The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-06

4,,,v ~ these boats to do a great oea'
NJ msneouvering, IL waS very interest
inr 10 watch with what ease they were
banded; one minute they were coming
S,raieh, towards us at but few yar's
distance and perhaps half burned py IL
wave. in a second they would mr"
about alongside Of us and be wi'hih
sneakinc distance. A sigh, like that
would be hard TO secure in peace aIie'
AZ least for u crowd Of priyaies.
The docks at Brcst do not accon'ino-
date a large ship so it was necessary
Ear MS 20 be transferred to shore on
cu,e little 3.deck French boat when
", though, would sink any minute
after which we marched some hve OF
more miles TO temporary camp ou'
beyond the city. We were greatly
eheered by the natives along the eh''ie
hike tbut my idea Of the cheering 70
owing 10 our generosity and not 10
,beir gratitude or patriotism we
canned in what is called pup ten's
,uo mon 10 n tent, each man carries
half tent in his pack in heio
which formerly served as garden ou'
which nj tina. time was a sea OF mud
After getting our tents up and having
sumner of black coffee, bread ana
lam we were soon in good spirits
This was our first experience IN this
line but not our last.
We remained there for several Gays
and ninety per cent Of the tune u
ra;ned Owing to the short time we
we're there the only things found OF
anv interest were Turkish prison
camp which, with its occupants, was
, the filthiest place have ever SEEM
and an American camp which was eS-
actly the opposite. This place, known
, as the Pontananzen Barracks, was az
; one time occupied by Napoleon and ms
, army. There was ten-foot wall en-
, cireling it and inside was a sort OF d
r little village bounding large square
n which the Yankees used as an athleuc
seld The buildings which were sun
, serviceable consisted of church. JAIL
\ hall and the usual public buildings and
. dwelling houses, all of which were De-
. ;np made use of by the occupying
. troops. II all had such an old appear
d ance that ii readily recalled the tales
= we kids had read Of these countries
y I am very sorry now that didn
Y inquire further into the history o.
f that quaint little place as it was tn'
,e only one of its kind l have run across
a There was a scarcity Of water IN ina
"A section, making it necessary for US U
;, carry Il about a mile and on accoun
Of the great number Of troops arriving
# at that port the Accommodations we ,i
70 very poor in general, so We naturaii'
% were not very favorably impresse'
i. with our first quarters in France an
were more than willing TO leave ther
in to accept almost anything. !.
h After a march back through the CIT
= again we arrived at railway stalo
"a whore we were assigned to box car
20 which were about half the size OF GU
- cars and are used alternately for eigf
At horses or forty men. We reaii
~ wished we were horses after we all &c
Is inside. Around the top extendln
ca down about two feet is windo'
at which we could use to view VI
scenery from and ventilate our nom
~ with. As there was no connecuo
m with the other cars it was necessal
Id for us to be self supporting SO wiz
no the aid of the @. M. c. we packed IN
Nd one corner ten loaves Of wheat brea
~ fas fine as you ever ate and each lo'
=, GAS about three feet long and half
a. wide). 48 cans of corned beef, ~ cal
;oi If tomatoes and zone" can OF JAM
4 made sandwiches with It for the crow
IN one afternoon, some treat. We ira
,re eled two days and nights in this QUIZ
.ed We made several stops along the wi
e.t at some of the large cities where
10. were permitted TO wash up bit a.
,,e stretch ourselves some, and on "
ore occasions we went out for she
an. hike about the town which we enjoy
ck- very much, seeing many interestil
full sights. The entire trip was m'
and beautiful throughout but the cars
, IL were in being so short and having
tide four wheels jumped about SO mu
God that it robbed the trip of most Oh
fol. beauty. There were several beS u
erv the wheels were square or that
nm we're running on the ties and II ei'f
mig of these two suggestions were not
dos solution then III take an oath u
r. n there were a hi of lot Of hicks
,ed. that track. Nevertheless we arri'
hal. intact at our destination about
son o'clock one morning and marched 81
orc oral miles 70 what they call r
hill camp. wherever they got the ma
~ from I didn't find out). We got g
ion food there and really benefited
1rEN