The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-04

and mess with them. Also sleep
there if quarters are available. At
the two previous posts We were 10
Gated in deep secure dugoUts, bull:
and formerly occupied by the en-
. eng. At present, however, my aid
post is entirely separate from head
+ quarters and located in a demollsh-
ed town formerly occupied by the
Hun. In fact he used the Same
post and fitted II up for q similar
purpose / am enjoying the fruits
+ Of his labors. It is located II a
/ large, spacious cellar, beneath the
ruins Of what was once very fancy
house, well protected from shell
fire which is directed into the village
daily. Ny personal quarters is 2
comfortably sized room on one side
of said cellar. Here l spend my
spare time writing letters, reading
and dreaming Of by-gone days with
only small warm stove as COM
panion. | sleep on stretcher with
. all ny clothes as ''nighties". Ny
meals, prepared by my servant, are
fairly appetizing. Have not enjoy
ed bath or removed my clothes for
one solid week. Will endeavor tc
secure sponge" in my sojourn
here. Expect to remain in these
quarters for week following which
the regiment will retire few miles
back for three days rest. Then an
eighteen days stretch of front
trenches before retiring to safe
area for periodical rest and train
ing.
While in the trenches l have wit
messed a few interesting sights, of
course being an inquisitive individ-
ual, I never miss the opportunity
to visit the front line trench when
ever we change positions. At pres
ent there are only four hundred
yards Of No Mans Land between
US and the Germans. This affords
Us q splendid opportunity to OBJ
serve their movements. At one Of
the sentry posts, through field glass
es ! have watched their motor
transports bring up supplies; also
the arrival Of relief troops; new
lines of barbed wire entanglements
constructed under cover Of dark
ness. No one occasion l observed
the effect Of shell fire from our
field artillery. The best of all was
to see an enemy aeroplane brought
down in flames back Of our lines by
an anti-air craft gun. Am anxious
~ waiting to witness battle in the
air between planes. These exciting
occurrence tend materially to dis
tract the monotony of dugout life,
where we live by candle light ignor-
ant of the day Of the week or the
date. Ny diary fortunately keeps
me informed on these points.
Xmas on the whole was an unus-
ually quiet day. Both sides fired a
few shots merely to prevent the guns
from freezing. Our dinner was
exceptionally good and far surpass-
ed my anticipations. We finished
with real Xmas Plum pudding and
| brandy sauce. Not SO bad. Back at
the ambulance company turkey and
champagne filled the bill.
! Martin Barrett left New York a
few days following my departure
Have not heard of him in France.
At one place in my travels we were
only about two miles from the camp
of two companies of American en-
gineers. Before I could run over to
visit them, we were ordered to
move. The week prior to my trans
fer, while the field ambulance
company was in charge of a large
Corps Rest Station, two American
Medical Officers were detailed to
spend few days with US. You can
imagine our enthusiastic greeting to
them. They both hailed from Mt.
Clemens, Michigan and are attached
to the Detroit Unit which is called
the SO General Base Hospital.
Their presence seemed like q vaca-
ton for the other American and my
self. We four usually set around
the fireplace in one room and pratt
ted about the Good old U. S. A.
Many comparisons were made, and
all conceded there was no place like
ours in any respect. Their depar-
ture was cause for deep regret. My
transfer arrived the following day.
i Too bad you were not at home to
give Nagersky hell again. How
many Nagerskies did you say? Down
goes ten! A year ago we were
knocking down ten rather frequent
" and to think after all that, he
came back again.
i 1t surely was nice for you to have
the pleasure Of Mrs. and the