June 29, 1917 pg2

Somewhere in France, 29/6/17

Miss Nettie McNaughton,

Dear friend, -

Received your very welcome letter
a day or so ago. As you likely know
by this time I have been down
the line sick, and I told the boys
of my section who had to stay
behind and fight, to keep the
boxes that were sent to me and
use the contents, but to keep
track of the senders so that I could
acknowledge them. Your box
with what the Glendale Red
Cross sent, reached the line O.K.,
but when you told me about
the homemade cake and
maple sugar it made me
wish I hadn't got sick and