April 12th 1919

April 12th we were at the end of the railroad, for here, the narrow gauge starts, which are nothing but small coal cars. This line is 30 miles long over nothing but mountains. This trip took the whole day to make.

The 31st infantry had a company at the mine but they did not have a piano so the medical doctor and I were left back to guard the cars till they came back and we were just about twenty miles from the place where we got into the fight so the Doctor and I did not feel any too good.