331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . en. Try as you will, he ended up, youcant drink all the wine in France. He was right—but Lord knows we made agood stab at it anyway. Vin rouge cost 2 francsa bottle—vin blanc sweet2j<, oporto, cognac and thehighbrow stuff came to 1franc a shot (one had asmuch luck with a quarteras with a franc). For afranc one could buy a littlebunch of grapes, two littleglasses of hazelnuts orabout a dozen figs. In therestaurants of LaTeste andpretty Arcachon six francspaid for a table dhote meal,not including wine or one could drink thatcoff
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . en. Try as you will, he ended up, youcant drink all the wine in France. He was right—but Lord knows we made agood stab at it anyway. Vin rouge cost 2 francsa bottle—vin blanc sweet2j<, oporto, cognac and thehighbrow stuff came to 1franc a shot (one had asmuch luck with a quarteras with a franc). For afranc one could buy a littlebunch of grapes, two littleglasses of hazelnuts orabout a dozen figs. In therestaurants of LaTeste andpretty Arcachon six francspaid for a table dhote meal,not including wine or one could drink thatcoffee anyhow—and choco-late cost 30 cents a cup,so the everlasting wine cameto the rescue again. Theone best bet at Camp Huntwas the commissary—thenext was the Y. At theQ. M. it was worth twohours of standing in line tobe able to buy a can of realjam for 30 cents, cigarettesat less than half what theycost in the States and thingsMademoiselle Sutie like towels, soap and sun- dries that the NativeFrench would rob vou on, if thev had half a I The Y at Hunt labored under some difficulties. Hunt was a newly acquiredLI. S. possession—in a pretty much out-of-the-way location. The \s werent Page 3 4 4 BATTERY F ^^Ol 3311 Field Artillery; big enough—there werent enough of them—and in general they were out of fact is note worthy—the fellows that did the most grumbling about the \ swere the men who were there most of the time looking for something for one would buy chocolate bars or wafers or chewing gum, but therewas always writing paper and envelopes and almost every night there was somesort of an entertainment—as a counter attraction to the gin mills down at theWestern Front—which by the way—kept up a rushing business in spite of allobstacles. It wasnt long after we were established in France that many of us were billedfor the various special schools for artillery men; telephone, reconnaissance, Radio,M. G. Camouflage and Gas. L
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