edward antil's wife was a refugee. she also kept bearing children in camp and losing about half of them in camp through the process of this war. there were certainly other soldiers that had their wives and children with them in camp. and what is interesting is that within a few years, at least with the french canadians, seeing that some of the soldiers who had come down are starting to marry the daughters of the other soldiers who had come down. so they were maintaining their community ties in the camps. so it is that it was much older soldiers with teen age daughters, but then if you look at the regulations, at some points there, they were saying women over the age of 14 would not be allowed to be in camp separately. at that point, you get married, you get rations, and you're allowed to stay in camp. i did not find as many women following with the anglo soldiers and certainly not with the desserters from the british side coming with them. so one of the things is are they coming out of areas in which there is action or