Two typewritten, unpublished manuscripts describing Buchanan's experiences as a conscientious objector in World War I and and his subsequent service work in France. These memoirs cover the years 1917 to1919.
The chapters of the manuscript are titled as follows:
Manuscript: [World War I Experience, 1917-1918], 125 pages
Preface
Chapter I: How I Became a Mennonite
Chapter II: Going to Camp
Chapter III: First Army Camp Experience
Chapter IV: Transferred to the Remount Depot
Chapter V: Taken to the Guard-House
Chapter VI: Other Guard-House Experiences
Chapter VII: Cooking and Eating Outside
Chapter VIII: The Dark Hour
Chapter IX: Released from the Guard-House
Chapter X: From the Remount Depot to the 163rd Depot Bridge
Chapter XI: First Experiences in the Depot Brigade
Chapter XII: The Two Spies
Chapter XIII: Second Guard-House Experience
Chapter XIV: Interviewed by the Board of Inquiry
Chapter XV: To Fort Leavenworth
Chapter XVI: To Fort Riley, and Last Days of Army Camp Experiences
Manuscript: “Experience in Relief and Reconstruction Service During and following World War One, 1918-1919.” 149 pages
Chapter I: From a Military Training Camp to a Relief Unit
Chapter II: In Waiting Before Going to France
Chapter III: Trip to France
Chapter IV: Paris, The Hub
Chapter V: Some Bits of History
Chapter VI: At Ornans
Chapter VII: A Trip into the Juras
Chapter VIII: Discharged from the Army
Chapter IX: From Ornans to the Verduin Sector
Chapter X: At Grange-Le-Compte
Chapter XI: A Trip to Verdun and Over Battle Fields
Chapter XII: Little George
Chapter XIII: At Aubreville and Avocourt
Chapter XIV: Diary of One Week
Chapter XV: A Trip to the Alps Mountains
Chapter XVI: A Trip to Germany and other Places
Chapter XVII: Last Days in France, and Back to America
