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SEPTEMBER. 1917.
17" Mon.
Regular duties. Drilled platoon.
Weather cool & pleasant after rain.
18" Tues.
Routine duties
19" Wed.
Routine duty. Ditty & Reba out [?] [fine?]
20" Thur.
Capt. Chambers birthday [some?] dinner.
O.D. 6 P.M. Brents mother died
21 Fri.
Usual duties
22 Sat.
To town after dinner. Met Mr & Mrs.
Dodge. took ride & had pleasant
time at their aprt. Rain P.M.
23 Sun.
Riot on Market St. about 4:30 P.M. in
St. car & trains, one man killed by
strike-breaker. Much excitement
Back to camp 9 P.M. Rain in night
24 Mon.
Rain - short drill - 1" time to drill
company
25 T.
Routine duty
26 W. Routine duty
27 T. Rain all day, no drills or [lect.?]
28 F. Clear day but every thing mud.
Musser leaving for Hattiesburg
Griesemer, Mess. Off.
29" S.
In town after dinner & enjoyed
the rest & change from camp-life
30"S.
A quiet day, had lots of good
sleep, a walk in the afternoon.
Wind came up & began to grow
much colder. Back to camp at
8 - quite a cool ride & that night
piled on all the blankets I had
& with help of bedding roll man-
aged to keep snug & warm.
_October_
1. Weather quite cool & all boys
grunting about it. Reg. duties
2.
Still cold but warming up a
bit in middle of day.