It was a large experiment sending women with our army overseas--in the minds of many a most dubious experiment. In no other war had an army ever had women enrolled with it, save possibly a few nurses. It is an experiment which, so far as the United States is concerned, has more than justified itself. Our women have been tried in France--in other European lands as well--and have not been found wanting; which is a very faint way, indeed, of trying to tell of a great accomplishment. For if the American soldier, through many months of test and trial--and test and trial that by no means were confined to the battlefield--has kept his body clean and his soul pure through the virtue of woman which has been spread about him through the guarded years of his home life, how about the virtue of the women that, clad in the uniform of our Red Cross and the other war-relief organizations, guarded him successfully when he was far away from home? There is but one answer to such a question, but one question to follow after that. Here it is: Is it fair to longer consider such a real accomplishment a mere experiment? I think not. I think that it is rather to be regarded as a real triumph of our Americanism. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * * * * * Transcriber's note: Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritical marking have been corrected. Hyphen removed: over[-]burdened (p. 160), soup[-]kitchen (pp. 146-7), team[-]work (p. 23). Hyphen added: post[-]office (p. 246), to[-]day (p. 288). The text uses "coöperation", "coördination", etc. consistently, except when hyphenated, where "co-operation", "co-ordination", etc. are used. With the removal of the hyphenation, these have been changed to use the diaeresis everywhere. P. 9: "plaîl" changed to "s'il vous plaît" (s'il vous plaît). Pp. 10, 222: "embrochure" changed to "embouchure" (the Seine embouchure, the embouchure of the Loire). P. 28: "civilan" changed to "civilian" (military and affairs). P. 29: "obtainalbe" changed to "obtainable" (were not readily obtainable). P. 30: "Agriculture" changed to "Argiculture". P. 36: added "a" (without a coördinated system). P. 49: duplicate "the" removed (the main stems). P. 49: "sizeable" changed to "sizable" (fifty-five sizable trucks). P. 52: "similiar" changed to "similar" (a few similar trifles). P. 55: "their" changed to "there" (there is nothing light). P. 62: added "it" (but if it had lasted two weeks). P. 71: "carrry" changed to "carry" (As it was impossible to carry). P. 72: "dack" changed to "back" (After that we drove back). P. 92: "Quai de la Lorie" changed to "Quai de la Loire". P. 97: "a" added (so to prepare a proper system). P. 98: "Salt Park" changed to "Salt Pork". P. 107: "authorites" changed to "authorities" (the French authorities). P. 107: missing "t" replaced (keep down the buoyant spirit). P. 117: "whatsover" changed to "whatsoever" (is no railroad whatsoever).