Sidney D. Light's WWI Diary, Postcards & Letters, 329th Battery Book Accounts

Went out in the morning to take in the sights. Visited the American "Y" and British Canteen. Registered in the book at the Brit. Canteen. Tom Burns & I beat it away from formation and took our canteens to Brit. Canteen for ale. This is rotten stuff & I didn’t like it. Lots of British soldiers here and lots of wounded British, too. Fell in for travel rations at 12:30. Had dinner (rotten) at 12 and marched to the docks to embark for France at 1:30 p.m.

It is very hot today here. Max Carrigan went all in and was taken by ambulance to docks. Hung around docks til about 7:30 p.m. and boarded the good ship "Howard" for France. This was an American boat and was originally used between San Diego & Los Angeles, Cal. Talked with lots of British soldiers on deck until nearly midnight when I got froze out and had to go below. This was a very fast boat and cut the water like a knife.