Sunday July 16th

We all went to church this morning but Frank and he went back to the woods and went to sleep. Roy was in church he came up yesterday to Brantford and down to Simcoe on the L.E.& N. and Cars. Rankin went up there and got him in his car, and I took him back this after noon at five so he can get to Toronto to-night and be on time at the office in the morning. I had intended asking Geo. Clark to go to Vittoria with me to see the Dunkin girls but hadn't made any arrangements and they were in church so when I told them they asked me to come up next Sunday. After we got into church I was very surprised to see old Quint. come in, I had an idea once they got to Camp Borden they wouldn't be back again until they left for overseas anyway but Quint said that about five thousand left the camp last night three hundred of which belonged to the 133rd and came down on a special, they will get passes if they apply every weekend and he said Pratt who has been acting a little better up there made arrangements with General Login to have them paid every two weeks so they can come home. He said the camp was a horrible

place and the boys all hate it, it is all just like a bonfire bottom, and almost unbearably dirty while the heat is foerce, an awful lot of them have been knoicked out temporally by it, but they have ggod water and cool nights. Roy and I left about four bit sdidn;t go very fast so just caught the car and had no time to spare. I came round by Vittoria to see if i could hurry Charlie Dunkin up a little getting the old ram registered and it was dark when I got home. I picked a couple of fellows up on the road who were walking from Port Ryerse to Dover. mr. Johnson came over in his car to get Enah to go down and play the organ and he brought her back. it has been pretty hot and dusty to-day.

Monday July 17th