Show COMMITTEE REPORTS ON A. A E. E s F. F CRUELTIES Conditions Were Appalling Appalling Appalling Appall Appall- ing Representatives Say on Their Return NEW YORK Sept 27 Bringing Bringing a report of outrageous cruelties perpetrated perpetrated perpetrated on American so soldiers lers in prisons of ot the A A. A E E. F. F in France the congressional congressional congressional committee sent en overseas to Investigate Investigate in investigate In- In tales of ot army prison horrors horrors horrors horrors' hor hor- arrived herR her last night on the transport Agamemnon from Brest The party was composed of ot Representatives tives Ro Royal al C C. C Johnson of ot South Dakota Dakota Da Da- kota chairman Oscar E. E Bland of In Indiana Indiana In- In diana and Henry D D. Flood of Virginia Vir Vir- ginia Conditions in army prison camps were f found und very bad with special emphasis laid on prison camp No 2 near Paris the committee stated Conditions were appalling Representative Representative Representative Bland said as soon as the theste ste steamer mer docked Nothing like this treatment of our men had ever been known before in the history of the American army We Ve have copies of records reports and testimony of Inspectors in inspectors inspectors In- In officers so as to be enabled I to definitely fix I Representative Bland held that Colonel Colonel Colonel Colo Colo- nel Grinstead and General Strong were directly responsible for the unprecedented unprecedented dented cruelties at prison farm No 2 and that if General Strong who was over oer Colonel Grinstead dId aid not know of conditions he should have He said that General Harts for months was In the same at 10 Rue St. St Anne where thousands of outrages outrages' were were committed Lack of food heat and air and nauseating sanitary conditions were before his eyes and the reports showing these I conditions were on file in his of office lice Mr Bland said |