wounded  In  the  hospital.  It  seems  a  co -incidence  that  I  should 
he  here  in  time  of  another  war.  The  old  fort  still  stands 
intact  and  was  quite  a  formidable  defense  work  in  its  day  but 
it  would  not  stand  long  under  modern  gunfire.  It  has  a  very 
wide  moat  all  around  it  and  covers  a  great  deal  of  ground. 
Our  barracks  are  inside  and  the  school  outside  s©  we  go  through 
the  old  ?;alls  several  times  a  day.  The  harbor  is  full  of 
war  ships  and  the  transports  and  freighters  are  coming  and 
going  all  the  time.  Some  of  the  camouflage  effects  on  the  ships' 
sides  look  very  strange.  They  seem  to  be  put  on  without  any 
regard  to  each  other  and  e,re  of  various  colors.  They  wont 
need  that  much  longer  for  we  have  a  new  device  that  will 
make  the  submarine  at  thing  no  longer  to  be  feared.  Unfortunately 
it  takes  ti ae  to  make  them  and  it  will  probably  be  summer  before 
they  are  put  in  very  extended  use. 
Well,  I  have  been  24  hours  writing  this.  It  is  Sunday 
now  and  people  keep  coming  over  into  my  corner  of  the  barrack 
room  to  "pass  the  time  of  day".  That  is  interesting  bgtt 
interferes  with  progress,  Perhaps  I  have  bored  you  long  enough 
anyway  with  my  rambling  observations  so  I  had  better  stop. 
I  will  try  not  to  make  it  so  long  before  writing  you 
again  and  hope  that  I  shall  have  some  real  action  to  report 
next  time, 
With  best  wishes, 
P.S.  Madleiene  is  still  in  Stamford  and  as  her  mother  is  near 
by  she  is  not  alone.  We  have  a  couple  of  very  good  girls  in 
the  house  and  they  get  along  very  well.  The  severe  winter  has 
been  a  great  trial  but  all  keep  well  so  I  dont  have  to 
worry  about  them.  The  hardest  part  of  this  war  for  me  is  being 
away  from  those  at  home  but  I  trust  that  whatever  sacrifices 
have  to  be  made  will  ensure  that  they  wont  have  to  do 
the  same  thing  in  their  time. 
Please  remember  me  most  cordialy  to  Hr.  Brewster. 
