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Y.M.C.A. On Active Service With the British Expeditionary Force [Letterhead]
France July 11/17
Constable O. Uffelmann
R.N.W.M.P.
Cardston, Alta [Alberta]
Dear Brother:
Your welcome letters of Apr 29th and May 20th received together will fifty six other letters a week ago today + have been kept pretty busy writing letters ever since. I have just completed a letter to Walter + thought I had better write you before retiring. The weather has been quite favourable here for past couple of months + crops appear to be doing nicely. Last night we had a Frenchman at the Y.M.C.A.

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• he gave us several fine reels of movies the firsts I have seen for about five months. I am still in hospital + am feeling quite well. Am taking two hot steam baths per day after which I have a cold shower a dip in cresol diluted in water + then apply flowers of Sudphin[?] which sure stings. I expect to be out of here within the next week or so + then expect to be sent back to the line unless they make me go through the bull ring again at the base. There is a concert at Y this evening but I thought I had better write letters instead. Received a line from Willie + he said things were just the same when I left + hoped I’d soon be back.

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I received the cigarettes + sure enjoyed them. I received seven letters from father + eight from mother + they seem to be well. Walter has asked them to come down to spend a week with him + I hope they will find time to get down as it will do them a lot of good to get away from home. The reports of war for past week has been very good + the general feeling of all the troops is that the war will be over this fall. I hope it will as I certainly am sick of the life + cannot wait until I can get back in my own clothes. It is not far off for my

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birthday + I wonder where I will be. Perhaps in trenches + perhaps here. Last year I was out for papa with the car. It will not be long before your time is up + I hope you will come home + help father as he certainly would be more satisfied if he had one of his boys at home. I hope Willie + I will be home by time you get home. Father certainly does miss me according to his letters + wishes I could be home to collect boxes this season. I often wonder how he is getting along with the work. I hope that he will be able to pull through this season. He seems to be having a great time with the car. He ran

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into the hedge fence + said he had quite a time to get out. I had quite a time trying to teach him to run the car but worst of it was he got excited to easily. Well Orley I really do not know what else to say as we write under difficulties here. All our mail is censored so cannot tell you what I would like to. However I hope to be back soon + so can tell you all. Will be pleased to hear from you again. Have not been able to hear any thing further about Lloyd.
Your loving brother

751361 Sheldon

B.E.F. France 1st Can. Battn (Army Post Office)

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751361 Pte. S. Uffelmann
1st Can. Battn
B.E.F. France
(Army Post Office London Eng)