Letters From Garnet – Somewhere in France, Sept. 14, 1917
“…good old band, good old band…”
Somewhere in France, Sept. 14, 1917
Mr. W.E. Dobbs,
9 Horace Court, Norwood, Man., Canada
Dear Lottie and Walt,
I’ve been trying for what seems like two months to write you but never see enough spare time to compile a letter—so here goes.
I have to write in chapters.
…the last time I wrote was just after we had been warned for France… We hung around camp for nearly a week after that, expecting to go at any hour, but were detained on account of a strong gale blowing and making the Channel too dangerous. We finally got our orders to leave and marched out of camp about 9:30 a.m. in the pouring rain. We had been out in it all day and were soaking wet anyway, so we did not mind it and everybody was in high spirits.
We entrained in the...