The several days that followed were indeed a real rest. Fine warm weather coupled with excellent swimming facilities and a good athletic Reid made things ideal for sport. Everyone temporarily forgot that the war was going on. It was rudely brought back on June 30, however, when we got orders that we would entrain from the town of Vaucouleurs that very evening. A short road march of about ten kilo­ meters brought us to the entraining point just after dark, a fact which quite cancelled any hopes of a speedy loading, owing to the necessity of showing no lights, the enemy avions being in the habit of bombing the railroad yards at the slightest opportunity. By ten o'clock, however, the train was moving out of the station, with horses, men, and materiel safely loaded aboard.

                Our destination was still in doubt. We felt certain that we were going north, but that was as much as we knew. The rumors grew more and more persistent that we were going to parade in Paris on the fourth of July; we all hoped so. Inasmuch as the Germans had cut the main railroad line at Chateau- Thierry in their June advance, traffic had to go down around by Troyes in order to get to Paris and points north but we did not realize that at the time. Accordingly, when the next day found us rapidly approaching the metropolis of France from the South, everyone felt confident that that was to be our destination. Things certainly looked bright for a while. The Eiffel Tower appeared in the distance. The city itself was springing up on all sides. The great junction of Noisy le Sec was slowly passed. But when the

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