World War I Service Diary 2 - Pages 26 and 27

February 1917
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Sat - Feb. 23, '18
Inspection this
morning. play ball
against 362nd Co. and
beat them. nothing to do
all afternoon. go to
the Y.M.C.A. come back
and go to bed. got up and
went to a dance at the K.C. Hall (1)
Sun - Feb. 24, '18
stay around all day
on account of being on
K.P. write to Berniece
and go to bed.


Mon - Feb. 25, '18
drill awhile and drill some
more. go for a hike all
afternoon. Raining.
finish letter to Berniece and
mail it.

Tue - Feb. 26, '18
nice day all day. hike &
drill all morning. play
ball awhile scrub barracks
this afternoon. get a letter
from Berniece and answer
it. play ball awhile eat
supper & get ready to go on
a field problem (2). start at
7:P.M. and walk until 10:30
build a fire fix my bed and
crawl in. quite tired. rather
lonesome by myself. quite
cold and raining.supposed to meet at zero.
Wed - Feb. 27, '18
get up at 6:A.M. cook breakfast
and start out again at
7:30. hard going & slow
progress. stop at noon and
eat lunch start out again
had trout for dinner. seen
two deers today. stop for...



























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Notes:

1: K.C. is Knights of Columbus(?).

2: This is the start of Percy's 3 day and 2 night journey. The whole trek is discussed at Field Problem.


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