Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-29

"Why did we decide to send some
troops tn France In 1917 II ls no
secret When General Juffrc came 60
this country from France, when the
british mission came from Franc.
they told us OF a situation which we
had not up to that time fully apprc-
ciatcd There had been In Fruncr
recently conducted before that an I'M
successful major offensive The
French people had suffered in a way
our Imagination cnunoNconccivc The
war Is In their country. This wolf
I has not only been at their door, but
ne has been rnawng for two years
aud a half at their Vittls aud when
this unsuccessfu offensive In France
had gone on there was.R spirit not Of
surrender, hut - fate. about the
French people and this mighty mill
ttry engine which they had seen pre-
pared 10 overcome them for forty
years was nt them and their attitude
was that no matter whether every
I frcnchman died IN his tracEg. us they
were willing to do. or not. that IL was
an irresistible thing and 80 they said
To- uS, FRANKLY 1t viii cheer us VI viii
cheer our people II you send over
some uf your troops
We ala send some troops
'At that place We had choice
w 'Nhlu lhNt fthI bNfI hN 'tlhAl
britain our regular army aud iu a
very short preparation have put Il
into action ana suffered exactly what
lcat Britain suffered with her con
/ 'erptihle little army as It was called
( by their adversariGs our army
would have given us good an account
OF itsD M the British army did. hut
! u would have been destroyed like the
/ British army aud there would have
been no nucleus ON which Ia build
thiy new army that was to come over
a i,ttlc later and u WIS deemed wiser
10 send over a regular division but
not tn send over our whole resular
army al that time
Then what happened was that
regular division went over aud the
people OF France kissed the hens of
their garments ns they marched up
the streets Of Parts; the old veterans,
wounded in this war, leglcss or arm
less, Stamping along on crutches per
haps, GB they went up tho streets ~
Paris with their arms around the
neck OF American soldiers Not a
single man In that division was unao-
cOmranied bv u veteran America
had gone to ltrantc and the French
people rose with sense Of gratitude
and hopefulnoss that had ncacr been
In them before
'Of course they welcomed the
British but their need was not 50
great when the British went There
were ties between them and us which
there had not been between them and
/ the British. and so when our troops
went there was an instant and spon-
| taneous rise in the morale of the
| French, but an equally instant and
| spontaneous insistence that these sol
! diers who came from America should
/ continue 10 come In an uuhroken
| stream
! And go We made the election. we
! decided not TO send the regular army
as a whol" but to send regular
divisions and national guard divisions.
selected according TO the state OF their
preparation and keep back here som,
part OF our trained force iu order that
II nieht inoCulate with It's spirit and
It's training these raw ievIes which W,
were training and one after another
these divisions have gone over unit
In France there IL tFfighting army
an army trained in the essentials anc
In the beginning OF military disclplin,
ana practice and trained seasoned
fighters In this kind Of a war on IN,
actual battle fields where II is takinl
place.
For one reason or another the i'm
preston has gone ont into the coun.
try To some extent that the war de.
pnrtment has fallen down in the con
duct OF the war" Secretary Baker
said. 81 want To address myself I,
that question
Country Entitled 10 Know.
There are several reasons why
should ask the committee to hear me
Ia To
II that In fact The country In euti-
tied TO know what this war IL and
what the problems are and how We
are to meet them. Second I have a
deep sense OF duty TO the Officers and
the civilians that are laboring with
devotion. sacrifice and zeal and are
spending sleepless nights To- bring .thi,
army mp TO its create efficiency and
success"
nesc;!hiiiE the spirit uf army off
GERS Secretary PHker said he haC
seen strong. grizzled men turn away
from his desk in tears when they
had found that they could not 20 Ia
France. where the glory Of their pro
fession lay but must remain II
Washington to press forward wa
preparations. There swas no case, b,
added, ~ any officer who had not &c
ceptcd his duty with his whole heart
throughout the country, he said. haC
come to Washington to accept salarie
OF office boys. many no salaries "a
ALI to place their experience at tn,
disposal OF the nation.
Gentlemen said the secretary
speaking with great earncstness, 81
Tould be a trasicnl thing OF this mo.
mentoua effort were to deserve IN,
comment that 1t had fallen down"
Impn tiencc Disastrous.
The impatience OF the whole coun
try to do this great thing greatly
he said, probably inspired much o
the criticism Every one OF us want
to see our country hit like a man al
the adversary.
while camp commanders are hell
responsible for health conditions
Secretary Baker said the surgeon
generals office has daily inspection
and he has appointed Dr. John A
Il Hornsby hospital expert. As hi
personal inspector A telegram from
Doctor Hornsby regarding camp con
ditions, Senator Chamberlain as
sailed. disclosed them greatly i'm
proved" with mortality reduced AM
ample accommodation for NIL sick.