Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-25
KIRBY MAKES HOT
DEFENSIVE REPLY
Arkansan Calls Chamberlain
Speech Condemnation of
His Judgment"
STATEMENT IS CHALLENGED
War Department Preparing for
Quantity Production Of
Equipments, Claim.

wAsnlNGTON. jan. a. After
Senator cha nmhrrlain Wv speech that
lasted nearly three houts In which ne
charged that the war department hal
broken down its rs preparation for the
war Senator Kirby or Arkansas. /,
Democrat took up = reply. Senator
Kirby called Sonntoi Chamberlain's
speech the condemnation Of his iudg.
ment' ana challenged his procedure
In saying what he did In his speech IN
Now York.
Senator kirby maintained that the
chairman of the military committee
should have reported 90 the coin.
mander-l lu-chief " ho believed the cX-
animation had disclosed Gangerous
situation rather thnn to carry IL to tho
senate floor first In q speech.
Statement Challenged.
Senator Kirhy snid In roply
II challenge he Htn,emcnt OF II all
The examinations before our commit
tee does not witlraf much that has
been said today or the statement that
tho military organization has broks0
down"
senator Kirby admitted there was a
shortage of military equipment such
but added preparations wers boina
made TO deliver ~ quantity next
month. Every ran sam has been sent
to France has teen properly equipped.
he said.
There has moi been enough rifles
In the camps recently because ihry
could not be manufactured IN mffi
a. al IVA aaiH sffHhE
department has done we'll and rlfies
are In the hands OF the soidiera now.
he said,
Concluding his reply to senate,
Chamberlain, Senator Kirby ydsclared
that the military department Mad mol
fallen down and that whore deficien.
cles occurred they had been rcmedied
by volunteer boards Composed OF ths
best talent In the country.
ltefcrs 10 Gerard.
"The senator says" said Senator
Kirby that In 1sit, when Il was
apparent that war was going 10 come
on. The dordance department was abso-
lutoly quiesceRi and that no moyu
was made to manufacture heavy ord
nance He cites as an instance Of
why the military establishments liz In
efficient
lin 1914 the United States had not
gone into the war and since tpia we
fought out n presidential campaign
on the proposition that we should not
40 into war Then why In 1914
should the military establishment
have insisted that we ought to manu-
fncture heavy ordnance at that
timer
another proposition that the SEN
nta cites " this. In 1914. he said
our Ambassador Gerard over Ia DER
many snid that the German people
were unfriendly and that some day
we are going to have trouble. DO
you suppose that the ordnance
department or the secretary of waf
In going on what thu ambassador 10
Germany might have reported here
In "a secret way? Would we have any
thing Of that kind7 No. No man
would have expected II and no man
would have excused II " money had
beer expended along that line.
Evidence OF Efficiency.
The senator said we are not able
now TO put our men In the trenches
in France and supply them with
heavy gems We have them. They
are there. They are In the hands OF
our soldiers today ana can be used
effectively when we see III to put
our men In the fighting front
Yes, but the senator said we have
10 buy them from France We have
10 tuy them from France, instead OF
trying 10 manufacture them which
would have taken longer time II
seems to me that that In conclusive
evidence OF high efficiency TO got
the thing that you need when you
need IT, and II makes no difference
where 80 YOU can supply Il. That
vas done do not see any inefG-
cheney there"
Men over There Supplied.
Senator Kirby said the uniform to-
day IL the same weight II always has
been I'm the United States army
EVERY man" he added, "on the
other side has been supplied with
clothing, with ammunition. with
riflea, with machine guns and overy
thing else to best equip him for ef.
fec,iyc fighting
IT want TO assume entAre rcspuna
blllty for what | have, snid. and |
say u TO you as a man who has heard
this lnvesiigatIon. ns man who In
accustomed 10 reading testimony. ns n
man who is accustomed TO rendering
Judgment. that my opinion OF the
condition. as II exists today is that the
military department has not fallen
down"
Miners Walk Out.
MIfEE f1fs EHf hI1n