4 a.m. to get the feed out and then go on parade at 5 a.m. I have only been on twice so am pretty lucky. The food is very good. We have green peas, cabbage or corn for lunch. The meat has been good, with the exception of a tough piece now and again. The boys in the tent get parcels quite often so we have some cake now and again. We get the mail

BC Archives, MS-0249 Box 1 File 13 ELLISON FAMILY, Vernon. Mrs. Price Ellison, correspondence inward from her son Vernon Ellison, 1917-1920.