. History of Battery B, One Hundred Third Field Artillery, Twenty-sixth Division, with pictorical supplement; . that had carried the house by storm. Then a snake dance was hastilyorganized to the amazement of the good French proprietor, and, headedby Billy JVlackie we wended a dizzy way to our billets. For two days we remained in this town, grooming horses, washingmaterial and cleaning ecjuipment. On the third day, March twenty-third, we started on a regimental manoeuvre, hiking for the front as aunit. Uj) to this time we were fully expectant of a rest and furthertraining before again entering
. History of Battery B, One Hundred Third Field Artillery, Twenty-sixth Division, with pictorical supplement; . that had carried the house by storm. Then a snake dance was hastilyorganized to the amazement of the good French proprietor, and, headedby Billy JVlackie we wended a dizzy way to our billets. For two days we remained in this town, grooming horses, washingmaterial and cleaning ecjuipment. On the third day, March twenty-third, we started on a regimental manoeuvre, hiking for the front as aunit. Uj) to this time we were fully expectant of a rest and furthertraining before again entering the lines. In fact, the division had re-ceived orders for a manoeuvre against the 42nd Division, which had onlyrecently left our old training grounds. But the German offensives wereassuming dangerous proportions in Flanders and Chemin-des-Damesterritory. American re-enforcement was greatly needed; and it wasdecided to send the First Division, operating in the Toul sector wherethey had been stationed through most of the preceeding winter. Andit was this division we were destined to relieve. Orders were not. The Drivers Recreation Period. [46] definitely changed immediately, however, although, as we moved out ofLa Rothiere talk of our rest was broken now and then by rumors of areturn to the front. More care was now given to the equal distributionof material, with the idea of saving horses and men, and the order of aten minute rest in every hour of hiking came into use. Frecjuently weutilized twelve or fourteen hours a day in plain walking, and even afterreaching park, our days work was not done. For there were still dustyand weary horses to be groomed and freshened, and dirty collars and bitsto be washed. The close of this days hike brought us, footsore andweary to Thil. That evening the talent of the Battery entertained atthe Y. The next day. Palm Sunday, we remained in Thil, in the midst of theS. O. S. and peace time soldiering. Consequently the majority of theBattery was free
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