Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 217, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1920 — Page 2

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NAVAL PROBE TO BE ASKED ON SIMS’ CHARGES Told Not to Let British “Pull Wool” Over Eyes He Tells • Senate Committee. SHORT HELP FOR WEEKS WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—A complete investigation of the management of the navy during the war will be asked as a result of disclosures Saturday by Admiral* William T. Sims, testifying before a senate subcommittee regarding awards and decorations, members of the subcommittee stated. Statements by Sims that he had been left in London, along with one aide, for four months after America entered the ■war and that his parting orders had been not to let the British “pull the wool over his eyes.” so aroused republican members of the Hale subcommittee that Senator McCormick, Illinois, announced that they would go to the full committee to get additional authority to make a sweeping investigation. When Admiral Sims had finished reading his sensational report. Chairman Hale of the subcommittee announced that he would ask Chairman l'ago of the full committee to call a special meeting of the senate naval affairs committee on Monday to discuss a method of making a thorough investigation of the entire conduct of the navy. ' In his report Sims charged that although war had been imminent for months before it was declared, no plan or policy or prepafatlon had been made by the navy department; that it would not announce a policy for three months after war was declared; that it did not enter the war “whole-heartedly’’ for some time; that commanding officers in the critical zone were not allowed to select their Important subordinates; that the navy department acted in cases where it could not have been in possession of full information; that it did not rely on the Judgment of experienced men in insisting on plans that could not be carried out. Regarding the instructions he received just prior to sailing for Europe, "Admiral Sims stated: “In the latter part of March, 1917. in response to a request from the American ambassador in London expressing the desire of the British government that a naval officer of high rank be sent to secure the closer co-operation which our navy department had suggested, I was ordered abroad on barely forty-eight hours notice. “The brief orders were delivered to me verbally in Washington. No formal instructions or statement of the navy de- j partment's plans or policy were received at that time, though I received the following explicit admonition: ‘Don't let the British pull the wool over your eyes. It is none of our business pulling their chestnuts out of the fire. We would as soon fight the British as the Germans.’ ’’ j Sims’ charges in detail follow: 1. Although war with Germany had been imminent for many months prior to its declaration, there was nevertheless no mature plan developed or naval policy adopted in preparation for war, Insofar as its commander in Europe was informed. 2. The navy department did not announce a policy until three months after war was declared—at least not to its represpentative and the commander of the forces in Europe. 3. The navy department did not enter Wholeheartedly into the campaign for wany months after we declared war, thus putting a great strain upon the morale of the fighting forces in,,fctye war area by decreasing their--confluence-in their leaders. , ... . _ “4. The outbreak of hostilities found rn-any important naval units widely dispersed and in need of repairs before they ‘could be sent to the critical area. Destioyers arriving in the war /one had bep;i cruising extensively off our seaboard and in the Caribbean and when war was declared wefe rushed through a brief and inadequate preparation for dlstnnt service. “5. During the most critical months of the enemy’s submarine campaign against the allied Hdcs of communication the department violated the fundamental strategical principle of concentration of maximum force In the critical area of the conflict.

“6. The department’s representative with the allied admiralty was not supported during the most critical months of the war, either by the adequate personnel or by the adequate forces that could have been supplied. “7. The department's commande rln the critical area of hostilities was never allowed to select bis principal subordinates and was not even consulted as to their assignment. A fundamental principle of the art of command is here involved. "8. The navy department made and acted upon decisions concerning operations that were being conducted 3.000 miles away when the conditions were such that full information could not have been in Its possession, thus violating an essential precept of warfare that sound decision necessarily depends upon complete information. FAILED TO RELY OX EXPERIENCE. "9. Instead of relying upon the judgment of those who had actual war experience in this peculiar warfare the navy department, though lacking not only this experience but also lacking adequate information concerning this warfare, insisted upon a number of plans that could not be carried out. “10. Many of the department’s actions so strongly implied a conviction that it was the riiost competent to make decisions concerning operations In the zone that the result was an Impression that il lacked confidence in the judgment of Us representative on the councils of the allies and Its responsible commander in the ‘field.’ It Is a fundamental principle that every action on the pnrt of superior authorities should Indicate confidence in subordinates If such confidence Is lacking it should be Immediately restored by ruthlessly changing the subordinates. “11. ‘To Interfere with the commander in the field or afloat Is one of the most common temptations to th government —hnd is generally disastrous.'—The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, Mahan. “The navy department did not resist Lthis temptation and its frequent violation of this principle was the most dangerous error committed during the navaf ■kar,” •iSTROYEB FLEET ■|l’Ln HAVE HELPED. SWjfqXthe United States had a larger de,A ppt when the war began .uere SWjjjSa have been no submarine menace. the committee. A fleet of 500 thrown in when America allies would have made the ggjK®|Mjiiboats harmless, 81ms said. submarine chasers, he one of the misconceptions of the war.’’ These light boats- were built on theory that submarines would stay in still water close to the shore. Admiral Sims charged in the report that the "department demanded the Impossible” before they approved any action. “No policy was extended until

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three months after we'entered the war,” lie said. Admiral Sims denied he favored officers to the detriment of enlisted men in the recommendations for naval awards. He denied he favored “land officers” over officers on the sea in the recommendations. Admiral Sims made public a letter sent Commander Bagle.v, brother-in-law of Secretary Daniels, following the Bagley award by the secretary. “I am sorry that you should be placed In such hn unfavorable light after your fine destroyer service in the war ione. I feel if you had been consulted In this you would have avoided this,” Admiral Sims wrote. Answering a question by Senator Trammell, the admiral said he served on land. “My office was on land, as was the headquarters of every high commanding officer of the to establish headquarters on the sea,” he said. “The enemy would not come out. Had he wished to fight we all would have commanded on the sea.’’ he added. Admiral Sims said the anti-submarine campaign was conducted on the patrol system when he arrived in France. The convoy system was introduced soon after the United States entered activities. CONVOY SYSTEM IS TOO SLOW. “The loss of time caused by the convoy system is such that it is not wise to begin the convoy system when speed Is required,’’ he said. “If the white people of the world had believed that a nation would attack merchant ships we would have built enough destroyers to make such attacks impossible. The submarine can not combat with the destroyers. “There were very few naval officers who believed the submarine could do what It has dpne. We thought the submarine could operate only In closed waters. When we found the large ones could stay out three months, we knew that the sub-chaser was not effective. “We then adopted listening devices, which located the submarine.”^ Sims paid a high tribute to the “college boys” who manned the sub-chasers. HAD NO HELP FOR FOUR MONTHS. Aid was denied him for four months. Admiral Sims said. “It was only after my only aid was broken down that three officers were sent me,” he said In his letter. “I was forced to take men from ships to make the administration of the fleet effective.” “It would have been difficult to conceive of a greater misunderstanding of the situation abroad,” the letter said. “We will have to go to the committee of the senate to investigate the entiro naval operations" Senator Meformlck, republican, of Illinois, interjected during the reading of the ’etter. “It is a terrible state.” Senator Hale, chairman of the subcommittee, said he would ask the naval affairs committee for further authority, In view of the serious charges. Senator Pittman said the report should not have been read because “it had nothing to do with our Investigation.” 75 Local Credit Men to Attend Meeting Seventy-five delegates will represent Indianapolis firms at the state convention of credit men in Munoie uext Friday, it was announced Saturday. The conference will nriug together t romlnent credit men of Indianapolis, Evansville, South Bend, M jiicie, ’lerre Haute, Ft. Wayne and other cities. John C. Rugenstein of the local association says that reports from over the state Indicate that former attendance records will be broken. Joseph A. Kebler of Indianapolis will speak on “The Mercantile Agency Report.” J. Edward Stil* of Indianapolis is chairman of the 1921 convention uommlttee. .

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MAY BE QUIZZED IN MURDER CASE J. C. Lt'CAS. WASHINGTON, Ind., Jan. 19.—With the arrest of J. (\ Lucas of Indianapolis in Ohio, the Daviess county grand Jury may be called to Investigate his alleged appearance near the shack of James Harper, 05, ferryman on White river near Elnora. Ind., about the time , Harper was killed and his body thTown into the river. \ The prosecutor says he has evidence that Lucas, also known as Lewis, was in the vicinity of the crime which took place Nov. 10. Lucas’ son married Harper’s daughter. Lucas is held in Ohio for the alleged j theft of Liberty bonds aggregating ; $3,400 from Mrs. Goldie S. Derrickson, | who formerly lived at 244 East Sixteenth : street, Indianapolis, and whom he mar- | ried and went to the latter city with. | He, it Is alleged, has another wife and ! family living in Indianapolis. | charge may also be filed against him. He is now In Toledo awaiting hearing on ;,the larceny charge. [= _ ’ Army to Give Prizes for Three Essays The three boys or girls in the United ! States who write the best essay on Feb. i 20 on the subject. “What Are the Bene--1 fits of an Enlistment in the United States Army?” will receive medals and a trip to Washington. Col. George L. Converse, recruiting officer for Indiana, announced today. The manuscripts will be submitted to the secretary of war, Gen. Peyton C. March and Gen. John J. Pershing, who will he the hoard judges. The medals will be gold for first prize, silver for second, and bronze for third. Three silver cups also will be presented to the winners.

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CONFEREES ON RAILROAD BILL CAN’T AGREE Senate Members Firm for Cummins Features—House Determined. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Senate and house conferees. In the!j. efforts to adjust the differences between the Cummins and Esch raiiroad bills, have reached a deadlock that threatens to break up the negotiations, it was learned Saturday. Both sides so far have failed to yield on the difference In the most vital factors of railroad reeorganizution. These include the anti-strike sections of the Cummins bill, the permanent guaranteed return of per cent, a federal transportation board and federal consolidation and incorporation of the lines. Senator Cummins is standing firmly for the provisions of his bill and is said to have served notice on the house conferees that unless they accept some of the Important features of his program, congress might as well give up the task of trying to pass railroad legislation. House conferees have replied that in ! that event the responsibility for the failure to legislate will be with the senate. Introduce Bill to Pay Booze Owners WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The first step In congress to reimburse the holder of large stocks of liquor, now virtually a total loss, was taken Saturday by Repre- , senfatlve Sabatb. Illinois. He introduced a hill ordering the bu- ; rean of internal revenue to pay brewers and distillers the actual cost of producing the stocks Alow on hand and to refund taxes paid on liquors that can not I be sold. Claims Operators Still Fight Miners WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—John L. j Lewis, acting president of the United i Mine Workers of America, Bntur- ! day appealed to Attorney General j Palmer to use the injum-uou against ; coal operators, who he declared are still j discriminating against miners who went jon strike. He declared that miners have ! been kept from employment In Alabama, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, | Tennessee, Washington and Utah. sl2 Waitress, Driving $4,500 Car, Fined $2 NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Sophie Hodos | ky, a waitress, who testified she received 1 a salary of sl2 a week, was fined $2 today after she had pleaded guilty to violation of traffic rules while driving her $4,500 automobile. She told the court she averaged S3O a week In tips.

EAST END ITEMS * Any one having news for the Bast End Column may call L. E. Whit* ■ttt, Irvington 925. SPECIAL BOOKS LISTED. Hast Washington branch library is showing a special collection of “Live Books on Live Subjects," beneath an attractive poster by the same title. These had hn immediate circulation the minute they were placed on the shelves: “The Grizzly,” by E. A. Mills; “Gun Book,” by T. H. McKee; “The Theater Through Its Stage Dooj," by David Belasco; “Film Door,” by Roy Wagner; “Letters to His Children,” by Theodore Roosevelt; “Story of Gen. Pershing," by E. T. Tomlinson; “Hospital Heroes,” by E. W. Black; “War Romance of the Salvation Army,” by Evangeline Booth and G. L. Hill; “War in the Garden of Eden,” by Kerinit Roosevelt; “Ireland’s Fight for Freedom,” by George Creel. i SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Miss Patria Kennedy, tfil North Emerson avenue, spent tl*e week-end In Louisville. Mrs. Ttyram C. Robbins of Richmond is the guest of her mother, Mre. W. T. Newton, 2917 East Tenth street. A community orchestra was organized Tuesday night at the home of C. W. Davis, $37 North Keystone avenue. Glen I. Keel, impersonator, and Mrs. Denison, reader, of Muncie were present and furnished entert.finiment. Special attention was called to the International Muic Publishing company, just organized, which will publish the Popular Songs magazine. Friends gave a surprise party for L. S. Pickard, 1314 East St. Clair street, on his birthday Friday night. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Roy McQueen. Mr.

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