WITH THE A. E. F. IN FRANCE
West Point of France.” Twenty-nine military schools were located there, among which were the following: Army General Staff College, Army School of the Line, Army School of Intelligence, Army Gas School, Army Candidate School, Army Machine Gun School, Anti-Aircraft School, Army Tank Center.
Langres being in direct communication with the front, day and night there was a constant stream of convoys from Dijon, where the great bakery was located, which sent 20,000 loaves of bread a day to the soldiers in the trenches, and from Bordeaux and other seaports where troops and supplies from the United States were unloaded and sent on. In Langres also was located the Motor Transport Corps, a small city in itself, with thousands of trucks, camions and automobiles constantly coming and going to and from the front lines. Troop trains filled with both American and French soldiers were hourly arriving and departing, besides which large numbers of men daily marched through the streets. Here were also the Headquarters of the Advance Section under a Brigadier-General with his staff and a large corps of officers.
Six hospitals were located at Langres, among which were: Base Hospital No. 53, with 200 nurses and 40 physicians and surgeons, and accommodations for 2000 patients; Base Hospitals No. 22, No. 23, No. 24; Camp Hospital No. 7, at Humes, a near-by small town; and Camp Hospital No. 10, at Prauthoy. These camp hospitals were not as large as the base hospitals, but they had a great many nurses and doctors and were always full of patients. At one time the hospital at Humes was filled with men who had been gassed.
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