Alpha I know. I've never been a big fan of the whole "hide things from people for their own good", especially not here. We're not a real military, and when you hide things from people that they find out later, it just breeds a lot of mistrust. It's what they make me do back home and I've never been good at it.
I bet 75% of the people in this mountain could help, and they aren't all listed as soldiers. I think they just want to control things without it turning into a "should we kill or not kill" and then people are expected to take orders.