The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . o their trucks, the good French friends stood in their little front yard wavingtheir hands and calling Vive lAmerique! The trucks were halted in Orleans at noon and after mess the men had anopportunity to look around the old city before continuing to Vendome. Thiswas the end of the days journey and was reached early in the afternoon, butthere were no particularly attractive places available to billet a regiment of American cavalry occupied the French barracks and the Signalmen were directed to a large a
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . o their trucks, the good French friends stood in their little front yard wavingtheir hands and calling Vive lAmerique! The trucks were halted in Orleans at noon and after mess the men had anopportunity to look around the old city before continuing to Vendome. Thiswas the end of the days journey and was reached early in the afternoon, butthere were no particularly attractive places available to billet a regiment of American cavalry occupied the French barracks and the Signalmen were directed to a large airdrome on the outskirts of the town. When thetrucks had been parked, all of the men except a small guard were dismisseduntil the next morning and most of them sought quarters for the night in thetown. Before the Battalion departed from Tonnerre Captain Hasskarl, who hadrecently been promoted and put in command of Company E, was assignedto the Fifth Corps billeting detail. The Battalion passed through Le Manson Saturday afternoon, Harris having been posted there to guide the. Courcelles HOMEWARD BOUND 255 column to Courcelles, the town which Hasskarl had selected for the had seen few Americans and the Signal men were welcomed withenthusiasm. Inspection officers arrived from Le Mans and the Battalion withall its property was formed in the park of the small chateau in which Head-quarters had been established. The officers and noncoms had labored earnestlyto have this an orderly inspection. Every article was in its proper place infront of each man. The inspecting officers glanced over the assembly andremarked that this was the most orderly and the most nearly complete inspec-tion that they had made of all the troops which had passed through Le following day the Battalion records were inspected by officials from thearea Headquarters, and again a 100 per cent score resulted. Not a singlechange was ordered in the passenger lists, cantonment lists and soldier
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