at that. At times some of the boys who had enough 

 money, rented furnished rooms from French families. 

 This was against army rules and wasn't encouraged. 

 However, it was done considerably. A room for two 

 could be rented for 15 to 20 francs per month. 



As we were located in Chatinois for about seven 

 months we became well acquainted with the people 

 of the village. The residents treated us very cordially 

 and we were welcome in any house in town. The 

 boys would just drop in on a French family unan- 

 nounced and uninvited and the family would take it 

 upon themselves to make them at home. They always 

 invited you to come again and meant it, for they 

 would always mention it when they would meet you 

 on the street. 



The mill crew was normally about as follows : 

 2 Log buckers 1 Setter 



1 Man to unload trucks 1 Off bearer 



1 Sealer 2 Men on first resaw 



1 Engineer 2 Men on second resaw 



1 Fireman 1 Slab and sawdust fonkey 



2 Saw filers 1 Trimmer or "cut off saw" 

 1 Man to bring in logs or man 



deckerville track 1 Slat bundler 



1 Head sawer 1 Mill sergeant (foreman) 



This made 20 men for the normal mill crew. We 

 usually had about 14. In such case some of the men 

 had to double on other jobs. We worked a ten hour 

 day, two shifts a day. The day shift went on duty 

 7 A. M., and worked till 12 M. Dinner was from 12 

 to 1. The afternoon shift extended from 1 to 6 P. M. 

 and the night shift went on duty at 7 P. M. The 

 night shift had dinner at midnight. The crews work- 

 ed two weeks nights and then shifted to days, while 

 the opposite shift worked nights. Sundays were us- 



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