Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-05 | Page 3 | Pick Flaws in A. E. F. Conduct

PiCK FLAWS IN I r r PflRjniiPT' Sub-committee Charges Waste of Material and Lines in Overseas Campaign WASHINGTON. June 5 The majority ma-jority members of. tho house sub-com-mlttec which investigated expenditures expendi-tures of the American expeditionary forces, made public last night what thov described as a preliminary report In which they criticised tho sale of surplus equipment to the French government, gov-ernment, charging that "useless and criminal" waste of life .occurred on) armistice day, condemned American prison conditions overseas, and as-j sorted that Junior officers and enlisted enlist-ed men had been excluded almost en-i tirely from the award of war medals. This report has not yet been accepted ac-cepted by tho full war expenditures investigating commltteo nor has the minority repuu incimicu uj awi-.--sontatlve Flood, Democrat. Virginia,! been acted upon. Representative Graham. Gra-ham. Republican, Illinois, chairman of the full committee, announced that action ac-tion on both reports had been deferred until the next session of congress. Rep. Flood in a, formal statement said the full committee had rejected the report. He added that any report mndc by the nub-commlttee "would be j valueless and would bo rejected by. fair-minded men." Tho majority preliminary report was signed by Representative Johnson, Republican, Re-publican, South Dakota, chairman of the sub-committee, and Representa-j live Bland, Republican. Illinois. 00