Route of the Troop Train

Each town mentioned in the diary is indicated by a colored dot. The alternating red and blue colors cluster by diary days.

June 27, 1918

June 28, 1918

June 29, 1918

June 30, 1918

Washinton
    Train leaves Camp Lewis at 4:30 P.M.
    Centralia - cookies
    Kelso - supper
Oregon
    Portland - 9:30
        Cross Columbia River & head East

Oregon
    Echo - woke up
    La Grande - exercises
        dinner on departure
    Huntington - supper on departure
    Idaho border - 5:00 P.M.
Idaho
    Weiser, ID - 'royal reception'

Wyoming
    Wyoming all day
    Hanna, Wy - Midnight
        Treated 'quite lavishly'

Wyoming
    Cheyenne - 5:00 A.M.
    Nebraska border - 9:00 A.M.
Nebraska
    Sidney - stand muster
    North Platte - 4:00 P.M.
        Exercises, supper on leaving
    Lexington - 6:30
        Postcard
    Kearney
        Mentioned on postcard message
    Grande Island - 7:00 P.M.
    Columbus - 10:30
        go to bed
    Omaha - 12:30

July 1, 1918

July 2, 1918

July 3, 1918

Iowa
    Marshalltown - Woke Up
        Breakfast on leaving
    Wheatland - next stop
    Clinton ('Ohio' in the diary) - 12:15
        Red Cross dinner
Illinois
    East Chicago (West Chicago?) - 5:00 P.M.
        exercise
    Chicago - 6:30
        Red cross Sandwiches & cigarettes
        Leave at 8:30
Indiana
    Hammond - 9:30 - bed

Ohio
    Ohio City - breakfast on leaving
    Ashland - no stops
    Akron - no stops
    Kent - exercises
Pennsylvania
    Shenango - eat supper on leaving
        ('Shenangan' in the diary)
New York
    New York Border - 7:30
    Ashville - big wreck
    Salamanca ('Salamancu' in the diary) - 8:00
        took exercises

New York
    Monsey ('Munsey' in the diary)
        took exercises
    Spring Valley
        (Monsey and Spring Valley are
	 abutting towns.They share one
         dot on the map.)
New Jersey
    Camp Merritt - 7 P.M.