Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-04-03
HISTORY OF THE SUPPLY COM
PANY Hath FIELD ARTILLERY.
CAS- recorded by one of the boys
FIND
Continued from last week.

Winchester is a very old and eX
ceedingly interesting city, | wish thai
| might be able to tell you more a.
bout it, but owing to the fact thai
we were not allowed to go there, eX-
cept once in formation, and not being
able to see very much while march
ing at attention, only through the
corner of my eye, it is very probable
that did not see much or might have
seen indistinctly. The first thing that
strikes your eye when you come neal
this city is the pinnacle Of the steeple
on the famous Winchester cathedral
1t is very large and beautiful in style
and structure, having also much his
tory wound around it. They say that
one or more Of the English Kings
have been married at Its altar. The
inside is very spacious and beauti-
fully decorated, the outside is partly
moss and vine clad. There is a famous
Castle in Winchester that is said to
have been built by William the Con-
querOr. In one of these rooms there
hangs the picture representing King
Arthur's Round Table, the twelve
knights are in the picture, and is
gorgeous IN coloring. In another room
there is a bronze statue of Queen
Victoria, the beloved and wonderful
queen. In this castle the noted Sir
Walter Raleigh is said to have been
tried and sentenced to death. In the
middle of the street IN the heart of
the town is a large statue of King
Alfred the Great, on horseback. 1t
is this monument that gives the whole
city the appearance of dignity, almost
sacred. This city being one of the
old ones, was once a walled city;
some Of the parts of the wall and one
of the old gates are still standing,
and by the way people are living in
them as though they were houses,
this gives you some idea of the width
and size of the wall. Here in Camp
Morn Hill we become acquainted with
what was said to be the English "a
ton, it consisted of the following:
lin very meagre quantities)- brown
wheat bread, cheese, butter, and cof-
fee, sometimes jam or preserver. We
slept in wooden huts, which accomo-
dated about thirty-two men, and our
beds were made of three planks laid
upon two others standing on edge
with a mat of straw over it. Had you
become restless and rolled off your
bed onto the floor you would never
have noticed the jar in going from
bed to floor, for it was only five in
ches, and as for the floor being any
harder, it is a bebatable question.
While here in samp we had the honor
of being reviewed by the Duke Of
onnault. There was one red,
factor about the camp though, and
it was salvation to most of US, and
that was the large number of cam
teens and Y. M. C. A. s on the reserve
We were liberal patrons. On the
morning of June 18th we left Camp
Morn Hill to take train for South
hampton. We arrived at this place
about 1920 A. NJ. ate dinner under
the shed at the wharf, and loaded
on the steamer est. George" about
l P. M. We pulled out of the dock.
about 7 P. NJ. going out through So
len Bay into the English Channel.
On the way we saw very large
hospital, covering apparently four or
five acres of ground, it was practi-
cally a new building and had beauti-
full grounds about it, We also saw
many disabled ships along the way,
of some there were hopes of being
repaired in time to fight again, but
others seemed to be done for. Fur
Their out into the bay we saw large
sea plane station, and several planes
nearby, some on the water and some
on the platforms. Just before night
we had pointed out to us by an En-
glishman on board, a large beauti-
full castle nesting among the trees
and shrubs along a gentle slope, this
he said was the house in which Queen
Victoria spent her last hours. Just
as night came we pulled up to the
mouth of the bay, and all lights were
put out and everyone went below.
| don't know when we entered the
channel. But, l do know that it was
very crowded and uncomfortable
where we were and that to most of
us it was a miserably spent night.
ITO be continued next week.