Creston Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2013-09-27
issued: 1916-01-14
description: All the News of the Creston District
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note: '������m ,f ������i_ r7"ot?crr1 ^7TTTI Vol. Til. CRESTOK B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1916 Enough of London Will See Ireland A letter from Fr.d Harry at the West Sandling Camp, dated December 14th. would indicate that the fighting is not very heavy, as he, Hogan, Haggart and Kerr, who went Overseas in ���������Tune, are still in training and not oven a rumor is going of amove into Belgium or France. Camp life is becoming monotonous, so much so that he is up against it fcr a likely place to spend his occasional short leaves from duty. He writes; I have been digging trenches to-day; yesterday was marking on the range, and will be marking to-morrow. The drafts haye been shooting lately and the old 48th do the scoring. The shooting has been none too good; nothing like the work we did at Lydd. We have a muster parade to-morrow morning. We are looking forward to some change pretty soon, and this muster parade will likely have something to do with it. Since I wrote last we have been changed from a reserve to a pioneer battalion. The name and number is the sameyet, but will likely be changed before long. The staff pioneers of the battalion have been drawing working pay, which is 50 cents per day extra, and we may draw this pay before long since now we are all pioneers. Nothing much has been done so far, and it is something nobody here knows much about as there are no pioneer battalions around here. There is one at the front, rnd one forming in eastern Canada. One thing I can tell you: Our training is being changed somewhat. It is mostly fci-enchmg and mining now. 1 was at Ashford all hist week, Hogan! Kerr and Haggart were there, too. We were handling supplies. It is about 20 miles from here, and is the base of Canadian supplies in England. We were billeted and it was sure just like a holiday. The latei- Canadian battalions to come over are at Bramshott, which is over a hundred miles from here, so it is not very likely that I will see the Creston bunch. We are all looking forw…
note: Print Run: 1909-1983 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Creston (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.0975
long: -116.5130560
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Creston, B.C. : Creston Printing and Publishing Co.
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