Arizona republican., 1919-08-13
SMITH VICTIM IF
 MEN HIGHER UP Is
 DOCTORS OPINION

That in his opinion Lieut.. Frank II. Smith was the goat, and that he wa s Dbeying orders from 'higherups," s the substance of a stas sement made last night by Dr. H. A. Hughes, Jr., form. sfly a medical officer in the A. E. F
 Pr. Hughes takes the stand tha7 everyone in the A. E. + was dissatis : fled over something, ana that it is natural and to be expected that thos- who were caught out of bounds in Paris are going to kick. He is of the opinion that superior authority knew Smith was the type of officer to obey orders and for that reason he swas placed in command of the prison farm. He is to be syrnpathized with rather hsn condemned according to Hughes
 His statement is as follows:
 Tn reading so much in the papers about Hard Boiled Smith and Colonel Grinstead, one is hound to form tneir own opinion. I have never seen this Hard Boiled party and have only a slight acquaintance with Colonel Grin stead. But having heen overseas a few months and havingt come in contact with conditions in general, feel as though l have seen "a little of the A. B. F.
 ' s.ln the first place, it is commonly known that it is agairNst the rules and regy1l ations of the army for officers to havse Alny social relations with the en- listecS Anen. There is raason whether a gaod one or not for this. as an of ficer is supposed to command men and therefov tnust hold himself aloof in order t1 N. N.1et-them know he is boss, and that hiss orders must be, obeyed- If he got 70 friendly with 6ne men and played C. ards and drank with them, some of the men would soon lose their respect an d some would get to be too friendly, ,aining special privileges. which is n st right to the other men, as all are st pposed to be treated alike
 This cust Vm is bound to make an officer severe Nafter he has been in the service for s, sme time. I think that most soldiers sill agree that the most severe officers Nwere the ones who came out of the tranks
 'aThe army Ii te is simply a game called passing u e buck If an officer ever fails to get Ia memo receipt for anything he turns Lover to another no difference how val sable or valueless he is the goat and is kstuciSs II aIfyt hI1lg goes wrong at the tront or in the rear the officer in comm tand jumps on his 1unlOr OLLlceLS ana utSy IT toih Jun Y she N. c. O. ,'swho go ssfter the privates.
 Believes. Sm ttil Goat
 Tn the case of, .Ha vd Boiled Smith, I believe he was the goat It looks to me as if the inwesti Eatfng commit tee should start in witsS the men who held the buck and L ace 1t back through the channels to Sthe one who started it.
 "A lieutenant such as sSmith very seldom did thingsewithout Instructions from his superior officers An order would be issued from neadqu trters and It would be his jDb to see that it is carried out
 While overseas the regulatit uhs were not quite as strict as in the camps When an officer received orders fs2 re- port to such and such place he ,slSner bought his ticket or heat the Fi~nch put of it. and routed himself the way ne wanted to. Everyone's desire WAS 70 see Paris, consequently the shortes -oute to wherever you were was going vas through Paris. All soldiers were aIlowed 2f hours in Paris, but there were a number of ways of getting around this, so nearly everyone took more than his allotted time. Some got caught and some didn't. The ones who were caught were unfortunate and had 10 suffer the consequences.
 With everyone wanting to see Paris