`Rumor, Grub, Bowels, and I: A War Diary`

(under a lot of construction - most links don't work yet, but the first ones do)

`Calendar of Entries`

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1918

`February 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
					`1`	`2`
`3` `It is surely strange how an unremarkable thing...`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7` `I learned that the loft is the venereal ward...`	`8`	`9`
`10`	`11` `He must have seen a lot of inoculations.`	`12`	`13`	`14`	`15` `'Gosh, here's a high-ranking mutt'`	`16`
`17`	`18`	`19`	`20` `I hope I get to know this gang soon.`	`21` `'Hell, there ain't no God.'`	`22`	`23` `What makes me a man I can't tell you.`
`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`

`March 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
					`1` `The uniform is breaking down social and religious barriers...`	`2`
`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7` `Now listen, Posterity, to something good.`	`8`	`9`
`10`	`11`	`12` `There is a lot to learn about pigs from hungry soldiers.`	`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`
`17`	`18` `A bath finally sneaked up and caught me...`	`19` `We were ordered to take driving lessons in Ford Ambulances.`	`20` `I take back all I said about pretending to be dumb.`	`21`	`22`	`23`
`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`
`31`

`April 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
	`1` `...I was tired of being the pants and coat while the vest got all the gravy.`	`2`	`3` `Our new work is to drive the ambulances out into the country...`	`4`	`5`	`6`
`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`	`13`
`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`	`20`
`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`
`28`	`29`	`30`

`May 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
			`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`
`5`	`6`	`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`
`12` `My temperature was 104 for ten days...`	`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`
`19`	`20`	`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`
`26`	`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`	`31`

`June 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
						`1`
`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7`	`8` `Some officers aren't S.O.B.'s.`
`9`	`10`	`11` `Well, I wired for one dollar.`	`12`	`13` `I, John Ralph McCarthy, am out on the briney in an Italian boat.`	`14` `This is an awfully lonely ocean.`	`15` `There is some justice in this man's army.`
`16` `Of course, it may not have been horse meat....`	`17` `At the risk of being thought of as "functional" I'll tell you about our quarters.`	`18` `I'm pretty mad... but not mad enough to want to kill somebody.`	`19`	`20` `I tried to shave in cold salt water today.`	`21`	`22`
`23`	`24` `The African coast is more majestic than the Spanish...`	`25` `They call this Mediterranean blue. It looks slatey to me.`	`26`	`27`	`28` `We slipped one over on the subs and here we are in Genoa.`	`29` `We get a big kick out of trying to talk to the natives.`
`30` `Here we are soldiering at last.`

`July 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
	`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`	`6` `I'll be a good patriot and tell of some glory.`
`7`	`8`	`9`	`10` `My mind has shifted from my stomach to my bowels.`	`11`	`12`	`13`
`14`	`15`	`16`	`17` `I'm writing this in the guard tent and am naked as a jay.`	`18`	`19`	`20`
`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`
`28`	`29`	`30`	`31`

`August 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
				`1`	`2`	`3`
`4`	`5`	`6` `I won't be a policeman at home if I can help it.`	`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`
`11`	`12`	`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`
`18`	`19`	`20` `Fifteen sections of thirty-two men each are to be equipped immediately and moved to France within two weeks.`	`21` `We've got a darned fine outfit now and we're going to have a peach when we leave.`	`22`	`23`	`24`
`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`	`31`

`September 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7`
`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`	`13`	`14`
`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`	`20`	`21`
`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`
`29`	`30`

`October 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
		`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`
`6`	`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`
`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`
`20`	`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`
`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`	`31`

`November 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
					`1`	`2`
`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7`	`8`	`9`
`10`	`11`	`12`	`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`
`17`	`18`	`19`	`20`	`21`	`22`	`23`
`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`

`December 1918`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7`
`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`	`13`	`14`
`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`	`20`	`21`
`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`
`29`	`30`	`31`

`1919`

`January 1919`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
			`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`
`5`	`6`	`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`
`12`	`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`
`19`	`20`	`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`
`26`	`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`	`31`

`February 1919`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
						`1`
`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7`	`8`
`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`	`13`	`14`	`15`
`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`	`20`	`21`	`22`
`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`

`March 1919`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
						`1`
`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`	`7`	`8`
`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`	`13`	`14`	`15`
`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`	`20`	`21`	`22`
`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`	`29`
`30`	`31`

`April 1919`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
		`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`
`6`	`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`
`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`
`20`	`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`
`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`

`May 1919`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
				`1`	`2`	`3`
`4`	`5`	`6`	`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`
`11`	`12`	`13`	`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`
`18`	`19`	`20`	`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`
`25`	`26`	`27`	`28`	`29`	`30`	`31`

`June 1919 - no entries`

`July 1919 - no entries`

`August 1919 - no entries`

`September 1919`

`S`	`M`	`T`	`W`	`T`	`F`	`S`
	`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`	`5`	`6`
`7`	`8`	`9`	`10`	`11`	`12`	`13`
`14`	`15`	`16`	`17`	`18`	`19`	`20`
`21`	`22`	`23`	`24`	`25`	`26`	`27`
`28`	`29`	`30`

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1918:

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1919:

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep