Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-24

lcCntended the boy shot without provo
cation after being melted to the deed
Iby his mother.
didn t know the truth or who was too
busy to get it.
''No man on God s. green footstool
can keep me from telling the truth
about this situation. have no fear
of man or God in this matter.
"These conditions ought to be cor
rected at once.
The basic cause of the unhealthy
conditions at many of the cantonments
is that they are OvercrOwded, Cham
berlain quoted Surgeon General Gorgas
as saying.
''The neglect of the national army
men is shameful - Chamberlain shouted.
He said Surgeon General Gorgas>was
not consulted about the location of
single cantonment. Chamberlain read
from Gorgas' testimony to show that
epidemics could have been prevented
had not the cantonment been overcrowd-
ed.
"We are going ahead without in
vestigation much as it is disliked by
SOHlt, Sd1u CudmD6TkIn.
Chamberlain said that if the admin
istration had mapped out any war plan
or program, he would be the last to at
tempt to interfere in it, "but 1 chal-
lenge any man to produce a war pro-
gram" he said. "The president could
not make such a program if he tried"
chamberlain denied President Will
SON statement that he had not been
consulted about the war cabinet and
director of munitions bill.
Senator James interrupted to say he
had received letter from the president
Monday saying his statement referred
only to the war cabinet bill.
We'll, the country gets it that he
was not consulted about either, and that
am trying to put something over"
said Chamberlain. FfI do not propose to
stand for that.''
Declaring that his statement already
had done some good, Chamberlain point
ed to an appeal of Secretary Redfield
to his department employees to speed up
their work.
Lettor of President.
Senator James then read the presi-
dent s letter to him into the record. 1t
follows:
My dear senator:
You have been kind enough to tell
me that you had heard that l had writ
ten letter to the chairman of the SEN
ate military affairs committee concern
ing the idea OF a munitions minister and
you asked me whether l did write such
a letter. l did and am glad to send you
herewith copy of it.
1.-The consultation referred to with
Senator Chamberlain, to whom the let
ter is addressed was upon the subject
of the various difficulties and DELAYS
that had been encountered by the war
department, as shown by the testimony
before the senate committee and the
senator merely mentioned to me that
he had bill in mind to create muni-
tons ministry. He gave me no detail of
the bill he had in mind and it was only
when L learned afterward from others
Of the real character of the proposals
that L felt 1T my duty to write to the
senator and appraise him of my attitude.
assumed from what [ heard later that
he particular proposal had been aban-
1oned and l was referring in my state
nent of the other day to the very
proposal to create a superior
var cabinet of type unknown to our
practice or institutions. l give you these
letails merely to reply to your kind in
JURY and let you know all the facts
# the case as you desire.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON. "
II have stood here to get through .
he very pieces of military legislation
which Baker boasts of and of which the
is proud - said Chamberlain.
Il did it because 1 thought it was
light.
81 have stood with the president at
lines when 1 thought his policy was
IL wrong, but when it comes to a mat
er of principle, l refuse to follow any
'ody.
"In Gods name,'' shouted the SEN
tor, "when are we going to get to
'rance7 If we don't get there and get
here quickly it may be too late. !"
Canada, he said, had, within ten
lonths, gotten her army into the
renches and into some of the most des-
crate battles of the war.
Kirby Makes Reply.
The moment Chamberlain finished
is speech, Senator Kirby, Kansas, MEM
er of the senate military affairs com
littee, launched a counter attack, as
liling Chamberlain S judgment in max
10 the address