. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... ipment and methods always annise anAmerican; the cars remind one of boxes placed on wheels anddivided into several compartments foi the filing away of pass-engers. There is hardly room for your legs and Unecs in Ihethird-class coaches as you sit facing one another, and loadeddown as our outfit was with packs, extia e(|uipiiient, etc., allwere very crowded. The engine which pulled this first li-aiu ofours was even more funny than the cars; it Avouldnt make agood sized switch engine in the States; the boile
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... ipment and methods always annise anAmerican; the cars remind one of boxes placed on wheels anddivided into several compartments foi the filing away of pass-engers. There is hardly room for your legs and Unecs in Ihethird-class coaches as you sit facing one another, and loadeddown as our outfit was with packs, extia e(|uipiiient, etc., allwere very crowded. The engine which pulled this first li-aiu ofours was even more funny than the cars; it Avouldnt make agood sized switch engine in the States; the boilei- was all shinybrass; the engineer and fireman stood up in a little dinky placewhich corresponds to our engine cabs. Yet it was suiiu-isingthe numl)er of cars that it liauhMl. on engines are unknown ;instead they use a sort of threshing nuichiue shi-ill whistle,which keeps u]) a continual tooting to let people know theyare on the way. A lai-ge portion of the railroads in l^rance ai-edouble-tracked. The Irains iMin on llic left hand liack. ami h^. Mt J>»^-^.igM^fe. 1. Tliose wonderful beds first niglit at Savenay. 2. First hike near Brest, Prance. 3. Company D Barracks, Savenay. 4. Construction gang near St. Nazaire. f). Close up derrick for wire stringing. EARLY EXPERIENCES IX FRANCE 51 on tliis first trii) some of us thoimlit tlicy had made a mistakeand were expeeting- a head-on collision at any time: however,we soon learned that was the custom. We eaily noticed thatthe danger of accidents at grade crossings is well eared for 1)\gates Avhich are only opened when the railway is clear for somedistance each way. A tenders house is located at each set ofgates which serves as the residence. The gates and hlock sig-nals during the war period were generally cared for by women(presumably of railroad men at war). At each of these littlegate houses were many children who would rush out and waveat us as the train went by. During this first trip in France all were gr
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