Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 161

• December 11, 2018 18:11:33 Thomas A. Lingner

   left side  

  away at 7:30 am for a Brigade Parade for

  presentation of medals &c. that have been

  awarded to some of the officers & men. When

  I woke this morning it was pouring with 

  rain. We got on parade & then the parade 

  was put off for an hour. It is still

  raining - a good heavy warm summer rain.

  What I really object to is getting up early

  when I had arranged to stay in bed until

  8:30 am. I wonder if you have had your

  early morning cup of tea & whether Kenneth

  is saying "Up Mommy" yet? Yesterday

  I envied some of our battalions that are

  under canvas but to-day I am pleased

  that I have a billet in a house that

  keeps the water out. I had a walk round

  our garden yesterday & I see that we shall

  be able to have stewed gooseberries in about

  two more days. I thought it would be very

  nice to be at home "pottering about" in the

  garden. Does Kenneth still ride in Jack's 

  little motor car or has he tired of it and

  allowed Jack to come into his own. Blanchard

   right side  

  may have said that the "end is near" but he

  knows much less than I do and I 

  cannot find one single known fact that

  supports the statement. I don't doubt but that

  the countries are sick of war and are getting

  anxious about conditions after the declaration of

  peace. Russia according to the newspapers

  is very rocky. On the other hand if one

  believed the papers one would say that

  half the people in France are starving & that

  conditions in England were deplorable; what

  with "food hogs" "food shortages" "ships sunk"

  "strikes" &c. all in bold type for the

  encouragement of the Boche. Fortunately the

  English are not such fools as the papers

  make out and although the strike crowds 

  the war news into a corner there is a 

  magnificent army fighting for the

  country, enduring hardships cheerfully

  & doing nobly. Every day a score of

  battles are fought - any one of which

  would put into the shade the

  bloodiest battle of the South African War

• December 11, 2018 18:09:48 Thomas A. Lingner

  left side

  away at 7:30 am for a Brigade Parade for

  presentation of medals &c. that have been

  awarded to some of the officers & men. When

  I woke this morning it was pouring with 

  rain. We got on parade & then the parade 

  was put off for an hour. It is still

  raining - a good heavy warm summer rain.

  What I really object to is getting up early

  when I had arranged to stay in bed until

  8:30 am. I wonder if you have had your

  early morning cup of tea & whether Kenneth

  is saying "Up Mommy" yet? Yesterday

  I envied some of our battalions that are

  under canvas but to-day I am pleased

  that I have a billet in a house that

  keeps the water out. I had a walk round

  our garden yesterday & I see that we shall

  be able to have stewed gooseberries in about

  two more days. I thought it would be very

  nice to be at home "pottering about" in the

  garden. Does Kenneth still ride in Jack's 

  little motor car or has he tired of it and

  allowed Jack to come into his own. Blanchard

  right side

  may have said that the "end is near" but he

  knows much less than I do and I 

  cannot find one single known fact that

  supports the statement. I don't doubt but that

  the countries are sick of war and are getting

  anxious about conditions after the declaration of

  peace. Russia according to the newspapers

  is very rocky. On the other hand if one

  believed the papers one would say that

  half the people in France are starving & that

  conditions in England were deplorable; what

  with "food hogs" "food shortages" "ships sunk"

  "strikes" &c. all in bold type for the

  encouragement of the Boche. Fortunately the

  English are not such fools as the papers

  make out and although the strike crowds 

  the war news into a corner there is a 

  magnificent army fighting for the

  country, enduring hardships cheerfully

  & doing nobly. Every day a score of

  battles are fought - any one of which

  would put into the shade the

  bloodiest battle of the South African War

  
  

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