No – 19. Sat. Sept. 1st 1917

Dear Mother:-

Well everything is still going along fine. There’s not much to write about tho. It’s just the same old routine that we went thru before we went into the line the last time, some drilling at C-camp, some working parties & other things such as throwing bombs at the other place, all night working parties. We’ve had one & are having another tonight.

I got another taste of omelette at C-camp, or rather at one of the towns near there. They can make swell omelette at that place too. I’ve also had quite a feast of pears & plums & peaches & grapes, all delicious & fairly cheap too.

We have been having lots of rain here lately, also lots of wind. It blew down several trees the other day & played havoc with the concert tent. The Y M. has got a tent up at the other camp now too, just a small one, but there are writing tables & a piano & last night there was a concert there, I guess the first around here since the war began. It certainly shows that the Germans are going back.

We saw some pretty risky flying today. One of our planes came down so that it nearly touched the ground, then took a dive up to avoid a wire & then did a few twists in the air. It came down several times, just skimming the tops of our heads.

Next time you send a parcel send me a pair of big scissors, good tailor’s scissors with blunt points. I don’t know what has happened to my mail I haven’t received a letter from you for two weeks & a half. I have got a couple from Deryl. It’s funny yours haven’t come thru. They will likely come all in a lump, I guess. I don’t expect I’ll be able to write much up the line. They don’t usually take any mail that has to be censored. So when you get whiz bangs you will know I am up the line.

Well I guess there’s nothing more to say.

John