Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-07
|NAISON SPREADS
his ATTACKS TO
IEkDS OF ARMIES
s,vs Pershing and Sec.
Weeks Are Impudent
In Statements.
IaLSPERSA|NGBEWARE.
General May Be Brought
BEFORE Senate Geor-
gian Declares
my Arsociateh I,reaa.I

sBy Associated Pres@.I
Washington, Nov. 5.-Presenting,
I,rtber support for his charges that
american soldiers were hanged, over
"a, without court martial, Senator
watson of Georgia, tonight in the
,,pate turned his fire on Secretary
Weeks and General Pershing because
4 their denial of the senator's as
,srtons.
Abiding to statement made to-
ay by the war secretary that mo
|aeent man" would make charges
with respect to army nurses such as
made several days ago in the sen.
Ate Senator Watson while disclaim-
me- any intent to attack the nurses
IS whole said he would leave to
any impartial tribunal to judge
EEhether he or Mr.. Weeks was the
more decent" The senator said
that his charge as originally made
vas that officers in too many cases
made courtesans of the nurses"
4And | can prove it," he exclaimed.
Takes Jab At Pershing
Reading General Pershing's state
nent as made yesterday in Nash
Vile, Tenn, that the Watson charges
II illegal hangings and inhuman
Treatment of privates by officers was
@most outrageous and untrue ac-
tsation" the Georgia senator de-
dared
when the general denounces q
slatOr as liar he had better re-
member that it is within the power
t the senate to bring him here and
time may come when we will do
that. If he talks that way about more
slatOrs it may be done. We have as
/ yet no Kaiser that says Me and
|Gd.
u am not going to lower myself"
|&natOr Watson continued, "to the
level of either Secretary Weeks or
General Pershing by indulging in
|abuse. simply content myself with
paying that it was a great impro-
|TOprlety for either of thes egentle-
|nen in the public service to publicly
Condemn another without the slight
|st investigation"
Nurse Supports Story
senator Watson then read a letter
prom an unidentified Richmond, Va,
|FOnan who said she had served
|"eNe months as an army nurse. The
peter said that "officers made cour-
|tsahS of the nurses whenever pos
FOe and nurses who resisted
Sfe subjected to personal indigni-
tes."
Mr. Watson also said he had been
@0a personally by a former nurse
'aat she had been compelled to repel |
Fne assault of an officer.
More letters and kilograms in sup
llot of his illegal hanging charges
rS0 ! were presented by the senator. !
u submitted another photograph of
Fnst he said was an army gallows
| france which photograph, he said,
I'u 0een smuggled into the country
y huntington, W. Va, private.
apparently there was as many
SUOeEs as hospitals" said the sena-
" "no' for the first time, gave the
L. Aver, Jr.-as the
.4u' ne said, had told him of hear
u. y f0m a gallows guard that 81
4''rS mad been hanged without
s'i' maruals. He presented a tele-
!, I.'I from Aver stating that an af-
J, '9"t was being forwarded for the
: VI the special committee that will
wv monday to determine procedure
'ne Investigation of the senator's
-''ges' The senator promised to
'''Vt MS witness if any attempts
Sala' were made to "browbeat or
aanldate them"
says Charges Are True
% another telegram presented by the
i,'0r was from George Carborough,
|. "arOn' ar Ca, who said he served in
UOoth Engineers corps and de-
H., ~ that Mr.. Watson's charges of
\. sal hangings was true. Senator
= 'On said this witness would ap-
N Oetore the committee.
senate also was told by the
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