The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-26
WAR HERO STIRS
NAVY WITH
PLAY
what Price Glory" Too True
to Life tor Officers, Who
Want 4 Suppressed
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following complaint to General Bull.
lard BY another mysterious person,
said to have been q .'linenan in
the wal"
That they objected is; clearly
shown in the report. hut ubjec.
lions are on the score that the play
clearly shows that thAfe Is mo
discipline morale and no system"
Ia the army or the Marine Corps.
The closing paragraph Of the re.
port BAysl
Disrespect for Officers.
1T clearly shows that. subordi.
mates do not have any respect for
superior Officers--in every instance,
from the top sergeant TO the cap.
tain and from the captain to the
brigadier general this sentiment y
pronounced throughout the show.
The general public are permitted
to believe that the personnel and
officers Of the u. 3. MI c. are sub.
ject at all times to debanchery and
seducenents.
The Marine Corps and the army
are belittled to the public. the play
showing that they are dfunkardN
most Of the time and that there Il
4 lack Of discipline and respect
which tends to bring diBcfedit and
reproach upon the army and Marine
Corps.'
Really Talk Like Marines.
The plot and characters are de.
scribed in the report az follows:
1T (the play shows twenty-si1
people In the cast, all Of which
were males with the exception Of
| one woman, Charmaine de la Cog
mac. The prelude and the program
describe the play as a play Of the
war as It Is, not as II has been
presented theatrically for Thousands
Of years The soldiers mostly ma
rines) in What Price Glory talh
and act much az soldiers the world
| over.
zone scene shows three marines
in full service uniform The open
ing words are: This is some hell oil
a war which they all agree to.
"All through the show profanity
was very much in evidence. One
marine bellows oaths freely and
upon the entrance of his top serg
cant there Is a scene that clearly
| portrays to the audience that thu
old service marines are men who
think nothing Of drink and con
| quertng women.
Captain Makes Love.
''ChaRmaine enters in the first
scene. where the captain, In Full
| marine uniform. makes love to het
i in the presence OF his subordinatef
and, upon his leaving the scene
his, top sergeant makes love to her
II also appears, that Captain Flage
(another character in the cast had
been given ten days leave. durinE
which time he became gloriously
intoxicated. He cites instances
where he was arrested for carrying
a swagger stick while walking IN
the streets of Paris by some oil
General Pershing's men, whom Id
classes as Sunday school boys.
The play, It was Learned today, Il
further objected to by Admiral
Plunkett as pacifist propaganda
! The admiral il understood TO have
told friends he regarded 1t az the
finest piece Of pacifist propaganda .
he had ever seen.
This admiral made Il understood
that he is not concerned with cen.
eorship of plays, but that ''What
Price. Glory would prevent en-
listments, after seeing which enc
mother would allow her SON to
enter army or marine life"
From Washington came dis
claimer by Secretary Of the Navy
Wilbur Of any part In play criticism
or censorship.
Meeting Was Stormy.
That the session at police head.
quarters Wednesday had been a
stormy one, with Commissioners En-.
right suggesting interference by the
American Legion, was learned to.
day. The Commissioner was out Of
town today and so could not be
recalled to verify or deny reports
that he had suggested that the
legion break up what Price,
Glory'-Btone the whole thing. ,
Those words were attributed to the
Commissioners by one Of those
present at the session, who refused
to be quoted. =
Soft pedaling Is understood to
have been suggested to the others,
although Admiral Plunkett is said
to have asserted he would see II the
legion could not make the complaint
against the play.
It was said today that the orig.
inal intention had been to arrest
the entire company. together with
Arthur Hopkins, producer, and IL
was said by one at the conference
that Chief City Magistrate McAdoo,
who was present, took steps to
have q InagistratA sitting at Night
Court until after midnight to ar.
raign the show members.
The deletion Of the objection.
able" passages prevented arrests.