Aug 21/16

Dear folks at home

I am having it pretty tuff without any money just now I should have kept some more have had to borrow 60¢ from a fellow we do not get any fruit on the table so a fellow would like to buy some canteen tickets you see after I had my two railway fair paid I had two or three dollars left on the boat I wanted some things like toast and fruit my money soon went. this laying on hard bed and being all buttermilk all the time and fighting for these little small people hope you have done as asked about writing if you have been writing I will get some when the others do if you have writen to WR Gullen 772521 BCo 125^th [Batt?] England It will be all right the Army Post Office keeps track of all the Batts. C.E.F We had enspection again to-day by about 7 or 8 officers who draw big money while us poor nutts get our 50¢ piece of jam piece of cheese and Bread on a hard bed did you write are you going to write will you write soon

Roy