The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-04
AMERICANS RECEIVED
WITH BIG ENTHUSIASM
John Garland Pollard, Back From
France. Says Our Men Looked
Upon With Respect.
MET MANY FROM RICHMOND.
Former Attorney General Returns To
Recruit Nirginiaus for Oversee
Duty With y. VI. &. A-Wants 100
Men and Many Women,


ronn Garland Pollard former at
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eorheF genera" a'''F'N ''
yesterday AFTERNOON at 4 O'Clock. al'@f
having epent the mast SIX months in
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transport on Nhlch MI ga"
turned 10 America landed at Newport
>-er.s xxrna,,,s,go,, and Mr. Pollard
came airee' /" "'''''''"'''
Mr.. Pollard has been sent back 10
America 10 recruit workers for the
Y. NJ c. 4. service. He expects 70
enlist 1eo men from Virginia and "A
large numb Of women Rirbmund's
opota fs 40 men and 10 women. Tn"
men must he above the draft age and
the women must be over twenty-five
and under fifty wears Of aee, and nc
able 10 pass a physical examination
Ahnt fs unusua}lv rigid
Attached to the headauaterz staff
~ the Y NJ c. L at Paris. II was
Mr.. PnHard's duty to circulate
through the a. n7ps containing Amerl-
can soldiers and address them. lie
Ytas and talked with numbers ot
Richmond t,ea in trenches and tn
hosnitslg among them being Major
Jennings G. Wise. CAPTAIN John 4.
r.utchias. I3eutenant Word. who hrs
received the American decoration for
stjnw,3tshed service. Lieutenant
Claiming Hall Lieutenant G. Stanley
Clarke, lieutenant 4. l.. McClellnnd,
:. I.ieutauaa Mt scott Alton. Lieutenant
C,ordor, Smith. Priyates Isaac piEcs
II y "a Evans Assistant pavnlaSter
a. Fuhank Thomas kivhEan and
Never r. Rinehart He also met s
II. Thomas form erIv secretary OF the
Railroad v NJ c A who IL doing
most exceuen, work with the boyq
sharing then dangers ard. living
right down In the ducoufs with them.
Randolnh CorAoza another Rich
nnondnr Mr. Pollard rerorfed aS do,
ING cornmerdable work with the Red
Cross He r, norris finding only one
Richmond woman In France. Miss
Helen McTn,ire. who IL with the Y
NJ q ~ headnuarters in Paris
tss4& No Attention 10 Mir Raids.
srIr Pollard when Questioned about
The air raids ia Paris said that no.
boav maid ana. attention 10 tho raida
now Thev have become too much
aerns,npsaa 20 tben, and were onlV
careful 10 follow out government reg
D r1sf,ops IN the strirtest letter Of the
h Ian, when the alarm, WAS given
Il The sparicane are everywhere re-
4 ,.;,,aS ~. 49,. r,rarrh wien trsr,en
dfSgs - n have got
Y ,sr into tho fiehttrg line ana shown
thar mett,a They are hearing the
. hr,,,,, NJ tho ftebf NOW along a thirty
i nail. frcrt .rd pt,jrr tho account Of
/ ,brvcset,eQ shat one would exnect Of
II A,nsr3cap. a,.vu,bare and under any
J rsrf,,,,stances The men et Cantip,lv
= n.6a a pauo for the American sol
aier In the hlstorv Of the world that
,.,,,, rovar H. o,arehaaowed Words
ara ,nadeouets ~ nirtur@ The man
nar IN which -ha fighting men Of
Trncle es,n - talstps, hola and carry
inc on ACCORDING 70 Mr. Pollard
The eovernnenf has turned over q
tbe Y NJ e the care Of handling
tha rsntaers an along Tho lines and
has .hr~ released MANY hundred men
for the fighting line. but this has also
made more CRYING tho need for civil
lans In .ba V N 9 i ranks for
sneakinc working and maintaining.
home shirt among the men. to look
.f,sr tseir cop,fort attend n their
needs in the hospitals or in the
trenches sac tba+ their neonla hac};
Rome are kent informed as 10 The
nroSrs.s roada IN hosnitals and in
nun1crahle ether vays in which thev
are able to make themselves helpfuI
Mr. poIIard said conditions along
the abandoned battle fields are nor
rih,. devas+stion ana henri rend{nr
ruip foI,owinr evervwhere the wake
~ ths uusneakabte Hum Homes lie
IN ashes little Gardens are muck and
VIVID ana ths beautiful cot1ntry az
rrarca {s laid low put Averv,,bere
rrarrbran remain enthusiastic and
onftmfstic ackowledging no possibil-