• Aired blankets and palliases (beds).
• More rumours about going.
• Pictures with QM Sergt. Fee.
• Beautiful weather…

Friday,
April 2^nd

• Good Friday.
• March around town and football in the afternoon.
• Beat “H” Co. 3 to 1.
• Beat Battalion at shooting.
• Colonel Hughes sore…

Saturday,
April 3^rd

• Parade as usual.
• Football in the afternoon-Friendly won 4 to 2.
• Still no news.

• Church with QM Sergt. Fee in the morning.
• Feel awfully good.
• Still no letters.
• Three weeks now and no news.

• Kit inspection. I will soon be going and I am glad.
• March to Portsmouth and Lake Ontario looks fine.
• Out taking photos –they came out awfully bad.

• Battalion drill and March past.
• Very easy day.
• Watched fight when Willard beat Johnson in the 26^th round-very exciting.

• Up at 5:30AM and physical drill as usual from 6:00AM to 7:00AM.
• Colonel Hughes gave hopes of leaving shortly.
• Some boys deserting.

• March past was dandy.
• Concert in Mess Room.
• Received two letters and was oh, so pleased.
• Pictures in the evening and supper at 11:30PM.

• Barriefield-the Sergts. beat the Officers at shooting.
• Battalion drill-easy time.
• Pictures and billiards in the evening.

• March around town and March Past was dandy.
• Half holiday, shooting teams of Companies. The Machine Gun Squad came in 1rst.
• Stayed in and wrote letters.

• Paraded for church at 2:30PM and then marched around town in the afternoon after the Parade.
• Church in the evening with Q.M. Sergt. J. Fee-fine time.
• I feel awfully good.

• Physical drill at 6:00AM.
• Departure delayed for 5 days.
• Getting sick of hearing about going.  The sooner we leave the better.

• Boys of other Battalions are embarking.
• Expecting to go at any moment.

• Maj. General Hughes inspected the Battalion and was pleased but said nothing about going.

• I am heartily sick of hearing about going. Let’s get on with it.

• Received no letters…
• Very little time now, more men arriving from the Base Co.

• March around town and all bands were out.
• Football with No. 3 Co. and we won 3 to 0.

• Service at the Armouries and St. Paul’s in the evening.

• Received letters from my brother and friends but none from England.
• Heard no news of going.
• Something is wrong with the C.P.R.

• Lovely girls in Kingston.
• Wolfe Island in the afternoon-splendid scene.

• Trooping of Colours on the cricket field.
• It was a good day with plenty of people present.

• I am seriously longing to get away but there are small hopes at present.

• Sick-had a soft time.
• Played billiards with Sergt. Smith, later on.

• Football with Base and Bugle Band- Won 5 to 0.
• Baseball with Machine Sec. - Won 12-11.
• Concert in the evening.

• Sick today-lost a lot of blood and feel weak.
• Church in the evening-nice service.

• Parade as usual.
• Inspection
• Rumours about going.

• Parade as usual.
• Pictures with Sergt. Jealous.
• Billiards after inspections.

• Shooting at Barriefield.
• Battalion March Past.
• Paraded around town with flags flying.

• Battalion drill as usual.
• Praised by Colonel upon good drill.
• Marched around town.
• Took girls out to the Grand (live theatre).

• Battalion drill on the cricket field.
• At sports, No. 4 Co. leads at Football and Baseball.
• Billiards in the evening.

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