Frederick Tregillus Letters from the Cariboo Boys
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WRITTEN AT The Willows CAMP 67 BATT. 3 COMPANY | WRITTEN AT The Willows CAMP 67 BATT. 3 COMPANY | ||
6 Oct 16 Victoria 1915 | 6 Oct 16 Victoria 1915 | ||
| − | Dear Fred We have been here 10 days now & all of the Cariboo boys are well & also | + | Dear Fred We have been here 10 days now & all of the Cariboo boys are well & also better still are doing well. Everyone of us is steady & obedient to all orders besides we seem to be about the average in smartness & in picking up the drill. I was out today making one of a picked funeral party (an old vet) which is rather a distinction especially as I was leading guide of the men from our Co. The boys, told me that our sergent magor told them this afternoon that No 3 co (our company) was the smartest in the Batt. & that our platoon had the best material & should in a week or two be the smartest in the Batt. allowing a bit for taffey which sergants give to all recuits that is pretty good talk. I am pretty observant man & I had come to |
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| + | BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862-1962. Barkerville, miner. Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915-1919. | ||
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Y.M.C.A. WITH HIS MAJESTY'S CANADIAN FORCES ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR GOD, FOR KING, AND FOR COUNTRY WRITTEN AT The Willows CAMP 67 BATT. 3 COMPANY 6 Oct 16 Victoria 1915 Dear Fred We have been here 10 days now & all of the Cariboo boys are well & also better still are doing well. Everyone of us is steady & obedient to all orders besides we seem to be about the average in smartness & in picking up the drill. I was out today making one of a picked funeral party (an old vet) which is rather a distinction especially as I was leading guide of the men from our Co. The boys, told me that our sergent magor told them this afternoon that No 3 co (our company) was the smartest in the Batt. & that our platoon had the best material & should in a week or two be the smartest in the Batt. allowing a bit for taffey which sergants give to all recuits that is pretty good talk. I am pretty observant man & I had come to
BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862-1962. Barkerville, miner. Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915-1919.