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Lieutenant Smith accuses officers over prison abuses
Lieutenant Frank H. Smith testified before a House subcommittee at Governors Island that General Strong and Colonel Grinstead ordered harsh treatment at Farm No. 2 near Paris. He said higher authority knew of brutal conditions and that prisoners were to be treated as general prisoners. Witness cited food and fuel shortages and mud sleeping, while denying direct beatings.
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New York
Cmel
American Soldiersiat
Paris
F. 8. Strong
E. P. Gripstead
Frank H
Smith
House of Representatives
Governors Island
Royal
Johnson
Republican
South Dakota
Smilth
Grinstead
Strong
Grimstead
Leavenworth
Manson
Nother
Basille
Bastille
Clarence Ball
T. Q. Donaldson
France
Inspector General's Department
W. W. Harts
Donaldson
Harts
Farm No. 2
Mr. Jolson
Goldmer Donaldson
Coleonel Grinstead
United States