Your men have been well cared for in this war.  I suppose no soldiers in any other war in history have had such excellent attention as our men overseas.  The food is good. Of course we’re always yapping about how wonderful a steak would taste on Broadway, but when a soldier is pinned right down he’ll admit ungrudgingly that it’s Broadway he’s thinking about more than the steak, and that he really can’t kick on the food.  Furthermore, cooking is good in this war.  Last time good food was spoiled by lousy cooking, but that is the exception this time.  Of course, there were times in battle when the men lived for days on nothing but those deadly cold C rations out of tin cans, and even went without food for a day or two, but those were the crises, the exceptions.  On the whole, we figure by the letters from home that we’re probably eating better than you are.

A good diet and excellent medical care have made our army a healthy one.  Statistics show the men in the mass healthier today than they were in civil life back home.

Our men are well provided with clothing, transportation, mail, and army newspapers.  Back of the lines they had Post Exchanges where they could buy cigarettes, candy, toilet articles, and all such things.  If they were in the combat zone, all those things were issued to them free.

Our fighting equipment was the only thing that didn’t stand head and shoulders above everything issued to soldiers of any other country, and that was only because we weren’t ready for war at first, and for two years we have been learning what was good and what was bad.  Already many of our weapons are unmatched by any other country.  Give us another year and surely it can be said that our men are furnished better weapons, along with better food, health and clothing, than any other army.