331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . whole, itwasnt a wild day—the weekly mail caused more excitement—we were five hundredmiles at least a week, from the conflict. After that the big worry centered on GOING HOME—and avoiding fill out a fading drill schedule football became an event. Under Kellermannthere were some fair workouts, and prospects were encouraging. Boebel Voss,Larkin, Fiedler and Toohev were in the backfield—Franceen, Bridges, NiemerWeed Kellermann, Walters, Thompson, Elliott, Pfeifter and Schlotthauer heldan iron line. D was held to a tie, tho the ball wa
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . whole, itwasnt a wild day—the weekly mail caused more excitement—we were five hundredmiles at least a week, from the conflict. After that the big worry centered on GOING HOME—and avoiding fill out a fading drill schedule football became an event. Under Kellermannthere were some fair workouts, and prospects were encouraging. Boebel Voss,Larkin, Fiedler and Toohev were in the backfield—Franceen, Bridges, NiemerWeed Kellermann, Walters, Thompson, Elliott, Pfeifter and Schlotthauer heldan iron line. D was held to a tie, tho the ball was within Fs 3 yardjmefor three downs. Then E was an easy victim. But when we played Dagain every man put up his poorest exhibition and D won 12—0. After thatFini Football. Meanwhile, soonin and packed awayFor the better part of fter the signing of the Armistice, everything had been turned We were near the top of the list for partir Amenque. month we lay around with little to do and less will to ATTE R Y F- i\ m ^ n 331SJ Field Artillery^ A. >- ?A \\ 1 \531f) Field Artillery,f do it—waiting, waiting for the order that was to send us to Bordeaux for grew irksome—disappointments followed rumors—and the final wine jaghad to be repeated a dozen times. At last when we did board the Homines on aSaturday noon, we landed at De Souge and not Bordeaux. That little ride of50 to 60 miles took eleven hours. We went into the heart of Bordeaux, backedout again, switched, waited and dragged along until almost midnight. De Sougewas too good a camp—a few days there—then we prepared to hike to Genicartbeyond Bordeaux. We had advance information as to the distance, and madegood use of the baggage trucks. But even with light packs that hike of 23 mileson Christmas eve was a sad affair. The weak sisters and the tenderfooted werepicked up enroute and hauled on trucks. Hiking through Bordeaux was the wi >rst- -miles of cobblestones. Tender feet made life miserable ev
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