Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-02
MAJOR McFADDEN is BACK
Distinguished Soldier Returned After
Sixteen Months OF Service.
BELIEVES WAR Will Be RENEWED

believes War Will Be RENEWED
According to Rock Hill Man, the Al
lies Should Have Conc into Ger
many as They Could HaYe Done an,
Given the Germans a Taste Of Wha
the Germans Gave the BcIgians ant
French.
After serving overseas nearly Il
months, going with the Thirtieth: di
vision through the thick Of the fight
ing at the front, helping to break th'
famous Hindenburg line and later
after being transferred to the Thirt
division, keeping watch over the
bridge-heads of the Rhine, Major c. L
McFadden has returned to his home ir
Rock Hill. Major McFadden sailed or
the America from Brest, August II and
arrived in New York on the goth. He
reached home this morning and was
given a warm welcome by his many
friends here. However, he has not
yet been released. from service. He
expects to remain here until about the
10th of September, and will then &c
to Camp Gordon, to obtain his dis
charge from the army. Major Nc
Fadden was met upon his arrival in
New York by his wife, who accompan-
led him home.
Major McFadden left Rock Hill as
captain of the local military company,
which later became Company Fl,
11Sth infantry, Thirueth division. Az
ter a period of training at Camp Sc
vier, 'Greenville, Company H was
transferred from Greenville to New
York, preparatory to sailing to
France The company embarked at
New York on May IL, 1918, arriving
at Liverpool, England, May %. From
there tho company was transferred
to Dover and thence to France.
Captain McFadden was practically
in command of the second battalion
throughout the summer and fall of
1918. He received his commission as
major on October II, and after the
signing of the arrnisticc, when the
Thirtieth division was preparing to
sail for home, he was transferred to
tie Third division, which was assigned
to duty in the occupied area of Ger
many. Major >McFadden's transfer to
the army OF occupation occurred jan
uary IA, 1919.
Major McFadden states that the
American troops are rapidly leaving
France. There are at present, he says,
not more than $4,000 American SOL
diers left in that country. The trans
port on which the major sailed from
Brest, brought home $500 men.
When asked about the attitude of
the French people toward. the Ameri-
can soldier, Major McFadden stated
that the treatment now received by
the Americans at the hands Of the
French is not as warm and enthusi-
astic as when the Yankees first. visited
France. Hc intimated that the atti-
tude of the French toward our SOL
diers is like that Of the host toward
the guest who has over-stayed his
welcome. The French, Major McFad-
den declared, are very anxious to re-
adjust themselves, settle down TO busi-
ness and restore conditions to normal
as soon as possible. AS long as the
American soldiers remain billited in
their homes and occupy their towns
the French are greatly handicapped
in their efforts to settle themselves
and resume the industrial activities
by the war, he added. For
this reason the French have shown
signs of impaticncc recently in their
relations with the American soldiers.
Major McFadden, as many other
soldiers returning from France, have
said, expressed it as their belief that
the war will have 10 be fought over
again within the next 10 years. The
Germans were defeated, he declared,
but they have not been conquered. I'm
mediately after the signing Of the
armistice the Germans were very
meek, Major McFadden stated, but
they are growing more arrogant daily.
The German army should have been
forced to surrender on its own terri
tory, he said. When the armistice was
signed the American forces were ready
TO march to Berlin, the major con-
tinued. Two long lines, containing
thousands and thousands of trucks,
loaded with ammunition and supplies,
were standing ready to move into Ger
many when the fighting ceased. Had
the war lasted a few days longer, he
declared, German towns all along the
border would have been literally torn
to pieces by the advancing Allied ar
mics. While the signing of the arrnis-
tice prevented the sacrifice of thous-
ands of lives, the major believes that
If the Allied forces had been permit
ted to invade Germany and give them
a taste of the destruction and suffering
which the Huns had been inflictins
upon France and Belgium, the chances
for Il repetition of the war with Ger
many would be greatly reduced.
The war lord Of Germany, despite
his downfall, has not lost much of his