Base Hospital No9, : a history of the work of the New York hospital unit during two years of active service . soon found that a regiment of the1st Engineers under the command of Col. MasonPatrick and U. S. A. Base Hospital No. 8 under thecommand of Major Siler, were to be our travehng com-panions. All were ordered below decks so that spyingenemy eyes would think that this steamer was goingto Europe empty. As most of the crowd had break-fasted—better termed messed—at theywere ready for dinner. This came within the courseof the next few hours. At , the ship passedQuarantine an
Base Hospital No9, : a history of the work of the New York hospital unit during two years of active service . soon found that a regiment of the1st Engineers under the command of Col. MasonPatrick and U. S. A. Base Hospital No. 8 under thecommand of Major Siler, were to be our travehng com-panions. All were ordered below decks so that spyingenemy eyes would think that this steamer was goingto Europe empty. As most of the crowd had break-fasted—better termed messed—at theywere ready for dinner. This came within the courseof the next few hours. At , the ship passedQuarantine and soon dropped anchor. Then DameRumor had it that we should he there for at least threedays and possibly longer, but as the sun faded from thehorizon, then went the rumor to rest for the ship beganto move. Her nose was pointed toward the sea, andat she dropped the pilot and we were on our wayto France. Life on a transport is neither comfortable norpleasurable. The men are packed down into thebowels of the liner. They sleep in bunks three tiershigh and keep all their belongings with them. All goes 34. 35
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