The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-24

| in turn, got them from somebody else,
and somebody must have lied. And
J that's why say the president has not
F, been given the truth"
Striding out into the center aisle
with an attitude Of defiance, he
shouted:
| Il felt it my duty to my country
and my constituents to tell the truth.
l have no fear of God. man or the devil
when my conscience prompts. And no
man in the country can keep me from
telling the truth. The only fear |
have is that this discussion may have
bad effect on the country But if the
conditions exist they ought to be cor
rectsd, and quickly. Great Britain
found the same conditions and cor
| rected them quickly. So did France"
Short rs Per Cent. overcoats.
Reading from the table to show
shortages of overcoats running as
high as rs per cent, the senator re-
minded the senate the troops were "in
the midst of winter"
Il am going to show that these
hundreds and thousands of men dy-
ing in the cantonments are due to the
war department" he declared. This
information comes right from the
men who are on the the ground. They
know what they are talking about.
am going to call attention to the
statement of Surgeon General Gorgas
that nearly all epidemic could have
been prevented if the war department
had been effective"
Gen. Gorgas' report he coptinued.
showed over -crowding in virtually
every camp. Senator Chamberlain
said if Gen. Gorgas' recommendations
for greater space for each man had
been observed, disease at least would
have been reduced.
Dead Soldier Unhonored.
The senator read a letter showing
that camp authorities failed to notify
a family of the death of a soldier and
that the body came home wrapped
only in a sheet.
IF / were to print all the letters I
get along this line" he continued.
they would shock not only congress
but the American conscience"
Senate and galleries were moved to
expressions of emotion as Senator
Chamberlain read a letter to Senator
Wadsworth. The writer, whose name
was not given, said he was notified
through friends that his son was i'll
six days after he had been taken to
the camp hospital. He was first per-
mitted to see the boy through a win
dow and the first sight appalled, him.
The, room and bed were filth. be
wrote, and the patient had not been
bathed for eight days. His requests
for a nurse or to permit himself to
aid his son were refused, the writer
stated. but finally he was told he
might provide clean clothes. When
he returned his sons face and hands
had been washed but still were dirty.
Father Intervened.
The next day he returned again as
an attendant was trying to give the
patient water from a bowl. When the
father intervened, the attendant said:
ct guess | better get funnel and
actually returned with a paper fun
mel. The father stopped that and sug-
eested a spoon. Fifteen minutes
later the boy died. At headquarters
he was told that he might have his
SONS body that night. Having pro-
vided imself with a pass to the nos
nital he did not knock, but as he tried
to open the door it struck heavy oo- Z
iect. 1t was his sons body
AS to Minister Of Munitions.
senator Chamberlain read let
ter received from President Will
son opposing the creation OF
minister of. munitions. He said ne
did this to counteract the presi-
dents charge that he had not been
consulted regarding proposed leg
islation.
After speaking nearly three
hours. Senator Chamberlain con-
cluded with plea that he was
only doing his duty in arousing
the country to its danger and that
he would support the president,
although grossly maligned."
Senator Kirby. of Arkansas,