Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1918 — EXPECTS TO LAND IN CANADA SOON [ARTICLE]

EXPECTS TO LAND IN CANADA SOON

The following extracts are taken from a letter received by Mrs. Loms H. Hamilton today from her son, Fred Hamilton, who is convalescing tn a London hospital from wounds ana gas received last September fa « charge on the German lines with the Canadian troops: „ December 6, 1918. Dearest Father and Mother: Now that the ‘*Ceaae IFire” has been signed and the “aH’s dear” gone, I am forced to ask you to cease from now on all correspondence with me until I arrive in Canada. I will be sailing, so they say, before an answer to this can reach me. So dearest father, mother and sister, you can expect me home in January—unless some unforeseen little event spoils my present plans. I will continue to write real often and will cable you a day or so before I sail. \ Received) four long letters from you today/ They sure help heaps. Do not worry about me. lam jake and just dreaming of returning to you ail. I receive three weeks leave just as soon as I land, then I return, I guess, to be discharged. Well, I will continue to write until ,1 climb the gang plank for Canada. I really expect to sail the last «f-< this month or the finrt of January. The doctor gave me this great news today. Well, good-bye for today. With love,- Your