Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-19
LfyT CONGRESS ACTS
|ON ARMY LOSS PROBE
.u,,tIou Into Casualties of 35th
Division WIN BE Taken IN at
succeeding session.
,IlEN FINISHES EVIDENCE
\ ,nor Ends Request With Pre-
4 ..,,,nlion ~ Cnsc and Cimmittec
n.idc. Time Now Too short.

w,suINGroN. Feb, ls.-Con-
.,r.I investigation OF Losses
n"ng Kansas and Missouri troops
,N. gslh division IN the ArgOnne
,I,g which Governor Allen Of
.,. charged were unnecessarily
~. because Of lneIticiency and
'., G--H43illery. will 40 over until
-. ,,,i .cSwlon of congress-.
rr.,ruOr MlIcn completed the pre-
.,,,iou Of hl- request for an In.
,,,y to the hONse rules committee
,y and the committee IN eNeCu-
,c..on decided that the time was
IN shor 20 perpht "A comprehensive
IN, Al nv session, Chairman
BAN ,sSad h general inquiry into the
I.haL, .f,.4HGt uf the war probably
k"nh Lt ordered by the next con
Iu1 -a
uhttQetters and reports ot officers
| ,,J men ,,.rtscas were submitted to-
,,y lN Governor Allen of Kansas to
Sc lous. rules committee which IL
\a,5derirg the proposal to invesui-
~. In.,,. uf the Kansas and Mis-
,ol1 troops OF tn" S5th DIVISION III
u talt., of the Argonne
NtSttltr~ 9"tTlt"'s
go,crnur Allen declared there had
b,tr needless sacrifices OF American
.oldlefs during the " hours before
Bn' signing OF the armistice.
,Of course, IL IL a well known fact
,4t The fighting continued up to II
o'clock OF November IL said the
governor.
"It seemed that they were eager to
re, AZ close 10 Germany as possible,
| |byt everyone knew when the 72
bnlrs was given Germany for signing
,be armist!ce that the terms would be
accepted That. then, was a needless
alrifice ~ llfc.
The Germans were rctreatlng un-
5,r fire but their fire was very eff
Native and in Il very deadly fash
4 Governor Allen said the British
,ei' French armies also were Hd-
lnelng AT the same time. In reply
10 question, he said 1t had been
I,aied that American losses were
greater than those of the allied ar
ues but that he was unable to say
vhaher this was true,
The governor also appeared he
fore the senate military committee
and repeated In part his statement
Of yesterday regarding the 3jth di-
vision.
What is the purpose OF these dis
lomres; We won the fight didn't
ser asked Senator Kirby OF Arkan-
as democrat, interruptlng the gov
gnor
Ordnance Not There.
Ia finI an aN.u a II
his ordnance that we paid for did
rot arrive In tlme.' he replied. I'VE
ion the battle, but We won 1t with "A
frrible loss "
Before you get through would
Ike for you to give us "A report on
he efficient work OF your orRanlza-
Ton, the Y NJ e. a. I have heard
more compliments about .he ineffi-
Issncy OF the Y. NJ. C.. A. than any
1 )hsr organization in France" said
jknAtOr Kirby.
We had to meet certain amount
Of criticism" the governor replied.
Tie Y NJ c. A. was the only organ
4Bon that sold anything In France.
Netook over the army canteens and
'hcr were many charges OF profit
te-hg"
letter Presented.
tmong the letters presented TO the
foasc committee was ono from Col.
CaH R.stine OF the i39th infantry
o. the 3Ith division. who wrote:
Someone ought TO tell them about
'sfFs over here; how we were strip
ptfof blankets and had summer un-
derSear and no overcoats for the
Argonnc fght--durlng which wound
ed men almost froze to death. No
Ambulances for 80 hourSsAand then
only six II nine small ones to haul
1900 wounded men in six days.
Ihese ambulances frequently took as
|oU as 36 hours to get to the field
Aospllal and many men died on the
way We finally evacuated stretcher
cisss by The hundreds in trucks"
NE governor also presented other
''srs from privates and officers re-
.'hg similar conditions. one from
Nasold l.. Perkins, who was In charge
0 fAs remount station OF the divi-
sor who said that the division was
Nbout a sufficient number OF horses
10 move the artillery and that many
" Ms animals were unfit for serv-
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