"C" battery book, 306th FA., 77th div., 1917-1919 . ril was a rainy day. Manymen had their relatives down. All through the barracksran a spirit of sorrow. Some of the women were intears but the boys cheered them up with a show ofbravado. There were constant roll calls, inspections,check-ups and all such throughout the day. Finally thefolks left to get back home and a gloom settled overthe barracks. They seemed bare and each one of us T BATTERY HISTORY 15 was tired and weary. Again in the dark we wereformed, this time to be assigned to a permanent we marched inside and drew our rifle
"C" battery book, 306th FA., 77th div., 1917-1919 . ril was a rainy day. Manymen had their relatives down. All through the barracksran a spirit of sorrow. Some of the women were intears but the boys cheered them up with a show ofbravado. There were constant roll calls, inspections,check-ups and all such throughout the day. Finally thefolks left to get back home and a gloom settled overthe barracks. They seemed bare and each one of us T BATTERY HISTORY 15 was tired and weary. Again in the dark we wereformed, this time to be assigned to a permanent we marched inside and drew our rifle ammunitionand travel rations. Twas nearly midnight before wehad a chance to fall asleep on the hard floor, our bunkshaving all been piled up in a corner. About 3 a. m. wewere called and finally slung the packs on wearyshoulders and took our last look at the building that hadbeen our home for so long and then plodded through therain and mud to the station and France. By the way,we thought Upton the original mudhole, but how aboutthe Western Front?. Chapter IILEVIATHAN EMBARKATION was very slow. After oursleepless ride from Upton we boarded a ferry atLong Island City and sailed round the Batteryto Hoboken. Here we were kept lined up on the pierfor several hours with our packs on. We had our firstlook at the largest ship in the world, which we hadheard was to carry us to France. Having had no break-fast or dinner, when the Red Cross women gave uscocoa and cakes, we hungrily claimed seconds andthirds. At last the line moved up the gang plank wherewe received our l)unk ticket, and on to the boat. Whata maze of stairways and corridors. At last we foundour compartment and laid our packs on the bunks. Thequarters seemed narrow and cramped. The ship wasone maze of bimks, three and four stories high and fill-ing every corner. When w^e matched those bunk ticketsto their proper bunks we found ourselves in the bestpart of the ship, on E deck, the highest for thesoldiers, and in front of th
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