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Show SH rail! ra-il! REFUTED id Blanton Winship fiews French Claims or " Against A. E. F. s.folonol Wanton Wl;i-voeito Wl;i-voeito pe nonil Hint also head of hll-IOM mid claims department of (".rk-in'oxiH-illtloiiKry forces, finally I' old story that the Kronen Vwim-d rentals for the ground oc-".' oc-".' ,ri,,u'h's at tho front, in h'.s M V v uniav In-fore tho committee of ill !X'o.ia congress Investigating war VI' , res. Ke testified tl'.at no such 'ml ever been made against the 1M.tt n expeditionary forces, nnd that " 1 1 'i ' ll c'alms of this nature wore (or '"ill roui'd in the training area, which un anil damaged in order to -'Je i;.0 nu.n with conditions at the vvrtment. Colonel Winship said. - ,'s f.ir disposed of W.WO claims. ' ji about the same basis us claims the t'rench government. These ' nclude about 36,000.000 francs In 'or property occupied as hospitals ' quarters, ami 50.000.000 francs M.!e:ir.s of soldiers and nmmals. ' shave also been paid, he asserted, --' . ISO cases In which French people ' I'.ed by American expeditionary .: r.otor cars. ll Winship said that, on the re-'' re-'' '.f inspection officers on prison N . he had reached the conclusion E advecr.te, that Colonel Grin-' Grin-' . well as Lieutenants Smith and should he tried by court mar-' mar-' the opinion of his advisers, were some eminent lawyers. Grinstead could not be convicted, fcorr.me nded that he be sent be-'inefficiency be-'inefficiency board. the efficiency board had re-avorabiy re-avorabiy to Grinstead." he con--tIUc" "i sml thought he should not in France, and I recommended t8 C'b senl noiT!e-" , Vs conviction, said Colonel --cH? was disapproved by General ',on the ground that the evi-AND evi-AND 'as insufficient. Asked whether, ' yer. he considered Grinstead re-Snd re-Snd it 7i for the conditions in the pris-e pris-e , . replied: i-J Z iieht the efficiency board would 1 6 mb r i v'inship also stated that the iins gtr.eral in the Paris district . cost V! ave known of the conditions in j ' n.ne and Chelles prisons. It was Ion that the great mistake was ; (election of men to handle the |