The sun., 1918-01-26
ALLIES THINK
US. SHOULD USE
GENERAL WOOD
Lloyd George Asked Medill
Mccormick if He Had y.
Been Buried.
P.ETAIN ALSO CRITICAL
Pershing's Men Wanted Gro.
zier and Sharpe -Ousted;
WINGED at Biddle.

bpec0S Doebdtch 70 III Sun.
WAsHINoroN, Jan. 25.--In the con.
troversy between the President and
Senator Chamberlain over the creation Of
4 war cabinet and Of a director Of NUM-
ttons for the better and more efYicient
and speedy action Of the United States
in the world war evidence that England
and France are dissatisfied with and
critical OF the war organisation in wash-
ington and the mon picked for important
places in II was supplied to-day when
the testimony Of Representative Medill
Mccormick (Ill.). taken In secret before
the Senate Military Committee became
public. .
The insistsnt demand among the re-
sponaible heads of tho allied war Gov
ernments 10 that Matcr-Gen. Leonard
Wood be utilised Where his f,ne training
great intelligence and vast experience
will be Of the greatest value to the
country, Another demand and this by
American officers responsible for tho
American expeditionary forces Is that
Gen. Croxier. Chief Of Ordnance. and
Gen. Sharpe. General.
must 30. according to Mr.. Mccormick.
Referring to statements Of American
officers abroad Mccormick said:
The most important American OFF,
Gers said: " Sharpe and Crozier do not
30 We do not know what may happen :"
British Premier Was Worried.
Lloyd George expressed anxiety over
machine guns being prepared for Some
calibre Of Ammunition not now In use
among the Allies. Mr.. Mccormick said.
He was afraid We would add to the
number. There are already too many
kinds Of ammunition over there" he
continued. II spent three hours with
him tho day we got the last bad news
from italy. He talked very freely.
Lloyd George was especially anxious
to know what had happened TO Leonard
Wood" Mr.. Mccormick declared. where
In Washington or Paris. He wanted
him "a the Aliiad war- Council % our
representative. He was very ins,stent
X disposed to g. ciiii;,esi II osr:
military authorities" Senator Hitch.
cock asked.
Perhaps l had better put it this
way" said Mr.. Mccormick. Between
the time when ] first went to England
and before I went to italy. and when
returned there was perceptible change.
When I landed they hurrahed for
America. the wonder worker Of the
world. but when I got back there was
some apprehension. They would say
We wonder II there is a lack Of CO.
ordination in Washington? We wonder
II you have all the big men whom you
might bring together in your Govern
ment. They were very polite. but you
sensed n difference in their attitude"
Returning to the question Of artillery.
Mr.. Mccormick was asked II the United
states should make more artillery here
and not depend on the French or British
Mr.. McCormick's reply to this was en-
phatic.
Gen. Crosier ContradicteL.
THE French cannot do it," he said.
III your roof leaks in France you cannot
mend it. II your window ID broken you
cannot have It glazed. Every man who
is in France 10 needed to be making
guns for France or TO be- on the line. We
have to ship the steel to them
Gen. Croker said there were some
advantages in shipping the raw ma
terials." Senator Hitchcock interrupted,
because when 1t was lost there was no
labor lost. France had the equipment
and the factories and was able to 20 on
and supply the armies"
IF the committee thinks his opinion
b worth more than that Of Gen. Petain."
Mr.. Mccormick responded. why" he
left the sentence unfinished.
DO you think the French factories
can supply these heavy guns or the
light ones faster than we cam" he
was asked. y
II can only say-and ! quote the
man who won the battles--that It is
impossible to have too many guns
he answered. "Palpably We should not
put on France-it Is denuded of man
power-any burden which We can as
sumo ourselves"
Another man In the present War
Department machinery condemned by
American officers in positions Of respons-
ibility in France. Mr. Mccormick de-
clared. was Gen. Biddle.
WINGED at Choice Of Diddle:
When Gen. Biddle was appointed re-
Gently American officers were all broken
up about II, said Mr.. Mccormick. "AS
an engineer ne was well thought Of !;
they all liked him. but whom he was to
be made successor to the Chief Of STAR
1t Just about made them VINCE"
Senator New (Ind.) asked in what Of
ncsrs the American ohicers have con-
hdence.
They talked Of Gen. Marsh.' he re-
piled. They spoks Of Cen. Morrison
and Gen. Wood. These were the three
names."
Later in the testimony by Mr.. Nc
Cormick this appears:
THE most disappointing news I have
,-hsard>was not on the italian front or In
France. but since ! have come back.
Members Of the Senate and House on
both sides give me the impression that
We lack the coordination and energy
which 10 especially marked In London.
There Lloyd George sits down every
day with men VINO represent all the eIe-
ments In spite Of old and bitter an9mosI-
tiea. Gen. Smuts. leader Of the Beers,
sits beside Miner. who governed them
with an iron hand Lloyd George with
Carson. We have not had any animosj-
ties such a. they represent since the
civil war. They sit there every day. II
for only an hour They weresvery frank
to say to me that they wondered that
with their example and that Of the
French and the Italians and In the lisht
Of their failure they wondered that we
were setting out on the same partisa n
coursa. Thsy said: why do you not
summon 70 and 20 and 30 and 20. to sit
In war councllsT"