. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... a very hospitable, open-hearted, courteous, kindly people. Theywere particularly gracious to us Americans and showed usevery consideration. ]Much has been written about the Frenchand their peculiar customs, but it was the good fortune of ouroutfit to receive universally fine treatment during all of ourstay in the A. E. F., and the wiiter believes that much of thiswas due from the fact that we made friendlv contact with them EARLY EXPERIENCES L\ FILWCE 00 in the very beginnino-. More will he said about thi
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... a very hospitable, open-hearted, courteous, kindly people. Theywere particularly gracious to us Americans and showed usevery consideration. ]Much has been written about the Frenchand their peculiar customs, but it was the good fortune of ouroutfit to receive universally fine treatment during all of ourstay in the A. E. F., and the wiiter believes that much of thiswas due from the fact that we made friendlv contact with them EARLY EXPERIENCES L\ FILWCE 00 in the very beginnino-. More will he said about this angle of ourexperiences as onr story progresses, but the writer is sure thateach of ns will always affectionately Iccali the kindliness, thegentleness, and the good uatured spirit in which these simplehome folks of the valley of the Loire received us. Bowed downwith fonr years of the horrors and griefs of war, as they were,they had not lost faith and were embned with that spirit ofservice to their country, which eventually helped more thanany other one thing- to bring victory K. S. \\ lOIISTIOK First Lieut. Diiital Corps. .loiiicd tilth .hniu;ii\. 1 :i I i«. Was of incst inui l)lc v;iluc to ()i-f;an i/,:i t ion ;is a H wen- in need of il-uta I wmk. lroiiioIc(l to Captain in Maicli, IIMI. VIIOUR FIRST REAL JOB npllE first job assigued to our Battalion was tlie building ofa standard ten-wire lead from St. Nazaire to Nantes, a dis-tance of approximately thirty-nine miles. This was the be-ginning of the vast wire net which was planned to take care ofthe connnunications in the area known as the SOS—Service ofSupply. The headquarters of the American ExpeditionaryForces was located at Chaumont; the headquarters of the SOSat Tours. The principal base ports in France were located atSt. Nazaire, Bordeaux, Le Harve and Brest. At all of these baseports vast warehouses, railroad terminals and supply bases ofevery description were being erected, and throughout the SOS,st
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