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Service in the Army of Occupation 183
reading rooms with magazines of every description, a bureau of
information and a large hall where we could get all the hot
chocolate we could drink. I counted fifteen Y. M. C. A. girls
who were there to help the doughboys enjoy themselves. There
was, also, a large hut that had a writing room, games of all kinds
and canteens in the wing; in another wing was a large theater
where a vaudeville show was on every afternoon from 4 until 6
and 8 to 10 p. m. Each day the bill changed. Many took an
eleven-hour trip to Mt. Blanc. The program here was one of
intensive enjoyment.
Our stay in Annecy lasted seven days. These seven days
passed almost before we realized they were gone, but we could
scarcely remember anything about the World War any more.
This was called a "Class A Leave," better known to us as an "H—1
Leave." Everyone agreed that this was the best seven days he
had seen in Europe; or probably ever would see again."
These accounts were collected at the time with a view toward
helping later contingents to get the most out of their leave. There
were many areas including Brussels, Rome, Paris, London and other
cities in the allied countries. Rut it became increasingly difficult
to secure statements from those who enjoyed the leaves. As Captain
Delaney remarked to Colonel Reeves, "It spoils a man's leave to
write all he did while he was gone, especially if he tells the truth."
So the real record of the leaves was registered in the improved
morale of the men.
While leaves, schools, and entertainments tended to bring variety
into activity and increased interest in life, there was a corresponding increase in army paper work. Lights burned brightly at Regimental and Battalion Headquarters and the company orderly rooms
until late every night. Each school announcement called for "a
survey of troops to determine number of applicants for each course."
This information must be in the hands of the division adjutant by a
certain hour of a certain day. So, too, with leaves, companies must
be notified of time and place of examination. Schedules and instructions for entertainments covered pages. The climax in paper
work came with fully fifty pages of instructions for the review in
Trier. Wide dissemination of the regiment increased the problem
for the 353rd Infantry, but in spite of all difficulties company clerks
and adjutants got the information across and "carried on."
Schools and leaves helped men back to normal thinking and
vision, at the same time every means was applied toward physical
restoration. As soon as the 353rd Infantry arrived in the area of
occupation, a delouser was put into operation and kept busy until
the day of departure as an initial effort toward the extermination of
the invincible cooties. Companies were brought up in formation;
each man carried his blanket and extra clothing, and while the
clothing was being disinfected in the delouser the men put in their
time in the bath room. It was a motley bunch of men that returned
Object Description
| Title | History of the 353rd Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, National Army, September, 1917-June 1919 |
| Collection Name | World War I Unit Histories |
| Subject.LCSH | United States. -- Army. -- Infantry. -- 353d Regiment, 1917-1919; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Infantry -- 353d; ; United States. Army. Division, 89th (1917-1942); |
| Subject.Local |
World War I 89th Division 353rd Infantry Regiment |
| Description | World War I account and register of soldiers in the 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Includes soldiers' names and hometowns, as well as some photographs. |
| Creator | Dienst, Charles Franklin |
| Publisher | [Wichita, Kan.] 353rd Infantry Society [1921] |
| Date | 1921 |
| Date.Digital | 2012 |
| Type | Books and Pamphlets |
| Format | JPG2000 |
| Accession Number | 99.28.1 |
| Language | eng |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
| Rights | All images are in the public domain. |
| Copy Request | Contact National World War I Museum Archivist Jonathan Casey at 816-888-8121 or jcasey@theworldwar.org |
| Note | Some blank pages have not been digitized, resulting in variations in pagination. |
Description
| Title | Page 183 |
| Transcript | Service in the Army of Occupation 183 reading rooms with magazines of every description, a bureau of information and a large hall where we could get all the hot chocolate we could drink. I counted fifteen Y. M. C. A. girls who were there to help the doughboys enjoy themselves. There was, also, a large hut that had a writing room, games of all kinds and canteens in the wing; in another wing was a large theater where a vaudeville show was on every afternoon from 4 until 6 and 8 to 10 p. m. Each day the bill changed. Many took an eleven-hour trip to Mt. Blanc. The program here was one of intensive enjoyment. Our stay in Annecy lasted seven days. These seven days passed almost before we realized they were gone, but we could scarcely remember anything about the World War any more. This was called a "Class A Leave," better known to us as an "H—1 Leave." Everyone agreed that this was the best seven days he had seen in Europe; or probably ever would see again." These accounts were collected at the time with a view toward helping later contingents to get the most out of their leave. There were many areas including Brussels, Rome, Paris, London and other cities in the allied countries. Rut it became increasingly difficult to secure statements from those who enjoyed the leaves. As Captain Delaney remarked to Colonel Reeves, "It spoils a man's leave to write all he did while he was gone, especially if he tells the truth." So the real record of the leaves was registered in the improved morale of the men. While leaves, schools, and entertainments tended to bring variety into activity and increased interest in life, there was a corresponding increase in army paper work. Lights burned brightly at Regimental and Battalion Headquarters and the company orderly rooms until late every night. Each school announcement called for "a survey of troops to determine number of applicants for each course." This information must be in the hands of the division adjutant by a certain hour of a certain day. So, too, with leaves, companies must be notified of time and place of examination. Schedules and instructions for entertainments covered pages. The climax in paper work came with fully fifty pages of instructions for the review in Trier. Wide dissemination of the regiment increased the problem for the 353rd Infantry, but in spite of all difficulties company clerks and adjutants got the information across and "carried on." Schools and leaves helped men back to normal thinking and vision, at the same time every means was applied toward physical restoration. As soon as the 353rd Infantry arrived in the area of occupation, a delouser was put into operation and kept busy until the day of departure as an initial effort toward the extermination of the invincible cooties. Companies were brought up in formation; each man carried his blanket and extra clothing, and while the clothing was being disinfected in the delouser the men put in their time in the bath room. It was a motley bunch of men that returned |
| Identifier | His353Inf89_0205.tif |
