The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . Building the Line Toward Langres to the Inn through the clear, cold, moonlit night. In the dimly lighteddining room of the Inn there was an old piano and, despite the fact thatthere were several keys missing and the instrument was decidedly out oftune, it furnished a great deal of entertainment. The famous Antillesquartet again was in evidence. Smith and Atwood, two of the telegraphoperators, brought down the crowd with a Jewish comedy. The roars oflaughter soon attracted a number of French soldiers who joined in t
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . Building the Line Toward Langres to the Inn through the clear, cold, moonlit night. In the dimly lighteddining room of the Inn there was an old piano and, despite the fact thatthere were several keys missing and the instrument was decidedly out oftune, it furnished a great deal of entertainment. The famous Antillesquartet again was in evidence. Smith and Atwood, two of the telegraphoperators, brought down the crowd with a Jewish comedy. The roars oflaughter soon attracted a number of French soldiers who joined in the merri-ment. There was boxing which produced several black eyes. Late that nightthe trucks carried a crowd of happy men back to their Chapter IX7 Vi a n k sg iv ing THE novelty of service in a foreign land gradually had worn had been long, and the work hard. Nor was there the excite-ment of booming guns and dropping shells to stimulate the camp life far from home and friends, and the pressure under whicheach assignment was rushed through, did not tend to lighten the excursion to the fallen Zeppelin had been planned so that the menmight see and feel the closeness of the conflict. It gave them a realizationthat somewhere, not far away, bullets were flying and men were dying inthe cause which brought the Battalion to France. A couple of days rest and the Halloween celebration put new pep inthe Battalion and when, on November first, orders were received for a directpole line from Langres to Neufchateau, the dirt was flying in short was All-Saints Day. As the work started church bells were ringing andall day the French were continually marching to and from the differentchurch se
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