The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-14
UNITED STATES
MUST SEND HER
BESTTO BATTLE
John FL. McGilvary, one of
$50 Survivors of Princess
Pats, Sees 2-Year War
GERMAN ATROCITIES
ARE APPALLING
Although Recovering From
Wounds, Declares He will
Re-enlist When Fit

East Grand Forks, Mimi, May IA
John H McGilvary, one of the $50 sur
vivors of the 1000 soldiers of the Prin-
cess Pats Canadian regiment, and who
I Is now recovering from wounds re-
ceived while fighting in the vicinity OF
Ypres says that the United States will
have to sacrifice of her best If the war
is to be brought to a successful end for
the allies. He said that he expected
the war would last at least two more
years, but declared it was merely a
matter of time until Germany would
have to sue for peace:
Mr.. McGilvary is in the city for q few
days. having arrived here from Schley,
Mimi, where he is convaleScing.
Stories True, He Says.
In speaking of the war, McGilvary
experience that the stories of German
atrocities are not untrue and he de-
scribed the Prussians as bloodthtrsty
race, willing to do almost anything to
gain their point, and he declared that
the war was started by Germany for
no other reasons than to extend her
boundaries.
throughout the war, the allies, and
especially England" he declared have
been on the square. They have observ-
ed the rules Of international law, while
Germany has broken every law. have
talked with English soldiers who came
back from German prisons and they
said they were treated in a most in
human manner. They were made to
work twelve and fourteen hours per
day on rstions that merely kept them
alive.
"The German atrocities in Belgium
are appalling. The reports that the
hands of the Belgians have been am
putated so that they will be of no use
to the allies are true and l have also
known of them inoculating Belgians
with tuberculosis germs and then send
ing them back to the allies.
'I left for the front in the fall OF
1914 with the Princess Pats and was a
member of the first contingent to go
March Is, 1916, when / was wounded
by a shrapnel shell which fell twenty
feet from me. Six men were killed and
four were wounded by the shell that
/ was in such bad shape that the first
aid corps went right by without pick
ing me up. / was hit in four places.
My right leg was almost severed from
my body; a piece of steel tore through
my abdomen up into my lungs; had a
slight wound in nay head and another
in mysleft ankle. was fnally discov-
cred and taken to the hospital, where
was in a condition to return to
WIN Re-enIist Soon.
"I am getting along nicely now, al
though don't understand how 1 ever
pulled through and as soon as l am
physically fit Isintend to re-enlist and
go back again, and this time l hope to
night under the stars and stripes.
There is different spirit in the
trenches than one would think exists.
"A fellow feels pretty blue and is apt to
show the yellow for the first few days,
but after that he just simply don't care
and he is in the fight for all that is In
him have seen the fellows rush into
the fight singing and shouting. have
seen all kinds of soldiers fighting, but
believe the Americans and Canadians
have them all beaten. There are many
Americans serving in the Canadian
ranks also saw several regiments
from india. They fight with equipment
that is not modern and therefore are
not of much use. They haul their
equipment with elephants, just as they
would in India. They are faithful and
loyal but do not possess intelligence
that is absolutely necessary"