Somewhere in Flanders
Oct 1st 1915

Dear Father

I suppose you think I have forgotten you altogether as it is so long since I have written you. But as I have written to mother fairly regularly I thought that would do for both.

Well to start with we are having a few days of nice weather after some heavy rain and believe me there is some mud here with so many troops using the same ground.

Except for working parties we are having a fairly good time. We had some great news a few days ago which I suppose you have seen in the papers before this. There are quite a number of Island boys with us. One of O.H Traviors sons is a stretcher bearer with us.

The weather is getting a little cooler now. This is a great agricultural country but I think western Canada has it beat. One thing here is that there is no waste land almost every inch that can be done is cultivated. In this particular part there is very little fruit. As a matter of fact I have not seen any fruit that can near touch Canadian fruit. They sell pears and apples here that we would not give to pigs They are worse than the ones on some of the old trees at home.

Tell mother she can send me a pair of socks as often as she likes as we get them very wet in the trenches. I suppose nearly all the fellows down there now are wearing khaki. If they are not they should be. You would be prouder than every of Canada if you could see half what she is doing in this war.

I suppose you have all kinds of funds for supplying Tobacco, etc. to the fellows at the front. Well you tell anyone you know that ½ the tobacco sent here is wasted as it is such a quality that the fellows wont use it. So if anyone wants to send tobacco to any Regiment they should say what kind of stuff they want bought with their money.

Well it is nearly supper time so I must close.

Write soon
Charlie