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16 And the rest is history. since then we have been in Belgium then France then Belgium then France again but not yet in Germany. I said something about an inspection today I had to go it was by our General Alderson, General Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia of Canada. I can't remember what he said only that he was proud of us fighting men and in Val Cartier Can" he thought we was handsome and that we was just as handsome now (Some Bull) also that a lot of us had fallen and that there would be more of us fall (He appeared to be looking at me when he said that, and it didn't please me much) and that he wanted to tell the married men that their wives and children would be well cared for if they fell in battle as he had passed a law or something giving very liberal pensions (very cheerful, don't you think) and that the single men with only sweethearts, that some other fellow would take care of them until he returned x and I wanted to tell him