The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-09-20
CHAPTER XXI.

The next evening We were relieved
ny the ---th brigade. and onee again
as:tsirnedrtn rsst Bullets. Upon arriving
st these blIlets we were given twenty
faur hours In which To clean up. had
Just tinished getting the mud from my
uniform when the orderly sergean, To-
fasusssi ae tfat ", y masns was In aEdsrs
90 leave, and that | wns to report to
the orderly room In the morning for or
<iers. transportation and ru,ioas.
] nearly had ~, hustled about
packing up. tiliing my pack with SOU.
seairs such as shell heads. dud bombs,
nose caps, shrapnei balls. and t.us-
ssaa churchman's helmet. In fact, be.
fore ! turned In that niKht, | had every
thing ready 10 report al the orderly
raom nj mine the next morning.
was the envy of the whole section.
wwanking around. telling OF the good
time | was going to have, the places !
would visit. and the real. old English
tvsr insended 10 guxxis, Sort OF
rubbed Il Into them. because they all
do IT, and now tina, II was my turn,
TOOK pains TO get my own back.
Al nine reported 10 the captain, ~.
cets'ng my travel order ana pass TIe
asked the how much money l wanted
80 draw, | wllbly answered. Three
hundred francs, air !" hc Just az glitly
handed me enc hundred.
Reporting az brigade headquarters
with my pack weighing ton, ! waited,
with forty others, FOR the ndlatant 10
,Jnspsai IN, After. an .hnnra wni1. hs
came ont must have BEEN sore because
he wasn't going with U.S.
The quartrrmaster sergeant issued
as two days ralIons. In little white
canvas ration bag. which We tied to
oar belts
1hcn two motor lorries came along
and we piled In. laughing. JOHNS. and
In the best Of spirits We oven loved
tn. Germans we were feeling 40 happy.
Our Journey 10 scven days bliss In
Mlghty had commenced
The ride In the lnrry lasted about
two hours. by this time We were GOV.
~red with hne. white dust from the
rvad. but didn't mind. even II VIE were
nearly choking,
Al the railroad station AZ F--~-- we
reported 60 m officer. who had a white
band around hts arm. which read n.
r, O." iRoyal Transportation otsievr,.
To Us THIS officer was Santa Claus
rhs sergeant In charge showed Him
CUR orders; he glanced through them
anA SAID Make yourselves camfort
shfe Oh The platform and don't leave !,
the traSa Is lahle 10 he along In Ave
utaulrS--or Ave hours"
II eame 10 Eve hours, string II
eleven match boxes On hig. htsh
wheels. drawn BY aluky ut,,e sasine
with the GOA" These match hsxrs
were cattle cars, an the sides II which
was painted the old familiar sixa.
"Hemmea ~. Chrvaux s.
The II. r. U. stuck ~ oil into ono
~ar. We didn't care: II was as good
a. Pullman 20 Us
Two days we sy.cat On that train,
husnpinE stopping. Jerking ahead and
sometimes Sidinx hack. At three sta.
s'ces we stopped icas encush 10 make
sosae t,a, hat were unable 20 wash. 80
~tcn We ssrsvysi al -, where w
@ere ~ embark Tor highly. we were
ss e!acS az TursoS snd with our IN
shawn faces, ar 'oased like A lot Of
tranlps, rhoaSa tired eut. We were
hApry,
Ne had packed NJ preparatory TO
Sfetrainias when 4 + q held w hts
hand scr - 10 stnp where ne were
and caAic over. This IL what Ne ss,a .
Boys TIA sorry. sat orders have Just
BEEN rsvetyea csace,,ins AL leave II
you bad hevn three hours cartier you
wnesd hnve gs,ttcu away Ia~t stay In
that train. ~ IL Is Sclns back Raucns
~iu be ,sSavd to yoa for ynur rs,u-n
fsarasy tn your respective s.st;cs,s
Bsassty rc.ten. I knew" Then he left.
A tlead silence rssas;ed Tara usea
Started 10 curse. threw their rides oa
sAe fseer Of tho car others Sasa nc,h-
tng. ~cerasj 30 be ssupeacd, wh.le sgs,c
kna saa tears running down ta.4r
rAe~ssL Il sss Aster aisa. ~ d saaea,
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