By John Hale Chipman, Class of 1919

"September 22, Saturday. Fair.

Up at 7:30 and jumped into my camion [truck] again for a double trip this time. I had just time enough to fill old #8 with gas and oil and her "sore knuckles" of the day before and then got on our way. At B. we were loaded with boards and "toles cintrèes" arched iron sheets for building temporary houses for officers near the front. We unloaded at C. after a 6 hour trip and returned to B. for "sacs à terre" sacks, used for trench supports, after they are filled with sand. We got to our destination C. where about 50 French negroes from Morocco unloaded us. You ought to hear these high-pitched voices rattle off the french. Amusing is no way to describe them. We left here at 8 and got back at 11:00 after 15 hours on the road. Again I bunked into bed, not tired, Oh no, just dead from exhaustion, but c'est la guerre, as the favorite expression goes."

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