THE INFANTRYMAN GETS PACK ON HIS BACK
Ninety pounds of equipment that will give him many an ache in his back, is strapped on. Twenty minute hikes, ten minute rests—thirty minute hikes, ten minute rests—straight hike. Oh, for a soldier's life of ease!
 
TWENTY-NINE COMBAT DIVISIONS MOVE INTO POSITION
Camouflaged road, off Verdun Road at Nixeville, to Camp Gallieni, Sept. 24. Water cart of 315th M.G.B. and trucks of 80th Div. are advancing. Preparations are being made for a battle that will make Waterloo appear as a skirmish.


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