Letter to Mother from Granville Can. Special Hospital, England

2 - 10 -18 
B. Sec.
Granville Can.
Special Hosp
Buxton Darby
Eng.    

Dear Mother:–

I was out for a walk today and our sister bought a few of us tickets to the Matinee so I took in the play and I guess it was what most people would call good, but it is not in my line at all, I waste good time staying in a theater for two hours while a play is on such as you see around these days in these country and our North America is just the the people ask for that kind of stuff and naturally they get it they pay the price to get it.

It is a month today since I got wounded so I will soon get a letter from you saying you heard I was wounded, I do not use a sling for my hand now, so I guess there is not liable to be much more pain I have no splint at all just the bandages, It tickles me to think of being able to use my hand again in a short while to do lots of things with,

3rd

Well Mother I was out for a walk this P.M. and then went into the KhaKie University Reading and writing room for a few hours They have a good library certain books can not be taken away but others can they want you to take up classes on different subject I may take up Agriculture yet

My hand is coming on fine, I wish my mail would come thru but it does not seem to, I haven't had a letter since I left London,  

4-10-18

Dear Mother:–

I received six letters to-day so I will be buisy answering them for a few days. two of them were from you one had the hdk. thanks for same. but say in ref. to the enclosed artical on knit articals for active service. I don't beleave Major Boehm has yet ever entered on active service or else the secret is that he is a blind man for every soldier I ever saw wears a hand knit sweater all winter and I wore two last winter after Feb 12th but look Mother ever man is issued with a good sweater in Oct. and each man knit cap, then after each push there are hundred of these extra. the waste in the army is terrible. I have seen six hundred pairs of socks wasted in two months these were counted each day as they come out in the rubbish from the hutts in our batt'n while on rest. but I could never say anything to you and don't you say any thing because all boys don't see things alike and I would not be responsible for any mother stopping sending her boy socks or any thing else because she might here different stories later and feel hurt about it. The army issue are very good but mostly all cotton, my how I used to like my wool home knit socks but I would have done on half as many as I received.

I hate fools that make big asertions when they never have seen the conditions they talk about, I wish they would give me a rifle and bayonet, a job of keeping this major on centry go in the front line at Avion as it was Jan 14th - 18th 1918 he would take hand knit sweaters caps and wristlets to. But with out a change there will always be a surplus for all boys in France,

I must quit Mother dear as ever

Laurie.