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ings that were to take place from New
York which had been furnished the
French representative nine days earlier.
After protesting once more against the
dangerous practice Of giving this sort
of advance information to the French,
the chief of staff at Washington finally
stated that it would be discontinued
entirely.
Up to this time we were not get
ting the full use of even the limited
shipping at our disposal, as the aver
ports, estimated to be 40 days, was
being exceeded considerably. The de-
lay was partly due TO our inability to
discharge rapidly at French ports, on
account of meager dock facilities and
shortage of labor, but that great delay
occurred at ports of departure was
shown by the fact that the average
time Of the first IL transports to make
the round trip from st. Nazaire was
over SIS days.
There was ample evidence of great
confusion at home due to lack of eff
Gent supervision, even in New York
Harbor, where experts should have
been easy to find. Ships we're seldom
loaded to their full capacity: supplies
greatly needed were often left behind
on-eSsentials were being sent over
many things were broken due to care
! less loading; troops were often shipped
to one port and their equipment to
| another.
| The Washington bureaus often fol-
| lowed blindly some out-of-date supply
table perhaps drawn up under a for
mer regime by an Anticipated desk SOL
der long since retired and forgotten
AS an illustration, I recall a bill OF
! lading from one Of our transports that
was presented to me about this time
as q curiosity. 1t listed q number OF
articles quite useless to an army in the
field and provoked the following cable
For all departments. Recommend
no further shipments be made OF fol-
cases, bathtubs, cabinets for blanks,
chairs, except folding chairs; cuSpi-
doris, Office desks, floor wax, hose, ex-
cept fire hose; stepladders. lawn now
ers. refrigerators, safes, except iron field
safes; Settees, sickles, stools, window
shades. Further stop orders will follow
soon"
Real Necessities Delayed.
I have often wondered what manner
| of man was responsible for shipping
such things, whether on supply tables
or not, thereby wasting tonnage, when
Winter clothing building material
steel and lot of real necessities were
being delayed.
All of these facts suggested q con-
6ition of affairs during those earlier
months that must have paralleled the
inefflciency displayed in the manage
ment. Of our transport system in the
Spanish War, a comparison
that was frankly stated in the follow
ing cable October 10, 1917:
Assignment Of Medical Department
with troops heretofore arriving indi-
Gates lack of supervision. The Field
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Hospital Ambulance Company that
came with 26th Division arrived with
out any except personnel equipment
and without transportation Of any kind.
Regimental attachments came with
combat equipment only. Medical OFF,
GERS report their equipment was loaded
on ships on which they sailed, but prior
to sailing it was taken of and sent on
other ships. Manner in which these
regiments come to France does not in
dictate much improvement over condi-
lions Spanish-American War. ."
1t was then nearly six months after
We had entered the war and no sys
tenn at points Of embarkation was yet
apparent.
We were short handed, both at depots
and along the line Of communications,
in all classes of labor that should have
been sent over long before. The Quar-
termaSter Corps in France was Seri-
ously Handicapped in handling, caring
for and issuing its stores and supplies.
The need for stevedoreS had become
most urgent Combat troops were still
being used to unload cargo and much
time was wasted by the use of labor that
was entirely unsuitable for this sort of
work through lack of experience.
Moreover, it was urgent that the COM
bat troops should be sent inland to re-
ceive their battle instruction. The
French, although short themselves, had
loaned us few prisoners and also some
women as laborers to help out, but
neither class was satisfactory. Under
the conditions, there was danger that
our ports would become hopeleSsly con-
gested, although three weeks later, and
after further urgent appeals, the War
Department promised to send stevedores
at once.
Probable Cause Of Delay.
From our point of view it was not
understood why any number of labor
ers, both skilled and unskilled, should
not have been sent to France promptly.
It may be stated, however, that It was
more than limited that there existed in
administration circles a lingering hope
that after all it might not be neces-
sary to send large numbers of men
abroad. There were other indications
that this might have been the reason
the delay in sending over troops, the
slowneSS in beginning the preparation
Of cantonmentS and in organizing the
ports of embarkation.
There was also an apparent failure
to utilize all available shipping to send
abroad material for the construction of
docks and railways. All these apparent
oeLlnquencles could be explained on the
above hypothesis, and 1t is not easy to
explain them otherwise, unless it be con-
ceded that there existed in Washing
ton in those earlier months a lack of
comprehension Of the Importance, the
urgency and the immensely of the task
or want of leadership in handling it.
The French now came forward with
an urgent plea for mechanics for air
plane construction, claiming that we
had promised to furnish them.
Whatever the understanding may have
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in France by coming into close touch
with our methods.
These officers were sent to visit the
allied fronts and to see demonstrations
at our training fields and schools and
also were taken along the line of com
munications. I took occasion to give
them personally my conception of the
course Of training that should be fol-
lowed at home, making an especial point
Of rigid discipline, rife practice and
the instruction of junior officers in
open warfare.
A number of the officers sent over
were either physically unfit or had
reached the age when new ideas fail
to make much Of an impression, and
consequently recommended that those
OF both classes be left at home for
other duty or to be retired.
Tomorrow: Joffre inspects our 1st
DISTINGUISHING incensed at dispatch
quoting him as saying the German
lines were impregnable
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Heckscher Funds
Aid to Scientific
Search at Cornell
dividends" Include Dis
cOvery of Cermanium
Source.
By the Associated Press.


ITHACA, N. Y, January 27.-The
rare scientific fun which August Heck
Scher of New York is having with his
millions was fully shown, perhaps for
the first time, in a statement from Cor
nell University.
He has been giving money to enable
professors to take time out from their
teaching and try scientific exploration
His dividends" to date include dis
covery by these Cornell men of a source
of the rare metal germanium, radiation
that reduced colds among students,
arsenic in meteors, water plant which
kills breeding mosquitoes and discovery
of the disease which threatened extinc-
ton Of ruffled grouse
These hardly scratch the surface of
all the interesting experiences of Cor
nell scientists due to Heckscher's money.
Two OF these professors have won
scientific medals.
President Livingstone Farrand said
tonight:
Corr ellis standing as one of the
great esearch centers of America can
be at .touted In large part to the sub
stantial assistance which the Heck
scher fund has given during the past
10 years. With the spirit of inquiry
permeating the entire university, I an
ttcipate period of unprecedented ac-
tivity. which gives promise that in
creaSingly important contributions to
our fund Of knowledge may be made"
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-FOUR KNOWN men
SOUGHT IN SW|NDLE
Identity of Quartet Who
Fleeced Mrs. BIackhdge
Believed Established.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, January 27.-Police in
vestigating the alleged faro game In
which Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidre
said she lost $4,000 in borrowed cash
and 100000 in paper profits. were
seeking four men today, all desired as
widely known card sharps and swim
dlerS. ~
Row Browder. alias Burgess. was
hunted. Chief of Detectives John Nor
ton said. as the steer man." who. Mrs
Biacklidge said, lured her into the
game by posing as a friend of her late
husband. The others whose arrests
We're ordered were Charles Fernandez
OF Cleveland, Frank Hall, alias Davis.
OF Chicago and Joliet ana Robert New.
burn OF Wichita, Kans.
Mrs. Blacklidge, who went TO q Chi
cago hospital after her Springfield ex-
perience. yesterday was removed 70 a
private home.
CHICAGO GIVEN REr0pNc
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RETIRED MARINES WIFE
ASKS $50 ALLOWANCE
$50 Month insufficient, Says Mrs.
Bette Petrola in d. C.
Supreme Court.

Mrs Bette Petrola, 81 years old, tells
the District Supreme Court in q suit
for maintenance against Vincent Pc
trola, retired Marine, that she cannot
live on the $50 monthly allowance
made to her by her husband, and asks
that it be increased to $50. In addi-
ton to her husbands retirement pay
Of $l32.74 monthly, the wife says, he
owns their home.
They were married August IL, 1887,
and have six living children, all adults.
Mrs. Petrola declares that when she
returned from q visit to her daughter,
Mrs. E. M. King, June IS last, she
found that her husband had changed
the locks on the doors and refused to
permit her to enter her home, and he
threatened her with bodily harm II she
attempted to enter. She has been COM
PEELED to seek shelter elsewhere. At
torneys E. X. Prender and George z.
Smith appear for the wife.
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both of which were responsible for
the useless loss of many lives during
the war. The OH was a flre-trap
with rubber gas pipes, vulnerable igni-
ton system and other serious defects.
We called them flaming coffns.' AS
for the Liberty motor as we received 1t
in France, it was just an automobile
engine, unfit for war purposes.
Developed Splendid Flyers.
despite the many handicaps i'm
posed on us, we succeeded in develop
ing a splendid body of flyers who per-
formed bravely and efficiently. I am
very proud of q letter Gen. Pershing
sent me after our first air offensive,
expressing appreciation Of our work"
Gen. Mitchell complied with a re-
quest Of his interviewer to see the let
ter. While he was rummaging through
his desk for it, the visitor noted on the
wall two framed citations comforting
the Distinguished Service Cross and the
d. S. M, "for repeated acts Of extraor-
binary heroism In action" He found
the letter, which read:
please accept my sincere congratu-
lations on the successful and very i'm
portant part taken by the air forces
under your command in the f1rst often
sive of the First American Army. The
organization and control of the ire
mendous concentration Of air forces,
including American, French, British
and Italian units, which has enabled
the Air Service of the First Army TO
carry out so successfully its dangerous
and important mission, is IS fine a
tribute to you personally as are the
courage and nerve shown by your ON
GERS signal proof of the high morale
which permeateS the service under
your command. Please convey to your
command my heartfelt appreciation OF
their work. I am proud of you ALL"
U. S. Fails to PrOfit by War.
eyes" Gen. Mitchell unused, Eve had
a pretty good air force by the time the
war was over, but, instead of keeping
up the good work, America has slipped
back tragically. We may have learned
some other lessons from the war, but
we have surely failed to profit by what
we learned about military aviation.
National defense? Why, there is
no national defense without aviation.
The next war will be fought in the
air-and we are still on the ground! !"
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CHICAGO GIVEN RECORDS.
Cleveland Police Send Pictures Of Three
Swindle Suspects to Illinois CITY.

CLEVELAND. January ~ lR.-Ber-
tillon records and pictures Of three men
who were arrested here last November
Z after swindling Cleveland business
men out of 1900 at cards have been
forwarded to Chicago police for possible
identification as the same m9n wanted
for the $4,000 faro fleeing or Mrs.
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge.
The Swindlers escaped prosecution
here because the hotel at which they
were arrested feared the notoriety and
their victims would not admit their
losses publicly. The photographs were
forwarded by Detective Sergt. Jacob
Stewart, who made the arrests here,
after noting the similarity Of their de-
scriptions with the men wanted In
Chicago.
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y vAvING learned that despite my
recommendations little or no
RI attention was being given At q,
home to the Importance OF
teaching our men the use OF
the rifle. it seemed necessary again 70
emphasize my views, especially AFTER
further knowledge of its neglect In
allied armies. l..
The Infantry soldier well trained IN
stealthy approach and in the ART OF
taxing cover makes q small target, and
If An expert rifleman there is nothing
that can take his place on the oattie-
field. -
home" 1 cabled washington September
"a. 1917, should not be allowed 70
interfere with rifle practice nor Win
intensive preliminary training In our
schools of soldier, company and bat
talon"
on this latter point the following,
which was dwelt upon in the A. Z. r.
with all vigor, was added:
IT cannot too strongly impress upon
the War Department the absolute
necessity of rigid insistence that all
men be thoroughly grounded in the
school of the soldier. Statutes shouio
be rendered by both officers and men In
most military manner. Inc
LOYALTY, readiness and alertnesS 1ndi-
Gated by strictest adherence to this
principle will immensely increase the
pride and lighting spirit of our troops,
1.-The slovenly, unmilitary, careless
habits that have grown up in times Oh
peace in our Army are seriously detrl-
mental to the aggressive attitude that
must prevail from highest to lowest IN
our forces. Strict methods used az
West Point in training new cadets In
these elementary principles have given
the academy its superior excellence.
These methods should be applied vlgor-
ously and completely in the forces we
ARE now organizing"
Exclusive Jurisdiction.
NV dairy notes the following:
"Chaumont, Wednesday, September
26. 1917. Then French agree that We
should retain exclusive jurisdiction over
American soldiers in France. FIND
Capt. r. B. owens, the head OF cleo
tries, University of Nebraska, when
was there, now Russels assistant.
"Chief of Ordnance at washington
DELAYS storehouSe construction by re-
uuesting views of French commissioner
/ regarding our necessities. Col. Keen,
Medical Department, just arrived. as
signed to command medical units with
British. Frederick Palmer spent last
night with us.
SHave again cabled relative to care
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Ordnance Chief Blamed
for Delay in Refusing
to Act Without French
Opinion of Needs.
STRESS AGAIN PUT
ON RIFLE TRAINING
Buck Passing in Capital
Draws Criticism for
Holding Up Essential
Work in France.
CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVI.
v YAVING learned that despite my
recommendations little or no
RI attention was being given at
home to the Importance OF
+aachi,,0 o,lr men the use OF
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Distinct American Corps Urged.

DAo1ucb hmctledu SOTpS CTBeu.
IT remember that Pershing appeared
deeply impressed by what we had said,
and he promised to appoint a special
board to look into the matter. The
board was composed Of Russell Of the
Signal Corps, Churchill, Dodd, Lieut..
Carberry and myself. We recommended
unanimously the formation Of a dis
ttnct American flying corps.
"Pershing at once began to help us
organize it. 1t was separated from the
Signal Corps and was the first indie
pendent military air force Of the United
States.
ON being appointed chief of the
A. e. F. air service I recommended
again adoption of air equipment that
had been proved to be good in actual
battle, such as the Spad plane for
pursuit, the Breguet for bombardment
and the Salmson for observation-all
Of French design. Instead of needing
Ehis advice, those In authority in the
Omitted States picked up the DELAY.
Wand plane and the Liberty naotor--
.@5.ttf -. -.
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DR.. HART TO TALK

Historian to Address D. c. Educa-
ton Association Saturday Night.
DR.. Albert Bushnell Hart, historian
OF the George Washington Bicentennial
Commission, will speak at the meeting
OF the Education Association Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia at the Wilson Teach
ers' College Auditorium, Eleventh and
Harvard streets, Saturday night, on
Great Men in History"
Preceding DR.. Harris lecture, the In
ter-High School Festival Orchestra OF
washington, under the leadership of
Ludwig Mandy, will present a ne-hour
concert. The concert viii begin at 1880
o'clock.
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President General, D. A. R..
To Visit Glacier Park

Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart. president
general Of the Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution, who has been spending
several weeks at home in Milford. Ohio,
is now on an official tour through the
Northwest. En- route she was the guest
of Mrs. Charles e. Herrick, vice presi-
dent general for Illinois, at her home
ter at Fargo N. Oak. Mrs. Hobart was
joined Saturday at Glacier Park by
Mrs. Grace Hall Brosseau, former presi-
dent general. and they will make q trip
together through the park before pro-
ceeding to Spokane, where they will
be entertained by Mrs. Wesley Hugh
Du Bots, State regent ct Washington.
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Mrs. w. H. Bloedorn Plans
Party at Mountain Cottage
Miss Eleanor Daniel and Mr.. Humphrey Daniel
Are at Rehoboth for Stay of
i Several Days

wright and Mr.. Joseph Rafferty, are
Line from Havre tomorrow and expect
to dock in North River about August 8.
Mrs. Leroy Shoemaker of Hawthorne
street and Mrs. I. e. Shoemaker OF
Forty-fifth street, lett yesterday for
Philadelphia to make short stay.
Mrs. William A. Roberts of Washing
ton is at Old Point Comfort, where she
will spend some time at the New Cham
berlin Hotel.
Miss Rebecca St. Clair, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. f. st. Clair OF 1868
Ingleside Terrace will sail from New
York on the De Grasse for trip to
France, Germany, England, Scotland
and Switzerland. Miss St Clair will be
accompanied by Miss Ida Munro of Co.
lumbus, Ga.
Miss Adrienne c. Mayer has returned
home alter Spenuing some time visit
ing in youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Catherine Bell Palmer, a recent
graduate of George Washington Upi-
versity, is spending the Summer with
her mother, Mrs. r. S. Palmer, in
Maine.
Mrs. Grace E. Preston is leaving this
week for a visit of several months In
Los Angeles, Calf, with Mr.. and Mrs.
William P. Migreot and Mr.. Harry N.
Burgess, who were the guests OF Mrs.
Preston last week.
Mr.. Charles c. Dobie of Alexandria,
Va, has returned from an extended
motor trip in the South, having visited
in Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana
While in Arkansas Mr.. Dobie was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Jean
of Magnolia He also spent several
days at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace Pease of Hainesville, La.
Mr.. and Mrs John B. Columbus OF
2118 P street left for San Jose, Calf,
yesterday. where they will be the guests
of Dr. and Mrs. Nswton P. Patterson
until September.
Mr.. Charles c. Dobie of Alexandria,
Va, and Washington has returned to
his home after an extended motor trip
through the South.
While III Magnolia, Ark, Mr.. Dohie
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. l..
Jean and later visited at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Peas in Haines-
vile, La.
Mrs Sabine Drury Callaghan and h:r
daughter Mrs. Albion Wilkins Tuck are
sailing August 6 on the S. S. President
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speich. Miss James Howard. Miss
Dorothy Miller and Miss Belle Norton.
DR.. and Mrs. G. Augustus Simpson,
who are spending some weeks at James.
town, r. l., were hosts to a company of
II at dinner. Wednesday evening. for
their daughters, Miss Frances. Simpson
and Miss Betsy Anne Simpson. They
later took their guests to the Casino for
dancing.
Capt. q. F. Burrell entertained
group last evening at the dinner dance
on the Shoreham Terrace
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Capt. and Mrs. Bailey Hosts
At Open Air Dinner

Capt. ana Mrs. Eugene B. Bailey
were hosts at q party on the Shoreham
Terrace, wednesday evening, when their
guests included Capt. and Mrs. Elmer
Adler, Mrs. Vinton Meloy, Capt. and
Mrs. James Van Ingen and Maj Fabian
Prattv
Miss Betty Jeanne Wheatley enter
tanned at luncheon, Tuesday, Miss We
ronica Cunningham Miss Phyllis
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Va. for the week end to be with their
elder daughter, Martha holland, who
is at Camp May Father.
. Mr.. an dMrs. Walter Hazard, who
make thsir home at the Ontario have
gone to Atlantic City and are at the
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Hoover for California, by way Of Cuba
and the Panama Canal. After an ex-
tended visit in California, they will 60
TO Honolulu. returning to Washington
in the late Fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson v. Shelton and
their small daughter, Vivian Ina. of
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Cardiff, Wales, is TO annex Penarth,
four miles away, and having a popu-
lation Of $1,000.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Louis G. Caldwell left
Thursday for New York City, from
whence they st sail on Friday to spend
their vacation in Europe. They will
return TO their apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel, September 10.
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Breakers. After two weeks there they
will 20 to Monomonock Inn, Caldwell,
N. j., where they will remain until after
Labor Day, when they will 60 to Heaton
Hail. Stockbridge, Mass Later they
viii 20 to New York to live.
Miss Bierne Jones, daughter OF Mai.
Jurius Jones, y. s. A., was hostess We'd
nesclay evening at her beautiful home.
WaVerley, in Staunton, Va, entertaining
with a dance In honor Of her house
guest, Miss Josephine Andrews, daughter
Of Col. and Mrs. r. M. Andrews of
washington, and Miss Isabella Harrison
of Charlottesville, the latter Q student
at Vassar. Maj. Jones was here from
washington to attend the dance.
Mrs Alexander L. Thomas Of Lowell
street and two of her children, Raymond
and Mildred, are leaving today for Point
Pleasant. where they will stop 10 days at
Reacon-by-
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hazard, who
ticut avenue and her son Charles are
spending their vacation at the Nase-
nlond Hotel, Ocean View, Va. Miss Ida
Sackerman of 819 Fl street northeast,
sister of Mrs. Beneman, is with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira c. Cochran of Phil
adelphia, are at the Carlton for a brief
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis G. Caldwell left
M q. AYAsx
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Mr.. and Mrs Ira c. Cochran of Phil
adelphia, are at the Carlton for a brief
stay.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Cammack
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Allison Naylor
Miller Mr. and Mrs. Dion S. Birney
Mr. James F. Nolan, DR.. John Cart