New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

the Lewis gun had utterly failed with
American ammunition"
-, The American army in France has
thousands of machine guns to 90 up
against the enemy he said. at is as
we'll equipped with machine guns as
any. army in Europe-perhaps better
equipped than the German army. And
no set of malcontents should be per
mitted to deceive the people of this
country into the disturbing suppostion
that our fighting forces in France are
suffering in equipment of any kind"
Mr.. Glass quoted Major General
Organ as saying that the story of
twenty-nine men freezing in the
trenches was "the mere gibbering Of
letter writing recruit desiring to pose
among his people at home as a hero
or a martyr"
Referring to the difficulties which
the Administration faced at the out
break of the war Representative Glass
pointed out the success of the selective
draft as a remarkable achievement. He
said:
Not until the third year of the war
could Great Britain venture to apply
partially a conscription law. Not un-
I'll few months ago could Canada do
it in opposition to the rebellious threat
OF one OF its largest provinces. 1t has
not been done as to Ireland, and Aus
tralla has twice declined to attempt
the system. And yet, this republic,
with a clear realization Of the situa-
tion, instantly applied the democratic
method of selective draft, and the
country responded with unparalleled
support of patriotism.
Ten million young men marched UP
and registered for enlistment. Such a
or in any other country on the civil
lied earth. Great military cities,
known as cantonments, were built al
most overnight; and to these, without
1rlction or hesitation, our boys went
offering their bodies and their lives
in defence of human liberty. We have
sent nearly ten times as many troops
abroad as the French and English mil
itary missions had expected that we
could do in the time required, and we
have trained and are training an army
/ far beyond the original estimates,
lhls year we will have in France more
than million men,"
Mr.. Glass thus opened his assault on
Senator Chamberlain:
II experienced a feeling of personal
alI1lctlon that the chairman of the Sen
ate Military Affairs Committee, with
out warning or justification, amid the
1ellcitatlons and applause Of adversary
revilers and critics, should thus bit.
terly assail an Administration of which
| he is part and without distinction
have mercilessly pilloried as wrctche d
lncompetents grim veterans of the
American army who have spent their
lives in the service of their country
When an earnest quest for the truth
lea me to the end of nearly two thou
sand pages of responsible testimony
only to lind revealed the utter insult
nclency OF proof to sustain the as
founding censure, distress gave wav to
amazement, and | wondered whether
anything the President or any one else
could have said in resentment would
nave more aptly depicted the episode
than what the President actually did
say"
France Offered Help
He turned to tell how American
opinion had been against sendinp
troops to France until they were welI
trained and armed, bat how, at the as.
surances of Marshal Joffre. it was do.
cided to send small force at once to
the Western front. He continued:
When 1T was suggested to Marshal
Joffrc that. having just entered the
war, we had not immediate eouinment
iAN'''PNy lSpllcu CndC France
had an overabundance; that her mum.
tons factories had caught up and ex-
ceeded the necessities of the French
army; that the gun wastage could no,
keep her arsenals to capacity, and that
france could and would easily and
gladly supply. the American expedi-
tlonary force"
The shipping situation, said Mr.
Glass. furnished another reason WHY
munitions and guns should be manu-
Europe. -'
as it ignorance that leads the chair.
man OF the great Military Committee
to bemoan situation which any dis.
cerning. man must see is of tremen.
oous advantage to France, as we'll a.
to America? l hope it is ignorance
because I would not like to shock m,
own imagination with the thought thai
any adversary of the government i.
maievoient enough to employ the flne
sympathy of the American people fo,
France in a prejudicial assault on the
American government. That the plan