. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... in historic interest. The cathedral is a very large andV)eautiful one, and its spire can l)e seen nearly as far as the eyecan reach in all directions. From here on the country was more thi(d\l\ poi)ulated asAve were nearing the big center of Paris. At noon we stoppedat St. Cyr, which is the West Point of France. The schoolcovers a large space and during the Avar it Avas one of the mostimportant training centers for French officers. Here Avas alsolocated one of the large aeroplane factories. We saAv manyAv
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... in historic interest. The cathedral is a very large andV)eautiful one, and its spire can l)e seen nearly as far as the eyecan reach in all directions. From here on the country was more thi(d\l\ poi)ulated asAve were nearing the big center of Paris. At noon we stoppedat St. Cyr, which is the West Point of France. The schoolcovers a large space and during the Avar it Avas one of the mostimportant training centers for French officers. Here Avas alsolocated one of the large aeroplane factories. We saAv manyAvrecks of Bosche planes AAhich had .just come in from the front:also the remains of allied planes. Practically every one in theoutfit Avas destined to have an air ride from this field and anadjoining one during our stay in Versailles. After lunch AvedroAe on into Versailles and on up the Hill to Camp SatoryAvhich Avas to be our station. Arrangements had been made forus and Ave Avere soon settled. This Avas an old French Camp,the buildings Avere of Avood and not in a very good state of. July 4. 1918, celebration at Si. Gerinaine. Battalionstandard and colors. Lieut. Smith standing against door;he made address in French to townspeople, who iiractic-allv turned the day into a fete for members of ilif lllth. 70 :\[()1J1ES OF TIIK ••411Tir repair. However, as we did not have to go to work immediate-ly, everyone pitehed in and cleaned np. While waiting for aetnal work to begin on oui- new jobpermission was given to visit Paris and see some of the othermany interesting things. About forty decided to visit thePalace of Vei-sailles, and as practically everyone in the or-ganization had an opportunity of nuiking this visit later, itwill l)e interesting to cln-onicle a few of the sights, althoughit would take a volume to tell all about the wonderful palaceand its surroundings where Louis XIV and his Royal familyplayed centuries ago. We hired a guide to take us through thePalaces and
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