Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-04
POLLARD DESCRIBES f.
AMERICAN FIGHTING.
Former Attorney-General Tells
OF Wonderful Work on His
Return Home.
MET SEVERAL RICHMONDERS
Will Remain in Virginia on Y
M. c. A. Recruiting Mis-
sion Until September l.

''"" '"' 'ahn lollafd. former Attor-
ney-Gcncral Of Virginia. arrived j..
Richmond yesterday afternoon after
Sin months service with the army y
VI. {. y. in France on Il recruiting
mission TO obtain $50 persons forty
OF whom are 20 be women. from Viz
Sinia Tor war work on the battle ieI1s
OF France with the red triangle. He
VIII return. accompa MED by his re-
cruits. September !. Mr. Pollard
brought TO Richmond "a wonderful
story OF the magnificent fighting Of
the American soldiers at Cantigmy and
Chateau-Thicrry. and the cnthu3ia :; ic
praise OF the French patriots for taoir
Gallantry. lie declared that bon cam
aradc'-Gocd conradc-grccted Amerl-
cans from orcrjoyed lips on all sides
after the battles in which boys from,
over here distinguished themselves.
Mr. Pollard said that these two bat
ties were the hrst ones initiated -.
the americans. conducted entirely by
an American division. and the brunt of
which was borne by Americans. Can
tisny was twice captured and twice
lost b. tho French. it WAS such AZ.
important position from a military
standpoint; but. according to Mr.. Pol
iard account. which is saturated with
admiration. the Americans took the
town and r"pulsed nine separate anc
distinct attempts 20 rctakc it, ana each
time they inflicted such terrible losses
upon the Germans that. from appear
anccs, the enemy has given up any
hopes OF reg aiming that strategic pon;
MET SEVERAL VIRGINIANS
IN AMERICAN BASE HOSPITAL
Al the battle ot Cha, eau-Thierry
the Second Division. American troops.
put out OF commission two of tho Ger.
man picked divisions. innictinG on the
enemy. according to the officers who
returned to this country OH the same
boat with Mr. Pollard. loss of morc
than so per cent. The Germans III mis-
took tho American marines for Ital-
ians. a
After the battle of Cantigny." re-
marked Mr.. Pollard. Il happened tn be
In the American base hospita, town,
and the very FIRST person II Saw was
Major Albcr- Sidney Johnston Tucker,
grandson OF the distinguished Confcd-
crate general. Albert Sidney Johnston.
anJ son of Harry ST. George Tucker
OF Lexington He had in his hand
the piece OF shell which had been
removed from his shoulder At the :iald
hospital. ard he was the proudcst nan
I almost ever saw. Ard the next man
saw was Roy Sutherland. OF Dick
cnson County.
While was talkin 10 hiEI, anotEcr
wounded man from the ether end OF
the ward. cceinE tho uniform had
on. called me. went TO him. He ask
cd ne to write letter for him TO
his Sweetheart. TO my astoni"h,nrnt.
she lived in Eichmond and In Dne of
tn, next doors TO my boyhocd home.
n0YS COR MAD WHEN
GERMANS SHOT DOWN FLAG
MIR. Pollard tells tho story of an
American general at the battle OF Can
tiEny. who ran up the Stars and
stripes above the trenches. Armies no
longer. on account OF the short dis
tance between the trenches and other
good reasons, float their banners; So
OF course. the American flag was shot
down instantly by the fire from mum.
erous German guns. And after the bat
tie where tho Americans distinguished
themselves. Mr. Pollard talked to the
wounded on their way to the hospital.
one of them said: we didn't mind the
Huns shooting at us, but when they
shot Old Glory down we got mad"
While in France MIR. Pollard read
an editorial in "A German newspaper. in
which it was said that il was mpos-
sibc for the Americans to have taken
Cantigny. The German sage re-
marked that the position was so i'm
portant that the French never would
have entrusted it to green American
soldiers Mir. Pollard said that the
Americans were really over there in
service, but that they knew it now and
were madly anxious to submarine the
German American" transports.
Mr. Pollard stated that Randolph
CORDOBA, OF this city, who is doing
splendid work with the Red Cross. had
invited him TO lunch one day in Paris.
and that al exactly l2 o'clock they saw
one of the shells from the German
phantom gun. which shoots seventy-tivc
miles, fall in the city. lie stated that
in fifteen minutes to the second they
saw another one fall, and that after
fifteen minutes more they heard the
third. He said that the shells from
this gun are comparatively small and
do comparative little damage. The
greatest number shot any one day has
been sixty. The streets are so wide,
and there are so many large parks in
Paris, according to Mr.. Pollard'S state
ment, that great many Of the shells
do no damage at all, except dig whole
about six feet in diameter and two feet
deep. The greatest damage done by
any one fell on the church Easter morn
ing. when about ninety people were
killed and twice that many wounded.
Mr.. Pollard said that he visited a spot
where she'll killed eight.
FINDS CONDITIONS IN CAMPS
BETTER THAN HE EXPECTED
The damage done by one of these
shells Is nothing like so great rs that
done by shell dropped from an air.
ship The shell from the long range
gun is very piercing: it penetratcs a
house. leaving 'hole all the way
through il. But n she'll from plane
often glances after taking off one or
two stories OF tall building"
Mr.. Pollard said that he met Gen
eral Joffre. in spite Of the fact that
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