July 30, 1918 (Hoboken, N.J.) War Diary: Point of departure
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Made up our rolls after breakfast and stacked packs in front of tents. Had inspection and physical examination at 9 a.m. Hung around until noon and had a lunch, then marched to train. A bad wind, dust and rainstorm ushered us out of Camp Mills.
Arrived at Ferry docks about 3:30 p.m. and boarded Ferry boat. Unloaded from Ferry to transport docks about 4:30 p.m. Served hot chocolate, cookies by Red Cross before boarding transport Maunganui at 5:30 p.m. Wrote a couple postcards before boarding the transport. Had supper on the boat and went to bed early. Slept in a hammock strapped to siding.
Mess is rotten. These damn Englishmen are mighty poor cooks.
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