The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-26
LLOYD GEORGE
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| sion q: Major Generals Greble. ORyan
and Wright after thcir return from the
i'r"nrh 'front.'. lis" w""'t mad" p''h.h'.
General ';r'hlr sad thA, i: r''t'h''r ;t'A
allied artillery WIS u::uu"s big ST.
pcrior In effect To the Germans ana that
General r"rshings men were well
! clothed ana equipped.
All Of the testimony OF General Cro-
zirr WAS ordered kept confidential
Attitude Changed.
| Between this t!mo when first went
: 20 England Representative Meteor
mtckS confidential statement said. and
when returned from Italy. there was
4 pcrccptblr change. When l landed
they hurrahcd for America, tho wonder
worker NJ Tie world. hut when / got
back thcro WAS some apprehension.
, They would say. We wonder II there IS
, lack OF coordination In Washington
! We wonder II you have all the big men
you might bring together IN your gov
crumcnt.' They were very polite but
you scnsed difference in their attl-
| tudc.
! Premier Lloyd George. Representative
! H1ccnrmick said. Expressed great nnSl-
! city" lest America should too greatly
nuliiply tho calibre Of ordnance in use.
| Why Was Wood Buried
Lloyd George" said Mr.. McEorm!ck,
"waS' very anxious 10 know what had
| happened to Leonard Wood, where he
had been buried and why he was not IN
Washington or TariS. He wanted him
! on the allied war council MS our repre-
sentative. He was very lnsistent on
, that point"
Regarding opinion nf officers In Gen
eral PcrshinE's staff regarding Gen
; erals C'roZiar ami Sharpe, Representative
Mccormick said:
y would rather not mention any
names, but tho most important Anerl-
can officers said
TT Sharpe and Crozter do not 90 wo
do not know what may happen. When
General Biddlc was recently appointed
assistant chief Of STATIC American off,
GERS were all broken up about It,
Need American Guns.
Mt Mccormick, in his statement. sale
that for the American and allied armies
; 10 hroak through on tho western trout
they must have 25.o00 morn hig guns.
and that 1t Is impossible for the allies
to mako them.
Tho French. he said. cannot make the
guns. "Evcryman who Is in France
he declared. lis needed TO DO making
| guns for France cor To no on tho inc.
| Wo have to ship the steel 10 them. l
| can only say-and I quote tho men WI"
/ won tho battles-that It iS Impossible
| TO have too many guns.
| I'VE ought to set $4,000 as the marx
and 90 on0 as u minimum. We ought
70 got the best information possible and
! not merely through the normal military
channels because. as Lloyd-George and
Kerr. (Prcmier LlnydGeorge's secrct-
nry) said. the generals have always
1 tended to underestimate the number OF
/ guns necessary"
For Munitions Minister.
Representative Mccormick. in reply
70 a question. said he did no. think that
this great production could he attained
under tho present system and suggested
creation Of n minister Of munitions.
The witness said Llnyd-GGorge has In
! sisted that In making big guns the
United States would not add rhinl
calibre.
YOU know we have dono IT," ques-
| toned Senator Wadsworth. Il did not
know It," Mr. Mccormick replied. but ]
can very easily believe It from what
else I have heard since I have boon
| home. The most disappointing news l
! have heard was not on the ltAllan 1loHt
! or IN France. but since I have come
back I could not say specifically. ak
| cept hero and there what Is wrong. but
members Of the senate and holse on
! both sides give mo tho Impression that
we lack the coordination ind energy
which is especially marked IN London
the tremendous administration machine
which they have over there They said
! why do you not summon 50 and so and
so and so and so to Washington to sit
| IN council?'"
Made Them Vince
| Regarding the impression the appoint
ment of General Biddle had made on the
officers Of General Pcrshng's stan. Mr.
Mccormick said: "As an engineer he
was we'll thought Of; they all liked him,
hut when he WAS to he made the proba-
bile successor To tho chief Of staff II
Just about made them vince.
Whom do they have confidence in
over there" asked Senator New. DO
they express themselves on that"
! They talked Of General Marsh.
think. Some Of these names arc unta-
miltar 70 me. They spoke Of General
Morrison and General Wood. These are
the three men who were mentioned as
representing tho best military tntellt-
! Eence we have"
Discussing mir fighting. Mr.. McCor'
mick said tho French were short Of Of
fccrs for aviation.
I The French general headquarters cs.
timntc that We should add 5000 planes
to tho total. Mr.. Mccormick said. and
should never let the total fall below
that"