331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . e Y and Chateau Geni \t 10:00 p. m. the same evening, January20th, the ship cast off, and headed forGibraltar. During the second dav thesteamer skirted the picturesque,mountainouscoast of southern Spain. On some of themountains was the first snow that the regi-ment had seen during the winter. At sevenoclock in the morning of January 23rd awarm sunnv dav, the ship cast anchor in theshadow of Gibraltar, and remained there all»la\. coaling. In the afternoon many of theofficers were given shore leave for two six in the evening, just a
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . e Y and Chateau Geni \t 10:00 p. m. the same evening, January20th, the ship cast off, and headed forGibraltar. During the second dav thesteamer skirted the picturesque,mountainouscoast of southern Spain. On some of themountains was the first snow that the regi-ment had seen during the winter. At sevenoclock in the morning of January 23rd awarm sunnv dav, the ship cast anchor in theshadow of Gibraltar, and remained there all»la\. coaling. In the afternoon many of theofficers were given shore leave for two six in the evening, just after darknesshad set in, and all the lights had come outalong the base of the giant rock, the shipsailed out of the bay again and turned itsface towards the United States. Of the homeward voyage there is littleto record. A half hour physical drill inthe morning, boat drill in the afternoon forthe first few days, and the morning andafternoon band concerts when the weatherpermitted were the only events of the portholes at least were a welcome.
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