AMERICAN SOLDIERS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160641, 3 May 1920, Page 11

AMERICAN SOLDIERS

VISCOUNT HAIG’S TESTIMONY

Assn.—May 3, 12.45 p.m. NEW YORK, May 1

The New York American’s London correspondent interviewed Viscount Haig, who said: “I cannot understand how it can have been possible to suggest that I failed to appreciate and publicly acknowledge the immense value of the Americans’ co-operation in the war. I yield to none in my admiration for the great American armies which fought side by side with us. They were imbued with the spirit and desire to render the utmost service, and especially admirable in my estimation was the self-efface-ment they were ready to display, and the desire they at all times showed to learn from the armies which had been for years in the field. Stress is la 5 d on my omission in my Newcastle and Glasgow speeches of any reference to the part played by the United States soldier in France. Let me point out that, in each of these cases, I had just received the freedom of the city, and was addressing demobilised soldiers, and it was natural I should devote my utterances to a eulogy to our country regiments.”