Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-08
HE GETS Them. TOLD
Charles G. Dawes launches ], A.
Second Broddslde. ! 5, IS:
MAKES HEARING VERY INTERESTING ii

Cussins. Brigadier Tells congrsssionais;
investigating COMMITTEES What!sHs!
Thinks Without Mineins Words.
Charges Attempt to RIaeken Name.
Of American Army. ig! .;g!!
Another broadside was let loose %byt
Charles G. Dawes last Thursday In:
Washington against the congressional
methods Of investigating the conduct =
OF the war. :; "a;
Attacking what he characterized as
partisan attempt to blacken the name;
Of the whole American army because.
of the blunders Of a few, the former
brIgadier general in charge Of supply
and procurements Ill France, declared:
house committees could serve a more
useful public service by turning the
searchlight upon the waste OF millions
Of government dollars right under their >
nose. ~.
A group Of women in the crowded
committee room failed to prevent Mr.
Dawes from swearing like a buck"
private. He strobe around the commit
tee room, hitting harder than he vas
hit, and swearing madly every time hes
construed the questioning as rejecting
on any part or parcel OF the flghting
outfit OF which he was part. Chair
man johnson, himself q former service
man at the 'front.' told Mr.. Dawes at the.
end of the hearing he wished there had
been other witnesses as truthful and as
unafraid to speak out In meeting
Mr.. Dawes made no attempt to con-
ceal the feeling that he was having" :
very good time. At times the room Wns
In an uproar Of merrinent and the
echo Of oaths swept down the long cor 7
ridor of the big building as he turned
his wrathful language upon critics; cf
the war who stayed at home:
Sick of investigations. &. ( -.
Referring to numerous Investigations
by the house.. Mr.. Dawes. =. said I: ne
thought the people were sick OF them. en-
why, there is 10 longer any neWgin
it." he shouted. IF wasn't here, stEnt-,1-. 3
ting around and swearing, there wpl3dJ
be no news in this. Don't forget sstbat
it was an American war, moi; "a RspnlR. l
l:acan-orsD Democratic war and; 81 ~;
ord Of the glorious works oS Sotir sag
,will;lfve huifd reds ssof,y ears! ffees tlftee
committee IS dead and gone and itfpr-
gotten" .i.:jj:.;t;: :.
When the name Of General PsrshtnE
was brought into the discussions MI
Dawes could scarcely control his anger.
There were hounds in this setntfys
he declared, who tried to spread the
false news that Pershing was at:n the:
atre the night Of the armistice. He was
there, like hell. He was at his othce,
starting the work of cancelling vask es!;,
war contracts to save money It VIII,
take rs or so years for Pershins to gat
his place in history. but let me tell y9u.;
the time. will come when every dough-
boy overseas will be proud to sayEhs''
was one Of Pershing's men. -
Doesn't Mind Kicks. 4 .
"You can try to give me all the: hslI:
YOU want-I like it. You kick becau9ti
I sold lot Of second hand junk tp,th
French government for 100000, cog. n
stead of keeping 10000 soldiers thereft,of
guard it while we tried to peddls Sis
NV conscience hurts me sometimes
when I think we charged them too
much" s;Esi
Mr.. Dawes said he was a Republicans.
but was broad enough to give the WE
department full credit for It's work IN
getting more men to the>1ro than
France and Great Britain put there IN
the same period. Then he jumped up
on the department and denounced u toF
its refusal to permit promotion OF men
in the ranks-for privates and sergeanfs
who had the grit of generals. The RUE
by which men, eager to go overseas
but kept at home, were required 20
wear silver stripes was. characterized
az one of the disgraceful acts OF the
war.
The award of distinguished service,
medals came III lOI d ACl 70 oSSA
broke more hearts, Mr.. Dawes sa1a,
than anything else because thousands
of men entitled to the medals were
passed by. Mr.. Dawes said it was all
right for congress to go ahead and try
to find and punish men who made mis-
takes in the stress Of war, but told the
committee it would get no where ana
that the public was not concerned W1th
: those mistakes now. :.
land they are trying to say that'Per-
shing permitted the sacrifice of thou
sands Of lives on Armistice day. is
the most damnable lie ever uttered and
its all right to sit back. here viewing
from a partisan standpoint the work
overseas. when if you people 80 free to
condemn had been there you might
have done just as we did or worse, LII
; ouidation? Why, hell men. we liqutdat-
ed everything. There wasn't any VIII
full destruction of property in France as
this committee has tried to show. The
Junk we could not sell was given away
it was cheaper than burning or bury