Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-06
BOYD TELLS
OF LIFE WITH
MEDICAL CORPS
One Of Greatest Speeches
Ever Delivered at the
University.

III the British Imperial Medical Corps.
The address was II OF the most I'm
pressiyc ever delivered at the. univer-
slty, and the audience that crowded
IN hushed, silence. lile women tor
got to knit as the speaker progressed,
and h stiffness vas occasionally
broken by the sound of an unnoticed
knttting-needle dropping to the floor.
1t was a w%ar-thrlllei audience listen
ing tosa story of the things that, are
gong on over there" (,
DIR. Boyd il one Of the greatest
speakers that has appeared here in
years, but mi would not Call him an
orator. lie spoke inNa conversational
control, a choice IL Language that
has seldom been equaled here, 4 sad
ness that is felt but not expressed, a
magnetism fascinating to an unusual
degree. And vet it is what he does
not say that Most impresses his hear
ers. f's- -. ~
DIR. Boyd was introduced by DR..
Earle j.. Babcock., acting president Of
the university. and Immediately pre-;
ceding his address the Mems Glee
club sang II Am the Captain of My
Soul, DR.. Boyd spoke i'm brief as fol-
lows:
DIR. Boyd's Address.
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no. r.nca hara WIN vom I did not re-.
alize that the time would fall upon
this suspicious anniversary. But l
realize it is a most fitting time to tell
you of the things that are going on
over there 10Y when you are COM
nee of the United States into
the, war. Nor did I, realize that nv
address would he preceded by q song
81 we'll suited to the occasion. The
words which have heen snnn cypress
tho shirt IF the nations that-are allied
in the cause Of democracy. which,haye
been and are hea ring III brunt of the
fighting. their heads are surely
..This ia the beginning for you. and
vou hete on the nrairies far from a
sea hoard have No concention of what
this war is and Won can have no con.
can+;on NJ what'it will he We can.
not saw when the war will end. but
If we arc fortunate. I believe that 1t
will no oyar IN 1929 or 2 The
United States Of America will have to
bear from now on the burden of the
u,a, ana yo,, will have to finish II,
In two o.: three more Years the-French
a nd british will be exhausted and
ivom n1i,st carry tho cause to victory.
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Tho Ffrst German g.
1.-THE field ambulance to which /
was attached reached France early
in 1915. and after only "a hours we
were moved to the front, where an
offensive was in operation The day
after the offensive l went to a little
French town. All the people were
fhastening into the square, and.a spirit
o. excitement prevailed all. The
French infantry immovable and silent
lined the square, and the people wait.
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"a l;t,1e Later / was moved to an
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"Then we had our. first experience
Of what war really is. Up to this time
we had been attached to a veteran di-
vision. Now we were given n new
sector. 1t is the duty Of field am
bulance to remove the casualties to
the hospitals in the rear. This work
must be done at night under cover OF
darkness bat even then it is not a
~,sector it is especially hard becouse
one does not know the place, anc
there are no police to direct one. The
only police are at the crossroads di'
recting the traffic. However a f1eld
officer and a sergeant had been lef
behind to guide US. The first night
this officer and / with two gulde'
started out with, stretcher bearers tt
visit two Dumps" or dressing sta
tons and bring back the IN II
a pouring rain we went on foot ,ovel
the Belgian road about three miles t.
the first dump. 1t was a little gre,
Nlstone house, nbout which there wa.
absolutely no sound Of life nor an,
light. When we opened the door
however, we foupd the place crowded
with wounded men A medical office
and two ,orderlies had been living herr
for two months caring for the wound
!; ed and burying In the cemetery ad
} iiOininR the house those whose wound