331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . e went up on the decks and watched the water and talked. Othershuddled in the warm passageway beside the kitchens and slept, while the restspread their khaki blankets over the tables, got out their matches and went towork. In the middle of the morning some unfortunate sergeant would go downto the ship canteen where Sgt. Schwartz and Lt. Foltz were working in the staleair distributing canteen supplies. The Battery would line up in the crampedspace of the mess Hall for their chance at the ten Hershey bars and many packagesof gum and cigarett
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . e went up on the decks and watched the water and talked. Othershuddled in the warm passageway beside the kitchens and slept, while the restspread their khaki blankets over the tables, got out their matches and went towork. In the middle of the morning some unfortunate sergeant would go downto the ship canteen where Sgt. Schwartz and Lt. Foltz were working in the staleair distributing canteen supplies. The Battery would line up in the crampedspace of the mess Hall for their chance at the ten Hershey bars and many packagesof gum and cigarettes. At ten oclock Sgt. Formon would rout out as many ashe could of the fellows lying around their bunks and assemble the Battery on theforward deck where they had physical exercises if the weather permitted. Whilethe battery was stumbling around on deck the Captain accompanied the shipcommander and the Colonel through the quarters looking for orange peels andneglected soldiers. Dinner was always a matter of grave speculation. Besides the macaroni and. BATTERY E T 5311 Field Artillery,f the hard rolls there was sure to be meat and something else. Now just whatwas that something else to be? Often times the men were not even sure of itwhen it was brought to them. It might be peas or beans or any other the macaroni was thrown overboard the men struck out to pilfer a bookfrom someone or draw up in mysterious lines before the ships kitchens where theodor of broiling steak seemed to have a strange fascination for them For it wouldbe hours sometimes before they would leave and then their mess kits which beforewere not in evidence were now in plain sight. After supper, except for a few profes-sionals who still had use for their blankets and a few who lingered about the deck,.the Battery crawled off to bed, some on table tops, some nestled together in thehatchway like belated Shropshires. For the first three days out of Gibraltar the ocean behaved itself tolerablywell and
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