The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . i44 THE FIRST BATTALION Jerry had to do was put on his boots. With Sam it was said to be had to throw back his blankets and light his pipe before he was preparedfor the day. African golf, leaping dominoes, or just plain craps, was the favoriteindoor sport in the A. E. F. immediately following pay day. One night inthe barracks at Neufchateau there were several games in progress. For somereason—beer fini, perhaps—the Cafe Vallon was not patronized. Big Dickand Little Joe have a musical sound to the Ameri
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . i44 THE FIRST BATTALION Jerry had to do was put on his boots. With Sam it was said to be had to throw back his blankets and light his pipe before he was preparedfor the day. African golf, leaping dominoes, or just plain craps, was the favoriteindoor sport in the A. E. F. immediately following pay day. One night inthe barracks at Neufchateau there were several games in progress. For somereason—beer fini, perhaps—the Cafe Vallon was not patronized. Big Dickand Little Joe have a musical sound to the American ear, but GrandeRichard and Petit Gho present difficulties. However, the bones will. Another View of Harmonville roll just as well for francs, even though they do look like cigarette coupons,as for two-bit pieces. As the money gravitated to a few pockets, thegames decreased in number until there was just one game going—and this wascomposed of the winners of the other games. But before the money couldaccumulate in any one pocket somebody discovered a cootie and rolling thebones degenerated into reading shirts. It was said that this was the first,last, and only time that cooties broke up a crap game in the 406th. The scattered construction details and maintenance responsibilities duringthe period of watchful waiting at Neufchateau did not keep the men suffi-ciently busy to suit those in command. Officers are never satisfied, anyway!So a drill and training program was arranged which included athletic Neufchateau Company E had the use of various fields, but at Harmon- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 45 ville the entire countryside was under cultivation, and the setti
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