Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-01-25

roads back to private owners.
do it as a man who loves his country
best of all and who would willingly give
his life for it 1 DO it fearlessly in an
American citizen who desires to help
and not to hinder"
Buying Supplies Prom France
He repeated he had not distorted the
truth in his speech made in New York.
but that owing to the great rush of
has probably not been able to ascer-
tain the truth and does not know the
| truth. From the lips of those closest
to the president. the chief executive can
not learn the truth, not because his adj
visers desire to misled him, but be-
cause they are situated in the same
position as he.
statement tothe country which was
carefully and ably prepared, tells US
that $500. 900 900 have been appro-
priated for the ordnance department
and that contracts for S1,677, 600, 900
have been awarded" he continued. This
Is true, but the secretary failed to tell
the country that America failed TO
stand prepared"
France. bled white" he continued. sis
lOudy anu the
going abroad with heavy ordnance, ma
chine guns and airplanes. If we re-
led on the ordnance department in this
emergency, (and this is a war of ar
tillery) the war would be completed
before we ever got enough to the front.
France creed to deliver this artillery.
To win America? Did she furnish it in
order to invite America"
1t was improper. he said, to give de-
from the a,l,es, but referred senator's
to the confidential testimony before the
comm tee by Major General Crozier.
chief Of ordnance.
''If the administration had wanted to
be f:ir 10 the American people" he
shouted. why didn't the distinguished
secretary OF var, and 1 have the high
est regard fer him, let the people know
so that the people could assist in get
ting ready for this terrible calamity
that ccnfronts> not only America but the
whole world
Attacks Ordnance Bureau
Senator Chamberlain charged that the
ordnance bureau failed in 1916 to pre-
pare for war when it seemed certain.
There were omens in the sky" he
continued, that America couldn't keep
out. What was the ordnance department
doing? Nothing. 1t was lying supinely
on it's back. not making gauges for
manufacturing ordnance nor discovering
the possibilities. of manufacturing-but
doing nothing, absolutely nothing"
appropriations for jigs and dies to
make ordnance, he said, had not been
used. I'm not blaming anybody in par
ticular," the senator continued. 81 have
high regard for General CroZier. But
we haven't been able to do what Eng
land, France and all our other allies
have done and that is to retire these
gentlemen who have not proven them
selves up to the mark. We ought not
to dismiss them in disgrace. but in other
countries they have gone into innOcuOus
desuetude.
This isn't a question of personali-
ties. This Is not a question between
the president of the United States and
myself. It's a question of America, and
every man ought to make it his whole
purpose to see that America is saved
Machine Gun Situation
Take the machine gun" said 0enator
Cham berlain. Its an old controversy
and much may be said on both sides. The
Lewis gun has been manufactured here
for the British army and there are 1000
of them on the battle fronts. Every
British officer I have seen has expressed
approval of that gun. America was pre-
pared to produce them but with the
country standing on d seethiHg volcano
the ordnance department was trying to
decide on a gun. The war department
didn't even adopt a gun until May, and
finally adopted it in June, 1917. I believe,
and then only on paper and it still is a
gun on paper. 1t never has had a field
test. May be the Browning gun is a
good weapon but the Lewis is doing
good work. Why not manufacture the
Lewis guns"
The secretary of war testified before
the committee, he recalled. that in Sep
TENDER the United States had nine
Browning guns with which to go out
The presidents statement and Sena-
tor Chamberlain's reply then were read
to the senate, and the Oregon senator
observed:
4 do not Know if any reply to my
lett was necessary. I assume that
statc~r ent IS the answer"
THE statement of the president chat-
Lenses me, of course, for proof OF the
statement in the New York Times %
against the millions of Germany He de-
nounced the cry that investigation gives
information to the enemy.
People Should Know
Germany knows more about America
today than the men connected with the
departments" Senator Chamberlain de-
clared If the government would be
frank with the people. then we could
rely upon the people to rally to the sup
port of the president and the prosecu-
ton of the war" he added.
Great Britain, he said, did not waste
time manufacturing guns. The United
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