Halifax
May 30, 1916

Dear Mother:-

We arrived in Halifax this morning about 1 o'clock and came on board the boat at 9 o'clock. He had a very pleasant trip on the train but quite a few break downs. We had to change a car at Montreal. Passing through Quebec was the most foreign looking province of them all. When we would stop at a station and call to anybody they couldn't understand. They all seemed to be French. When we got to Moncton N.B. yesterday afternoon we all turned out for a route march up the main street of the town. We stopped at Truro about eleven last night and there was a big crowd at the station to see us. While we were there we had kit inspection. This boat is quite a large one and there will be quite a lot of soldiers on. The 95th are quartered right up in bow of the ship in hold. Nobody seems to know when we are going to sail. After dinner I wandered all over the ship. Most of the fancy woodwork on the great stair case has been taken down or covered up but you can see that it must have been a swell boat. From the stern end you can see another big liner anchored in the harbour also a big battle ship. We had a nice dinner to-day soup, potatoes, roast beef, and pudding also some dog biscuits as we call them they are so hard you can hardly break them. The bunks are quite comfortable. This letter may be held at Ottawa until we arrive in England but I hope not. This is all and it is about supper time. I still have the jar of jam and box of biscuits yet. Love to all

your Son Jay.