Bill addresses the letter from Fort Wayne, Illinois. In this letter he recounts the trip from Toronto. Interestingly, there were other American volunteers on the train with him as he left Toronto. They arrived in Windsor at about 3PM and then they took a bus across the river to the military depot. They were told to come back the following day at 8AM.
In Detroit Bill visited the Kresge building (his father, my Grandfather, worked for the SS Kresge Company) and met Mr. Marcus who invited Bill over to his house. However, he had arranged to meet some of his travelling companions at the Statler Hotel for dinner, so he agreed to go over after dinner. At dinner he had a roast beef dinner, which he complains, cost $1.24 plus 4 cents tax.
After his medical exam, he was sworn in. He then took the 10:55PM train to Chicago, arriving at 6AM. From there they travelled to Fort Sheridan. He left Fort Sheridan on the following Tuesday, hoping they are headed for California.
The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel was built between 1928 and 1930. It officially opened to traffic on November 3, 1930. The tunnel connects Detroit, Michigan in the United States with Windsor, Ontario in Canada, running beneath the Detroit River. It was a significant engineering achievement at the time, as it was one of the first vehicular tunnels to connect two countries. The tunnel remains a key crossing point for both vehicles and commerce between the U.S. and Canada.