New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-02-14
DEMOCRATS IN u. 8. SENATE
EXPOSE SECRETARY BAKER
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VI yoahS bhS' - DN>' FsN~
tically destroyed. And l am go ng
to call the attention of the Senate
to just one case, which is m,asur-
ably personal in its nature, but j! H.
lustrates the situation that existed
there almost under Gen. P%ershing's
nose.
Break Down-of Aircraft Department.
A few days before the registration
for the last draft two splendid young
fellows came into my office. They
were dressed in lieutenant's uni
forms, and they told me that they
had just come from France. do not
mind mentioning their m do
not usually mention names, because,
as a rule, it leads to dire consequent
ces-to the poor fellow whose name
is mentioned; but ! will mention
them. One of them was a Lieut.. Paul
Connie and the other was Lieut.. John
X. Ney, Of the same name as the
famous French marshal. These boys
went over there as volunteers; they
enlisted May 8, 1917, left New York
for overseas duty October 26, 1917,
and they came back here to America
just before the registration for the
last draft, discharged from the Army
and their commissions revoked. They
told me a story that reached my
heart. They had been over there
all these months to be trained, not
for display, but to fight but they did
not get any fighting; they did not
even get any training; th2y got tired
of doing camp and police duty and
asked for a transfer to the Artillery
one of these young fellows was
ambitious and gC into the French
artillery school-they asked to be
transferred to the Artillery or to thu
infantry or to any place where, as
r~ed-blooded, splendid, well-educated
Americans, they could do their bit"
for the country.
Now, what do you suppose was the
answer to their petitions? They
were sent to n Of the points or
debarkation in France and in 4 few
Gays ordered back to America, with
their commissi ions revoked, and they
were rclegatcd to private life. When
they appealed to me they said we
have no unit to VIII CHI we can go; we
can not appeal, because there is no
record. There was never any board
OF inquiry there was never anything;
were Just simply sent hone by the
personnel officer" | took up those
cases with Ihe Chief of Military
mhcrn viii ber Itben to99L them
nn w;tb Tho Ad;rtan+ General bn,
t1iad" no nrngTess tbcra In tbe
~mc40.ip,e Tad1 sod them 10 rca;stcr
Ior tbn drait wLirh fbev d;ds and
IN he mrantime lhe ~ that The
draft took Mace over IN The Senate
T,fi;co 1~nilr'nr !, h,n,erod th,t
Gov N.,cL 90, tb,re ~ / asLeti
Nm 49,. f,,nr 70 rnn wber he lot
tbc off;re IN coma into nv rr;votej
nc wanted 10 Ill 70 him
,bort a~case that seemed fo me- ev.I
tremelv rn;nst tn two fine American
bnye He c,fne in and Told him
~ case ID said he would ike ~
ser hem and took them down To
see him the newt m]orninr told
him # there was anything wrong
about their records / void cease
offorts in the;r bebatf hut that
the surface Of tbirrs i ali u Iooted
wrong "a me
One of them was over & feet h:ob
\ graduate of The Ur;vers;tv of
Sbiroton and an athlete of that
;nstitrtion The other was from
cen March Looked tbem over
asked Them a few questions and
,romised 10 tate ,be;r cases ~
ub;rh he did. and ;ps;de
~ fo,,r j,vs he teIonbor.d mo th.t
ne found nothinp wrong in the re-.
lords of these bovs and ordered
commissions restored hut
them 70 the Tank Corns
That ;s inst one instance but mist
SoraIors he comnelIed to follow IN
Zach one of tbese cases i, order tp
%instice done he vnrno mer9
rhcv would not have ootten any.
, here Senator'S If ;tF bed not hoo,
was w%;ll;na 70 taLo ~ 49,
,,ses and helm tbe,n 90. Appd 40.
thai thrv had MOI, been na;d
md loaned one rs ,hem morsv
.h;cb he nromntlv Maid in ordcr
,cs of on;p;on Won nat ,ha ,r,,h
Ms father
Who Is Guilty or Th;. In;,.t;cs7
The wav 10 correct those things
,tr. President. is 70 oct At the man
Who Is n,;ltv IF the sct ~ ;n;,,st;ce.
md in hat case it was The n]eysonnei
,ff,cer who d;scbargeJ tbese mon
v;thor, rause and w;tbou. %,nor;rv
hero ;s IN old Erercn ada,a ~ 49,.
ffcct that whsnever an ;nd;v;dmai
,e,e IN ,rorbje "Chercbez I, famme
n,;pbt he ~,ransno.ed 70 "Snarcb
q; The ic;low who has been %on,lt
{ tnp ;rius,;ce and nn,ish L;m"
nd -, mn i IN 70 Ss,,,ars ,rd
,an~re.rn,.t;ves in Congre;. or ,n,
ody eI,, ~ tale IN tbe md, J,,,,
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