Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-02-02

su1lcr and die in these camps, I shall
feel that his death was not in vain.
wishing FOR you success in your en-.
dcavors for humanity, l am,
Sincerely Your friend,
INCOMPETENTS IN HOSPITALS
Il just want YOU to see" the Sen.
ator went on, that what | sail a
while ago about the Medical Depart
men' Is absolutely true They do
not give them competent assistants:
they do not assign to them men TO
be trained; with the result that n
blacksmith or Il carpenter, or a law
yer, or anybody else goes into these
base hospitals 10 take care Of these
young men,
1T does not make any d ference
mat my own party is in power. my
friends. II any party on earth were
IN power, and | occul led this DOS 't:on,
l would show the truth Just the same
III this thing can be corrected. and
theSe agencies Of the Government
made more cllic' cnt the men of the
Senate and the men of the House who
neglect to do 1t are responsible TO q
hiSher tribunal, If you please, for the
deaths OF young men whose lives might
have been saved if they had but given
ihis job the attention that il IL re-.
celVing at the hands Of most of The
members OF the Military Affairs Com
mittee at this time.
Il want every one to know that T
am speaking from the record of
Things and not indulging in any
calnouilagc when my country's fate is
III STAKE. | have put those in the
record terrible as they are. simply bc.
cause want to arouse the peoplc If
thls country so that every mother
VINO mas a son in this army and every
lather who has sent son to this
army, whethc" as Il volunteer or as n
drafted man, will write to the presi
aeht OF the United States in the same
patriotic spirit in which these two
letters are written and all that | have
received are the same way.
"Thcy simply appeal not for re.
Venge not to punish anybody connect
cd with this crisis that confronts us
nut IN order that the fate of be.
loved son or brother or husband, If
You please, may arouse the attention
OF the country to the necessities of
the occasion and save the lives of
Young men who are valuable units
Tor the salvation and protection Of
America.
l realize that we ought not to Grin.
pie the hand of the President. There
IS not anybody who wants to do that.
nut no mans Judgment IS as good as
the concrete judgment Of America. I
40 not care who he may be and how
great he may be he cannot know as
much as the world knows. 7 knew
how busy the President is, and I want
10 help him. God knows l would do
anything to help him, notwithstand-
lhE the Judgment he has Of me and
believe I can say without egotism,
that no man has tried harder to help
hlm In everything that he has desir.
Cd Tor the proper conduct Of the war
than l. I have not done 1t because It
was any mans policy.
Il have done it because those
things appeal to ME as being right
and because I thought the country
needed them. | voted to sustain the
coal order. the other day, although
thought ii was a foolish order of Mr..
Garfield's. | voted for it on tho theo-
ry that | wanted to help save the
young lives of America and our allies
in France. The evidence before the
committee shows that at the time
that the order was made there were
over 1877 vessels in the harbor OF
New York loaded with supplies for
the Allies, and they could not get coal
to get them out. That is the reason
why | voted to sustain that order
l thought it was an outrageous order.
HITS AT COAL SITUATION.
My friends if there had been any
program in this war; IL there had
been any plan laid out for the conduct
OF this war tho coal situation never
would have happened, and that is
what | am complaining OF. That is
why our committee proposes in one
of its bills to have a committee that
can authorize and manufacture in
this country and undertake to plan
for the sale of the output in the Fall
OF next year. also to mobilize the raw
material and get things in order and
manufacture and fill the order.
"In this great business establish
mcnt Of ours, because war Is great
business proposition now, Why has
net some plan been worked out and I
chaI enge the production Of a plan or
program. There is not anybody con
nected with the establishment who has
time to do 1t. The distinguished
President Of the United States could
not do 1t If he tried because, my