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LOW: RET TO WEST we ONCE From. Shoeing: Smith John-C. Lang On Jurie 20, Shoeing Smith Jobn C.. Lang, wrote his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Lang, of Craighurst, a letter from the Can- adian Hospital ut Etehinghill' Lyminge, Kent, England,, which was in. part as fol- lows . 1 ain still in hospital with,my wounds, but when we are in hospital here in -Eng- land we are not tied down like we are over- 'in Fratice and can have a good time if we do, not' be foolish and get 'unruly with the Bisters. But. if one doew'she is after him.,}! "all thestime for something or other, I am not likely to dié yet for a while, that is if I do not have'to go back to France. Over there you can expect to die anytime, for just a#-foon as.a shell comes with your mark on it you get it snd good end hard too, I tell you. - Some of the fellows are to- get it so they can come/ over to | in Bugl URN FARES CANADA '4 == A WEEK Convenient Service. .. Modern Electric thted Equipment' *. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars: hates Coaches ; -For Tickets, Reservations, Literature 'and Information, apply to _ A. F. MALCOLMSON, INSURANCE, DARRIC, i Or write R. L. Fairbairn, G.P.A,, 68 King 8t. E., Toronto, in my leg and right on my knee. -Jobn C. Lang enlisted in Midland: three years ago when -the war started and went to Valcartier with the 35th Bn. but was| transferred 'tothe R.C.H.A. . He was with that Reginient till the time hé was wound- ed and. saw. some. very heavy fighting, be- ing in the Buttle of the' Somme: last Oct- ober when his brother William Lang-was| Killed in avtion. tolil Jbut' the one in.his knee seemis 'to' be giving him the most trouble. He has been He has séven wounds all in "hospital since March 14 end The follo i€d. by the Epwor hapes-4odn 'to be able to come home if he does not get fit to be sent back to France. From Seaman Jack Kell. letter was recently receiv- rth League of Cookstown, from one of its members' now overseas Dear Friends "in the Epworth' League:-- glad England, but there-are a lot that never get To this I-will add all the young people and bapk--more than yot hear about.' They that is all anyone ~knows of thing about it ind do not have think of anyone you are leavi you seen over th about them. planes flying around there now here we all night #0 they are nothing to see. first fight I.siw with the enemy was in the air, 60 I.could tell you a little abo A\them,. and that time 'they fought rie! the time I w: in the gir and' I hi England when Killed about six OK. came over 5 here: and ! a1 way abjouf there things, home 1 can tell. you. France when I left, They. told me that butter was*four francé (80c) a'pound and flour'was one franc' (20c) pound. .Do not worry because I amin hospital. 1 will 'noon be; out and after T get home .you will gee why I have. been, here. .I may'be' able to do more by' having some; little thing 'done: to the wound; 'but as it is I have a (hard job to walk as there-is « piect of shell Play with the Se Zoy07- a (ol || feel t | if you've started r | Pastis Shave erything- is high we pulled here just now, but not as high ae it was in | pool, y vthing like seasickness, five people and got away | confess I was ship sick: On I,cannot tell you much sbout it ar scarcity of ships the they are on the lockout for anything we | crowded "during transportation. hut when I: get eleventh i mst six o'clock, April 20th, | u wuld st | friends in Cookstown Methodist Church and 1 was very pleased indeed to ly to my "former theatise'. as it ingly and' that five 'never were geen again and ly written and each never will be. Thut ix the best way to get such pleasant memories of my 'friends at it, you' only get it once and you know: no-' home T have just -been reading the April tine to' Epworth and Service and, ing behind letter from a soldier -to his Weil, I mitist stop this Kind of talk, cluded it was as it makes me think of some things I have. along'tha? line. and may, tell you about news and it's not a matter of. not 'hav when T'get home. Just now I héte to-think! any, but of haying too' much.. Howev You'say you have the aero- I'm' not nat Well' it when i will be Aomething to #ee them there but tenn and the Cruiser H.MS. e seen air fights inf' able and we are After |disembarking we boarded the train and arrived at> Portemouth 'barracks | about 2 p.m. the riext day. ied real nice from London here. Perhaps Ts fresh: springtime erase, interwoven here and there with winding 'creeks and roade were extremely fascinating to the 'ey inione ok the Soughes ; - jobs razor is ever asked to handle. dt's a job that needs-a yes to flenning it. V.letiers to hime 'and elewhere | e them every day and hear them telling bout all I know, so it will be im! The possible to avoid repetition. 5 After spending five weeks in Halifax vhere we had a very enjoyable time tak ng. all things into consideration, we em: ver our lines, Imean our horge lines. "All barked by 88. Northland. There were four aver there T do not think trixisport y that we did not see. fight , our flotilla called, It. was certainly nice- name brought: to me after reaiing a ague, I 'con- high time T was getting busy No doubt you are: out for urally long-winded, especially T have writ- Drake in The weather was very accent: kful: to say we avoided though. 1 must account of the men ware soniewhat alongside the pier at Li The train trip it. was 'iolly fine.' The treos ind meadows covernl~with As one ful verdure and'|*¥P* of manhood + |tle, down and nearly everyone i ty speak, is spent in our mess. 'mixed up on that word 'mess' thing but a mess'as we commof Canada. Here we eat, about 30 to a mess, 'sleep, resd, ete. Also here we spend much time washing dishes, polishing knives, bing. the floor, 'always called the deck in naval life, also the tables and stools which [could give many instances of it. Enough | to say. that besides quite » number who are jalways cleaning up, everyone for an hour jor so every day and all forenoon Saturday: is cleaning up here and there snd every- where: Anpther. matter on which-they are, very |partiqular about is punctuality. I was tell- 'ing é oné 'thét you soon learn not to 'fallin' on time, Dut at leust five-minutes ahead of time and woe betide you if you are adrift. The training which R.N C.VRt'e. |get is as follows: Well, properly spenking we are training the time. the wan is on, byg the training before 'going on active fide 'comprises three weeks' 'rill on the parade. That is the same drill as the-sol- diers get and we get a taste of nearly everything in that short time. Then follows one day studying, ammunition snd [three days on big guns.' Following. that |we /ate rushed through course of three weeks oh seamanship and.such' a category. of stuff we sre told you can't imagine. 'The [phief things are knot-tieing and splicing, Tthe compass and how to handle it, swing- ling "the lead, rowing a gevesal- know- {ledge of ships... Followia cthat the soutine [is five days' leave and. thut in my" eave {would now -be over if f hyd not had this (referring to my having contrevied a slight uttuck of scarlet ) interruption Re- from Yeave lhe orler ik to go on trawlers which 'are engaged in that- silent heroic work of mine-«weeping Now I'll leave the navy alone for a { ines on "England and our inipression. We ave had many 'pleasant times 'aghore' as they call going oit down town or up street. We often hear some of our Canadian friends grumbling about not seeing a de. jcent person in' Portsmouth, but the trouble fis they don't look in the-right place. We |Went .to two. 'places,- a Methodist church and 3 YMCA, and we have. not been disappointed but highly. delighted. That surely is one proof that after all the fellows that don't sink to the commén 'level ai 'On the ll have the best time. We are thrown in' ting lots of Huns now and I think this year the! q { with English naval recruits drawn from every country, so we have a good chance to get' acquainted' with all classes of Eng- lishmen, A few of them are a little too fond of calling us 'only Canadians' but mostly they make . fine companions. A fellow cannot help but feel proud of the the British nation is composed of, but I'd sooner be an Amer- ican any day. We -are frequently called Yankees here and they. make little or no distinction between Cansdians-and Ameri- vans. Canada for:mine all 'the time. Un- less the. Government heré tries to stop em- igration, there will be large . numbers of ex-soldiers and sailors go to Canada. or jother parts of-the Empire. They won't set- he would like to'go to Canada_or elsewhere. They won't tay here. Now, I see I've written quite an epistle., While 1 am practically alone at present ss far as Canadian friends are concerned. I still have the best pal of all with me, that is the ever-abiding Pre- sence of Christ, guiding, comforting and strengthening day by day and hour by hour My prayers are ever with you in your work st home. I have great pleasure in addressing you as a friend of all of you. | From Gunner Rollett Carson To the Barrie Examiner. Having my-own time to myself T thought '2 few lint would 'possibly find space in one of your editions. Since my last letter much | has happened-in the war zone. Doubtless the papers were -filléd with the Vimy Ridge fight to the last detail and I am proud to have been there when it took place, " On April.9th things were as ustil, "all-guins in: cluding our own: pounding away, but the evening of the same day presented a'much different aspeot and by April 10th, even ar- tillery men were plowing along roads. which the Hun had tised the previous day; he used them' very hubriedly: too, judging by what he left behind} during his magnificent re- treat. In a very few days the-roads were cleared, in order to fatilitate the moving of 'The following' days found the Germans ee canes ot it F lil MANY Sergt..T..A. Higgi 80 to rt get! in }forks and 'spoons and the tinware, scrub- racks are noted for their cleanliness and I. our. gis. which took place shortly 'after we | ver of Barrie boys have have "It 'isan honor to be a- jake too much' room as many' e write I believe, so wishing" good k Ye" those of the 177th, hoping to see somie of them, in England this summer ,When I amon my feet again. * From Sergt. T. Thomas Higgins, formerly of Craighurst, received 'the following letter from: his son, ins, who has been wound. recently :-- Perhaps.you were rather surprised to re- ive word that I had been wounded -ng- jed ai the Front, heel ai news "before you. were aware that I was 'back in the liné again, Frits didn't let me stay long. On the fifth morning in jthe firing line, sbout 2.30 um., June 23, T was on 'my' way to draw the rum for-my you people would call 'benches, The' bar. {Platoon before we crept into our funk holes | for the day, when I got into the line of a 'whiz bang" battery which opened . up suddenly. The first. shell, though it' burst almost at my' feet, missed and I dived for a funk Hole, bit the second one got me good. "A piece entered my left shoulder jand passed-down through my body, tea & out at the right side of my. spine, in the small of my baé! a tunate in getting out and getting 'medical | aid: at once. I. was back to the field. hos- pital and opersted on that afternoon. I came down to. this hospital on the coast on a hospital' barge on the canal. . Ar soon as T am fit to. move, which I think will be about a week or ten days, I jan going over to-England. I will likely land at Folkestone, where Wilfred is, and may possibly have. the fent to the tame hospital. In any event, I ball keep in touch with him: "I hed s letter from him a day or two before I. was hit. He said he was getting along well. Tt is hell to have to' lie in bed, helpless, day in and day out, but I guess Twill have to get "used to it: I am feeling fine, and they tell me I am coming along fam- ously. From Pts. Gilbert Wilmott Extracts from a letter written in Franve Geq. Wilmott, Orillia, formerly. of Barrie: T am still-out on rést and having a fine time of it. We are in a sniall village: and the apples are just getting ready to use, 50 if we are near h-te when they are ripe we will have some time, There are lots ° of cherries, too, and nq one to'pick them. only | Us, 60 you seé we have a little fun out here. Tt is raining real hard today: and we" hi no drill, so 1 am taking the opportunity to Writes few letters, "I have heen. real lucky ;80 far and ¥ think I willfory Keep » good jlook out for the shells and-if-I hear one 'coming my way I soon clear out. There |were eleven boys wounded right near me, | but 'T came through without a 'scratch but | 'T never went out of the lines, We are get- | ought to end the war. Song of Bramshott Camp ; (Sung to tune of "A Little Bit of Heaven") Sure a little drop. of water fell from' out/| the. sky one day, And rested on the surface of a spot' of mud and clay, 3 When the Government found it, sure it looked so wet and rare They said suppose we leave it and\put a camp right -there. So they dosted it with Canucks, , just to mi the mud pies grow. It's the only place you'll find: them, -no matter 'where you go, So they sprinkled it with' rain drops, just to make it nice and damp, ws 6 And when they had it finished sure they named it Bramshott Camp. --By, Pte. J. W. Parsons, 157th Batislion, | From Corporal Stirling Knapp I_am well and very busy: training"'the | latest draft that we got.in and they are do- jing fine: Some men don't like working for new. instructors as well asthe old ones, but we get slong first. rate, Our Colonel was over to France: for two weeks and he comes back 'with the idea that we will not |fe¢ the firing line. I doubt that Colonel's | word, although things are looking very good 'just now. The Russians are doing great It is likely that you received the} k. Twas very for-| good' luck to be!" on June 29, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. . jcouple of years': time an; 'to take the lieve them. I would like to see home jn a Soldic Letters Eyery soldier "hss his friends at home and tells his story in his own way, ¢0' that these letters -often throw interesting side- Front.. The Examiner will be pleased to haye letters from the'Front for publication. In. supplying such letters. to us the -tecip- iente 'are not only doing us a favor, but ere furnishing reading that is interesting to' hundreds of our readers who have re latives or friends in khaki.' Good care will be tal of the letters «and only such" por- tions of general-interest' will be used. When soldiers have been wounded | their friends~ are 'always anxious 'to learn: par- tieulars and the quickest way to let them know is through the columns of this: wide- ly circulated newspaper, Kindly... send slong the letters; and they. will' be. pub- lished is space permits, in' the order. re- ceived. 81-f. a ' A Chance for Those Going West Homeseekers 'Excursions via Cc. Rr. - Homeséekers Exéursions' 40 Western Canada _at "attractive fares each Tuesday until. October Sist, Via Canadian Pagific, the pioneer route to-the West. Par- ticulars from any Canadian Pa: ifle: Agent or W. B. 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