The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . arently was amilitary holiday and there were no officers at the pier. Meigs managed tolearn that the Battalion was scheduled for Camp Upton. Spying a ferryboatwhich was approaching the pier, he connived with its Captain to carry theBattalion to Long Island. At Long Island City, the boat was met by an officer who was awaitingthe arrival of the 406th Labor Battalion. During active service in France,the men frequently contended that Telegraph Battalion was a misnomerand that Labor Battalion was a far more appropriate
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . arently was amilitary holiday and there were no officers at the pier. Meigs managed tolearn that the Battalion was scheduled for Camp Upton. Spying a ferryboatwhich was approaching the pier, he connived with its Captain to carry theBattalion to Long Island. At Long Island City, the boat was met by an officer who was awaitingthe arrival of the 406th Labor Battalion. During active service in France,the men frequently contended that Telegraph Battalion was a misnomerand that Labor Battalion was a far more appropriate name. So theofficer was not so far from the truth. Once more there were Red Cross repre-sentatives present to distribute chocolate and other delicacies while the Army 26: THE FIRST BATTALION representatives directed the men to waiting trains with the information thata hot meal would be furnished them upon their arrival at Camp Upton. It was almost midnight when the Battalion arrived at the barracks whichhad been assigned to the organization. Here there was a pile of uncooked. On the Pier rations which had been dumped on the floor but there was no stove, no fire,no cook. The men had had no substantial food since the forenoon and theBattalion cooks went to work to prepare a meal. Meanwhile an artilleryorganization which by some error had been assigned to the same quartersarrived. The attack was repulsed. But when the food was ready the artillerymen were invited to help dispose of it. The next day saw a round of inspections and the men were lists and other Battalion records were checked and rechecked byMagill and his Headquarters detachment and the clerical forces of the Com-panies. After three days the journey to Camp Dix began. Captain Meigsused his powers of persuasion to secure special cars for the organization asregular trains required several transfers en route. Another long round of inspections was started at Camp Dix on the twenty-fourth. All of the r
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