Deborah Florence Glassford Letters and Memorabilia
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+ | 62nd OVERSEAS BATTALION,C.E.F. | ||
+ | now in France, with reinforcements, let alone forming a fourth division, & keeping that supplied. The replacements [?] are estimated at from 10 to 15% per week, you can quite realize the number of men required to keep pace with this awful wastage for weeks & months perhaps years. | ||
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+ | However, much against the opinions of officials here, [?] [?] fourth division is being formed at [Ravansholt?], & it is possible to supply reinforcements to the 3 divisions during the next few months without touching those Battalions, it will go [over?] probably abt October - | ||
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+ | We did our damnedest to get [?] it, but the "fourth" we heard was not strong enough, unfortunately - | ||
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+ | The authorities don't know what the devil to do with the thousands of Colonels & Majors ^ & Captains at [Thorncliffe?], their practically out of work ^& all being paid by the Canadian Govt. Subalterns are sometimes sent [?]. | ||
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+ | The officers who were [keen?] to go to the front are absolutely brokenhearted -- they have |
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OFFICERS MESS 62nd OVERSEAS BATTALION,C.E.F.
now in France, with reinforcements, let alone forming a fourth division, & keeping that supplied. The replacements [?] are estimated at from 10 to 15% per week, you can quite realize the number of men required to keep pace with this awful wastage for weeks & months perhaps years.
However, much against the opinions of officials here, [?] [?] fourth division is being formed at [Ravansholt?], & it is possible to supply reinforcements to the 3 divisions during the next few months without touching those Battalions, it will go [over?] probably abt October -
We did our damnedest to get [?] it, but the "fourth" we heard was not strong enough, unfortunately -
The authorities don't know what the devil to do with the thousands of Colonels & Majors ^ & Captains at [Thorncliffe?], their practically out of work ^& all being paid by the Canadian Govt. Subalterns are sometimes sent [?].
The officers who were [keen?] to go to the front are absolutely brokenhearted -- they have