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[letterhead: "A PLACE TO GO"
SPORTSMEN'S PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION
SOLDIER'S CLUB
229 DUNDAS STREET MAJESTIC THEATRE BLDG.
PHONE 338
LONDON, CANADA] June 11 1916.

"C" Coy. 135th Batt.
Carlings Heights
London.

Dear Sister:-

Received your letter and was
sorry to disappoint you, but the District orders
that were issued called for a pass once in ten
weeks. It made the boys pretty sore, seeing
that we expect to leave for England during the
first part of July. A great many took "French
Leave" a week ago and consequently had some
pay cut off and there names on the "crime sheet."
If I don't get a pass next week my name goes
there too, although I hate to do it, and also to lose
any pay, as they cut off some pay for some reason
or other, and I seem to have some time financing
myself, and I am sure I am not spending
but very little on amusement. I spend a bit
in the canteen, but by Jove I can't help it
especially in hot weather, for the grub they give
you gets your goat. You know how it goes.

I saw Wibb Baker the other day, and
Jack McIlveen to-day. We had quite a
march the other day, but I could not find