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Title: Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" ...
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Moore, Charles H
Subjects: United States. Army. Signal Corps. Telegraph Battalion, 411th World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories United States
Publisher: (s.l. : s.n.) printed by A. Carlisle, Reno, Nev.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o initiate all into the mysteries of taking a bath under theconditions then prevailing. It was the first bath since leavingCamp Merritt. The men were marched to the bath house ingroups of twenty in charge of an officer, lined up on one sideof the room, where they undressed. Two men got under eachshower and waited for the water to be turned on ; then a whistleblew: all prepared for the shock and a trickle of water de-scended. At no time during the whole operation couhl it rciillybe called a stream of sufficient size to give two diity soldieis afighting chance to get (dean. The hot watei- taid\ was small,and after the third or fourtli 1)uu(di got uiulcr. the lu)t watergave out. So tlie unfortunates luid to stand tlieii, all hitlierrdup, while the fireman coaxed the tank to get full of hot watei-again. It was a ,ioke for the spectators, but not tor the hatheis. After bathing, the next .job was to wash (dothiug. I^of this))Uii)ose a tatd\, something like a small swiimniiii;- tau)<. and
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The patient ox is used to till the soil m !• ranee.Where the family cow does doul)le duty.Character study of old Frenchman.A French Laundry.French workmen.Shoe shining parlor. EARLY KXlKiaEXCES E\ FKAXCE 47 filled Avith cold water, was usfd. There was always a crowdand it was with diffieiilty that one elhowed his way to theed<ie. Then liy applyin^i- tlie soap and hrnsh lihcrally a failstate of cleanliness was ohtained. Many, who did not have al)rnsli, nsed the ancient nu^hod of washing- by rul)l)in^ the uar-nient on a slab of stone and were to some extent successfni. Ea<di uioi-ninii a period of calisthenics and infantry di-illwas uiveii. It did not last long, bnt served to .uet iIh- Uiid<sont which weie acqnired l)y sleepino- on lioard ))e(ls. IMie <laywas sjient in wandeiinu- about the bairaid<s, becoiniiii;- used toF)-ench money ))y bnyin ofEreiKdi words. The l

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