1918 antique WWI SOLDIER DIARY aef france ROJEWSKI 336 INF REG camp sherman gas For Sale

1918 antique WWI SOLDIER DIARY aef france ROJEWSKI 336 INF REG camp sherman gas
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DESCRIPTION

Original handwritten World War I military diary and personal notebook belonging to John J. Rojewski, identified in the notebook as:

John J. Rojewski
336 Inf. Reg.
A.E.F. France

Rojewski also identifies the book as his diary while in military service, writing that he served as a private and later as a corporal in the U.S. Army and with the A.E.F. in France.

The small leather-covered pocket diary measures approximately 2.5 x 4 inches. All pages containing content are shown in the photographs.

The dated military diary begins with his entry into U.S. Army service and continues through training, overseas transportation, France, illness and hospitalization, later movements in France, Paris, and his eventual return to the United States.

Visible entries include:

• July 15 – examined by a physical examining board for military service and passed.
• July 22 – entrained for Camp Dodge, Iowa, for military training.
• July 23 – arrived at Camp Dodge; another physical examination; subscribed for $10,000 W.R.I. made out to his wife; sworn into military service and placed in quarantine.
• July 24 – placed in 163rd Depot Brigade, Co. 38.
• July 26 – received first inoculation and vaccination.
• August 1 – squad, platoon and company formation drills.
• Additional inoculations and vaccinations during August.
• August 13 – Articles of War read to Company 38 and uniform issued.
• August 16 – sent under sealed orders to Camp Sherman, Ohio.
• August 19 – arrived at Camp Sherman.
• August 20 – passed through chambers of chlorine and lacrymation gases.
• August 21 – gas-mask drills and lectures.
• Entry records assignment to the 84th Division, 336th Infantry Regiment, Company F.
• August 22 – issued an Enfield rifle, Eddystone 1917 model, with the rifle's serial number recorded.
• August 24 – arrival at Hoboken, ferry to New York City and movement to Camp Mills.
• August 26 – issued O.D. uniform and full overseas equipment.
• August 31 – visited New York City and Coney Island on a 24-hour pass.
• September entries record preparations for embarkation and movement to the Hoboken docks.
• Went aboard an English troop transport and departed for sea.
• Diary describes joining other transports accompanied by a battleship, destroyers, submarine chasers, a dirigible and aeroplanes.
• Records a convoy consisting of 19 ships.
• Entries mention rough seas, seasickness, guard duty and passage through a dangerous zone.
• September 19 – joined by English destroyers; Irish coast in sight.
• September 20 – Scotch coast and Glasgow, Scotland.
• September 21 – debarked at Glasgow and traveled by train toward Winchester, England, with stops including Edinburgh.
• September 24 – traveled to Southampton and boarded transport to cross the Channel.
• September 25 – arrival at Le Havre, France.
• Later entries record additional movement through France under sealed orders.
• Diary records troops being sent toward the front.
• An October entry describes continual booming from the front and the sky being illuminated at night.
• An entry records hearing a story concerning German atrocities involving inhabitants of a farm.
• October 15 – records influenza in camp, with many men stricken and sent to the hospital.
• October 17 – Rojewski became sick, reported to sick call and had a high fever.
• October 19 – sent to a hospital.
• October 24 – records seeing an air raid by German airmen.
• Additional entries document hospital transfers and his condition.
• December 3 – received letters from his wife, described as his first mail since September.
• December 25 – records having turkey for Christmas dinner.
• Later entries record movements through France, including Bordeaux.
• April 26 – records being made corporal.
• April 27 – left Bordeaux for Paris on leave.
• Paris entries record sightseeing on the Seine and visits to the Eiffel Tower, Trocadero, Invalides, Napoleon's Tomb, Palace of Justice, Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, Madeleine, and other locations.
• Records a visit to Versailles, including the palace, gardens, paintings and stables.
• Records travel to Rheims, including the cathedral and visits to French and German trenches.
• Records a stop at Château-Thierry.
• May 1 – describes Labor Day activity in Paris, including a parade, red flags and revolutionary songs.
• May 2 – records a visit to the Louvre, including paintings, statuary and antiques.
• Later entries concern Bordeaux and orders for transportation to the United States.
• June 5 – went aboard the S.S. South Bend.
• June 8 – steamed away for the United States.
• June 19 – records arrival in the United States and movement through Hoboken and Camp Mills.
• June 22 – moved to Mitchel Field.

Following the military diary are numerous pages containing handwritten names, addresses, notes and numerical entries. These include addresses from many parts of the United States as well as an address in London, England.

One page contains a handwritten toast/verse beginning:

“Here is to French girls near and far”

and continuing with lines concerning women, friends, health and peace.

Another page is headed “Mayors Wonderful Stomach Remedy / Tonic + Regulator.”

The rear of the notebook contains a handmade folded-paper pocket. Inside are surviving pressed plant specimens, including what appears to be a four-leaf clover and another pressed flower/plant specimen.

The book has a dark leather cover, graph/grid-paper leaves, reddish page edges and colorful marbled endpapers.

CONDITION

Antique used condition with substantial wear consistent with age. Leather cover has rubbing, scuffing, worn edges and corners, and surface wear. Interior has age toning, staining/soiling, creasing, page-edge wear and some tears/losses. Handwriting varies in darkness and legibility. Binding shows wear. Pressed botanical specimens are fragile. Please review all photographs for exact condition and handwritten content.

ITEM SPECIFICS

Owner: John J. Rojewski
Type: Military Diary / Soldier Diary
War: World War I
Unit: 336th Infantry Regiment
Division: 84th Division
Company: Company F
Service: U.S. Army / A.E.F. France
Rank: Private; later Corporal
Material: Leather and paper
Size: Approx. 2.5 x 4 inches

Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.

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