Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — MAKES STILL FURTHER DENIAL [ARTICLE]

MAKES STILL FURTHER DENIAL

General Traub Says Fire Did Not Fall in U. S. Lines. Washington, Feb. 24. —MajorGeneral Peter E. Traub, commander Of the 35th division, told the senate military affairs subcommittee Saturday that figures presented by Governor Allen' of Kansas to show shortage of equipment in the 36th division to the Argonne fighting were based in some instances on reports of the situation at the close of the battle. Not a single round' fired by American artillery fell short causing casualties ift American forces, he said. Germans sometimes had control of the air in that sector, but th<e general asserted it would have required at least 50,000 airplanes to hold aerial supremacy at all times. He denied there was a shortage of horses as great as Governor Allen reported. Wounded were kept at the front until night, he said, because that was better than to take them to the rear during the day fighting. General Traub recently made a detailed statement of the thirtyfifth’s activities before the house rules committee.