The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . nner for the troops. A generous supply ofturkeys arrived, but the mincemeat, cranber-ries and other fixins failed. Here, for thefirst time, the company mess funds, which had been contributed by the employeesof the Telephone Company, were brought into action. Very real was the feel-ing of appreciation toward those friends who, by providing these funds, enabledthe soldiers to enjoy an old-fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner. Daileys partin Company Ds dinner will not be forgotten. He had been at Vaucouleurswith Brittains pl
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . nner for the troops. A generous supply ofturkeys arrived, but the mincemeat, cranber-ries and other fixins failed. Here, for thefirst time, the company mess funds, which had been contributed by the employeesof the Telephone Company, were brought into action. Very real was the feel-ing of appreciation toward those friends who, by providing these funds, enabledthe soldiers to enjoy an old-fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner. Daileys partin Company Ds dinner will not be forgotten. He had been at Vaucouleurswith Brittains platoon, and while there had made for the Division Quarter-master so many cranberry pies and other Army dainties (the materials, how-ever, furnished by the Quartermaster), that when Thanksgiving Day ap-proached he was given permission to help himself to any supplies he neededfor his own gang. As a result, liberal quantities of cranberries, sugar andflour helped to make the D dinner one long to be remembered. About two oclock on the afternoon of December fourth the new circuits. Between Neufchateau and Vaucouleurs THANKSGIVING 87 were finished. When Captain Wattles and Lieutenant Griest made the reportto General Russell at General Headquarters, Major Hubbell being away, theGeneral congratulated them on the speed of construction and on the cleartransmission, stating that they were the most satisfactory lines over whichhe had talked since leaving the United States. Supply Officer Meigs greatest trouble at this time was in securing tiresfor the trucks and other cars. Countless thousands of French soldiers withtheir hob-nailed shoes were continually marching along the roads. Hob-nailscoming loose from the shoes literally covered the road, and the Lieutenantfound that hob-nails and rubber tires make a poor combination. He hauntedthe Quartermasters office begging and pleading for tires, but with littlesuccess. Upon one occasion, the Supply Officer learned from one of hisfriends in the Q
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