The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1919, Page 6

PAGE 6 BISMARCK DAILY. TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19, 1919. B TROUBLE IN THR U.S. ARMY? Complaints of Officers and Privates Against the “West Point Clique’ Are to Be Aired When the Congressional investigation Gets Under Way in Earnest MANY ARE OUT TO “GET PERSHING” BY C.C. LYON + H WHAT'S TH Literally hundreds of thousands of . BE. A. Staff Correspondent Who officers and men will bring their griev- Was With the United States jances home with them, and when they Army in Europe | get into civilian life again, where they General Pershing wants his conduct | can’t be reached by army court mar- of the war in France investigated by | tials, they will begin airi these congress. grievances. A big majority of all officers who} I predict the greatest “knockfest” went into the army from civilian life,| America has ever heard. i after the declaration of war in April, | After listening to the complaints of 1917, want some sort of an investiga- | hundreds of officers and men, I would tion, either of Pershing’s part in it, or! say that the greatest cause of their of the handling of the as a whole. tation was the alleged manner in And practically ev enlisted man,| which they were treated by the “regu- who actually fought with a gun on his| lar army.” shoulder in France, wants an investi-} Those making the complaints are, gation! almost without exception, men who Therefore, with nea everybody | went into the service after America wanting an investigation, why not/declared war on Germany in April, have one, and a thorough one at that? | 1917, and national guard officers and Concealment of conditions in army | men. | in France is no longer neces-; “The national guard outfits,” a na- over, Germany is}tional guard colonel said to me just} The war ed, and any American who now] before I sailed for home, “have been | protests against the army’s! treated outrageously in this war. I) management carnot be od of be-{haven’t the slightest doubt in my own ing “pro-German.” | mind that the regular army crowd, at ; As a war correspondent, who was j the very outset, started in to destroy with our fighting forces in France for, our national guard. i 19 months, my best judgment # that! “Even while national guard organi- Pershing will be forced to face, if an} zations were in the American training | impartial investigation is made, a very | camps, hundreds of the high officers } large number of officers and men,| Were separated from their commands | who, in civilian life, will-have very and the places given to regular army | strong political influences back officers who thereby got higher ranks. them—influences so strong that their “Then after we got to France they complaints against army conditions | continued their raids of the guard and aust be given serious consideration. |no guard officer knew what day his | head would fall and he would be hu- { do know that hundreds of i t mil nt to the rear. In- these officers and men are after | vould be filled | Hing ‘and the “West Point crowd” that had so much to say in running the army in France. ars Pei | our identities by transferring our offi- | cers to other outfits and sending in \new officers and when our men went |to hospit they seldom got. back to |us, their places being filled by s {tive drafts or by militiamen from Feuntar | | LADDES jother states, { CAPSULE oat | |The first thing I’m going to do | 24 HOURS jwhen I get out of the se $ to | beyin telling all about the hig and- ed methods of the regular army clique | that ran things.” ; Another complaint I often heard} | was that the West Pointer bossed the | ¥ reware of counterfeits _ were always flying HUNS RETURN) THIS ANTIQUE CHINA INSISTS This ancient astrolabe belongs to China. But since the Boxer troubles in China it has stood in Potsdam palace grounds, carried there by Icoting Germans. Now the Chinese want it back, along with other unique astronomical instruments stolen, and their re- turn would be to China the best evidence of German defeat. | All the instruments are of bronze, the one in the picture with wierdly- shaped, dragon-like standards. They are priceless-antiques to the Chinese, though valueless now as scientific instruments. The astrolabe was used to determine altitude of moon and stars. war, but left practically all the fight-!to you: ‘Go in and get those German ing ‘and the dying to the fellows who! machine gun nests: if you have to go came into the army from civilian life.! after them with your bare hands’? An honest congression nvestiga-! [hat’s just about what we've been dd- tion will show how many West Point-| ing the eleven days. I took 950 boys ers stayed in safe places in the rear,| in and I’m bringifg out just 211.” and how many of them actually led Did the planning and conduct of the troops up where the shells were break- | big battles in which Ameriean troops ing and bullets whizzi Cook part show a high order of mili-{ Furthermore, of favoritism | tary ability an the part of our staffs, out: 31 oy do the restits in lives lost and men that the officer f civilian ‘life | wounded show these staffs to be made never had how with the; up of bung West Point army of-| An honest investigation ought to fieer when it es y promo-} bring out the truth either way. y a letter came from an officer in Franc There’s one thing ; 1 want to know,” he sai tions. Our casual 00 Ame Formerly With References | Mason & Hamlin,Carlyle M. Scatt,.j 1 Steinway, Prof. of Music Knabe, Ete, State U. of Minn. | } | F.W. 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They stand at attention,. like poflus of the future and salute gravely, And always some-woman rushes up at the la: minute and _ exclaims breathlessly: ‘“Are they all in yet?” Oh,. what a pity! And I so wanted to TEXT OF CONSTITUTION OF LEAGUE.OF NATIONS (Continued from page 4) will prevent hostilittes’and will result. in the settlement of the dispute. Py ARTICLE 18 The high. contracting--parties agree that the le: shall be intrusted with general superyision of the trade in erms and ammunition, with: the coun- tries in which the controlof this traf- fic is necessary in the common inter- est. 5 | 's ARTICLE 19 To“ those colonies “and territories which as a consequence jof the late war have ceased to be under the sov- lereignty of the states which formerly governed. them and which are inhabit- ;ed‘by peoples not yet able to stand: by themselves under. the strenuous condi- {tions of the modern world, there should be ‘applied the principle that the well heing’and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the performance of this. trust should be embodied in the. constitution of the league. The bést method of giving practical effect to this principle is that the tute- lage of such peoples should be jintrust- ed to advanced: nations: who. reason of their resources, their experience gr their geographical position, can undertake this responsibility, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as mandatorigs oh behalf of the league. The character of the mandate must differ according to the stage of devel- opment of the people, the geographical situation of the territory, its-economic {conditions and other similar circtim- stances. Certain communities formerly. be- Jonging to “the-Turkish empite: have reached such a stage of development that their existence as independent na- t can be provisionally recognized subject to’ the rendering of. adminis- tratiye advice and assistance by a man- datory power until such time as they are able to stand-alone, The wishes of these communities must be a. principnl consideration in the sélection of the mandatory power. Other peopl central Atri | - 5 T the administration of the territory sub- Ject to congitions which will guaran- tee freedom of conscience or religion, subject only; to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibi- tion of abuses such asthe slaye: trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic, and the prevention of the establish- ment. of fortificatidas or military and nays) bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defense of territory, ‘and ‘will also secure equal opportuni- ties for the trade and commerce of other members of the league. ‘There are térritories, Such as south- west Africa and certain of the South Pacific isles, which owing to the spnrseness of theit\population, or their small size, or their remoteness from the centers of civilization, or their geographical continuity to the manda- tory state and other circymstances, can best be administered under the law of the mandatory state as integral por- tions thereof, subject to the safeguards above mentioned, in the interests of the indigenous population. In every case of mandate, the man- datory state shall render to the league nn annual report in reference to the territory committed. to its charge. The degree of authority, control -or administration to be exercised by the mandatory state, shall, if not previ- ously agreed upon by the high contract: ing parties in each cuse, be explicitly defined by the executive council in a special act or charter. The high contracting parties further agree # establish at the seat of the league a mandatory commission to re- cefve and examine the annual reports of the mandatory powers and to assist the league in insuring the observance of the terms of-all_ mandates. ARTICLE 20 i The high contracting parties will en- deavor to secure and maintain fair and humane -conditions of labor for men, women and children, both in. their. own countries and in‘all countries to which their commercial and industrial rela- tions extend, and to that end agree to establish as part of the organization of the league a permanent bureau of labor. ARTICLE 21 * f The high contracting parties agree that provision shall bé made. through the instrumentality of the leggtie to secure and maintain freedom of tran-| sit and equitable treatment for, the commerce of all states members of the Idigue, having in mind, among other things, special a ngements with re- gard to the necessities ’of the regions devastated during the war of 1914- 16 t Y t ci s ARTICLE 22 . t The high contracting parties agree to place under the control of the league all international ybureans alr es tablished’ by general treatie the | parties to such treaties cons Fur- thermore, they agree that all such in- ternational bureaus to be constituted in the future ‘shall be placed under control of the league. ARTICLE 28 Thé' high contracting parties ‘agree a i COWEN Mrelirepess gagement entered 'fnto hereafter by, any state -member-/of, the league shall be forthwith registered with the secre- shall be binding until so. registered. of the league of treaties hecome inapplic: tional conditions of which the continu- | world. ly agree that the present covenant is the terms thereof, .and solemnly en- that every treaty or international en-' gage that, they cel dae siness Mother’s Pet Needs a Cascare Baby is mad! Doesn't want the favorite dolly, or the horn, or the picture books—but don’t scold! Look at the tongue! Then hurry! Give candy Castarets tawork the nasty bile, souring food ana constipation poison-ffom. the little liver and bowds, os MOTHERS! Clean the clogged-up places. 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In éuse ay" ary general and as soon as possible of, (he owe) slenatory, hereta or, be, published by him, and that no sucek{Sequently admitted‘ to the league shall, ' reaty. or , international engagement | before becoming a party. to this cov- {enant, have wNertaken any obligations ARTICLE 2 whic hare inconsistent with the terms Tt shall be the right of the body of | of-this covenant, it shall be*the duty lelegates from time. to time to advise | ol such power to take immediate steps he reconsideration by es members| to produce its release from such. obli- which have | gations: ; ble, and of interna-! + ARTICLE 26 Amendments to this covenant “will take effect when ratified by the states whose representatives compose the ex- * ecntive conneil and ‘by three-fourths of the states Whose representatives com- pose ihe body of delegates. Phone 75, City Fuel Co. 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