New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-02-21
DEMOCRATS IN US.
SENATE EXPOSE
Secretary BAKER
CHAMBERLAIN LAYS BARE
FA1LURrS OF PACrFrST
WAR OFFICIAL WHICH RE.
SUITED IN DEATH AND
DISASTER TO SOLDIERS
(From Official Congressional Record

(From Official Congressional Record
Continued from Last Week.)
Returning Wounded Mistreated
Now, Mr.. President, the woundet
men are coming back to the Unitct
States. They are on the way bacl
dilatory policies with reference tt
getting ready TO take care OF then
that we pursued during The war win
reference to getting ready 20 ght
That is one OF the criticisms tha
probably my good friend from Colo
RADIO (Mr. Shafroth) will resent, but
it is criticism make, and | charge
it now. We are getting woru from
many hospitals and cantonments
that the cond tions for taking care
OF these young then are bad.
There are 10000 OF them, in round
numbers. Where are the hospital.
that they are going to put them in
Let me read into the Record on this
subject a criticism OF Rcpresentativ
Johnson of South Dakota, who has
Just returned. He was lieutenan,
in the Army.
His statement was published N the
St. Paul 2 oncer Press OF Dec mber
%, and is as toilows:
Representative Johnson lays wound
ed were ,.t.' ... imp Merritt.
Washington December p.
Investigation oi II hospital seryi c
at Camp Merritt. - Was d mandcl
Of the War Deplrtrcn' by Rcpre<cu-
tative Royal G. laa" .an, oi South
Dakota, forncr,y iir,t Eauena u
n he Three hun 'roi 5ul thirt cnth
Inian'ry. mucl l.st'5 after he va
discharged from I'VE tr#Y yestcrdag
kcpfe>cl '1tt 'An on sat4, on
leaving cd s. inr 'l'- Ione at \b r.
dcen, thai ht WI .@a~ formal com
plant t" me N4r > itrimeH. when
he returns from -aort "sit wi'1
his iamhy.
Notified Wounded W.re Cor;nr
"Tu.r,v ~ WOO of II. oft r.rs
y 49,. ~" E.,,
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WA ~ ", ~ ~. saaa,o.od tr"n,
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sn,p' ~ "a",, no ~. ,"'l.a -
Iu,'oi Iaan H.. 80 "map a.,tt -.
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IT, IT,. wy" a.. ~. Ja.sa,. ~.
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SS ". ~. va. -. u .a .'.;i IN
-, ea,.i'ort ,tn,, .an.i,od Ca,no
r. 49, o"3 ~ t- 1''P
a.. - Nxn;,. no.' .ho .;.,. o.
~ .,,I ,an.p ~ 49, ~ h.,,. n,e,'
IT, pd.o' - VI "tia u,"a ~, a, na' .ha,,. I.n
Ia $50, fo- III, g. anJ
oth.r he'd rlotbinn for themselves
and the others.
.Med;cal Officer A. Fault"
"One of the medical officers was
most at farlt lie refused tn credit
Tho statement thar some of the na-
tients w,re Officers and wouIl not
r;ye nrders for their nroner care
These men were kent in barracks
for two davs before tbcv were -
moved to the camp hospital. have
demanded an investigation and VIII
file formal complaint with the War
Department upon my return from
South Dakota.
Representative Johnson was woun-
ied in battle h ms IF, but had recov-
cred and was not a victim OF the
which he says was
accorded some of the men.
Mr.. President, OF course. no Sen%-
or can vouch for these statements
n the newspapers, but they are
pretty accurate when quotation
marks are used, and this statement
of Representative Johnson purports
o be quotation.
Wounded Men Not Been Paid
The New York Tines is q reputa
,l.. n,ner and an goirg ~ All to
,,va raoJ I;ttIe cj;nn;n1 from that
,aner nr;rtcd IN the 58th of Decern.
,er bsv;na reference to the same
'nh;ect
The President Off;cer Without
,b;ect;or Il ;s so ordered
The Secretary read as follows.
- CT, uO.I
so ''e" '"'".o '
In the single week ending %ith
December 70 there woe landed at
he several Atlantic ports, Shistly
It or near New York, /,OOO SICK or
wounded soldiers. These men have
lad the best OF medical care, as they
o well des rive; but from large
lumber of them there are coming
complaints. often bitter, that their
'ay far in arrears. Ilhis is cruel