The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . ch did not in the least detract from the party. Unfortunately, early on that fine snowymorning, Carlson had to go to the hospital, there to spend a dismal Christ-mas with a case of measles. As an innovation, the sergeants had volunteered to act as waiters, and abusy time they had. After appetites were appeased, a letter of greeting fromMr. Kinnard was read, and it brought forth wild cheers. Lieutenant Hass-karl had been appointed Chief Cook, and this overheated officer was draggedforth from the kitchen by Master of
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . ch did not in the least detract from the party. Unfortunately, early on that fine snowymorning, Carlson had to go to the hospital, there to spend a dismal Christ-mas with a case of measles. As an innovation, the sergeants had volunteered to act as waiters, and abusy time they had. After appetites were appeased, a letter of greeting fromMr. Kinnard was read, and it brought forth wild cheers. Lieutenant Hass-karl had been appointed Chief Cook, and this overheated officer was draggedforth from the kitchen by Master of Ceremonies Brittain to make a bow andreceive a round of hearty applause. A detail from the ioist Infantry bandfurnished music for the occasion, and the quality of the music may be judgedfrom the fact that the leader had formerly been an assistant director of theBoston Symphony Orchestra. Lutz and Murdaugh had visited a cafe atLiffol le Grande and borrowed a mechanical piano of ancient lineage, and tomake the party complete, there was a real piano which Thevelin had borrowed. Co. D at Neufchateau ioo THE FIRST BATTALION from a neighbor. Murdaugh sat on the mechanical piano to hold it down whileDobbie turned the crank. Before the celebration ended the children from theneighborhood were invited into the barracks to see the decorations and in-cidentally to strip the tree of its trimmings. The first Christmas in the American Expeditionary Forces was a thing ofthe past. Was it a success? If noise and laughter is a criterion, the answermust be decidedly in the affirmative. Was there any homesickness? If therewas, it was carefully concealed behind smiling countenances. Deep down inthe hearts of all was a feeling that although they were far from home, thepeople back in the States were thinking of them, and missing them just asmuch and perhaps more, than they themselves missed the home ties.
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