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The Tribune Aat'n]
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, L917
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In l.rrmler New Tork
two < BUTfl
Within lomniutlng lllatanee
rjiRr.i: i-rsiTs
I'aew her*
Trotzky Asks
Allies to Enter
Peace Parleys
He Insists Germany Must
Agree to Pact Without i\n
nexations or Indemnities
Von Kuehlmann and
Czernin Are Ready
Teuton Ministers Arrive at
Brest-Litovsk to Dis
cuss Peace
'-rc IT. Count C.er
aia BBd 1 tnf ^us*
rrian sr.,! relgn ministers,
. IhB Bolshe
II be
nt 3
tl bcg'.n r.ego
. rercial Kuropean peace.
ll the
? . .ie'.rpV.e.
I c to arrange to
I time. He
represeatatives
to mak* the foi
the Central Pow
?,o tnaKc
ini or contributions,
mi oa '
re ir. ?
i.! Towers
peaei >oon, they
Miled answer to thc
? I
A.ks Allies to Join Tarleys
-^ : ..prr- ar.nounce
tba; Trotzky haa scr.t a commut.icc
Allied oi ? whieh
received up to this
cm of thc armistice
ard .' the begianing of peace ncgo
tia'.ots ... _iag thoai to partici
pf.r.
Th* eommunicaiion states that Kus
4-a an.i Ih. ? ? niu.l Powers will rc
rnvr * ..j.c; an-s, bu*
:.tinu* a policy of
"aabou. I] be forced to
break .ic by the Im*
:m*nt and to make a sepa?
rate pf i rr01 . ? out that
for an armistice al?
ready have rr-ache-l defmite rc
tatB whether
. not.
afternoon wdre
.- attlt u.le. An infor
aia! canfrrenc* of the Allied represent
thi Bi ii th Emhassy.
Accord'-:: to the best ir,i'orma..on no
: at.
Wriisticc Nearly Ended
I'e*.a>is of the acenea of thc i-igr.lr.g
nt *hr i.r that up to Sat?
urday the temper of the del
?r.at it appeared that
th* aeg hroken off.
The Gel :_tr.es suddenlv
diasJsyi :udc of eompromise,
and t:. ehaaf
rhe apreemeni was
aign*.. ? saturda) even
Iflg. _mng
lloffman, head of the Ger
and said:
longer enejnies, hut
enemies of democ?
raey in , .ii , the reply
of thc ; i ht German staff at
umphal dinner
a ? '?.
Tbo
'n _-. 'r,,rn distaat parl
trrad and :i public
held
foi th* purpi ? '
''tr: : .rary rommittee to
. ago arranged '."
"ood I:. <ia >.;' .nufarture^
I portuuity, which ha
new t; come. Trading ha* h*
. ? the front. and tbe
to he hartermg
.;' manufact ired goodi for
faoda , rgO scale. i 'i'i' ?
gra ' fi i German
g lhat
they v rtlj be able to satisfy the
tor comrnodities
. without.
Kerensky, With Army,
Reported Near Petrograd ;
Boisheviki Send Troops
1 OP] .;: \ 11 '., Doe. lk\ A tonttti
that ;. i .;. r l'remier Keren*ky of
a thousands
... |n *.l,i vicinity
?f Petrogra contained m h dis
Ptstah iaiida. in Sweden, at
i r, to the "Kerlingske
Tidmur ' j. . Balshoa/iU are said to
? him.
Aii | ? havc l.eeti received
r?c*nt'\ regard ng conditiona lB Ruaaia
?**v* '? thal tbe Bolsh*
Jjj -*?**. a their poaition
"M w-re , . g little epaoai*
<*-*pt on the part of Cosaacka in
^outhirn K.
pe from th* capital
*?._?? eared. Me recently was
*?'<? to b* . ,n a place aafe
'rom bil *n, ?
Kaiser Took All Good
Troops From the East
? ii
WJTH THI FKKNi li AKMIKS IN
rlANi* E, I?*c. 17. B*f0re aigning the
*rrnittice with Ruaaia, Germany, ae
cording to numrroua priaonera, with
drew all aoldiera b*twe*n thc agea of
and thir'y-hve from the divi
aiens of the Ruaaian frint. Theae were
Nplaced by oid*r men and ra-cruits of
%* V.<\9 claaa, th'ua nammally retain
ing thc same formatioia on the Eaat
?rn front aa in th* paat.
Th* diviaiona now ?ccupying th?
Weatem front Hnea. ccejaequently. are
-osapoaed of the beat hlhting material
*t the diapoaal of G.rmTny.
Meatless Day
Is Ignored by
Many in City
Big Hotels and a Few Lunch
rooms Observe Rule; Vio
lators Called Disloyal
With thr exception of the big liotcla*
and a few isolated MStaviaata nnd
chop houses, "meatless Tucsday" is a
dead letter in thc publu* eating placr?
Bf Naw Vcrk. In ynme of tha Broad
way lobatcr palacrs ITBcrc the bills
of i'are \e*:?rday told the hung'y that
Ba "meatless day," stcaks nnd
chops and ham ar.d other mra;
fened to p|] who ordered.
In Jack'.-, at Si xt h Avenue ar.d
r'orty-thirJ Street. two BISB arcra eat?
ing steaks when B reporter of Thc
Tribune visitcd thc restaurart jraatar*
day afternoon. When a waitrr was
n-^ed if "meatless da*,'* was ba.Bg BD*
BCrvad he said: "Wc give our patrons
what they a:-k for. Thc o'hers arc
doing it."'
Itig Hotels Observe Rules
A' thc big hoteli thc Biltaiorc, Bre
\oerr. Kr.ickerhockcr, BelsiOBt, \
iNctherlaad, Savoy, i.otham. Waldorf,
Vandcibilt. Manhattan aad Clai
U.S.Submarine
Sunk by Sister
Ship; 19 Lost
III Fated F-l Rammed by
F-3 in Home Waters,
Daniels Announces
Lieut. Montgomery
Among 5 Survivors
Victim, of Hoodoo Type,
Once Caught on Bottom of
San Francisco Bay
WASHINGTON, Dae. 18. v
arere lost when the Amcricar
i-ubniaririe F-l was rammed and sut k
l.y aubmarine F*3 in home waters dur?
ing a fog Moi.day afternoon.
Thc F-8 araa unilamagcd nnd picked
irvivora of her victim. See
retarj aBBOBBeod thc dii
late to-day in a bricf BtatOW Bl v hii i
na further det;; ?
I i uti naflt A. E. Montgomery. com
mandiag o-iecr ?..f thc l-i, arai among
Teuton Aeros
Bomb London
And the Coast
Raiders Met With Heavy Fire
?Kent and Essex
Attacked
LONDON, I'rr. 1*. f.erman air
plaaoa raidad Eagiiah coast town.- to
Bight Some of thc raiders rcr.cherl
l.ondon, where they were met with a
heavy ll rr. Maay bombs were dropped
Ai otlicial BBBOUBecmCBt of the raid
: a\ s:
"Hostile BirplaBC. crossed the EaeCl
and Kent coat, aboat 1:11 o'cloek and
proceeded toward l.ondon. Sonn- of UM
raiden reached thc l.ondon district and
ilruppcil bOBlha. llombs al.so wer?
dropped iu K. n*. and EaSBZ.
"Reporti af eaaaaltioa and damage
have not ?. i t BOCO reeeived. Our guns
aad aii!'! .1.? arere both in action."
Thc raid I" poitr-d iii the abo\ p o:*
patch is thc lirst since Deeember I,
when twenty-five Oothaa attacked Lon?
don. killing tea poraoiai nnd lajarini
thirty-one. Two of thc:c raider BfOI
captured with then- erowa ah\c. F're
vioua ta that a month had elapse.j
fiiire a Genaan aftuck, thc eiicmy mak?
ing only one atteinpt. oa Novehiber -
tu i ? h thi hearl oi' l.ondon. At lhal
time thirtj acroplaaci touk part in thc
GOING TO CONVERT THE CANNIBjALS
thc menus have printed on them in
large type that nieats shall not bc
served on Tuesdays. At the KnicV.'-t
BOChor when a steak wa^ sought thc
waitcr pointed to the hnc "M.
Pay" prlatod in big red letters BCrOBI
the face of the menu. "None of the
hotels serve any meats on Tuci.dir.."
said thc waiter, "but you can get fowl
or game. We have some QiCC ICJUBb
chicken." And BCrosa the page given
over to steaks appeared lnoad rod
Btriaea.
Thi- was the experience with waitcrs
iri other hotels of any sire. though at
vome of the smallcr 0BC8, where the
menu said that it was "Meatless Day,
the winters said that one could |0l
Iteahl or chops if wanted.
Nearly every small rcstaurant vlalt
ed had every variety of meat on thc
bill of fare. This was true m Bil
Uoaa of the town.
01 the chains of moderatc ,
restaurant> viaitod Child,'.- ?nd the
automata were found to be ohoorvlag
"Meatless l)_y."
I.un.h Koomss Serae Meats
The Hultimorc Dairy I.unch rooms
Bf whirh there are IM ********
throughout the countn, the bulk o
them in this city- a*arc aalHag roa-t
bcef, ham and tongue landwicBe
terday. The manager* of the places
Visited ftA the company owning the
restaurar.tr, had said nothing to tlullfl
about observmg "Meatless l?a> BBd
so they continued in the same old ua
The name was true of tl.e Hartford
J.urich roomi.. The most centra lol
these at Itl West iorty-second Btreet,
lo having ? rush on beef stews an.l
h." aoTinio at 1 o'Cock ..st night
"No we don't observe any meatless
davV ' here." aaid the counterma".
"None of th. little rest.ur.nts_ do.
Only the big ones and the hotels.
? The manner ,r. whieh the prmcipa
big restaur.nts and hole . ??f_?-?1'
cu.tomers ol>erve "me.tiesa jay_js
Continued on Laat Page
tlu- five saveaL His mother, Mrs. .luliu
Montgomery Pratt, liarei st Parl H. Q.
Wright, V v.
iither survivors an-:
Si HMIS8AUTER, J. M., machinist;
father, Charlea i'. Bchmissaater, Millfl
City, Tonn.
BROWN, Henry I... gaanei*s mat.-;
, il. P. Brown, Mscon, Ga.
BURNS, Joseph J.. chief gunner'.* mate;
\. ife. San Podro, Cai.
STEWART, John ?? . ihlp'fl took',
mother, Mrs Celia B. I smpbell,
Huron, S. I?.
'Ihe list of tbOSC 1.,** v. ?s arnouticed
. Naa -. |h partmstil i faallaajroi
BELT, John R . aeamsn; mother, Mrs.
.) i;. Belt, Silflbee, T< ?
BERNARD, Praak, raaehinist'a mate;
,, Abelia QuiataL, Oaklaad, Cai
i ORSON, William L, ehief rlectrietaBj
next of kin. Hasel M. Carsaa, laong
Bi sch, Cai.
GOONAN, lames, chief guaner's mate;
mother, Mrs. Minnie Mcl Is n, Lima,
Ohio.
GREENBERG, Bimon, eloctrician, first
elas: : mother, Sophis Graa sberg,
Philaalerphia.
gTOUGH, Dudlev. chief gunnor'a mate;
.i.uie Stough, Vallejo, a al.
VINCENT, Charlefl 1'.. sleetriclaa:
father, l'hilip B. ViaCOBt, Kxeter, Cfil.
VYALSH) Thomas A. macbinist'l mate;
mothor, Mrs. Anna O'Hritn. Ilillyard,
Wash.
YVYATT, l'lyile, W., machinist's mate;
Continued on Last Page
attack, oaly three of which pcnetiated
the defences of Ihe eapital. Righl per
son.; were killed ;.n<l tva cnty-ono in
juri-d.
Suffrage Wins in
House on Test Vote
Women Poll Scven More Than
Two-thirds Required in
Preliminary Skirmish
WASHINGTON, l>ec. l*. Oa a test
vote to-day, indicatlng aeatimeat in the
H'liise tOWSffd the m un.in suffrage con
BtltUtional iirncndment, thc suffragists
polled leVOfl more than ;i two-thirds
BR refernng
?' ige i,- ii'utioris to the new Woman
._?,? < ommlttee, as the suffragists
tead of the elections com?
mittee. as tbe anti-sutfragists a.-ked.
A vote ira the House on the woman
suffrage ccristitutiona! amendment
January 10 was'assurcd today when
thn Ralei i ommitt.'- agreed on that
date.
An effori >>as made by Represcnta
tive Kitchin to iticnaa. the number
of members of the House Woman Suf?
frage CaanaittBB by onc to provide a
place for K'-pr-si-ntatr.e I.ot.don, of
S'ew Talk ' ?<"ci.ili-t I. lt was blocked
i>y BB object ion.
This ls Wheatless Wednesday
War Councils Are Shaken;
Crozier Shifted; Goethals
Back; Senate Now Orders
Ship and Railroad Inquiry
Secretary Directs 3
Generals in War
Board to Give Up
Other Duties
Wheeler Becomes
Ordnance Chief
Canal Builder Resumes
Service as Head of
Quartermaster's
Branch
(Rr BM A-fJHiated Pr?sl
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.?Secretary
Baker to day moved forward the or
BBBizatiaa cf bis newly created war
council by rclicving from their present
duties three- of thc five officers as
ligBOd to that body. This will leave
them free to devote all their time to
thc council'.s ta?;k of coordinating all
War Department activitics in such a
way that the time heretofore believed
to be necessary for tho ?cnding to
France of an army of sufficient size to
insure the defeat of Germany will be
materially reduced.
Mr. Baker announced tiiat Major
General George W. Goethals had been
recalled to active duty and would be?
come acting quartermaster general, rc
leasing Ma.ior Gcnera! Sharpe for ser?
vice with the council. Major General
Weaver will bc relieved liy Brigadier
General Btrrette. who becomes acting
chief of eaast artillery, and Major Gen?
eral William Crozier by Brigadier Gen?
eral Charles Wheeler, who becomes
acting chief of ordnance.
General Bliss. chief of staff, anJ
Major General Crowder. the other of
I'ccrs on t.i*. council, wi!! rctain their
present po*itions, thc former as chief
of staff and the latter as judge advo
cate general and provost marshal gen?
eral. Genrral Bli?n retires Deeember
.'ll for age, hut probably will continue
on thc council. Prrparations being
made to-d:iy for the council indicated
that GeiKTal Crowder might be able
to devote only a small part of his time
hcreafter to other iatioa.
Mr. Baker decided that offices of the
council mi-t BC in the War Depart?
ment Building itself. and offices now
occupied hy General Go/..er, as chief
of oidnari.e, prop.biy will bc used.
the ordnance bureau he.ng transferred
I.. another buildn.r.
Mr. Bak.r iMtCBtad in hia laal *.aar
review th it the Icusmbii an.tist.ee ha*
made it nocoeaaxji for the United
Statei to accelerate Us war prepara?
tion*' The ,-ap in the Allied rank.s va
, ,,,d hv Uua-ia must he ulled prompt
!s manv o?e?n here -ay, if thegcn
?nU .itriatiOB --hall continue to show a
balance of actual. aa arell aa *?**?""?'?
power in ravor af thc I altod Mate*
and thc Mli**** when the summer cam?
paign roacaca ita lu-ight in 11*18
House l rges Masle
Menbers of thc House mis--o^
whieh partielpatad ia the war con?
ference* in I'aris are believed to ha."
brought hack a similar message. Gen?
eral Bliaa 's prcpaung a detailed re?
port for the I're.'idrnt and Secretary.
?ind there is Iittla doubt that his re?
port will lay atreaa on thc need <?
ha tr in American preparation
|t i, (-enerally believed that the
Amoric.m ' i epiescntativca at thc WM
ninf.rencc made some definite itaUj
ment i.s to what the I'nited States couM
and would do and how lonjr it wou d
take to do it. Thc new council probably
will undertake to make certain the de?
livery ol whatever military atrer.gth
WM pledged t? the All.es at that t.me.
Seeretary Baker would not dlaeoaa
to-day Oeaoral Bliaa. laeeoaaof aa
ehief of .taft*. Me.ny reports as to who
would bc tha new chief have heen cur
rant in thfl War Department. but the
e?lv publi.* recognition Mr. Baker has
given them was to say that a recent
report that (.t-nen.1 PeTVhlng WBB to
ba recalled to All the post lacfcoa any
fo i'ldition.
Among officers mentioncd for ch.et i
of j-taff have been M.jor Geacrall
Hunter I.iggett. Joha Morr.-on, Clar?
ence Kd.tai.l-. John Bul.Ile, the present
ooaiatant chief. Josi-ph K. Kuhn, Leon?
ard Wood Hnd other divisiooal eom
manders. Recently the pos.-ibility wa*
auggaated that Ceneral Crowder might
be eoaaidercd and from France ha* come
a sugge-.tu.il that Major General Pey
tOB March might moat with approv.I
among General Pershin^jjfficeri.
Senator Asks for
Creel's Payroll
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. A rcsolu?
tion requesting the Committee on Pub?
lic Information to inform the Senate of
the amount of lalarie? or allowances
for expt-nses granted the chairman,
George Creel, membera of hii staff or
othtvrs, and as io the committee'. ex
penditiires generally. was introduced to
dav by Senator G.llinger, the Republi
c.ii le.der. It wai referrcd to the Ap
propri.tions Committee.
A general .t.tement of its expendi
.?rea without the .alary list w.s sent J
to the House recently by the committee. I
Lending Guns io U. S. Army
IVeakens Allies, Says M'Cormict\
WJISHINGTON, I?cc. IV--The fol?
lowing statement was made to-day by
Represcntative Medill McCormick after
his appearance before the Senate com?
mittee that ki investigating thc War
Department:
"There are -ome things which I said
to the Seaate Committee on Military
Affairs of which I cannot at this time
speak for publication, but I am rtady
to say, with the consent of the chair
man of the committec, that I told thfl
committee that ncither the French nor
the Italians have any artillery to spare.
The Britis'n. v.ho in proportion to their
front have more guns by far than
either of their Western Allies. accord?
ing to their chief military authorities,
will not have guns enough until next
spring. The guns which the French
give us, they givc us because the im*
mediate RBCCSSitiOfl of our little army
in France are even greater than their
own.
"General IV-tain ?aid to mc: 'Mskl
gUBS. Send BS guns and ammunitioi
rather than steel billets. We are grate
ful for the little force you havc se-it
us. The ccho of its footfall.i carried
hope to every hearth in France, but
as it grows there must be a period
when we shall be taxed to supply it
While its numbers slowiy increase you
Americans, who are a great industrial
people, must see that this >var is an
industry of destruction. You will un?
derstand how. urgent it islto send us.
gun*. "middle heavies." and ihclls, in
order that we raay be armed to win
victories and to dciend ourselves so
that some of us may be alive to figir.
hy your side when at last America lfl
ready.'
"The Italian army when I was on the
Carso and in the Trentino, had some
thing less thaa one-quartcr as mar.,
guns as the Britiah nnd French armic
cor.-.hined. although there was no greai
difference in thc length of tbe -*-WBl .
ln Italy they suffcred from a short
tmt ...'ammunition, which limite.l thfl
evtent of their advance toward Tgiestfl
and the road to I.aibach.
-Thc 'middle heavy* il to this war
what thc steam shovel was to Panama.
Ir wc make guns enough and transport
them to Kurope before thc spring of
l'.H'.i wc ought to win this war without
Urribll losses. Without the guns we
lhall lose the men and may lose the
war.
"I believe that Hurley is going to
solve thc shipping problem. There?
fore the most urgent thmg wc have to
do is to build gun.s and to manufacture
ammunition. We must bu.ld for our?
selves and thfl Alliea -.,000 cannom
That la not a tigure summoned from my
inner consciousnes-. it is the estimate
of thc bc*t military opinion in hurope.
But appareBtly we shall havc produced
practically no guns within a year after
our declaration of war.
"It seems evident enough that or*
must create a department of muni?
tion* just as the French and the BBg*
lish have done. The task of organiz
in| armiei and forging weapons o.
deetruction was too much even for thc
great Kitchencr. so Lloyd George. per
haps the greatest of the public ser
irantfl _moug UlB cnemies of Germanv,
was put to the task of organizing thc
manufacturing of ammunition and
guns. In France the Minister of Mu
ritions when I was there was Lou
ebeur, one of the ablest industrial or
ganizers in the country.
"The lesaon to us is plain. The
piobltm of gun and munition making
is *o big that even the ablest indua
triarl exeeutive ln America will lind he
is taxed to the ultimate in directing
Lbeir production. Time ia the esaence
of victory and cannon are the weapon.
by which it must be won. Wc muat
make guns enough in time to win.
Gorgas Finds Lack of Clothing
and Bad Sanitation in Camps
Surgeon General Tells Baker Camp Hospital* Are Not
Equipped to Treat Pneumonia, Measles and
Other Epidemic Diseases
WASHINGTON, I>ec. 18. Insufncicnt
clothing, overcrowding and bad sar.i
tary conditions aie held largely ie
sponsiblc for disease epidcmics at
lamp Bowie, Te.v.aa; Camp Funston,
Kan.as; Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma,
and Camp Sevier, South Carolina, by
Surgeon General Gorgas In reports to
Secretary Baker, made public to-day, on
the result of his pcrsonal inspection ol*
the camps.
With the execption of Funston, none
of the camp base hospital.s has been
eompleted, General Gorgas says, and
thu ifl handicappmg the medical offi?
cers in treating patients. He recom
mends the ruahing of this \,ork, partic?
ularly the installation of plumbing.
(ieneral Gorgm points out that prac?
tically all the ilsaase is brought to the
camps by incoming men, and recom
mends the establi.hment of observa
tion camps for all neweomers. To aid
sanitary conditions he recommen.ls
that fifty square feet of floor space be
furnished for each man at all camps. In
some cases now only twenty foot .a
provided.
Winter Clothing Suppiied
Steps to rcmedy existing jjnfavorable
conditions havc been taken by division
commanders as far as possible, the re?
ports say, while winter clothing is
being suppiied as rapidly as received.
I.ack of warm garments during thc cold
weather of the late fall is believcd by
General Gorgas to havc contributed
largely to the spreud of pneumonia.
At Camp Bowie, where thc Mth
Guard Division ?*< training, General
Gorgas reported forty-one deaths dur?
ing tiie last month from pnejmonta out
of i<)1 ca*es admitted to the hospital.
About UN cases of measles have de?
veloped in the same length of time.
"There is a grent u.-al of unca?iness
and criticism among the people with
regard to conditions here, which are
worse from thc sanitary point of view
than in any other of the camps I have
visited." General Gorgas aay.
"The ba.se hospital is unfinished,
without ivater. plumbing or aewerage.
I recommend that telegraphic instruc
tions bc sent to the division commander
at once to put in plumbing. water and
sewer connectiona.
Immediate Action l rged
"I think the recommendutions I have
made will tend to concct the existing
aanitary errors, but I cannot uik* tOB
strongly that they be put lata effect at
once. The camp sites and aurround
ings are all thut can be desired. The
troops and general conditions ure good,
with tbe exception of iucIi conditions
as relate to tbe cpidemic diseaaea."
At Camp Funaton, ni th_ ..th Na
t.onal Army Division, there have been
forty-three deaths from pneumonia. J
with 1S9 cases, and twenty-two from
meningitis, with seventy cases.
"This indicates the most icrious con- i
dition as far as infection from menin?
gitis and pneumonia is coneerned,"
Geaeral Gorgas s.ys. "As emph.sizing
rhe situation l call attention to fhe fact
that they had eighty-four deaths from
nii causcs when the normal death rate
of such a command should bc about
twelve."
The general rtports that among the
20,0.to diafted men injectcd into thej
tantoninent m October were .nany
meningitis carriers. General Gorgas
r. commends observation camps, the re
lieving of overcrowdc-u conditions, the
? ot nearhy roads to keep down
the dust and thc ercction and heating
Ol ambulance shed-s to obvinte the pres?
ent difficultie. found in getting tht
motor amb'jlancts started during tht
.-tld weather.
Danger at Camp Sc?ler
Smitury conditions at Cump Scvier,
in th" '.uth Guard DivtaMM, are dc
-ir.h.'d by General Gorgas aa serious.
Sixty men hat.; died of pneumonia in
the last month. and the camp has been
,\po.. d to a general epidemic of
meaf-lca, about 7','t"" eaaea nuvit.g oc*
.urred during thc month. During the
month thero have bccn I7r. case. of
pneumonia and hfteafl cases of men
iBgitis.
Ihe basic cause of unsanitary condi
ton*. thc nport continue*, is BVOf*
crov.ding as the result of thc shortage
< f tcntaec. From eleven f.o twelve men
bai to be put la each t-.nt wnh ?bour
twri.tv i|iiar-' f. ct to eiwh man. Gen
.ia' Gorgas rccmrhenda- that no ad_i
tional men \?: sent to this camp until
thc diviaioB commander says he is able
to care for them proper'.y.
Wlu-i General Gorgas viaited the
camp, Novr-mber tt, thc whole command
wai in khaki, ami as a result there had
l ? ? . a good deal of di?contfort .nd
capoaaiw. Woollen underclottnng und
overeoata, howcer, *hud ariived and
been distributed.
Heat and I'lumbing Needed
Heat an i Dlurrbing are badly needed
in 'he hospitals, as nre additional BBB*
l ul.-tr.c.s. Ih.- general recommeodi
that both be supplied ai quickly a.
poiriblc.
During th.. last month at Cump Don
iphari, vth.-re thc 35th Guard Diviaion
is training, thTC have been 7l admis
aiona frorn pneumonia, with 11 do.tha;
? || cases of ni.-.iles and one death;
104 of diphtheria, with one death, and
?ix of meningitis. with four deathi.
? rowdmg ii desenbed by the re?
port as the l.im cause.
Intil recently. the general reports
under date of >esterday, the command
had nuthng but summer clothing,
\tnich undoubtedly had increaicd the
t. ndency to pneumoni.. Winter cloth?
ing ia now being reeeived and inued.
Nation Faces Big Reor
ganization as Result
of Investigation
Exposures
Country Is Misled
By Military Men
France Cannot Spare
Guns for Pershing,
McCormick Tells
Senators
By C W. Gilbert
WASHINGTON. Dec 18.-To?
day was eloctric.
Thc Senate oruered two investi?
gation*?one into the Shipping
Board and one into the railroad
situation.
The Senate Military Affair? Com?
mittee listcned to the testimony of
Represetitii'.ivo Mcdili McCormick,
who has just returned from Krance,
to the effect that France has no sur?
plus of machine guns or artillery,
but is arming us out of a supply
that is not suflicient for its own
needs. Mr. McCormick quoted Gen
? eral Petain as begging oa to send
! France guns. The general said
Franee would soon be taxed to sup
i ply our troops over there.
Richard Henry Catling, son of
the inventorof the Gatling gun, told
the committee that ordnance experts
the world over were astounded at
the blunders made by our ordnance
bureau in failing to adopt the En
fieid unchanged, and with it the
Lcwis gun unchanged.
The continued sensational taati
mony before the Military Affairs
Committee of thc Senate, the re
newal of the scandal in the Ship
pinj- Board, where thc resignation
of Admiral Harris proved that the
Goethals-Denman ? Capps-Hurley
controversy is still goine- on; the
unanimity of the Senate, without
regard to polilic*. in iti determma
tion to innuire into the failura to
build ships, all together made men
feel that at last thc long expected
explosion hud taken place.
The truth that is coming out now
and that will comc out as a result of
the shipping, coal and railroad in
vcstigatioiis will force a reorganiza
tion her".
It will bo made plain to the whole
country that it is impussible to go
on with 4he loosc asscmblage of ut
terly unrelated bureaus. in the
hands. for the most part. of in
ferior men, which has produced tha
failures tliat impartial investiga
tions are now revealing.
Ao one doubta here now that tho
nation H on the eve ot a hia reor.
ganlzaiion.
Sensational Testimony
Heard by Senatort;
Country Is Mikled
The Senators who heard the teati
mony to-day befere the Military Af?
fairs Committee felt the importance
of the occasion. They deaenbed that
teatimony as more aenaational than
any yet heard. Much of it ia not di*.
closed. for it was given in secret 888
sion, but enough was made publie te
show that the military authorities
have utterly misled the country tn
foatering the belief that the Freneh
hod an overproduction of artillery
and eould eaaily arm our fotce with
machine guns and Hght and heavy tield
guns until we were able next aummer
or in the epring of 1S?1? to arm ol*
own men. Repreaentative Mc( ormielt
dupelled that illision. Inatead ef
having an oversupply of guna, the
French are crying to ua lo make gains
for them, guns and ammunition, ap_
citically, not ateel billett, but ths
rinished product.
Mr. McCormick had viaited tha
French and Britiah an.i Italian fronte.
He was on the atand b?fope the com?
mittee for aeveral houra and told of
converaationa he had had with Gen?
eral Petain. with Field Marahal Hair
with the Britiah and with the Freneh
commanders of artillery and with
General I'erahing. ln a statement is?
sued to the preaa after tha heerln**
waa over, Mr. Mc( ormiek quotea Gen?
eral Petain upon the dimculty of aup