Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-04-27 | Page 1 | Strict Order to Prevent Graft

I oo STRICT ORDER TO PREVENT GRAFT WASHINGTON, April 27. Action to prevent even a suspicion of graft in tho disbursement of $3,000,000,000 army funds has been taken by the war department. The following order has been sent out: "Tho purchase of any article, publication pub-lication or other way by which an officer of-ficer of the army would derive financial finan-cial profit will not bo permitted to be made from public funds during tho present war." Every effort to decentralize tho administration ad-ministration of army funds will be mado In the interest of quick service, but officers will bo held rigidly accountable.