Group+2+Soldier

November 15, 1914, This is the first day here and it is already hard. They are making me carry 70 pounds of gear. Some of this gear would include a rifle, gas mask, and helmet. I was learning how to use a light machine gun and grenade launcher. A light machine gun can shot 400-600 bullets per minute. The picture below of the 4 soldiers are the French front-line soldiers are using a light machine gun and grenade launcher. (French poliu)

November 25, 1914, I have been out here for 10 days and I am starving, they are hardly giving us any food. The british soldiers ration was listed below. Also see the german soldiers ration also.


 * British Daily Ration - 1914**
 * 20 oz. Fresh or frozen meat, or 16 oz. preserved or salt meat
 * 20 oz. bread, or 16 oz. biscuit or flour
 * 4 oz. bacon
 * 3 oz. cheese
 * 5/8 oz. tea
 * 4 oz. jam
 * 3 oz. sugar
 * 1/2 oz. slat
 * 1/36 oz. pepper
 * 1/20 oz. mustard
 * 8 oz. fresh or 2 oz. dried vegetables
 * 1/10 gill lime juice if vegetable not issued (for scurvey)
 * 1/2 gill rum (at discretion of commanding general)
 * not to exceed 20 oz. tobacco per week
 * Substitutions**
 * 4 oz. oatmeal or rice instead bread
 * 1/3 oz. chocolate instead of tea.
 * 1 pint porter instead of rum
 * 4 oz. dried fruit instead of jam
 * 4 oz. butter, lard, or margarine, or 1/2 gill oil instead of bacon


 * German Daily Ration - 1914**
 * 26 1/2 oz. bread or 17 1/2 oz. field biscuit, or 14 oz. egg biscuit
 * 13 oz. fresh or frozen meat, or 7 oz. preserved meat
 * 53 oz. potatoes, or 4 1/2 oz. vegetables, or 2 oz. dried vegetables, or 21 oz. mixed potatoes and dried vegetables
 * 9/10 oz. coffee, or 1/10 oz. tea
 * 7/10 oz. sugar
 * 9/10 oz. salt
 * 2 cigars and 2 cigarettes, or 1 oz. pipe tobacco, or 9/10 oz. plug tobacco, or 1/5 oz. snuff (at discretion of commanding officer)
 * 0.17 pint spirits
 * 0.44 pint wine
 * 0.88 pint beer

November 27, 1914, I just had a eye test done today and am going to let you hear this story I also heard today. One doctor during this time read books really hard to fight hygiene against the army. For example typoid fever. They would usally pass 50-100 decruits daily and then would have to vaccinate them afterwards. Two soldiers vaccinated 175 soldiers in one day. Several soldiers complained about there feet and doctors would put them in water and mud for days at a time. Their feet were tender and could not walk. When they took there boots off they would swell up like balloons.Many soldiers got frostbite in the Chimean War. A 23 year old doctor during this time got lice in an underground dugout during this time and he put his pajamas and petrol on and went to bed. Then he ran through the campfire and died in burns.

November 30, 1914, I saw what a germans infantrys uniform today and learned information. Like the protective helmet was added in 1916, german infantry uniform in 1914 near the start of the war.(there is also pictures of both below.) (pic of helmet added in 1916)(pic of uniform in 1914, close to start of war.)

May 19, 1915, Today we are leaving Berlin and there is a cheering crowd. I am happy that I have survived. To me the war has ended.(1918)

May 21, 1915, Today I learned a lot about trench lines. The major trench lines were built in Nov. of 1914. Built nearly 400 miles from Neiwportons coast to Swiss border. The trench lines were split by Belgians- 40 miles British- 90 miles French- rest.

Bibliographic information. "Armory Troops." __Trenches on the web.__ 17 Dec. 2009 []. "Soldiers." __BBC home.__ 21 Dec. 2009 []. "The Great War." __Trench Warfare.__ 21 Dec. 2009 [].