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 at our services. During a portion of the time it was impossible to get late passes and the boys would be obliged to leave before the end of the lesson and then run part of the way up a long steep hill to be back by ten o'clock. As it rained almost every day for several months, one can appreciate the devotion to good which these lads showed. Later they succeeded in getting special church passes.

Our Room in Tours continued to be active during the demobilization period. However, as one of the Christian Science army chaplains was transferred to this point, he was able to look after the needs of the Scientists who remained. The Room was closed on June 20, 1919.

Bordeaux was selected by the United States as one of the principal base centers from which to supply the American Expeditionary Forces, and accordingly large docks were built on the river Garonne, furnished with all the modern equipment necessary to handle expeditiously immense tonnage of freight, including many large electric cranes capable of unloading several ships at one time. The docks were connected with complete and ample railway facilities, cold storage plants and vast warehouses, and during the war a large part of the American supplies were handled at this city.

Near the American docks were two embarkation camps where there were over 20,000 men at all times, new troops taking the place of those embarking for home. At Pauillac farther down the river was another embarkation camp with a capacity of 10,000 men.