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Show NAMES OF KM NOTTOJPPEAR; All Lists Hereafter to Be Obtained Ob-tained From the War Department. j WASHINGTON, March 9. Names of the next of kin and emergency ad-dresses ad-dresses of soldiers whose names appear ap-pear on the casualty lists of the Am erican forces in Franco will be with-1 hold in the future as the result of a j war department order published to-1 day. The announcement explained that the step had been urgontly recommended recom-mended by General Pershing and the purpose of tho order was to keep valuable val-uable information from the enemy. Tho department officials disclaimed any intention of suppressing reports of heavy casualties abroad and said that lists of the dead' aad wounded without with-out addresses will bo sont to the committee com-mittee on public information for distribution dis-tribution as usual. The committee announced an-nounced that it would discontinue Issuing Is-suing tho lists, taking the position that names of men killed or wounded would bo worthless to newspapers unless the addresses wero given. The committee issued a notice to tho press that hereafter all information informa-tion regarding casualties must be obtained ob-tained from the war department. WASHINGTON. March 9. The first of the expurgated casualty lists was Issued by the war department today.-It today.-It shows First Lieut Louis J. Kordon killed in action and First Lieut John H. Greene, slightly wounded. Tho names of thirty-six privates are on the list, but, according to the new custom, without home addresses or next of kin. It shows two killed in action; eight died of diseases; five severely wounded; nlnetoen wounded slightly, and two killed in accident, one of them an airplane casualty. |