The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . big city could be handled through the switch-board at Corps Headquarters. About the time this job was finished, Colonel Mitchel decided that itwould not be wise for the aviators to live near the field. They were thereforemoved into a chateau which had originally been selected for the headquartersof the outfit. Another chateau was found for headquarters. It was at HauteFeuille, some five kilometers from the nearest line, and this too was connected. On the fourth of July at noon in the Chateau de Lathny, the First Co
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . big city could be handled through the switch-board at Corps Headquarters. About the time this job was finished, Colonel Mitchel decided that itwould not be wise for the aviators to live near the field. They were thereforemoved into a chateau which had originally been selected for the headquartersof the outfit. Another chateau was found for headquarters. It was at HauteFeuille, some five kilometers from the nearest line, and this too was connected. On the fourth of July at noon in the Chateau de Lathny, the First Corpsof the American Army officially took over from our Allies the command of thesector, being given control of a seven-kilometer front at the point where theenemy had thrust nearest to Paris. There were some French troops in thesector. This was the first time since the American Revolution that Americanofficers commanded foreign troops. The First Corps in turn was a part ofGeneral Degouttes Vlth French Army. Things were getting warm and every one worked at top speed fixing up. Co. D was Billeted Near an Inviting Stream. K* THE FIRST B ATT A LION
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