Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-04
ALLEN SAYS MARGINS
FIGURES ARE EVASIVE
'.o,rtuur SAYS Department STATE
o,cni ou ,hruniiir> l. iNH~i,r
aud p"s not In, iudV Nll
MANNED ARE NOT MENTIONED
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IHr ur.u '"' N.I'.. Give" .H' b..
fnu lY.fur g. Mpt.u |'f uf .ipuI
s'lurl,. REGARDING unI"r ,t-Y,.
fy,s tH.rtNur li.nrt Alien
''ur'l 'iHf tnr WHu 1'rnlur.W Dr.
''NuHtr and Npr.r %" t.u
charged 'hHt tn, Ntr dvuti 'u.,u'
hu,N Whtu ~ ls'u,t 'No statement
upf uWnf'rurl I'uu.r
would .Hu, ui' thW iIH ~. . tul
sltl'w'u' - ih, ,iHnl'i"s
'll. vuI department npH nr
s',i'u,nf Vuuli have ua forget
Inr inuuH,uiH ~ manned aud ,rIp.
p.ri. a frN uf whom utr now ,uuI.
ing h"m" hu' man, uf whom nro
'ItfriiuH iu the husp.inls ~ France.
>urniion bi,rticd
II has attempted tu divert p'iru.
'iun from the rohl uitupiiuu N ,tl
luF ht''uilnu in the ft'' thai 900, dead
ana missing IN tho 1hth division aro
'nuly 1888 ana that THIS division
suffered less than sonc other dt,i.
sions Mht was n not ftuk w shN.
iug that this division lost practically
Nil ~ ihcH. / 1ll IN one engagement.
while other divisions with which Il
compares tho ahth were lu several
hrHNV enguHrmcnts' why dId the
department neglect 30 mention shat
"a addition ~ these ! 1a1 more than
600 wounded were IN the casually
lisi ~ IN. ahih division 90"
Governor Alien nRnin chnrgrd that
The lnpsvs were due 10 tack ~ hotiul
protection, shortage uf trhnHpuiin
ton and other inadequacics ~ ma
chinery
The governors statement refers 80
the report ~ tho di,irion officer IN
charge ~ the tringe ~ tho ltth ~
vision. stating that N trNrtlH thni
.1Oi wounded men passed throuEh
lila triaRe, nearly 1000 ~ whom
we're from the ahth division. This
officer. tho statement says atatopI
that tho transportation was ~ lin
ted that without waiting FOR nmhu-
lancrr trucks belong to other divi-
uiunr ana tn the French weto used
10 evacustr wounded men ~ tho
ahth division straight thruush from
the advance dressing stations To- the
evacuation hospitals without passing
through the shth division tfiago This
report. the statement further shNs
states that the unexpectedly heavy
rush ~ casualties made II necessary
for men to lie upon the gruund In
the mud Without iittera or blankets
aud thatthe unexpected shortage ot ,
transportation made itynpOHrihle 20
care Tor all the men hence tho r-.
port OF nearly 5000 does not include
them all,
IAN citisens of tho country realize
that heavy oa-ualties were in-vit
able and the report which In grad
uaily heinE uncovered reveals tho
fact that our Hloomiest expectations
were more than realised" the gov.
ernor said In conclusion. II believe
that thousands ~ men were lost he |
cause there was lack OF protection In |
the air. shortage of tranHportntion,
which would have made effccti, .
artillery svpport posslbl~ at ail
stages ~ the battle, and other made
guacirs ~ machinery which sent tho
American army into that gloomy FOR
est fighting the hest equipped army !
IN the world with little except In
fantry arms
"Thess facts are well known at
Washington and are well known to
officers and mon who are coming
home There is no reason for any
controversy over tho facts Tho
country In entitled to tho truth why
does the wyr department withhold