Lessness Park, Abbey Wood
March 4, 1917
Dear Marjorie,
I am writing to you once more probably the last time before we go across. We expect to pull out some time during the coming week as we have practically everything together now even our steel helmets and gas masks. We have our four 8" guns here with us. They are dandys. Each one reminds one of a prehistoric dinosaur. They appear to be such monsters. We have been in camp for about a month and it has been a perfect cinch. We call it our rest camp. Each day we parade only to be dismissed as our training is finished. We are in Woolwich vicinity about ten miles from London. Everyone has permanent midnight passes for London and vicinity so most of us avail ourselves of the privileges and opportunity for going up. Indeed we are so free that one can easily stay out of camp all night if he wishes as long as he appears on parade the next morning. The boys are getting out of condition, so much idealness and easy living. I was up to London yesterday afternoon and evening but I am staying in tonight as I want to go up again tomorrow night if I can get an extended pass until noon Monday for I want to go to the bank. London is an expensive place - wish I had a quarter of what I have spent during the past month or so. I have been to two or three dances and parties since being in this vicinity. Was going to a high school dance or something tonight but passed my ticket on to someone else. Most of us will be glad to get to France. I know I will for one. Have had enough of this loafing and hanging around. Things are looking better at the front lately. Probably quite a bit of advancing will be done this summer. We probably will be somewhere on the Somme Front. Carl Fraser was operated on for appendicitis about a month or so ago. He is in a convalescent home at present. I doubt whether he will be able to go to France with the battery but he has been assured that he can join us later. It is discouraging having a thing like that happen to a fellow at such a time. We had a baseball game with the Eighth Canadian Siege Battery down at Woolwich on Thursday. It was very exciting but rather slow towards the end. We defeated them by a score of 20 to 8. Pretty bad. It seems funny playing ball on the first of March - doesn't it. The ground is perfectly dry over here. I have not worn an overcoat for three or four weeks. People over here think they have a severe winter but I hardly imagine or realize that we have a winter season at all. I suppose that you are very busy with your school or other things. The last letter that I received for you was written nearly three months ago. The one idea that you seemed to express in that letter was that you wanted to hear from me as often as I cared to write so I wrote quite often for awhile as I have thought my letters might mean something to you. I fear that I was wrong in thinking so. I gave up looking for letters from you in the mails quite awhile ago. I don't know as I have more claim upon your correspondence than any other friends Marjorie but I can't be expected to carry on a one sided correspondence. You couldn't have wanted to hear from me very badly after all. There is a chance of your letters being lost but that is hardly probable as the mails have been very regular. There is another little thing I want to speak about. I don't know what prompts made to do so but you might as well know.

Do you remember one time quite awhile ago when we were trying to make things clear. Trying to clear up misunderstandings at least. You asked me to forget certain things. I'll put it plainly. You asked me to forget that I ever cared for you. Since you had asked me to do so I have always tried to appear as disinterested as possible, tried to appear to be just a good friend and I guess succeeded pretty well. What I am trying to tell you is that I have never forgotten for a day nor do I regret not having done so. Since coming over here I have many reasons to be thankful that I have not forgotten. I hope this will not prevent us from being friends just the same. I will not write to you though unless I hear from you. If you should write send my letters C.E.F. France. Well Marjorie wish me luck.

Yours sincerely
Grg. Morrisette

P.S. You may have this snap if you want it.