The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-02
OF BRUTALITY TOA En- MILITARY
PRISONERS SUPPRESSED BY THE CENSOR
Oh About Behavior Of Provost Marshai's Men rs Well as Fact
That Troops Lacked Munitions and Suffered in Winter Through
Scarcity Of Clothing and Shoes, Kept Secret Because I'VE Must
Not Discourage tho People at Home" p

American boys be
1T might be- taken 49, u personal
attack upon General shnrp'- thea in
command o. the Department Of OTu
nance.
We've 'Jtthissi Iiac Doni.r
Having this In mind I did not In
puire very deeply into the stories o.
brutality In the provost marshall
prison In Paris. rut they kept COM
ing. A company OF marines was thcn
doing military police uuiy IN PARIS.
These men had never seen any part
Of the front aud thoso hoy arrested
were Tor tho moot part men who had
gone through the he'll OF Hcllcan
Woods and Bouresehea and those
other boiling sprinrl u pcrdition the
American troops found along the
Marine early IN the mummcr of that
year. No mon had ever suffered. more
or suffered more bravcly than had
these American yOunr icrs on their
iirst trial By IRE. But wncn they fcil
into the NJ. P.'s clutches On pnrlsi
They treat us like dogs the mcn
complained.
Lot me confess my fsuil did not
Investigate CLOSELY. uH ! should haVt
done. But Ne GAYS went on and more
stories OF cruelty aud theft md abuse.
such AZ ] had never heard charmed
ugainst German drill sorFeants, came
to my mrs approached the cnnsors'
department II wus az well. I thought.
To hnd out whether this story OF nut
rafc could be printed u found proof
to support II and then wrote IL. Cap
tain Morgan shook his head.
TurBs,i Down by Ccn.or.
III wouldn't do" said he. Head
quarters wouldn't Ike il
These statements are made at this
time bccause charCcs have been
placed before congress IN reference to
provost marshal brutnlity-nnd he
cause peace has not yet some to the
world and We may some time have
another war-and 1ceaUsc II we do
II u advisable that the cenBors' de-
partment he organized on "A different
plan. There should he H1me aeroun-
Ing system devised by whirh the news
helpful to lhc enemy might be held
bhck aud hat helpful TO the Amori-
can soldier let through.
80 other array has ever had as lib-
oral a censorship aa that uf the
American army. iet that be said to
hegin with. ABSOLUTELY no hounds
were placed upon Tho liberty Of move
mcnt OF the accredited correspond.
ents within the advance zone. They
taken freely into the confidence
or thr army chiefs whenever IL WIS
possible to sce those very busy mon.
General Dennis %. Nulun. in command
Of tho Intelligence department. undcr
whose direction tho cCnsnrship came.
and his principal aid. Anior JAMES.
were predetermined and helpful They
gave the correspondents every nsrist-
IN their power. Tho earnestly
sought 20 get every i,om Of mforma-
ton possible home 10 the American
people. But the direction OF tho cen
was hut ono Of their duties
hoifrs were OItl Ia overlooking.
tcneoIeS Stock Esrusn.
The minor officers iu TIN rcnyors'
department were mcrolv minor Of
hccrs. The defense. whether the
story turned down had ~ do with tho
\. " F.'H shortage Of machine Eunr
or underwear or SHOES or %uVcrcnatH
or blankets or nlrplnnt". VII hat "
must not discourage the people al
home. These things lre 100 true but
the people AZ hom, do not know IL.