[3.] From official record taken by soldier who was in Brest at the time.
[4.] See Crisis, May, 1919, Pages 16 and 17.
[5.] A term of contempt used in referring to the French people.
[6.] From report of supervisor of instruction for colored soldiers in France.
Abbreviations.
S. O. S. Service of Supplies. Referred to men engaged in getting supplies of food and ammunition to the troops.
A. P. O. Army Post Office. The post offices were known by numbers so that names of towns giving location of troops would not be placed on paper.
A. E. F. American Expeditionary Force or Forces. Both terms were used, and referred to troops, welfare workers, etc., serving overseas.
G. O. General Orders. Orders issued from general army headquarters.
Det. Detached.