331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . , boarded third class coaches and moved toRomsey. The same shortage of food prevailed but a crop of rutabagas nearbywas raided by the men acting as mess sergeants to empty stomachs. The cityof Romsey lays claim to one of the oldest cathedrals in the world, and some ofthe best ale in England. The first we agreed to after seeing the ancient structure;the second, as testified to by the sergeants, the only men privileged to test itsveracity, was also true. The sergeants claimed that in discovering the best alejoints they had been forced to wan
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . , boarded third class coaches and moved toRomsey. The same shortage of food prevailed but a crop of rutabagas nearbywas raided by the men acting as mess sergeants to empty stomachs. The cityof Romsey lays claim to one of the oldest cathedrals in the world, and some ofthe best ale in England. The first we agreed to after seeing the ancient structure;the second, as testified to by the sergeants, the only men privileged to test itsveracity, was also true. The sergeants claimed that in discovering the best alejoints they had been forced to wander so far and long that when orders came toprepare for an eight-mile hike to the port of embarkation next day, other meansof locomotion than the legomobile must be furnished them. Consequently theyrode in a special train. The men made the hike in good shape, singing and crack-ing jokes most of the way. At noon, having covered the greatest share of thedistance, we stopped for a dinner supplied by the American Red Cross. ATTERY D 3311 Field Artillery,. We boarded a small cutter that night and at q:oo p. m. stole out of the harboron the last lap to France. The Channel was crossed in a hurry but not beforethe fish had received their allotment of the days rations. We landed at Cher-bourg the next morning and hiked to another rest camp where no one rests. Threedays later we hiked to the station, boarded our side door pullmans and rattledaway towards Bordeaux. _ The French pullman or troop car is a miracle of accommodations. Unlikethe U. S. A. two companies run the entire railroad systems of France. The 40Hommes, 8 Chevaux Company owns the greatest share and they supply all trooptrains for the use of the government. The souvenir craze of the American soldier,who insisted upon using the cars and engines for watch fobs resulted in such acar shortage that a condition was placed in the armistice forcing Germany toprovide for more rolling stock. The larger engines, similiar to our peanut
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