The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-09
SERVICE IN FRANCE


Private William u. Nixon, Of Com
pany E, 306th Ammunition Train, In
closes the following interesting report
III . letter to his father in this city:
Record Of Company E, 306th Ammu-
milton Train
Company E left Camp Jackson, s.
c., at p. m. July "a, on the S. A. ID.
railway. Arrived Camp Mills, L. l.,
NJ. Y, at II p. M, Thursday, July Is,
1918. Left Camp Mills at 2:30 p. M,
Wednesday, August 7th. Embarked Ola
ferryboat at p. m. same day and
were carried to pier 40, Hoboken.
Embarked Immediately on White Star
liner Cretic. Laid in harbor all night
and next day. Sailed at p. m. Thurs
day, August 9Th. Passed Statue of
Liberty shortly afterwards. Picked
up American convoy off Sandy Hook
at midnight, August 8, on high seas;
convoy composed of three sub chasers,
three destroyers and three battle
ships. Monday, August II, off Green
land coast. Saw large icebergs. Picked
up English convoy at a. m Monday,
August 10; convoy composed of Is
subchasers. Saw land for the first
time August 10. Ran between coasts
OF Scotland and Ireland all day and
dropped anchor in harbor of Liver
pool at IL p. m, August 10. Dis
embarked Tuesday, August 20, 1913,
and hiked to railway station of the
Liverpool & Yorkshire railway. Board
%r0TzN n4 Dn~1A1l
at 5 p. m. same day. Remained in
Camp Woodley until morning of Sat
urday, August oath, when we liked to
Southampton, a distance of II miles,
under heavy pack. Here we boarded
the S. S. Londonderry. Sailed at 7:45
p. m. and crossed English channel.
Landed at Cherbourg, France. Sun
day, August 25 at z a. m. liked six
miles TO English rest camp and spent
Sunday. Monday morning liked back
tt. Cherbourg and boarded train of
box cars "eight chevaux or 40 hom-
mes" Ate and slept in box cars until
/ p. m. August %, 1913, when train
unloaded at Valdahon, Doubs, France
liked six kilometers TO Vervel. Billet
ed in L'Ecole an Sacre Occur for two
months. Got orders to move to front
Nov. 1st liked to- Valdahon and
boarded train Nov. A. Arrived at
Dugny 1890 p. m, Nov. 5, where we
i spent the day. liked at night to
"Mudville" Camp Freres. Got orders
to move to front as support to 321st
Infantry Sunday night, Nov. 10. liked
/ out at 8 p. m. and were on the road
hiking all night long. Reached Mou-
| lainville front morning of Nov. IL, at
a. m. Under heavy shellfire and gas
attacks. Supported infantry and help
ed 306th Engineers build bridge. Nov.
ID moved back to Camp Bots Sec, 10
kilometers from Verdun. Nov. 16 hik-
ed to Verdun to see destroyed city.
Monday, Nov. Is. began long hike of
100 miles back to training area. liked
16 miles to Courouve. where CON-
pany spent the night. Nov. 10 left
Courouve at 10 a. m. and hiked IT
miles TO Rembercourt. where COM
pany remained until Nov. %. liked
tc Haironville, where company re-
manned one day. Nov. % hiked to
Breuil sur Marine, where we spent the
night. Nov. 26 liked to Brachay,
where we spent one night. Thanks
giving day, Nov. 27, hiked to Blaise
and spent one night. From Blaise
moved to Juzencourt. where we were
billeted in government barracks. Left
Juzencourt Nov. 90 and hiked to
Marmessee. Nov. 80 trucks picked us
up at Chatervailline and carried US to
Buncoy, Cote dor. On Jan. 2, 1919,
left Buncey and hiked to Vancey, Cote
dor, TO work on roads. Left Vancey
Sunday morning, March 10, and hiked
back to Buncey, where company was
given bunch of horses and mules to
take care of. March 20. Company E
acted as special guard of honor for
General Pershing and the king and
queen of Belgium at review of the
8Tst Division.
ANTHONY