New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29

could have existed without his know
ledge. He appears, however, TO be
man of enterprise, club interests
and promoting faculty with strong
tendency toward publicity, but with
no trained knowledge or sense of
production or what it really invol-
yes.
"He has, however, issued and is
daily causing to be issued. state
mcnts, harmful, untrue. unfounded,
deceiving our own people. excepting
those who under but not decciv-
ing allies or enemies.
/ General Squier Is Scientist
| IT spent almost an hour with Gen
enarl Snuier. and have this full re-
port: He is innocent of all participa-
ton in the activities above set forth
! (excepting the PUBLICITY. Like the
honest man he is, he poured out his
heart to me and repeatedly asked
me to tell him what knew, what
I had found and what | was looking
! for I declined an assured him that
no reflection upon himself had come
to nv attention, nor could ! con-
eeive of anything, He thanked me.
ale has. however hindered my in
vestigation, and in other ways made
it distinctly unpleasant for me. for
which 7 in no way blame him. He
was active as an officer, and I abb
| ,,t,tr
ity or discussing your wish.
"My observations regarding him
are these: He is a scientist. a stud
ent. His life as regular officer in
department unacquainted with 'ac-
ton as it is understood, has pro-
tected him from the hard schooling
of the world and he is unprepared
to govern or direct the great work
his department has had thrust upon
it, and he should be relieved. If that
were possible. without injury in any
way to himself.
"He is vain. and reminds me very
much of General Fremont and his
strange illusions and staff. He ex-
claimed: NV work Mr.. Borcl',m Is
so important! 7 DON'T OPEN MY
MAT. never write letter. have
to think fard he pointed to his head)
I am the only man who has an in
ternational staff. 7 have the finest
professors. the finest scientists in the
country, on my staff The Genera
Staff cannot compare with mine. NJ
one could give mayor Mitchell com
mission. so I gave him one
Serious Business Confronts World
'Mr President. the aeronautic pro
eramme is as serious piece OF busi
ness as confronts the world. Il
might win the war If it can do wha'
its advocates boast, it can save u'
from a hundred to two or three
hundred thousand Of our boys.
"Mrst il continue the butt OF graf
and inefficiencvo This department
should be taken from the signal corps
1t is a Great creative establishment
and should be unrelated to eithe,
the War or the Navy department
but should produce to their require
nents precisely as a great factory
Nor should aeronartics be ohsesscC
with too manv purely technical men
at is difficult to keep opinion or
OF report Of this kind, and I have
ttied to refrain, and simply report
Bet Deeds powerful Teutonic per
sonaIitv' seems to have complete'y
hvonotized the trusting. scientific
mind of General Squier, and Deeds
not Suuier. is controlling his state
ment if not his action.
"Mr Howe, the new member, il
charge of spruce supplies, is not con
nected with the earlier work of thi:
war.
Naval Members Are Capable
"Pearding the naval members, moth
ing but good comes to me abou
these gentlemen. They seem TO hav'
attended their meetings and deal
oniv with such matters as concerr
their department-the navy.
"This brief review-a digest of ;
great mass Of inuuiry-brings us fac.
to face with Mr.. Coffin's officia
statement in The Saturday Evenin.
Post under date of January S, 1918
1t has no relation to truth, and a
an official document must therefore
have been written with the inten
to deceive. His personal explana
tlOu Is ludt tHCt WIclS what thS-
pleased, and he allowed them to us'
his name General Squier's excus
for the article was that Chief Cen
sor Creel was responsible. Each o
their excuses carries its own con
viction.
Several Articles In Error
"His (Coffin's) speech at the En-
gineers' Club a few nights later is o
the same sort. and Sam Blythe
article in the The Saturday Even
ing Post of last week was repeti
ton of the same group of misstate
ments; also. General Squier's state
ment in the Sunday edition of 'Th
Washington Post January 20, 1915
was inconceivabie in the face of re
ports I possess from the official file
of his office. (His final reports dat
!, ed January Is, l9l8.)
'The seriousness, as we'll as tn
urgency. of advising you on this sub
/. ject compels me to arrest it her
without touching upon irregularitie
) of equal seriousness to what is her
! recorded. the data for which hav
examined"
The foregoing. which is nothing
less than amazing. was printed j,
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