Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-04

that he was having a good time. At
 times the room was in an-uproar of
 merriment. and the echo Of oathS
 swept down the long corridor as he turned his wrathful language upon
 critics Of the war who stayed at home
 Referring to investigations by the
 house. Dawes said he thought the peo
 pie were sick of them.
 Why, there is no longer any news
 in it." he shouted "If was not here strutting around and swearing. there would be no news in this Don't for get 1T was an American war. not a Republican or Democratic war. and the record of the glorious work of our army will live hundreds of bears after your committee is dead and gone and forgotten"
 When the name Of General Persh- ing was brought up, Dawes could Scarcely control his anger
 There were hounds in this coun- try" he declared. who tried to spread the false news that Pershing was at a theatre the night of the ar mistiee. He was there. like he'll He was at his office. starting the work Of eancelling vast war contracts to save money. IL will take 9 or 30 years for Pershing to get his place in history. but let me tell you the time will come when every doughboy over seas will be proud to say he was one Of Pershing's men.
 You can try 10 give me all the hell you want-I like il You kick be- cause I sold lot of second hand junk to the French government for S400- GOO. 900. instead of keeping 40 900 sol dieTs there to guard 1t while We tried tc peddle it. My conscience hurts me sometimes when 1 think We charged them too much
 Dawes said he was 9 Republican. hut was broad enough to give the war department full credit for it's work iG getting more men to the front than France and Great Britain put there in the same period Then he jumped on the department and denounced it | for its refusal to permit promotion of men in the ranks. The rule by which ! mean. eager to go overseas. but kept 1 at home. were required to wear silver l stripes was characterized as one of l the most disgraceful acts of the war l
 The award of distinguished service | medals came in for a fiery attack. It ] broke more hearts. he said than any thing else, because thousands of men | entitled tO the medals were passed | by.
 Dawes said it was all right for con- yress to try to find and punish men ~hO made mistakes in the stress of {. he war. but told the committee it ! would get nowhere and that the publ lie was not concerned with those mis- takes now
 And they are trying to say Persh- ing permitted the sacrifice of thou sands of lives on Armistice day Its Inc most damnable lie ever uttered i, And it's all right to sit back here, viewing from a partisan standpoint the work overseas. when if you peo- rle so free to condemn had been there you might have done just as we worse Liquidation? Why nell. men we liquidate everything There wasn't any wilfull destruction of property in France. as this con- nittee has tried to show. The junk we couldn't sell was given away-lt was cheaper than burning or buryingi t. They pinned one of those medals Dn me. but it had a damned sight bet ter gone to some poor devil in the ranks who better deserved it."
 Judge F. B. Parker. who had much To do with the liquidation job in France. and who was described by Dawes as "a hard boiled egg" as an lrmy trader. will he heard tomorrow.