is to
satisfy, as far as is compatible
with the protection of military in
terests, the natural desire of the
people to keep in touch with their
soldier representatives. It is,
therefore, expected that all con-
cerned will comply with both the
letter and the spirit of its provi-
sions.
None OF the foregoing applies
to- press dispatches filed from Ma
tiOnal army or national guard can
tonments or camps by regular y
! Paid newspaper correspondents net
in the military service. TheiI
copy will not be censored by mill
| tary authority, but The camp com
mander will instruct them that
they must rigidIy adhere to the
requests for secrecy with respect
to information of value to the en-
envy, as defined in the printed caro-
sent out by the committee on pub
lie information. On violation OF
these requests, the offending CORE
spondent will be deprived of the
privileges of the camp"