1. I have studied conditions in England, in landing-ports and embarkation-ports, in London and in rest-camps.
2. I have lived in constant contact with five hundred American officers for a period of ten days.
3. I have watched the American soldier in Paris on the street, in the hotel, and in the café.
4. I have conferred with those who have special responsibility for investigating social diseases among men with the colors and for conducting a comprehensive educational campaign to fortify these men against sexual temptations.
5. I have visited hospitals under virtually all conditions as to location and the nature of the diseases treated.
6. I have had interviews with surgeons and other regular army officers.
7. The whole matter has been discussed with a distinguished physician who until recently was the chief health officer of a great American city and a recognized authority on the relation of liquor to vice. This physician is now in the government service in France and is giving special attention to sanitation and hygiene.
8. I have had interviews with General Pershing and several of his staff.
9. I have given particular attention to the French ports where American soldiers disembark, spending several days in each of these cities. On two occasions while I was on the ground as many as fifteen thousand men came ashore from convoys in a single day. These men had their first shore experience after a long and nerve-racking voyage.