The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-06

guns and SO many ships. and We are
going to be at your throat at GER
tain time; but that is not the way we
are proceeding"
Hops on Senator Reed.
Senator Frelinghuysen interrupted
and Senator Reed yielded.
81 want to ask a question which I
hope will pass the censor said Sena-
tor Frelinghuysen with his eyes fixed
on Senator Reed. A tilt followed in
which Senator Reed declared he had no,
been trying to censor the meeting"
Senator Frelinshuysen turned to Sec
retary Baker with the statement that
the committee was not interested in
punishment of medical officers found
negligent, but in protection of the men
in the camps. He said Surgeon Gen.
eral Gorgas had stated to the commit
tee that he lacked authority to draw
the public health service into the camp
sanitation work.
Has that subject been given any con
sderauon?" ne asked
Secretary Baker said recommenda.
tons of the American Public Health
Association had been adopted with the
approval Of the surgeons general Of the
army and navy
As to Training.
Declaring that everybody knows
that about half Of the men, both officers
and enlisted men in the camps, have
never been trained with artillery or
machine guns" Senator McKellar asked
the secretary if he thought it wise to
send men to France unframed.
Secretary Baker replied that many ar
uuery officers were being trained in
France at school turned over by the
French, and that it took more time to
train artillerymen than officers
The plan of the department" the
secretary added, lis to give as much
training in this country as possible by
concentrating artillery supplies in units
likely to go first to France, but in no
case for them to be used in combat
until their training is completed on the
other side. L. therefore, DO not think
it unwise to SEND men over who are
= not completely trained
rs it unwise to send men not trained
at all, who have never seen artillery
or machine guns" asked Senator Me.
Kelar, stating a major had told him
that at his camp only the commanding
general had ever seen siX-inch gun.
Would Send Unframed Men.
yes, ] think it would be right; that
is, ! do not think it would be right to
send unframed men into combat but
would not hesitate if the necessity
should arise, to send raw recruits tc
France to be trained there, and ade
quatcly trained if General Pershina
thought it the wisest thing to do They
can be trained in France as well as
here"
Senator McKellar asserted and Secre
tary Baker admitted that training
abroad would cost more
A senator suggested that shortage OF
shipping might make it wise to senc
men across to be trained without hold
ing them in this country for training.
General Pershing," Secretary Baker
explained. knows exactly what is need
ed to make a finished soldier for this
kind Of warfare. He sends us his pri
ority schedules whether for shipment OF
artillery, infantry, signal corps OF
other arms Of the service. 1t depends
' on the length of time he wants then
to have additional training"
Never Gave Such Order.
d Senator McKelar said Surgeon Gen
I oral Gorgas had testified that Secretar,
Baker had directed that cantonment
| be completed before hospitals were fin
i ished.
t why do you do that?' demanded tn,
senator.
81 never gave any order on that sub
o iect, nor do l recall any divergence o
l. opinion between the surgeon genera
and myself" replied the secretary
Senator Mcclellan asked for detail
81 as to the amount OF artillery furnishe
to the training camps in this country
g which Mr.. Baker agreed to supply il
l. full lie read Orier statement showing
e that National Guard artillery brigade
. have been 40 per cent equipped wit
e three-mch guns and that national Arm
cantonments have been supplied wit
t. from one to six batteries each. Ever
u howitzer regiment has at least two .
guns for practice.
Secretary Baker agreed that NOR