Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-02-22

rifles and the gunners were on their
jobs.
While the sea was rough it took her
six minutes. while rocking and sway
ing from side to side to return from
| the fatherest point she would reach
on one side back to an upright posi-
| ton and on over on the other side,
SO that will help to give you an idea
of how large she is.
was doing Military Police duty all
the way across. being on Shift four
hours and off eight, my shift was
from eight to twelve o'clock
With the exception OF one night
the submarines gave us no trouble
1 ard only very few on board knew
that a submarine had been sighted
1t happened that where the M. 2.
were sleeping that when one came to
relieve the man that was on duty he
had to come out in the open and past
some of the big guns SO the man that
relieved me this particular night had
passed the gunners noticed that where
there were only two men at gun be
fore. there were now six and that the
six American Destroyers that had
come from the English coast to meet
us were busy as could be so it was
easy to come to the conclusion that
there was danger at hand although
no one knew anything about it except
those who were needed on the job
so consequently nearly everyone was
in slulnberianii while we were in
danger zone and that was the place
for them because nine out of ten OF
them would have been scared to death
and only made things bad for them
selves and everybody else. So the man
that relieved me tcid me what was dc.
ting so found ]. B. and he and A
went cut on the top deck so in case
the fire alarm was given we wouldn
get run over and could see what was
going on. but If there was a submar
inc around, it had disappeared ard
never returned SO we continued our
voyage without any trouble, landing III
South Hampton the afternoon OF July
10Th. remaining on board over night
getting OFF the next morning. hang
ing around the docks all day and go
ing on board the Australia and sail
ing across English Channel landing at
lie Havre France, Sunday July 2lst.
We marched through lie Havre to an
American Rest Camp where we re-
NAMED for couple OF days but some
one had been there before us and
bought all the rest. From here we
travelled i'll French trains (Which are
much different from oursl to little
villages where we stayed and finished
our training. We travelled in these
trains fcr three days and nights in
| Southeasterly direction passing
through the outskirts OF Paris and nu-
merous other towns and villages
! stopping at a small railroad station
where we got Off the train and had a
bite to eat and rested the rest OF the
| day and believe me; we sure enjoyed
the rest. About five o'clock the same
evening. we got orders to sling pack
| and fall in followed with right by
squads and forward march, so up the
road we went no one knew where we
were going or where we were to stop
| think it was one OF the hardest
hikes we ever made We were all tired
and OF course hungry from our trip
over sea and then the ride ON the
train. We would march Tor fifty min
utes up and down on road that
was as hard as cement and then rest
for ten minutes and | want to tell you
that every time | sat down | didn't
know whether was going to get up
again or not with my pack A full
pack consists OF shelter half, which
makes half of your tent when you
pitch tents. two blankets. tent pole
and pins an extra suit OF underclothes
and shirt. towels and toilet articles
razor,etc. an overcoat and rain coat,
an extra pair of hob nails. your gas
mask and helmet plus what personal
stuff you have. So you see we had
something to carry | think that is "a
bout as light a pack as one could
make, plus the weight of your rifle
that weighed 90 pounds and when
you got down to that weight, you did
not have as much stuff as | mention
ed. so most OF us were carrying packs
that weighed at least ITO pounGs. On
this particular night | was speaking