| Show WOOD DEFENDS JOINT MANEUVERS Statement About Hardships En Endured Endured dured by Men in Boston Cam Campaign aign Without Foundation THEIR HEALTH EXCELLENT Was 1 Almost Xo No o Sickness and Few Fe Ac c 1 5 on Are Arc re New Neit N York Oct 7 The critics of ot the th joint maneuvers of ot the regular arm and the th national guard who have been predicting that the nOlton cam campaign of or last summer will be lie the last nf ot such operations because boulle the tho hard harl II and nl suffering of ot the tho militiamen were wore nil all n II out of ot proportion to the tho Its Ice lessons sons lions learned Ico rnell were lIre answered today by h hoJ MaJ oJ den On Leonard Wood command commandIng Ing the tho department of ot tho the east catt Ion Oon en Wood said Id Time The statement purporting to conic come from some om one ono connected with the war department at nt Washington relating to the hardships hord and suffering of ot the men menn engaged n In the th maneuvers In Mama Massa Massachusetts hOlt has no foundation In tact fact The amount of ot sickness was small The report of Oen Gln William A Pew Pea 1 commanding the JIbe division which Has hafl Just reached me says IlaY The health of ot the men during the week under unusually weather conditions was wac excellent In the entire division there were under cases treated rented and those thol were mostly minor injuries sore ore feet teet and the like The report of ot MaJ J 1 it n McCook chief surgeon of oC the tho Connecticut bri nulo nf of time the Red fled army which has hils also jut just reached me sa lIa says In regard to the ho health of ot tho the men There Is III almost no sickness and few tew accidents accident l and what wheat we e had as ns a n arule arule rule amounted to nothing It lt is 19 not true to say the tho hardships were wore all RII out of ot proportion to tho the le lee leeRon Ron learned In the first place there Ihre were no hardships No complaint has hM come from the tho enlisted men nr or officers officer There were possibly C G per cent of ot the militiamen mill tin men dissatisfied with the time man mait maneuvers aDvent they were the proportion which would prefer to remain In a arom camp campOn rom campOn romOn On the thO other othor hand the lessons learned earned l were Invaluable One of ot them themis is III s that we enough regulars or militiamen ready for tor mobilization to defend a R city against such Buch an attack as was made mallo Boston Doston The r lit is s that It builds up the spirit of ot co cooperation operation between the regular army and the national guard |
