Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-04
POLLARD DESCRIBES
AMERICAN FIGHTING

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great protection is thrown around him
for fear of his being assassinatcd lie
said that his gray hair, doubtless :yas
10 be credited with his being allowed
one evening after a function at the
lnterallied Club, to enter n small room
where only officers and select ones
were allowed. lie stated that he was
mistaken for general. while all the
other Y. NJ. c. \. secretaries were lock
cd out. He said that a soldier also
mistook him for general once after
dark and presented arms. AZ am only
common and ordinary soldier" said
Mr.. Pollard. AND the soldier replied
not knowing he was humorous, IT see
you are, now"
Speaking of conditions in the cam ps.
Mr.. Pollard remarked that, morally
speaking, they We're far better than he
anticipated when he left America He
stated that the boys were acquitting
themselves rs well in the camps as
on the field Of battle. He has been
in camps in all France. from the Ger
man boundary 10 the seaport towns.
speaking in seventy camps in all He
is un5tinted in his praise of the brave
work of Secretary s. L. Thomas, who
was former secretary Of the Railroad
Y. NJ. G. a. of this city. Mr.. Thomas
has been in the front-line trenches
enduring the hardships and struggles
of the private soldiers.
DECLARES AMERICA MUST
WIN WAR ny STRENGTH
He said that he was not allowed to
talk to German prisoners. and that
the secrets received from that sourc.
were few and far between. THE Ger
mans are trained before they leave
home" said Mr.. Pollard.
When asked about the outcome of
the war, Mr.. Pollard said: II have
absolute confidence that America will
win the war Our soldiers have nj
ready proved themselves equal to the
best; but the war must be won by
main strength. 1t is no longer thought
by men well informed that Germany
can be defeated through starvation or
through anything else but superior
strength.
by far The greatest aid rendered
by America up to the present time has
been in furnishing supplies and i'm
proving transportation facilities, which
had been very much shattered by four
ears Oh nuTu NcslT. Inc mag nltuQe
Of our industrial operations over there
lies beyond measure. The United States
engineers have built. for instance, 2l0
miles OF sidetraclsing mt one center
The length of the war will be very
much lessencd il Americans will strain
every effort TO put armies in the field
md TO improve transportation facill-
lies"
He said that he saw the Leviathan
! tho converted Fatherland and, speak
ing comparatively he said that thirty.
two vessels were required by the
French to transport the first 5000 to
aid America in the Revolutionary War
And, telling OF things he had seen. Mfr
Pollard called the names OF the fol-
lowing Richmond men, Major Jen.
nings c. Wise, Captain John a. Cutchin
Lieutenant w. +. Word. Jr.. who was
the first American decorated for dis
tinguishcd gallantry: Lieutenants
Claiming Hall, G. Stanley Clarke. A. l.
Mcclellan. Spottswood Allen, Gordon
Smith and Isaacs Digges, Jr.. w. w
Tennessee, j. Fl. Fallwell w. H. Nor
riss. l.. y. Evans, Assistant Paymas ter
G.. a. Eubank, Thomas Keolighan