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<html>29" Beautiful weather for past two
days & enjoyable
Many of boys out for pleasure
ride, [that] I didn't early for it.
About all talk one hears now
is relative to leaving time.
Have missed very few days in
writing to Ditty.
30" Saw Charlie Chaplin & had a
good laugh. Another long day
finally passed. This anxiety about
leaving begins to [fall] on everyone
Had our Muster today whole
headquarters. [...] turned out
in full equiment. Quite im-
posing sight. Impresses one
much more that we're in
real war. Still shy of some
ordnance equipment which
holds us back. {Shai..], [Ketz] to
town.
31" Personal Report in, pay-voucher
goes to Bank of C'water.
Big doings in Chattanooga cel-
ebrating Halloween.
November 1917
1-5
Duties light & time hanging
heavily on hands. Col. said
Today that barring things
unforseen we should start
To [get] out Tuesday P.M.
I [...] go with Col. [Herring..][...]
in 1" section. Whole outfit taking
4 secs. Looks to me as if impossible
to get started Tuesday as all outfits
not completed. Uncertainty keeps me
unsettled, anxiety makes me restless.
6-11.
Idea of leaving Tuesday a
myth and we're a week from
[there] seems very improbable
Ordnance property not com
-ing in holds us.
Col. said "The minute that
Ord. gets in I'm going to
wire that we are ready &
we should get out in 4-8
hrs
One more listless week gone.
18- 1" Lts. [...] until Sat. for [France]
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