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Show SLAP AT PERSHING. Colonel Fred L. Huidekoper, formerly for-merly adjutant of tho Thirty-third division, di-vision, hailing from Illinois, has told the house war investigating committee that the American soldiers in France were "of superb spirit, but a bit groggy grog-gy as an army," when the armistice was signed. He also made the statement state-ment that a Colonel Cowan of general gen-eral headquarters told him that the transportation situation on the battle-front battle-front was so bad that the American army could not have kept on another month and that if the Germans had not stopped, the Americans would have been forced to. He followed this up by saying that "French officers were of the opinion that American troops were not given tho shelter and care that should have been given men," but he would not say that "the high command paid no attention to sheltering shelter-ing the common soldiers." It is evident that Huidekoper seeks to detract from the glory won by General Gen-eral Pershing by making insinuations, or quoting mythical French officers, that the American fighting men were not so well treated as they should have been. We doubt both his sincerity and honesty of purpose. A great victory was won by the American soldiers and they were compelled to undergo great hardships in order to win that victory. But the gallant men who did the fighting fight-ing are not now complaining of the privations incident to all wars. They leave that for tho scavengers. Huidekoper Huide-koper is not adding anything to the fame of the Thirty-third division. |