History of Battery E, 323rd field artillery; . 2nd Lieut. Joseph D. Reese 2nd Lieut. I. Heyward Peck CHAPTER FOUR THE ARRIVAL IN EUROPEJune 28th to July 3rd As we walked down the gang-plank, a boys band played the StarSpangled Banner and the English Anthem. The band attracted considerableattention because of the youth of the players and the enthusiasm they put in themusic. We then paraded through the town and were met by good sized crowdson the various streets. Two things impressed us very much. The first wasthe scarcity of men, except very old or very young men and the second wasthe lack of t
History of Battery E, 323rd field artillery; . 2nd Lieut. Joseph D. Reese 2nd Lieut. I. Heyward Peck CHAPTER FOUR THE ARRIVAL IN EUROPEJune 28th to July 3rd As we walked down the gang-plank, a boys band played the StarSpangled Banner and the English Anthem. The band attracted considerableattention because of the youth of the players and the enthusiasm they put in themusic. We then paraded through the town and were met by good sized crowdson the various streets. Two things impressed us very much. The first wasthe scarcity of men, except very old or very young men and the second wasthe lack of teeth among the inhabitants who were present. So extreme was thislatter condition that Birkenhead might well be called the toothless town. We got our first glimpse of a European train when we arrived at theBirkenhead depot after the parade. The comparison between American andEuropean railroad trains created a lot of amusement. Instead of having alarge coach with end doors, these carriages as the English call them, aredivided crosswise into com
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