Letters From The Bowes Brothers – July 16, 1916 Camp Hughes, Manitoba
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...