R.R.#1, Dundalk, Ont., March 20, 1917
My Dear Ronnie,
Yours of February 25th just received and pleased to hear that you are still able to do your bit and that everything is going well. Fritz seems to be on the run now but I guess he has some big wall he is going to lie down behind. You expect it will be over in three months. I hope so but I am afraid it will be a little longer. However, Fritz is beaten if only he had sense to lie down. Just had word that Archie left England on March 12th so he ought to be at Toronto about the end of the month. I am going down to meet him. I do not know whether he will be allowed up here or not or whether he will be discharged or not. I will go up and see Lily and the children when down there. They are all well. We had a letter from Jean today. We kept sending socks for fear that you were not getting them. Those in Scotland can stay till you are in need of them. Mother sent a parcel the other day containing nuts, dates, tobacco, bachelor buttons, mustard, candles, and soap. We will send some lice killer in the next; we hope you get it alright. If there is anything you would like, let me know. They are going to raise 50,000 militia in Canada and put all the overseas men over. Men and women are making all sorts of money in Canada at present. No more, Ronnie, my boy, and we hope and pray that you will get through it and that it won't be long till I am going down to Toronto to meet you coming home. Mother has not been well lately. Her rheumatics have been very painful. She has not been at the barn for months. Otherwise all are well. Let me have a postcard every week if possible and God be with you, my boy.
Your affectionate father A.McK.