Barkerville school about the tie we get back. On our way back a real nice Engish woman got in the auto with her husband & you can belive she was real patriotic & talked so hardley about her tow sons who are both that the front not a word of regret or a wimper about them yet it was very plain that she was a real good mother & very fond of her boys. But her heart was too full of other peoples wrongs to let her shirk her share of duty to country. the Empire is safe as long as the women keep up to thier prestent standard There is a lot of effort being made to furnish entertainment to the soldiers. Nealry every night there is a social or free lecture or a good cheep concert for the men to go to a number do attend these meetings still many just walk about from one Bar to the other & fill up on beer. I find I cant go to many lectures, as as a non, con, I have to attend various lectures in camp at odd hours by one or another of the officers. Most of these lectures are for non, coms, & as a rule are ment only for sergents still we all must go unless on other duty. We some times get lectures given to us as a platoon instead of drill. these of course I am at with the rest of the men as we are marched, also I have been given 3 books to study on drill etc I try & read these but realy get very little time as these books are not the kind, you can absorbe in odd minutes as it usually takes several minutes to get into the drift of things then along comes someone with a fool question that often I cant answer nor could any month old recuit