The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . Mission built the shack designed by a famous /^/ Parisian architect, who wasin an engineers regiment,and the Club Lafayettewas opened with a partyNovember eighth. A splen-did concert was rendered byan orchestra composed ofFrench soldiers. Two FrenchGenerals and an AmericanGeneral spoke, all expressingjoy at the good feeling exist-ing among the Allies. Upon the arrival of a cargo of Signal Corps supplies, it was decided tostring additional wires on the new line from Vaucouleurs to Neufchateau,making necessary more c
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . Mission built the shack designed by a famous /^/ Parisian architect, who wasin an engineers regiment,and the Club Lafayettewas opened with a partyNovember eighth. A splen-did concert was rendered byan orchestra composed ofFrench soldiers. Two FrenchGenerals and an AmericanGeneral spoke, all expressingjoy at the good feeling exist-ing among the Allies. Upon the arrival of a cargo of Signal Corps supplies, it was decided tostring additional wires on the new line from Vaucouleurs to Neufchateau,making necessary more circuits between Chaumont and Neufchateau. Allwho could be spared from the other work were immediately started onthe latter job. Company D, less the platoon remaining at Vaucouleurs,started south from Neufchateau while E, less the detachment still workingon the Langres-Neufchateau line at Frecourt, started north from Chaumont,Great was the enthusiasm among the men, because they now had realAmerican materials, and enough wire reels to enable them to do an intelligent %Sk T^rJ. Gas Masks and Helmets 86 THE FIRST BATTALION and efficient job. Certain developments, however, required that the circuitsbe completed considerably earlier than was at first anticipated; and regard-less of weather, the gangs worked from daylight until dark. The new circuits progressed so rapidly that it was decided that the timefor real Thanksgiving Day festivities could be spared, and every one enteredenthusiastically into the preparations for the holiday. The Headquartersand Supply Detachments this time decided that they would have a partyof their own, which was to be a boar hunt. Early in the morning they setout and scoured the woods with their large supply of firearms, consisting ofone shot-gun and a half-dozen automatic pistols. A signal of five blasts on a whistle had been selected to assemblethe party to help drag out the game. Duringthe mornings hunt one shot was fired at whatwas supposed to have bee
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