The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-02-09
lAsHfs ARMY CRITICS
WITH PIRATES oA1Hs
Dawes Proves Champion Cusser
the S. @. S.-An Honest
Republican

byihB W piSh ny opcSh hhiSe"hOS
against the greatest army the world
has ever SEEN"
This defiant denunciation marked
the climax after two hours and a
half during which Brig. Gen. Cbas.
G. Dawes of Chicago rode rough
shod over the House subcommitte
investigating overseas expenditures
by the War apartment.
Dawes is a Republican, but is
evidently out of patience with his
colleagues"
The former chief OF the supply
procurement division, American ex-
peditionary force, was more bitterly
resentful against muck raking"
and damned mud singing" by
political committees" during his
final appearance before the sub
committee than he was when CIV
ing his original testimony on We'd
nesday.
"Hell and Marian"
! Hell and Mariah," shouted Sen.
Dawes, I'VE were fighting a war.
We didn't have time for duplicate
vouchers and double entry book
keeping"
Gen. Dawes had been asked Ito
explain the methods of accounting
employed by the overseas military
organization.
I'VE did more in organization
than the French or British, despite
our unpreparedness, he insisted.
But the war is over now and per-
sons would rather see Fatty Arbuc-
kle than talk about fly speck mis-
takes, unless some scandal is to be
dug up.
"These hearings are not worth a
damn. There is no news in 'em.
Why, hell and Mariah, if wasn't
strutting up and down here, cussing
like hell, there would be nothing to
this one.
1.-THE people are tired of fault
findings" Gen. Dawes shouted.
Jerking a six-inch clouded amber
holder with a freshly lighted cigar
from his mouth, he shook the room
with resounding whacks upon the
table with tightly clenched fist.
But you members of Congress,
he glowered at the committee, Ills
ten to every whisper-snapping bu-
reau chief. who comes running to
you with tale of woe.
Damn it, the army should be
protected from muck-rakers who
pick fly specks. Long after this
committee is forgotten, the winning
Of the war will be remembered as
an American achievement. There is
no use trying to make mountain
of damn little mole hill. Keep in
mind the army was American, not
Democratic or Republican"
His Verbal Barrage
The general trained his verbal
barrage on all committees probing
the governments war activities.
Injection of partisan politics, he de-
clared has nullified all efforts to do
good. Addressing himself to the
House war investigating committee
and all it's subcommittee, ne lean
ed forward and shot between his
teeth:
II am opposed to this effort to
reflect upon the army because some
poor devil blundered in Switzerland
What the hell did we go in for? To
steal money? This was not a Re-
publican or Democratic war. 1t
was an American war. Yet these
committees attempt to drag in
partisan politics. Damn it, ! resent
it.
Look at the pin-head politicians
who are raising the devil about
promotions for men who earned
I
them in France. They are doing it
for petty reasons. 1t is a dirty
shame. / wasn't in the regular ar
my, but l can be fair"
All the generals indignation was
summed up in one outburst when
he turned his wrath upon critics of
Gen. Pershing.
ut will be 25 years, maybe so,
before Pershing's place in history
is fixed" he yelled. why, hell and
Marian, he couldn't have won the
war If popularity instead of duty
had been his aim. Damn IL. let me
tell you, the doughboys now COM
planning of the stern discipline i'm
posed by Pershing will live to see
the day when they will boast Of
service under him.
Some critics say Pershing was