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  • the ten of up who were going on leqve oiled into two ambulances end amid the cheers of the assembled horde, drove out of the gate with a pmile on our facee a yard wide. A 20 minute ride brought up to the railway station from which we were to depart. The seme one, by the way, in which we bought the majority of our Xmae trinkete. Found out when our train left, and having an hour to spare, wandered around the town to kill time, in- cidently buying a few oranges to stave off any possible hunger or thirst pangs that might .arise. At eleven we boarded our dinky 2x4 narrow gunge train, and felt at last that we were actually on the way. Stopping en route at every way side village, in two hours we reached Prevent, and from there went into Amiens by another slow train. I often wonder if the trains were as slow in ore war times as they are now. Our train for Paris being due to leave in about an hoiar, we just hung around the station. Peeling hungry, and there being a buffet in the station, the”kid and Charlie ventured in and came out with three dozen ham? sandwiches. At least that is what they called them, but I have grave doubts about it myself, I think we left two dozen of them on the train. Now the train we were supposed to take was due in at 6.25,but there was an express at 6.05. The farmer, making all local stops didn’t reach Paris till 11,50, but the latter, withconly one stop made the trip in two hours. Well I couldn’t see myself taking the later train, so there being a big crowd at the station,, we managed to grab a carriage on the express. It meant that we had to stand up all the way, but a. minor detail like that didn't worry us very much. After the quiet and simple country life we have been living for the past year, the noise and bustle in the Gare du Meid when we arrived in Paris was rather overwhelming. We were rounded up by the "red caps", as the military police are colled, and given instructions to report at a different place to the address given us on our pass form. At least, the "red cap" told Joe Watson the address,,Joe by virtue of being a corporal, was nonimally in charge of the party, subject to recall by referendum of course. As being in charge neces­sitated the handling of the movement order and sundry other irritating details, we raised no objection whatsoever. Besides, Joe is a good scout anyway, I mentioned that ten of us had left camp, but only five were for Peris, the other five departing for Marseilles. Our five consisted of Joe Watson, Charlie Lundy, Eddie Wright, M.T. and 3rd baseman on our bell team • the kid end I, a very congenial bunch if ever there v/ae one. Having received directions -of a sort - how to reach St. Georges Hotel, we decided to walk there. We reached there too after traversing many side streets. Somehow or other very few of the
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