The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
FRENCH WARRIOR
CHAPLAIN Is HERE
Father Borde de Arrere Comes
to Address Gallo Fight
ers' Relatives.
WOUNDED THREE TIMES
Mrs. J. H. Snowden Returns
From Hospital Where Shell
Killed ~ Nurses.

Father Borde de Arre-e. valorous
Gallo chaplain of regiment which has
won glory in several battles, arrived at
an Atlantic port yesterday looking both
like q gallant soldier and priest. A
rslSish tam. worn at saucy angle.
topped of his cassock. He also wore
the croix de guerre, the medal OF the
Legion Of Honor. and a green shoulder
decoration which showed that he had
served in n regiment that had done some
tall scrapping.
Father de Arrcre Is 45 and looks
younger, despite his valiant service OF
three years and three serious wounds.
the last OF which, in the abdomen, came
near finishing him.
VIII Talk to French Here.
When the war came he was father OF
q flock in Paris. He went TO the front
with others of his cloth and did service
as chaplain and nurse and an around
comforter In a regiment Of chasseurs,
exposing himself like the bravest Of his
warrior congregation. While he was
convalescing from the worst of his
wounds his country decided to send him
10 America to talk to the relatives and
friends In this county Of French fight
,ers and ten them how splendidly they
arc doing their bit. He will go wherever
there are French folk to listen to him.
other arrivals by the French steam
ship were Mrs James H. Snowden, who
has been working for the Red Cross in
Belgium Yazaro Miura. Japanese Min
tster to Switzerland Capt. l.. w. Harris
If Gan Francisco, on a short leave Of alb
sence after a years service with the Red
Cross; Alexander Calligari. who has
been two years in France on an eco
nomic mission for the United States,
and Miss Mary Stewart Clafiin of this
city.
In Hospital when Shell slew 45.
Capt. Harris was in the Jouoy Hospi-
tal when It was bombed by German air
men. He repeated the story of the
Iombing heretofore told, saying Ii was
self-evident that the aviators had been
instructed to do as they did. He ex-
tolled the women nurses Of the Red
Gross. who defied bursting shells. and
commended the work of Col. j. Fl. Per-
1;ins Of this city. who has charge of a
Red Cross unit at the American front.
In a talk with a wounded American
marine in hospital Capt. Harris said
toshingly. IT bet those Germans gave
sou hell !" and the marine answered. II
amt no bookkeeper. but IL they didn't
owe us>hell I'll eat the ledger -
Mrs. Snowden said that in May she
was in a Belgian hospital when a Ger
man shell struck 1t, killing forty-seven
nurses. She found the morale Of the
american soldiers magnificent. Most Of
them expressed the hope that they would
IL able to clean up the Boches in time
10 eat a Christmas dinner in America.
She said our soldiers were short Of to-
bscco and chocolate. and not enough to-
bacco could be sent to France to supply
all the needs no matter how much might
be shipped from this side
A French soldier who formerly was a
waiter In a New York hotel and who was
invaded home after three years service
~ battle. hanged himself on the trip and
was buried at sea with military honors,
wrapped in the tri-color.