The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . nothing to the joy ofthe season. Being part of an Army in war time, and little knowing what thefuture holds forth—how soon, if ever, there will be an opportunity to get intothe thick of it, instead ofeverlastingly diggingholes, raising poles andstringing wire—it wouldseem that such thoughtswould make Christmas,1917, for the members ofthe 406th Telegraph Bat-talion a day of indigo hue. But such was not thecase. Committees wereappointed early in themonth and preparationsstarted for having rousing parties on Christmas
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . nothing to the joy ofthe season. Being part of an Army in war time, and little knowing what thefuture holds forth—how soon, if ever, there will be an opportunity to get intothe thick of it, instead ofeverlastingly diggingholes, raising poles andstringing wire—it wouldseem that such thoughtswould make Christmas,1917, for the members ofthe 406th Telegraph Bat-talion a day of indigo hue. But such was not thecase. Committees wereappointed early in themonth and preparationsstarted for having rousing parties on Christmas Day. The boxes had been arriving, not only for themen who had formerly been employees, but also for those transferred tothe Battalion from other organizations. A real job it was to restrain theimpulse to take just one peep into the boxes before Christmas Day. On the day before Christmas, those who could get away scoured the woodsin the neighborhood of the camps and returned with evergreen boughs andhuge branches of mistletoe. The mess halls took on a Christmas air. The. Contents of a Christmas Box 98 THE FIRST BATTALION
Size: 2051px × 1219px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectworldwar19141918
