As of this date, May 21, 1918, the 132nd Infantry Regiment is aboard the Mount Vernon. (This was the German liner Kronprincezzin Cecelie seized by the US and converted to a troop transport.) Also on board is Major General George Bell, Jr., commander of th 33rd Division, and his headquarters.  They are traveling in a convoy escorted by warships of the British and American Navies. There are 5,000 soldiers on board.  “It was so crowded we had to sleep in two shifts. ... I was lucky enough to be in the night shift,”  Theo wrote later when censorship was lifted. On board they had two meals per day in five sittings for each meal.  There did not seem to be much activity aboard ship.  Theo says, “...all I did was read books.”  

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