Show l L I GRAFT REVEALED IN ARMY SUPPLIES Junk Shipped A. A E. E F. F and Sold to France Astounds Purchasers By C. C F. F Bertelli il al Service Staff Correspondent Paris May oIa 27 Astounding Astounding i. revelations revelations rC ela lions of oC graft s mounting into the millions millIons mil sill lions In the supplies shipped to tho the American expeditionary force during durin- the war have e Just been male made in tho the cour course e of taking taking- an Inventory Inventor on arm stocks bought from the thc United States State by France last year ear At one A. A E. E I F. F depot there were found to lo be piled up a full mile of oC cases marked bottles bottle of ot Ink or canned canned can ned food On Only 1 the tho top layer laer of ot each bO box consisted of or full bottles or cans I the rest of ot the bottles and c cans ns being em empty empt p ty t J 11 r q-r t l o l asAl ir o I woolen underclothes were found to bo be cotton colton of ot the Uie he poorest quality while whilo a avast avast I vast number or of cases designated as containing containing- clothing clothing- were either empty I or refilled with Ith a Jumble of oC material In the worst possible condition Investigation In showed that at another depot there thero were five miles of supplies Including b beds ds munitions Jam shaving soap gasoline and even more than 50 GO- cases of or baby underwear r bab baby socks and hab baby bonnets The French are frankly frankl pu puzzled lcd by b these remarkable discoveries and nd are aro i wondering what possible use the Americans Amer mer ieans could have ha Intended nd d these things for The depot at Gier s. s which covers a space more than third one-third th the area urea of Paris is chock full of this kind of oC army supplies It Is estimated it will wilt take not nol less Ics than five Cho years tars to sell all at the tocks stocks piled MP mip there Meanwhile due to lo tho the Insufficiency of staffs to handle the tIme stocks tocks millions of dollars worth of oC supplies s arc are rusting rusting rust rust- ing and spoiling i. i |