Diary, March 16-22, 1919

Mar 16 Sun Motor boat trip to Monte Carlo. left Y. at 8:30. fine going over. Ate lunch at Y in M.C. then went & Visited Royal Palace on pin. of Monaco. Very old & historic, wonderful paintings, beautiful ornementation in gold & old walnut furnature. I stood upon the throne. visited their cathedral. most spacious & grosse grandeur. of all. was in the tomb of prince, Princesses & priests & bishop. revisted acquarium. went to boat. a racer, at 3:30. just 5 & one a Y. woman, sea covered with white caps & rolling hard, like a cork on the ocean we were. but great sport, lady was sick. weight 147.4 lbs. - 67 kilos. Spent evening in cafe's with women & on promonade. very tired.

x Mar. 17 Mon. got checked out & passed veneral insp. looked over south of Nice, got 2 petite croix Deguerre. Saw two 25 K diamonds. beautiful. 2 old coins, Roman & Greek - 5 Fr. souvineered 4 pieces. talked with swell Madomeselle in cafe. - 7 days of wonderlands, antique scenery & relics, antique pieces & places of historic value. wonderful weather and the most beautiful women in the world and the finest promenades & most beautiful nites along shore to spend with them. Leave at 5 P.M.

Mar. 18 Tue- Traveling miserably slow. [added later: dadys birth day - 76 yrs old.] noon & just at Marseille coming back over same route as we went down on. Treat of 3F from our capt. today. last nite at depot an officer was smashed up by a sgt.

Mar. 19 Wed- Still moving slow. 12 oc in Lyons. M.P. was going to stop a bunch & they would not stop, he fired a shot & they scared him nervous & put his gun away for him, Lieut interfered & got beat up.

Mar 20-Thur at 4 am - in Is sur Tille & snowing & very cold. rolled packs and went into barracks. staid until after supper then got rations & beat other details to train. got comfortable place to sleep. spent nite on train. slept in parcel rack.

Mar 21. Fri In devastated territory. French hard at work restoring order. heard many explosions. Left after dark.

Mar 22. Sat at Mersch 230- slept in casual camp & arrived in Ettelbruck at 9 am. Like home again. Rec. letters mother-Feb 17-25, Leah Feb 23, Pearl Feb 19, Bertha Feb 21, Maude Feb 20, Cecil Feb 23, Sid F 28. cousin Irene is 146 Dover St. Dayton Ohio. Sent home box - books on Nice; Vianden, note book; book of pictures; soap box; compas; 2 bags coins; 3 iron crosses; 3 small Croix De Gue.; 1 crox LeGere; 1 Belg. croi deguerre; 4 Verdun medals; wrote to Mother. got buckle fixed. got tripple shot in arm & its sore.