The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-07
GLASS GRILLS
CHAMBERLAIN
CONGRESSMAN ANSWERS THE
CHARGES MACHINERY or WAR
OFFICE HAD BROKEN DOWN.
MACHINE GUNS AGAIN
Declares That American Army Is Well
Supplied With Best of Its Kind in
World-Rcvicws Answer to Draft rs
World Record Event.

Washington, Feb. 7-Representative
Glass, in speech delivered in the house
today, came to the defense Of the ad.
mnistration. answered charges con-
tanned in Senator Chamberlain's indict.
ment of the war department and denied
that the American war machine has
fallen down"
MIR. Glass followed Senator Chamber.
lan's speech, point by point. and
praised the work OF the administration
in each instance. He said that il was
General Joffre who suggested supply
ing American troops with ammunition
from French factories, "since It would
save unavoidable delays, pressingly
needed cargo space and tremendous
cost Of shipment"
Regarding the machine gun contro-
Versy, Mr.. Glass asserted that the
Browning gun was selected because ex.
perts pronounce it the best machine
gun in the world"
Says Lewis Gun Failed.
The only prop on which the critics
now rest their case" he said. Ais the
plea that the Lewis gun was fu1medi-
ateiy available, while deliveries of
Browning guns will be delayed; and
they use this broken reed in face of ex.
pert testimony that in tests the Lewis
gun had utterly failed with American
ammunition"
me American army in France has
thousands of machine guns to go nm
against the enemy" he said. -It Is as
well equipped with machine guns as
any army in Europe-perhaps better
equipped than the German army. And
no set OF malcontents should be per.
mtted to deceive the people into tbe
disturbing supposition that our fight.
ing forces in France are SUFFERING in
equipment of any kind"
Health in CantOnments.
Regarding the health OF soldiers in
camp, Mr.. Glass referred TO conditions
at Spartanburg, S. c., where he said
there were only four deaths among
$1,000 men during a period of three
months. lie quoted Major General
Oltyan as saying that the story of
tWenty'nine men freezing I'm the
trenches was the mere gibbering of a
letterwriting recruit desiring TO nose
among his people at home as n hero or
a martyr"
referring to difficulties which the
administration faced at the outbreaI,
OF war, Representative Glass pointed
out the success Of the selective draft
as remarkable achievement. He said
Not until the third year Of the war
could Great Britain venture to apply
partially conscription law Not until
a rev months ago could Canada do II
IN opposition to the rebelhous threat of
one OF its largest provinces. II has not
Deen done as TO Ireland and Australia
has twice declined to attempt the sys.
tenn. And yet this republic. with a
clear realization of the situation. in
stantly applied the democratic method
Of selective draft and the country re-
sponded with unparalleled spirit of pa
triotism.
Was World Record.
Ten million young men marched IN
and registered for enlistment. Such a
thing never happened before in this or
in any other country on the civilized
earth. Great military cities, known as
| cantonments, We're built almost over
night, and to these, without friction or
hesitation, our boys went, offering
their bodies and their lives in defense
Of human liberty.
we have sent nearly ten times as
many troops as the French and English
military missions had expected that we
could do in the time required, and we
have trained and are training an army
far beyond original estimates
This year we will have in France
more than a million men"