Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-03-27
HISTORY OF THE SUPPLY CON-
PANY Hath FIELD ARTILLERY.
CAS- recorded by one of the boys
F.J.M.)
Continued from last week.


nlany sorts Of weather and kinds Of
sea, having gone a very indirect way,
and thereby consuming thirteen days
in the trip. Land was sighted first
off the coasts of Ireland, Scotland
and Wales, an the 9Th day Of June
about daybreak. Our convoy Of
transports eleven in number, with
three oilers not included, accompanied
by the fleet of destroyers and chasers
that had come out to meet US the day
before, sailed very majestically Up
the Irish sea and on through the
Queens Channel. The scenery along
each side of us in going through the
channel was simply grand. Everyone
crowded out on the decks, drinking
in the fresh invigorating air, while
their eyes feasted upon the sights
about US. The contrast Of the fresh
green colors of spring to the dark
gray, somber landscape seen for near
ly two weeks was very striking and
pleasing to us. AS we sailed up the
channels our convoy increased, for
numbers of sea gulls sailed along
with US, every now and then swooping
down to catch some bit of food that
might have been thrown out and was
floating upon the water. We sailed
into the Liverpool harbor about PM
it still being tolerable light. Here
we saw many ships about us, of all
shapes, sorts and sizes. Some show
ed to have been victims of the sub
marine or the mine, others were the
innocent fishing craft, others were
merchant ships, and some were tugs.
After we got we'll inside the harbor
we were allowed to put aside our cork
life-belts, which had been our con-
slant companions and possibly only
hope of safety during our voyage
across that infested sea. We'd pulled
into the docks at the foot of Nelson
just as it was getting dark enough
for the street lamps to be burning.
We stayed on board all night and
after unloading the next morning and
policing the boat, we ate our meal
of the regular mixture Of inedibles"
served US all the way across and came
off boat to rest. We were allowed
to visit in the little town about us,
it was suburb of Liverpool, called
"Bootle." Many Of US went out sight
seeing for twow hours or more. We
saw many sights entirely new and
interesting to US. Along every street
and at every corner we were met by
the children, without number, who
called to US, "Cent Joe, cent" Some
of these we had to refuse, but there
were many we could not. Had quite
a bit of trouble in buying anything,
because we could not spend the Uni
ted States coin here, and it was hard
to find a place of exchange. We re-
turned to the docks about P. M.
ate our supper Of sardines and bread,
and then marched to the train and
boarded Immediately, but we did not
leave until 7 P. NJ, While on the
train some English woman sold us
some small reddish-yellow oranges,
(very sweet and good tasting to us)
for six cents each. We ate them as
fast as they brought them. The
coaches on this train were very diff
ferent from the American coach, in
that they were much smaller and
were divided into compartments
which were large enough for eight
men. Loated thusly, we started out
upon our journey across a part Of
England, and in some ways this was
the most peculiar trip ever taken. l
can only mention that it is amusing
leaving you to recall why it was such,
and | am sure that you know. We
passed through some very large ci
ties, it being dark we could not see
them. But having stopped at two
large ones, Birmingham and Crewe,
l remember them very distinctly be-
cause of the crowds there and the
good tea served US. Our little train
sped along very swiftly, much to our
surprise and about 8 A. NJ, we came
into the city of Winchester. We de-
trained and made very labored marc
out to Camp Morn Hill, about two
and one-half miles distant. We pass
ed over one of the most famous of
all English roads. It was one of the
oldest military roads, having been
built by the Caesers and used by them
We arrived at camp about sunrise, a
tired and road weary bunch of SOL
diers. In this camp were stationed
some Canadian troops, and we saw