Before leaving France for the United States, two Salvation
Army lassies received the following letter:
I was very sorry to hear that you had been taken from this division, and desire to express my appreciation of the excellent assistance you have been to us.
In all of our “shows” you have been with us, and I wish that I knew of the many sufferers you have cheered and made more comfortable. They are many and, I am positive, will always have grateful thoughts of you.
I have seen you enduring hardships—going without food and sleep, working day and night, sometimes under fire, both shell and avion—and never have you been anything but cheerful and willing.
I thank you and your organization for all of this, and assure you of the respect and gratitude of the entire division.
J. I. Mabee, Colonel, Medical Corps,
Division Surgeon.
CABLE.
January 17, 1918.
The Salvation Army, New York:
As Inspector General of the First Division I have inspected all the Salvation Army huts in this Division area and I am glad to inform you that your work here is a well-earned success. Your huts are warm, dry, light, and, I believe, much appreciated by all the men in this Division. To make these huts at all homelike under present conditions requires energy and ability. I know that the Salvation Army men in this Division have it and am very willing to so testify.