. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... tchini? the review. Col. Allison tells them to step out. Close up of Mr. Vail. MAKING SOLDIERS 31 made many frifiids. Preijaratioiis for de[)ai-tui( were liastilymade, tearful good-byes said and on January 22, 1!)1S, the411th started on the first leu of their journey overseas. Adetail of thirty-nine soldiers arid two officers i)i0Ceeded over-land to Ilohoken, aetinu as convoy for the complete motor ve-hicle and technical equipment of a Teleyraph Battalion. The trip from ^lonterey to San Francisco was a pl
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... tchini? the review. Col. Allison tells them to step out. Close up of Mr. Vail. MAKING SOLDIERS 31 made many frifiids. Preijaratioiis for de[)ai-tui( were liastilymade, tearful good-byes said and on January 22, 1!)1S, the411th started on the first leu of their journey overseas. Adetail of thirty-nine soldiers arid two officers i)i0Ceeded over-land to Ilohoken, aetinu as convoy for the complete motor ve-hicle and technical equipment of a Teleyraph Battalion. The trip from ^lonterey to San Francisco was a pleasantone, althouuh there Avere many sad liearts and teaiful e3esover leavino- dear ones behind in our ^lonterey homeland. Wewere iilad in the lowledge that at last we were on our wayover there. A new phase of our life in the service was u[)onus; our eyes had a new ^ileam, our carriage was a little moreerect, our step more firm and our consciousness more keyed upto the advent of emergino- from the status of being in training-camp to event of l)eing headed toward active The rky .sliorrN, in |>i-o\ i(l«Ml :i »iiil«Mt°iil | tlu-ir plii>-tiiiie lioiirN, IVON OUR WAY VIA PANAMA CANAL TTPON ariival of onr special train in San Francisco we -wert^ somewliat snrprised to be greeted by many of onr friendsand acqnaintanees who had in some way gotten a tip on onrmovement, although it was presinned to be very secret. Thetrain was switched down past the Ferry Building and aroundthe belt line railway to the Fort Mason dock. At every cross-ing- Avhere the train stopped our friends in someway contrivedto catch up and wave us greetings. They were joined soon bymany passers by, who were anxious to catch a glimpse of theorganization bound for the front, as they soon began callingto us. Shortly after arrival at Fort ]Mason orders Avere issued toboaid the Steamship Great Northern which had just beenconveiitMl into an Army Transport at
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