Monday, June 26, 2017

We were introduced to our cars... They are dandies.

Arriving in Dijon, Section 61 was quartered in the ramshackle old Dijon Athletic Club...


Tuesday, June 26, 1917:
Arrived at Dijon at 6 P.M. Didn’t sleep a wink all night long. Am feeling rather grouchy. We were taken to a little old shack in the heart of Dijon filled with straw and were told that we were to sleep there. Jack Townsend picked out a nice room and held it for five of us. I was one. When I was in the hospital at Sandricourt my cot was taken away from me and given to someone else. Didn’t have time to go around to 7, Rue François Premier for a new one so I am out one cot. The straw came in very handy and with the assistance of a bed made a very comfortable bed.

We were introduced to our cars this P.M.-- 20 brand-new Fiats with a staff car. They are dandies. We weren’t allowed to touch them. We eat at a place about one mile from our “club,” in a place which used to be a Catholic school, but is now a French barracks. The food is good and sufficient, but slight in variety.

Breakfast -- coffee and bread.
Dinner -- soup, stew, potatoes, bread, wine.
Supper -- meat, potatoes, vegetable, bread, wine. We usually supply ourselves with confiture (jam) to replace butter.

Slept all afternoon and went to bed soon after supper.

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