. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... d to l)e scrnbbed. Cleanliness, we were to learn, was to l)eone of the things to be always kept in mind. A mere mentionof the many ludicrous sights in and id)out cami) those first fewdays Avili surely recall a chain of comical circumstances. .Menwho liad been used to living a rather free and easy life ( ha\ingwhat they wished Avhen they wanted it) Avere learning to |)eelpotatoes. Avait on tabl(% police company streets, make their ownl)eds and do the hundi-ed and one things Avhich they all latei-found easy
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... d to l)e scrnbbed. Cleanliness, we were to learn, was to l)eone of the things to be always kept in mind. A mere mentionof the many ludicrous sights in and id)out cami) those first fewdays Avili surely recall a chain of comical circumstances. .Menwho liad been used to living a rather free and easy life ( ha\ingwhat they wished Avhen they wanted it) Avere learning to |)eelpotatoes. Avait on tabl(% police company streets, make their ownl)eds and do the hundi-ed and one things Avhich they all latei-found easy in the daily gi-ind of being a soldier. However,there Avas a big willingness to le;irn on the |)ar1 oF all: theregulars in and about the camp found out that our crowdAvere regular fellows, ami wei-e williuL; to i:i\e us pointers,although many stoiies oi the L;idlil)ilily of our recruits Tor thefirst fcAV days Avere cii-enlated in camp. On July 4tli, five days after reaching camp, a l>iL;- heedAvas put on Ijy the Mess Sergeants and Cooks, and thus was cs- 16 MEMORIES OF THE -^IITII. \. II. <;i{is\ Major Griswiihl was first Commanding- Officer of the 411th. Shortlyaftei- arrival in France, March, 191N. he was transferred from organiza-tion to staff of Oeneral Russel at Tours and made Director of the Tele-phone and Telegraph Department. He was in charge of the vast con-struction and maintenance of the net work of lines of communica-tion in the SOS, and much of the success in carrying- out the plan wasdue to his tireless, efficient efforts and ability. Promoted to I.,ieutenant-Colonel in October. 1918. Served on SignalCorps Board at Paris after Armistice, which had of the dis])ositionof the plant and supplies of the Signal Corp.^ in the A. E. F. tai)lis!i((l lliat iievci-tiulini;- rivalry lictwtMMi llit^ iiicsses of thetAvo (onipanies as to which one could turn out the best ^ .July 4th feed was a dandy, so much so that some of onri-aily \isi1ors from ou
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