Show THE YANKEE SOLDIER 4 Poultney Bigelow Speaks Words of Praise For Troops London June 12At the United Service Serv-ice institution this afternoon in the presence of a distinguished company Mr Poultney Bigelow read a paper on The Yankee Soldier which attained additional importance from the place where it was delivered General A Morris commanding the Woolwich district presided and the company in adition to Lieutenant Col well the United States naval attache and Senator Woleott of Colorado and numerous ladles included many prominent prom-inent military and naval officers in all about 300 persons Mr Bigelows address in brief was the warmest eulogy of the American regular troops and of the raw material volunteers but was a severe condemnation condemna-tion of the political element which he declared governed all appointments and contracts He said that on his own personal knowledge as a result of the lack of organization and supplies before the first transport left Tampa the American Amer-ican army presented many features incident in-cident to a disastrous campaign There was Mr Bigelow added a complete breakdown of all the machinery for providing soldiers with food and equipment equip-ment and the hotel was crowded with staff officers who were as helpless in their new uniform a clergymen in a conning tower Inefficiency of Departments Mr Bigelow further asserted that when he exposed the matter there being slim time to remedy I lIe was met with a storm of indignant denials and some of the newspaper correspondents correspond-ents at Tampa raised the question whether he should be strung up to a sour apple tree or gently disposed of asa as-a harmless lunatic Slntfe then the speaker continued the ebmmanderinchief has given public testimony that several if not all of the military departments were scandalously inefficient that embalmed beef was served 1 the men and Mr Bigelow added ad-ded the commanderinchief was practically drawing upon his imagination imagina-tion when he pronounced all things red for the Cuban Invasion A general discussion followed General Gen-eral Morris endorsing Mr Bigelows remarks re-marks as agreeing with his own Information Infor-mation while other speakers took other views of the matter General Morris suidWe We all feel a thoroughly patriotic as the American Mr Bigelow has shown here today but it is our duty t brine out the truth so that wrong may b put right West Point is the best military establishment in the world bu it L necessary for the health of ahy nation that lessons I be re earned The most loyal man is he who lie Mr Bigelow brings these lessons |