Letters from James Murtagh, item 26

• October 31, 2017 00:21:28 Thomas A. Lingner

  For God, For King & For Country
  

  Y M C A
  

  H.M. Forces on Active Serivce
  

  
  

  Dear Pat,
  

  I arrived here safely and up to time
  

  I reached Dover at 10:30 and was in barracks
  

  by 11-30. I had a very nice passage and was
  

  not sea sick but at the end of my journey
  

  I was very tierd. When we got in it was
  

  to late to get our beds out of the stores and we
  

  had to be in our clothes on the floor. It was
  

  anything but pleasant and made us more home
  

  sick than what we were. Today we have
  

  been put on draft for France and we expect
  

  to go next week. There are 500 of us going
  

  and there are another 500 to follow us in
  

  a week or so. They must expect to be
  

  busy this winter. I did not expect to
  

  be put on this week. but sure I would
  

  
  

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