Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-07
CORRESPONDENTS TELL
!. PERKINS ABOUT Y; N. c. A.
Newspaper Men With Army Declare
Many Criticisms OF OrSani-
cation Arc justified.
FAULT is MAINLY IN PERSONNEL
Charging for Cigarettes Done at In
sistcncc OF Military Authorities.
Practices Complained or Have Al
ready Been Corrected.
BY DAMON RuNYoN.

, Mutri IE f AMEiiStN AEMY or
george W. Perkins went seeking an
aa rs ssHn 'h th, ysne ns EAST n3 Fs
nc war correspondents with the army
%sh ao to o al Tsa
aSsala oondents had been stirring uneasily in
f aaSs haSns
49, bound 10 some extent when they
ser KIN 'he eS M ham yenison TO- hs
s,s ,skt Ii ,d invigGrated them Then ne
|sirs -: A.. and What II might do in the
ne now me"i hsS 1na the IKE
;srs ;SeU 200. and is trying to deteTmipe
expended to the greatest benet, Of the
y. be candid. and We viii say they were.
-, In fact there was probably more can
there has been in this part RI ' Of Germany an,
N the las; twenty years. Most Of tho
have followed tho army a long time
and were talking from first hand OBJ
f1sySi who &c; the viewpoint and scntimcn,
asfi q; the soldier pretty we'll.
,Sf.f HESITATE TO DO INJURY
- TO MANY BECAUSE OF FEN
5.si.. They have known the things they
;si& ia Mr.. Perkins, AS the whole arm!
.s'os as SHOWN them for months, bu, none
80 prln, because they all felt i, would
''''4 on been unfair % eo9dsm4 The many
rs Ill i, still goes back 70 a matter Of
, personnel: as We have said before.
sSaht II developed that few of the things
s.s ;:icy told MIR Perkins were news 10
Nv Nv him for he has been making inquiries
~. newspaper men and nc is in no way
go leseiHed as 70 the situation. In fac,
49, sec; IS far AS poss bic that situation.
ti:EklNS TELLS OF DIFFICULTIES
IN SECURING OF SUPPLIES
~ lie agreed tina, the fauI, had been
. ely IN the personnel, then he
,' ~ onted Out, the di,ncul!ies Under which
.sss-s 'etsonnel from the limited class from
g. mich II was allowed TO select. lie
s,s':,, II. {. i. WORKERS in getting t SUPPLIES
s 49,; .r eanteens at the front-and there is
.kss "a hugh truth in what he says III that
When supplies do no, arrive tho sol
-. :. ',.on dlmacp4l,ies. iIee simply bIames
ST, .s;ss ., tss The poor y workers arc help
go CORRESPONDENTS CRITICIZE
CHARGING FOR CIGARETTES
~ The correspondents told Mr. Perkins
~, .Acy thought the organization erred
-S.,. trying 70 cover TOO much ground
s: ss ap;n supplies They also expressed
Ill. Ill, lent had promised too much and that
>s!as. ';aarsinE soldiers for cigarettes and
ner supplies had been a grievous mis-
sal, AR. Perkins SAID, however. that tho
-. NY nau insisted on the \. NJ =. y.
.ss aargin There was a time when it
f;rrs ias. common knowledge that tho Y. NJ.
;iE j.. y. charged more for supplies than
,.iey could be bought al ron,ni
90 ,.rics. but that this rcctiiied weeks
sIss. ago.
NetT The gathering and the discussion
Yrere purely informal, but Mr.. Perkins's
::s:' rankness and his evident desire TO get
!irsS ia the bottom OF matters Indicate that
49, ~. the mistakes OF the past will not be
9'-siNS' repeated.
-, 'rhe only rcsrc, is that Mr. Perkins
ess... Gid not come to France some months
"gI- ,spnest cficien, neooio nafu ,d,o ing
49, e feeling tie results OF the inefficient.
i-,-f;, IT looks like big time for the lads
diOnS the iSnlne during the next few
ae.aSeekS.