targets. We all thought that we would soon have use for this old American method of firing but as a matter of fact it turned out to be entirely unpractical, even in the rapidest kind of open warfare. The accurate French system of map firing proved to be the best and easiest on every occasion.

                July 4 was a banner day for those of us who happened to be athletes. We went down to Meaux to compete with the 101st Infantry in athletics.

                The artillery easily won the track events and boxing but lost a very close and interesting baseball game 2-1. Those of us who were left behind cleaned equipment and guns and repacked the park wagons, preparatory to an early start that evening. The hay issue for the horses was very short, but we managed to buy some from the French peasants to fill in the gap.

                By eight o'clock that night the Battery was once again harnessed and hitched ready to move. An extra long hike was in store, but fortunately for the cannonneers, who otherwise would have had to walk, trucks were available for the transportation of dis­ mounted men. After traveling steadily for eight hours along some of the darkest roads conceivable, with just enough halts to rest the horses, the rest of us reached the outskirts of Jouarre, our first night's objective. The cannonneers had already arrived and had even enjoyed a good night's sleep. Whereupon, most of them, with a day of leisure on their hands, went down to the nearby city of La Ferte to sights see, and spend their money. The drivers, however, just took time enough to stretch the picket line and

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