My Dear Mother, I received your very welcome letter this morning after church and as usual was very glad to hear from you but was very sorry to hear you were not feeling well. Say Mother, you will have to forgive me for not writing you sooner this week but it has been about the busiest week we have had since we came to camp. What with the night route marches, inspections, inoculations, etc. we have not had much time for anything. My arm is fierce this time, a lot worse than the first time but it is getting all right again. We were done on Friday and all Saturday I felt like the last rose of summer that the cow stepped on. On the 12th we were up at about 4:30 and left here about 8 o’clock. Arrived at Neepawa about 11:30 and dinner after which we paraded for about two and half hours and i...

My Dear Mother, Here I am again high and dry once more although I got kind of wet this morning. Some rain wasn’t it? Our tent was blown down but fortunately no one was hurt. The recreation tent, barber shop and quite a few others went down. Jim was corporal of the guard last night and today I was in the tent when it went over but got into a latrine and so kept dry. His kit was dry including his camera. After the sun came out he took some pictures of the camp. We were on the parade ground when it blew up and just got dismissed when it broke. We hadn’t even time to get in our tents before it went but everything kept dry I think it was the worst sky I ever saw. Don’t you write and let me know what it was like down there, will you. The 203 battalion left for a route march early this morning...

My dear Mother and sister, I received your letter the other day bawling me out for not writing often and, honest Mother, I thought I was doing fine considering how I like writing letters but you must forgive me for not answering your letter sooner. Friday I had no time as you know and then on Saturday the wife was up and you can bet I had no time that day and on Sunday Elliott was up and I was fairly busy that day. So this is Monday noon. I am trying to get it away although I haven’t much time to do it. Say Mother you should have been in camp on Friday as it was some sight. If we ever have a review again you want to try to get here as it is a sight not likely to be ever seen again and I am sure you would like it. Jim and I both put in for a pass for the week and we will phone you if it...