Letters to Mrs R. H. Caldwell, from her son Robert Douglas Caldwell and other soldiers, 1917-1919 - Page 52
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Sutton Veny
17 Oct. 1917
Dear Mother
We are still jigging along here alright but have not had our leave yet, the company go tomorrow morning but Ken, Corp. Hosier & myself are in this advanced squad & are on the range this week doing our musketry course but with a bit of luck we ought to get on leave next week. Yesterday we started at the range & it was a rotten day, wet & windy, today was not much better but less windy. I have been scoring pretty fair but the rifle I have is not too good which is a drawback but with a bit of luck I might score something like a marksman although I don't expect any such luck. The range is about ½ mile away & we have to come back for dinner so it amounts to a bit of a route march we do every day going & coming. We had a change in our daily routine today & a very acceptable one too, reveille does not go till 7 a.m. now so we have an extra hour in bed of a morning.