SIR JOHN FRENCH

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5

SIR JOHN FRENCH

CHEERY INTERVIEWS WITH HI9 ' WOUNDED SOLDIERS. The Rev. James Molloy, a Roman Catholic priest, who accompanied tha British Expeditionary Force to France, and' was ' attached as chaplain to Sir John French's headquarters, says that no matter how hard he had had to fight . during the day, Sir John always tried to spend a little time in'the field hospital at night with the wounded; - He woula stroll in, sometimes accom* panied by an orderly, but many times alone. He would ask the wounded how, they wero getting on, and-in the case' of men shot through the legs would dap them on the back and say : Fine .business, old boy. You'll get" him next time. How soon will you, ba . out and back with us?" , "Sometimes," says Father Molloy, j "the General would stay too long ana realise ho could not get back to noadquarters that night. Then, he would map a, blanket around him and cur! 1 up on a vacant cot or on the floor alongside a wounded soldier and go to sleep. I tell you every British soldier is strong for Sir John French—a real , man, ns well as a soldier."