Paris Peace Conf. 184.00101/151
Minutes of the Daily Meetings of the Commissioners Plenipotentiary, Tuesday, September 16, 1919
September 16, 1919
- Present:
- Mr. White
- Gen. Bliss
- Mr. Harrison
- [I.]
- The Commissioners approved the sending of a telegram to the Department of State as recommended in Statement No. 568. This telegram should also state that General Bandholtz has appealed for further funds, but that owing to the depleted condition of the Commission’s allotment the Commission is unable to make additional advances to the Mission. The Commissioners directed that the telegram should contain a statement that the Commission will be grateful for an immediate answer. Funds for Bandholtz Mission
- [II.]
- The request of General Bandholtz for four army officers—set forth in statement No. 569—is to be held in abeyance, pending the receipt of reply from the Department to the Commission’s telegram regarding funds for General Bandholtz’s mission. Officers for Gen. Bandholtz
- [III.]
- The recommendation contained in Statement No. 570 that Lt, Col. Warwick Greene be awarded the D. S. M., was disapproved by the Commissioners, inasmuch as the services with the Commission of Col. Greene—and in general the services of any officer assigned to the Commission—were in no way connected with the prosecution of the war. Award of D. S. M. to Officers Connected With the Mission