Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-16

them by their regular army brigade COM
mander.
Colonel Kemp and Colonel Brown pre-
sented their evidence to prove that they
had gone over the top rs soon as orders
were received and that they were not re-
sponsible for not having received orders
until half an hour too late. To this
Major Darrah, the acting brigade COM
mander, is said to have offered no ade-
quate reply.
Major General Muir, in command OF
the division, however. held that II was
necessary for him to uphold his brigade
commander and relieved both Colonel
Kemp and Colonel Brown of their com
mands. Colonel Brown came home
while Colonel Kemp accepted n trans
fer to take command o. a rest camp
Tho friends OF both men feel that they
have been amply vindicated by the fact
that Major Darrah. the regular army
man who acted as brigade commander
at the time, has since been relieved OF
his brigade command n I'd reduced TO his
old rank as major In command Of a
battalion.
Colonel Brown intimated that he
would reveal a sensat onal story when
he and Colonel Kemp we're able TO make
an identical statement II Is probable
that II will give an urrevcaled chapter
| in the history OF the 10th Infantry.
/ Mrs W. q. Price. the wife of Brigad!er
| General Price. of Chester, said her hus-
| band was not the gen ,ral officer mem
toned In the speech CT Representative
James A. Gallivan. OF Massachusetts,
Tuesday before Congress as having
been mistreated by the regular
army. She said she be ieved the man TO
whom the reference waH made was Brig
adler General Richard Coulter, of
! Greensburg. former Colonel of the old
Fighting Tenth" Of Philippine fame.
General Coulter" said Mrs. Price
went overseas in command of a brigade
in the sunset Division He was not
permitted to go to the front with his
brigade. but was sent back to command
! the port OF lie Havre
| My husband, however, wrote to me
on December Is. At that time he said
ms brigade Of artillery had been sepa'
rated from the Twenty-cighth Division
and was then in Belgium awaiting trans
portation to France. MY husband sait
his brigade at that time was connected
with the Ninety-frst Division.
Il have talked with many of the ma
tional guard officers wh) have returned.
feel that the regular army officers tool
advantage of them, ani that, after til,
lighting ended, they were forced to TIN
rear to make room for the men OF thu
regular service"
In regard to his experience Colone
Brown said: Colonel Kemp and my
self were pushed out Of our command
because the brigade commander, Gen
eral Thomas W. Darrah, passed US tn
buck. \ congressional inquiry woult
reveal many strange and interesting
things, too, | know.
1T is too long a story to go into now
but when Colonel Kemp comes back
he Is In the service sti ana want N
harm to come to him because Of any
thing | say-we can both tell our story
His experience was even worse and NOR
Interesting than mine. but it dovctail
into the story that l VIII tell, too.
The National Guard officers did no
receive a square deal. This happene
. from the minute they were ready 70
overseas. | do not blarlc any particula
person for the whole fair. but | thin
1t was the old regular army system
working against us wherever we went.
This system often worked in a
underground way. The regular army of
ficcrs did not want us 10 forget that "
were only National Gus rdsmcn and tina
. they were regulars. They objected 20 th
| fact that we were Gi"en service pay
This should not be given to the Nat!ona
Guard, they held, but only to those VIII
, had served in the army.