Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
MILITARY POLICE
NEED EXPLAINED
sole Purpose. Major Wiler Says, is
TO i ook After Men in
u. s. Uniform.

What. according to Major WIlcr, COM
.mander of the Federal troops at French
street barracks was an amIcal agreement
between himself and the city authorities
relative Ia the usc of military police III
Wilmington. has been distorted INTO
controversy, which, lac says, docs not
exist.
Major Wiler has nc desire for notorlcty
I'm the matter hc sand TODAY hut ne
made the following statement to an
Every Evening rcpnrttr tins morning
not To answer Insiuuauons against nan,
hut to present the truth, and he declared
that he viii not consent 60 further inter
views for controversial purposes Tie eN-
plaincd the situation a. follows
y +, conference last week between the
Pclicr commissioners and the MAJOR;
Ma agreed. with mutual lrcndhncss that
military unlIrc would hook after men IN
uniform They would pick up lnd 'akc
under their charge mtoNcated soldiers.
They would not Interfere ~ rrhl'na'
matters I'm tIat instance, soldiers or
ssallars would come under the ciNiil'h
,our' soldiers and sulor- coming under
The mrjsdI.uono ~ The military police W"1hl
be- punished according - th't hlNu'
mcauor IN some Instances. tht MAJOR
sand ptlui,hatnl- had l,ccu as severe rs
3
ihul. Il thpl nay lost during that ilWr
llNilIu. tp,He, lclp thu mlutN police
u Ill, Iuajtrr I'll rounding up dc~rfttt,,
uln,u rroa.,t II tht ha'talou comm 'ud'l
Ih, IA Iar ~prtklug a> au individual
s4N~ Il, hohcN,- rhat - TER cont " ih'
5ea. , ,te.,i % lQuui. lic ahld,. ~
IT, .tltem,f. that ,Nrry DuA Wolid Z"
Lpuef aatal j r. ,aoun- 0cfr NoN,u
III and 4a 44uf -piilad tnti th' rt,i
soldier, ui . lar- .niicr from ho"'cGErr-
Is -a- au,utulN "a ht di~ire' l't' Z,
'map,,d I' 1o - watched ~ the W.il latN
tau, lHl- dl-trpi ,>tcnd- rom Nan
lslna ara ! rifh ~'urt ln 'hr -'ap
ta- lst H1a' { 4oe 4" hghcr
~l>th
lm tI, mtur new II thr ~o
tHl..l ,a,ntrt.tr-l prtu, + ~, pullc,
aal iuu-,f' h. -ul vt- nu,u hr turu
4, +. th.. .ttr.tre- Yesterday afternoon ai
iu .a#t tu4 ,l- tgutsI -nw, ncN
Iipr appu.~ ~orur 81 the-, c.tWod
tHc taiu. Ind t-kra fIr Ira.of l,0I' ln
t.L#a .,r #, tn an lhrro vcr,
u,nor4nd4 auaitn. bu a-bng mm -
cal Nsvor Lawson tad 1 bei H Police
Rla,k oa IT'S cturu lhr MAYOR cN-
pressed Ilm,,Ii IS ii>gl-tc! with thc
twist gltel thc >ltuatloa " a,u mel
81 pyhe BLACK va telophard II hc told
Na4al Niler that there would bc con-
HlaI. +. IaIr.s Cs.,t 1> a~ cNra-
rl >stf,ah ana lt.lt,l If, Inr ~
att,td Il trcd Nlcr
9.tcndcl .nl lrcitr' a.aa.i ihc
uupoi Fl uta~ ~pan,f Ie ta' .a.u-
"a the polio, had r,t,e~fat a trt'u ne
MILITARY authorities ti#e euG t"r III
thar report L Is rlsr-f.e-i d,rt~i II
Feeling between the p.ar, 'rI Alator
Niler Il friendly G,~pf, p.rt~ f't'
Threatened fc crest, x .llI rsun> WITH
u,ioriU nloflvt- ~oh.iri- .e .N. n,aN hltc
flccu tr,Inc - SIR 4p gr''.r nc-
tv ,cu the rIv tn4 q "H'afN H'rcC
70 make the work - tAc t,r r.nr' l'i-
cult TO accomplish.
ONLY MILITARY w0'
Major Wilcr said ne Is not concerned
with the general vlcc cCnilIo0s lr ll-
nlington he j. interested only II the
welfare of the $50 men AZ French street
and Pigeon Point barracks. who arr under
his care. They pas through the district
described above on their way I'll and
from barracks. and u j. thc duil q The
military police - keep tEat per- % the
,ity as safe for soldiers and ,slLa-~ 4, hey
tan. Military police exist r New J nrk
Philadelphia aud prar1 -s.l, ED cir@
that hsvc barrAck~ VI. hn r:,it bound
rlf, In the~t a'h,r cities far1 can hc
found IN the heart s Inc cltl ~ over 'he
eatV IN t.Dt lops aftr tIr ioN~ lu
uniform Here II I-enf.s.u Il tn cp'-
6te hem ar.y Il. II, ,A~tref h,fvceu
Nm Burcu iguth -. Hp>ar.i,
There his been f.it.u,e III some
quarter IL iay aus d-'l's n., 3, n,fu .
iiuii,rla ~ IN, b,rrae- t.e ro'
Tn j. i II - t1 fsr eaI-
ft>'ls ule,t. is n.i =. a'U.H- rom
several reaIos raHf- atn
.ItIue about ..e q. tAe r.fE
ffou rci.ch street ,4rr * ~ R'li ~
found lrpm other eatnf, esther GSf NM
;crel ort ~ or Ieere auaut
MIN "a elfor -. r..t
= r.- ri.ulcei. ae.ea ren
-:r.s- larrt-t- ut .-. cn'irel.
Il -.,ruut3 'de Witness,
sfa..mri' i ran. - pu..s,
hxt ma ng- 'tet e.st vtl.i. ~
h.rr head, .r tt. as. 81 M-
es.r. .ord eauc tdQ4 rter~ ,"-;ef
d = aser.oot and -ald ~ frlt ~ ought
T. trf "rerv1aluu -haf 9ccarrrd Iir
r.. iiuea in could id.n'lfy III uau ~ho
s,.aI "a fIr hc Frc..h -fi,c' soldier
fl.r had tccn held w,r troIrht before
hiln snG be- ~',e positively '.s Wprt y
tte u.a Tic bar-ke.. u.ron' ..
yho>, ,.iac. 'l,, tra.hlr occurred also
said i, corld identify e. mon md
declar. =! hat u fVo p,dia' hei3 were
nDt tAn,.. tina s.s-iIItcd She -, They
had come over - zip he bu1 and ic!,-
pnon,.i tie police and trrd q catch fhc
re-: a.~ailaffs anG Ion Vcie 'hcr>citcs
tsl.cn II the att4rkcr>. tftcr tho BOY
had tod h. STORY - hcadquartcr IN Tho
presence of ,Lc major ard viinc-scs he
Was asked If ne would object 70 signing
statement 10 that effect Tho -tcnogra-
phcr read th, following afo'ucu' "a hIui
several Tunes and u, Dot agrrcd u was
cxards u- story and signed j. The
statcmcnt reads - follows
th~DtNIs THI.SE GiAED~AEN
iehf " Nalton aged Is VcarS, ar