331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . prisoners, some even aspired to apply for a ride in oneof the many airplanes. Some just ducked their heads and plodded into were many short hikes to Cazaux and back and hours of dismounteddrill and physical exercise. On Thursday, Dec. fifth, the Battery fumbled attheir packs, jammed in their shelter-half, pins, rope and blankets and fifty or sixtypounds of other junk, it seemed to them, and started a new march to the time Baker, who had been implicated in several other hikes, went a day inadvance, apparently to find the
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . prisoners, some even aspired to apply for a ride in oneof the many airplanes. Some just ducked their heads and plodded into were many short hikes to Cazaux and back and hours of dismounteddrill and physical exercise. On Thursday, Dec. fifth, the Battery fumbled attheir packs, jammed in their shelter-half, pins, rope and blankets and fifty or sixtypounds of other junk, it seemed to them, and started a new march to the time Baker, who had been implicated in several other hikes, went a day inadvance, apparently to find the roughest road. The men swung out under thedripping pines over a winding, loose sand trail. At the ascent of each hill theirpacks grew heavier and Bakers life became more imperiled. At length theytrudged across the dreary plateau to the sand eight inches deep and discoveredtheir camp site stretching before them with Sahara-like barrenness. Their onlyconsolation was that the Medics were suffering with them. Their tent pegs pulled Pa2e 300 —BATTERY E. * 3311 Field Artillery, loose in the soft sand and the mist became so thick that their fires were only ablur in the darkness. Damp and cold and stiff yet in much better spirits thanthey expected to be, they stirred up their fires and blackened their mess kits withbreakfast. How good the stuff tasted with the smell of the fire on it! This timeas on the other hike the Battery was let loose and promptly got lost in the came out near Cazaux, others near La Teste. There was one redeeming feature about the hikes, they trained the men fortheir week-end pilgrimages to Arcachon and La Teste down the long, desolate,uninteresting road. It was five miles to La Teste and three miles farther toArcachon. The distance did not for a moment discourage the fellows. Manypreferred to remain in camp and saunter from booth to booth along the WesternFront, cracking nuts and chewing down grapes, or, if they were so inclined, sittingin the crowd
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