Letters from James Murtagh, item 29

• October 31, 2017 13:53:38 Thomas A. Lingner

   
  

  
  

  
  

  Dear Pat,
  

  Rec. your very welcome letter and am very glad
  

  to hear all are well at home. I have written to
  

  Frank but rec no answer. I am very glad to hear
  

  he is allowed to smoke because I am sure it is an
  

  awful punishment for to have to do without it.
  

    I am in good health but the work is very hard
  

  we are going from morning till night. We rise at
  

  a quarter to six dress and make your bed down get on
  

  parade at 6-15. We get baack for breakfast at 7-30
  

  start on parade again at a quarter to nine for squad
  

  drill until eleven we have an half an hours rest and
  

  finish at twelve thirty five for dinner & start phisical
  

  drill at two until 3-30 then we have rifil drill
  

  until 5 and we are finished for the night except
  

  tuesdays & thursdays we have night manovures
  

  we do be out on that from eleven until two
  

  so it is not all sunshine training we shall be

  ready for france in about fourteen weeks and
  

  
  

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• October 31, 2017 00:44:15 Thomas A. Lingner

  
  

  
  

  Dear Pat,
  

  Rec. your very welcome letter and am very glad
  

  to hear all are well at home. I have written to
  

  Frank but rec no answer. I am very glad to hear
  

  he is allowed to smoke because I am sure it is an
  

  awful punishment for to have to do without it.
  

    I am in good health but the work is very hard
  

  we are going from morning till night. We rise at
  

  a quarter to six dress and make your bed down get on
  

  parade at 6-15. We get baack for breakfast at 7-30
  

  start on parade again at a quarter to nine for squad
  

  drill until eleven we have an half an hours rest and
  

  finish at twelve thirty five for dinner & start phisical
  

  drill at two until 3-30 then we have rifil drill
  

  until 5 and we are finished for the night except
  

  tuesdays & thursdays we have night manovures
  

  we do be out on that from eleven until two
  

  so it is not all sunshine training we shall be ready for france in about fourteen weeks and
  

  
  

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