Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-06
session would bs held. but other 'sena-
tors objected and the examination

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would be held. but other .sena-
tors objected and the examination
went S#
Senator Weeks then asked EecrerE]
tary Baker IL HE knewshow many pairs
Of shoes were required per manln the
French and English armies. Mr..
Baker did not. but said he would OBJ
tain the informatIDn..ATh The senator.
he wanted to know III. or1ers@tos
determine IL we are buying more
shoes than3 are necessary"
SAYS PHosGERMANs /
ARE IN ARMY Ssss sIls ssssN Z ;$SFI
- Senator Weeks uaid he had received
q letter In which It wasscharged that
many men in the army are Of German
and that many officers and
men, in conversations expressed pro-
sentiment
The writer OF the letter, he said,
cited an instance Of an, American Off
Ger being sent home from France by
General PershinE for that reason The
chaplain who had been! dismissed for
similar reasons
Secretary Baker said he had receiv-
cd no information Of such conditions
but would make.an inquiry.
'ssI don't doubt hut, that something
Of that sort xistsssaaiHil1d the Massa-
chusetts se~nator,:sSDG&d II think we
ought to make an6xsmpleSo OF some
m l.a t$%s / as. sS; ~
TREASON TALK .5.s
DECLARED UNFAIR.
Senator Reed said it vas unfair to
question the secretary In large audi
torium filled With spectators and i'm
pugning that the army was .reeking
why should tho question be asked,
at all q" he demanded
I'm not Responsible for calling the
secretary into a. larger Alidttorium1,,,n'
Senator Weeks brokefin...;i ~ think this.
examination should have! beenyheldSAs
all .others-in the committed soWn
room. ! have no desire to exploit; any
thing in, public" 8 -
hearing be adjourned until mr.. baker
could furnish specific Information de-
sired.
The secretary himself asked in a
letter to the chairman, Senator New
OF Indiana, republican, interrupted,
that h meeting be held in a large
room where all senators and repre-
sentatives who desired could attend.
NGAS SoiioIOtS OUJCCl0u .dlQ NGlQl IL
was u~nbecoming and this larger room
vas in Difference TO the secretary"
REED WANTS ALL
CARDS ON TABLE. :. II
Senator Reed said he was somewhat
inclined to the. view that 1t would be
peter to put@"Ail U cards on the
1T might be well,p he said, 'tto say
we have got SO many men and SO
many guns and 80 many ships and we
are going to be at your throat ut a
certain time; but that ia not. the way
we are proceeding"
Senate Frelinghuysen interrupted
and the senator yielded.
I want to ask q question, which I
nope Will pass the censor" said Sena-
tor Frelinghuysens with his eyes fixed
on Senator Reed,
A tilt followed in which Senator
Reed declared he had not been trying
70 Censor the meeting" :,
TURN TO HEALTH 49, @
CONDITIONS NaOANfPs.
Senator Frelinghuysen turned 10
Secretary Baker. with the statement
That the committee was not interested
N the punishment Of medical officers
round negligent but in the projection
OF the men in the 'camSs. ~.
He a Surgeon General Gorras
had stated to the committee that he
lacked authority - draw the public
health service into the camp santa
ton work..
Has that subject been given anv
considerations" he asked.
Secretary Baker said the recom-
mendations OF the American public
health association had been adopted
With the approval Of the surgeon
generals of the army and navy.
h Q think that you have the
Senator Frelinshuysen.
do you expect to keep soldiers -
n1er }" go
Il can't answer" the secretary re-
It depended much upon the nature
OF TN summer weather, he said. II it
was comparatively as severe as the
winter, he said, it would be necessa ~
to move some OF the troops.
TRAINING ARTILLERY
MEN IN FRANCE. IA s
Declaring that Observation-Disclosures
about half Of the men, both officers
pa enlisted. meR.t In the camps have
been trained with artillery ar
machine guns" Senator Mcclellan ask-
"a the secretary il he thought it wise
70 send men to France unframed.
secretary Baker replied that many
artillery officers were being trained IN
france at 9 school turned over by the
trench and that 1t took moro time to
train artiilerymen than officers, !.
The plan OF the department." the
secretary added. lis to give as much
training in this country as possible by
concentrating artillery SUPPLIES In units
|ltkeliest to go frat to France hut in
no caAe for them to be used in com.
bat until their training is completed
on the other aide. ], therefore do not
think 1t unNsise to:Aend men over who
are not completely trained.
Ia It vnWiae TO- send. men not train
ed at all. men who have never seen
artillery or machine, guns?" asked
senator McKellAr, stating a major
had told him that st Mis- camp 1oniy
the commanding general had ever
seen a six inch gum
MEN CAN. BE
TRAINED ABROAD.
Yes, ! think 1t would be right: that
IL do not think 1t would be right to
send unframed mon into combat hut
! would no hesitate II the necessity
snoQld art.e, to sfnd raw recruits to
france tosbe trained there and abso-
!utely trained. ~ II General PershinR
thought 1t the yWIasest thing 70 dc.