The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Decorum Disregarded by
Chicago Banker in
Citing Conditions.
SAYS DISCIPLINE
BRED ATTACKS
Recalls Father Criticized
Grant as Butcher"
During Battle.

Charles C. Dawes, of Chicago, cast
Congressional decorum to the winds
to denOunce, in the language Of
trooper. ''pin-headed politicians who
were responsible for the mess things
were in," when he resumed his testi-
mOny yesterday before a subcom-
mittee investigating the prosecution
Of the war. Although summoned be-
fore the committee for cross-eXami-
nation of his work as head of the
army procurement service in France,
Dawes devoted the major portion Of
his time to a brisk condemnation Of
the petty critics of the achievements
Of the American army in France.
In the small committee room in
which the hearing was held. there
gathered a group of spectators in
Guiding several women. But Dawes
paced the floor and spoke as if he
were back in an army camp in
France where he held the rank Of
brigadier general during the war.
He ran the gamut of war criticism
in uphOlding the record of the A. E.
F. and pounced upon the opportu
nifty to attack maladmiuistration
where he thought it existed.
Members Squirm in Seats.
The three members of the COM
mittee efore whom Dawes appear
Cd sqrrmed in their seats at times
as n witness resOrted to the most
viso.Ous language to express him
ser. Representative Flood. Of Vir-
Stlia. ventured that some persons
nd placed upon Dawes response
fHiy Tor attacks on the committee.
| Load it on me-hell," exclaimed
lIr Dawes Put Fatty Arbuckle.
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
Ford down in the park performing
IInd this whole committee would be
iown there and leaving US alone"
Dawes said that there would be
no news in the Congressional in
vestiEatiOn IF it were not for me
standing around here swearing"
IIc told Representative Johnson, of
South Dakota, that he didn't want
to say you were throwing mud"
When Johnson said that the opinion
Of the people about the war was
based on their personal experiences
nd Impressions, Dawes burst into
a caustic discussion of the value of
"a personal impression"
Father Criticized Grant.
Recalling that his father. who
fought in the civil war, once criti-
cized Grant as a butcher in the
midst Of A battle and later became
one of his warm admirers, he said
1 that the attacks upon Gen. Pershing
were due chiefly to the discipline he
exacted.
ITO hell with the temporary i'm
1 pressions," he declared 7 have
been called down by regular army
officers. but because I was called
down and didn't like it then, I am
not going to condemn the whole
army.
"Pershing would call a private
out before all his fellows. Look
at your shoes he would say. He
did a young nephew Of mine thar
way. The staff used to plead with
the man not to DO that. but to 90
TO the commanding officer. Rather
than to be popular with the men, he
had to create an. impression Of
sternness.
PrrShInE's Place in History.
IF he had told the men You are
going back to run our country
some day.' and all that sort Of stuff
n be popular, YOU wouldn't have
had an army.
Men came over there to criticise
the working of the boys on the
roads. which was necessary to do.
"Pershing could not have been
Commander in Chief and put polit-
ical popularity of himself above per
formance of his duty to his gov
eminent.
For these boys, Pershing's rec
ord is their record. 1t will be TWEEN
b ty-five, maybe fifty, years before
place in history is fixed"
Did you try to be purchasing
Johnson asked.
Hell, no." Dawes replied, Il tried
to get into the artillery"
Pleads for Credit to Army.
Dawes pleaded with the committee
..to give the old War Department
some credit because it let US alone"
Upon further inquiry from John
son as to who drew the order max
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