History of Battery E, 323rd field artillery; . shows, and lec-tures of various kinds somewhere in the camp nearly every night. On the 26th, the same day we arrived, we were put through the delousingplant. This process was designed to rid us of any cooties that might havesurvived the cootie baths we received in Germany. Physical inspections wereheld every day and old clothing could be traded for new at the Camp Quarter-master. We stayed at the camp for nine days, and during that time we weretwice put through the delouser. The weather was very disagreeable as it rained seven of the nine days,and
History of Battery E, 323rd field artillery; . shows, and lec-tures of various kinds somewhere in the camp nearly every night. On the 26th, the same day we arrived, we were put through the delousingplant. This process was designed to rid us of any cooties that might havesurvived the cootie baths we received in Germany. Physical inspections wereheld every day and old clothing could be traded for new at the Camp Quarter-master. We stayed at the camp for nine days, and during that time we weretwice put through the delouser. The weather was very disagreeable as it rained seven of the nine days,and the other two were cold and cloudy. The atmosphere was saturated withmoisture all the time and fires had to be kept up in the barracks. There wasrest here. Every day nearly the entire Battery was on details of one sort oranother. On Sunday a hundred men were assigned to work on boats lying inthe harbor but the good eats received on these boats at meal time compensatedfor the little work each man performed. Another detail was sent to carry 44. Battery E Marching Through Brest to Embark for the United States
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