Monday, August 30, 1915

When reveille turned out 'all hands' at 5:30 I was not particularly anxious to answer the call - so I slept another hour. The night, I found, had been rainy, but when I looked out the sky was fairly clear. Before long it was once more hot and sunny. We were in sight of land all day - low, green mountains that ran to the sea coast. We had turret drill - I had to be hoistman on both guns and shellman all at the same time, so I was a little busy. In the afternoon I did nothing. In the evening I turned in at 9, too warm to anticipate a very pleasant nights' sleep.