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article read before I proceed 70 ~.
ply 70 the charge that I was mlsauot /
81 therein"
Senator Chamberlain submitted the 4
article. which was read By the clerk T,
lie followed thnt with "A letter he /.
received Sunday from the president. I
quoting from the New York speech. I
and asking n Chamberlain had made
the rtatemcnt-thhtt the military eH.
Enlistment had broken down be-
cause OF inrfficiency In virtually all
departments.
Replies Ia President
Chamberlain read his reply. long
letter. In which ho said he had been
correctly quoted and repeating that
since Bunker i'm. We hRve never
had a military policy"
In that letter. Chamberlain offered
10 30 over the testimony given at
the senate military investigation
with the president.
II got no reply 90 tina, letter"
uald Chamberlain. but on Monday
the president issued statement" az
was read into tho recordl
iiy this time interest In Chamber.
ialn's speech had drawn many house
members into the senate 20 hear
him.
Even the diplomatic galleries. usu.
ally deserted. were half fun.
Statement Was q. X.
The statement Of the president"
he said. challenges me. Of course.
AS 20 the truth Of the statement In
the Times. That statement I repeat;
Whether my colleagues or tho
country WI take the same evidence
by the four corners and reach the
same conclusion that did. do no,
know. Others may read the cvi.
d@ncs and reach another conclusion.
Members OF the military commit.
toe. democrats and republicans. have
gone into this situation with a single
purpose in view. They have done IL
without fear and without hope Of
reward.
Thought II His Duty
Il felt IL my duty al an American |
10 say what I dld. felt that II |
could make n rift In the clouds that I
would let the sunlight In on the sit. /
uation. the work Of myself or col. /
vain.
"Inaamuch "a my vcr7city has |
been questioned l feel that must I
tell the country some things which 4
perhaps otherwise would not have l
told H.
what / propose to do am doing |
"a a man who loves his country, /
who would sacrifice his life and the /
lives ~ every member OF his family I
for g."
Then after short pause. he
shouted:
II have not distorted the truth rs
has been charged. The president
does not know the truth. From the
lips II those who have testified here
and who ARE closest TO him. he can
not learn the truth because these
men arc too busy 10 get Il, or re-
member II II they got IL.
lie Raps Baker
IF the administration wanted 10
DO fair TO the American people. why
did not Secretary Baker tell the
truth and let the American people
assist in getting ready for the ter.
rible calamity that is facing not only
America but the whole world?
Secretary Baker. in n general
statement to the contrary. says 49,.
200 900 900 had been appropriated for
ordnance and 81 .677 900 900 In con.
tracts have been let" said Chamber.
lain. That's all true. but the sec
rotary fails to Ray that America Is
totally unprepared today with ord
nance.
81 challenge anybody 90 read tho
testimony before the military ar
fairs committee and come to any
other conclusion.
Criticises Ordnance
Poor, bleeding France. bled white
not only TO save herself. but Ameri-
ca. Is furnishing us today with
heavy guns and machine guns. IL
we relied on the ordnance depart
ment. the war would be over before
we could get 10 the front.
What is France TO do for Italy in
case of n desperate fight for the life
of that ally2"
Chamberlain declared that mot n
half-witted American but could see
that we are being drawn into the
war long before April 1917.
Why DO We Hesitate?
And what was tho ordnance de-
partment doing7" he asked. Lying
suplnely on its back. doing absolute.
~ nothing TO ascertain the POSSIBLE
tiles of getting raw material.
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