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Show "Sate I Military Committee Hears Re- port of Conditions in Ameri- can Overseas Camps. H WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Major H General John F. O'Ryan, commander of the national cantonment at Camp Wadsworth, Sparta, N. C, who .re- cently returned from the European front, told the committee he wit- 1 nessed two important allied drives and that In them the German artillery was '1 much inferior. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 Aroused H by reports of shortages of winter H clothing in national army camps, the senate military affairs committee to-day, to-day, in resuming its investigation into army conditions, adopted a resolution requesting the secretary of war to Iin-mediately Iin-mediately ascertain conditions by wire and supply defloient troops and sus-peud sus-peud departmental routine, if ueces-sary, ueces-sary, by direct purchases from sources near the, camps. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2G. Condi- H tions in the American overseas forces and national army training camps were described today to the senate I military committee when it took up its inquiry into war operations. Gen-eral Gen-eral officers of the national army just back from inspection trips in Franco were called by the committee which temporarily postponed further exami-nation exami-nation of Quartermaster General Sharpe. Officers 'testifying included Major General John O'Ryan of Camp Wads-worth, Wads-worth, S. C, and Major General Ed- j win St. John Greblo of Camp Bowie, Texas. B |