. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... uch importance. All troops -were required to stand to before dawn until fidl daylight and from twilight untilfull darkness. These two periods were considered the mostdangerous for submarine attacks, and everybody had to be intheir properly designated places, equipped with life preservers,ready to put off in life boats, rafts, etc., if it became necessaryto abandon ship. The strain of this preparation and apprehen-sion Avore off in two or three days and the troops became accus-tomed to life aboar
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... uch importance. All troops -were required to stand to before dawn until fidl daylight and from twilight untilfull darkness. These two periods were considered the mostdangerous for submarine attacks, and everybody had to be intheir properly designated places, equipped with life preservers,ready to put off in life boats, rafts, etc., if it became necessaryto abandon ship. The strain of this preparation and apprehen-sion Avore off in two or three days and the troops became accus-tomed to life aboard ship. While there were some discomfortsin the way of overcrowded berthing spaces, only fair food andsome sickness, little complaint was heard, and we were begin-ning to come in contact with that level-headed American i)hil-osophy whicli became characteristic of the A. E. F., and laterso easily expressed by a shrug of the shoulders, extending ofthe hands and the French ex])ression Cest le Guerre. About four P. ]\1. Friday, ^laidi 1. 11)18, a submarine alaini 38 MEMORIES OP THE 4nTir-. AV. C. BAKBOl R Captain Co. E. 411th. Transferred soon afterarrival in France and in cliarge maintenancelines of communication SOS. Promoted to Majorand assigned to command 403rd Telegraph Ba-la llion, with which organization he liad cliargeof the construction and maintenance of import-ant network in the advance section SOS. CROSSING THE ATLANTIC 39 Avas given; something which appeared like a periscope wassighted on the port side of our ship, the Covington. Imme-diate firing began from all of the ships in the convoy that couldmaneuver into position, depth bombs were dropped, and all theother well planned offensive and defensive action taken. Aban-don ship alarm sounded and everyone was quickly at their des-ignated places ready to take to the water if the ship were tor-pedoed. The excitement was quickly over, the all clear
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