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Date: April 28th 1916
To
F.M. Field
From
Frank Hart
Letter

LETTER (FROM ENGLAND)
Mr. F.M. Field, K.C., received this week from Pte. Frank Hart, son of Mr. James Hart of this town, a letter of which the following extracts will be of interest to our readers:

Chisledon Camp, England, April 6th, 1916

To-day it is the best opportunity 1 will have to answer it. We are taking musketry now after two months of doing nothing ... I like the idea of being an officer but now that we are working in earnest I am thoroughly satisfied to stay as a private... We find our nights a little tiresome but we have had plenty of excitement this week. We marched into Swindon the night before last and we all enjoyed ourselves immensely. Last night a man who was in our platoon and has since been transferred to another, as a lance-corporal. Boxed, with a corporal from the Army Cycle Corps. We went around to see him and it was one of the cleanest and nicest bouts I ever saw. Our man won.
The weather here now is ideal and has been such for a week. It is indeed very pleasant.

There are a great many predictions over here as to how soon the war will be over. If the soldiers are any judge, I can safely say it will be over by Christmas. I don't want to go back to Canada without being at the front and we all hope to be sent out soon.

Hoping that some time in the future I will have the pleasure of hearing from you again, I remain,
Your old student,
FRANK HART.