The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-31

told the Senate military committee.
Germany has no idea of the mum
Der Of men the United States has
In France, Secretary Baker told the
committee.
Secretary Baker said the United
States would have 100000 men
available for duty in France in 1918.
Turning from the delays in the
war, Secretary Baker spoke of what
he said was a plan for the war.
He said there was a plan, but that
1t Wassso extraordinary that it had
to be studied abroad.
Washington Jan. 2S.-Secretary
Baker in a long personal statement to-
day before the Senate military COM
mittee replied to Senator Chamber
lain's charges Of inefficiency and
breakdown in the war department.
Without prepared manuscript and in
frank conversational manner the sec
Rotary of war told the senators he
came to defend no mistakes or short
comingS but toinSist most enphatical-
ly that deficiencies where disclosed had
promptly been modified; that they were
the exception rather than the rule, and
that the very magnitude of Americas
undertaking made errors of judgment
and mistakes likely.
incidentally in defending the war
machinery against the charge of in
efficiency and lack of initiative to pre-
pare for war. when war was assured,
fnc,s t,itba,to beid sanfidantiaI
France and iIreat Britain. he said.
are supplying artillery to the Ameri-
Can forces because they themselves
on hand and wished to save ships for
more vital necessities.
Thirty two divisions of national
guard and national army, troops in
I nnG 400 NAV in all-are considered
ready TO 90 overseas for service when
eyer II is decided that they shall move
S,a ~ - ,,eriean 60. so1,,inr who can nse
,.;f1e saorat.,,y is.,lyer fold the sem
a4ors airead, has been provided with
ana y. ,,,d tbe alto ~ n,nn,facture as
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thn ss..+nI.s snapc,, w.,; 10 .siyo the
country tie iln.rs.sion Inst the defici-
encir. we're c.Iiarac te.ristic rather than
oce.,eiona1', "a s1;d he ly.s MOI theirs
TO defend jndiyisi(i:4is or tcl1v DELAYS
and false starts
.g,1t ti,inii can say in conf
dence that in item we have SOUGHT tho
rernedy.'' .
THAT there arc mere than 900 OeJ
u1e,1 under arms in this gountry Was
stated by Secretary Baker n referring
TO the cases OF alleged neglect of the
dead in camp cited by senator Cham
berlain
For one reason or another The, i'm
preston has gone out into the country
to some extent that the war depart
ment has fallen GOWN in tie conduct
ofsthe war" said Secretary Rakcr Il
Want TO address myself to that aucs-
tion a..
III Souhsf2 = ns't'ed TO hnow. @ls'l.sslA
inere are several reasons why 4
should ASK the COMMITTEES 10 hear me
FIRST the country rs en5lied to know II
that IS q TACT. me country IS entitled
TO ksaw what TINS war Is and what the
pfobiein IS are ana nov we arc 70 meet
lhem' SECOND, = nave Il deep sense OF
duty TO the nIfcefs and civilians that
are laDorlns with devotlot,, sacrifice and
zeal ana are spendins4 sieep.ess nights
TO GbT.ng this army UP TO ITS greatest
efficiency and success.
Describing the spirit OF army officers,
secretary liaker SAD ne mad seen
sfrorg, srlZ2ied men turn away from
his desk IN tears when they found
that they could not go to France"
where the glory OF their profession laN,%p
but must remain IN washington to
press forward preparations q There was
no case, be added, OF any officer who
had not accepted MS duty with his
WHOLE heart:
Men OF nigh places in civil life
throughout the country, he said. had
come to Washington to accept salaries
of Once boys, many no salaries at all,
to pace their experience AT the disposal
Of the nation.
Gentlemen, SAID the secretary,