Here are some brief extracts from their
letters:
Private ----, 20th Field Ambulance:
"Our food supply is magnificent. We have everything we want and
food to spare. Bacon and tomatoes is a common breakfast for us."
Driver Finch: "I am in the best of health, with the feeding and the
open-air life. The stars have been our covering for the last few
weeks."
Sergeant, Infantry Regiment: "The arrangements are very good--no
worry or hitch anywhere; it is all wonderful."
Cavalryman: "We live splendidly, being even able to supplement our
generous rations with eggs, milk and vegetables as we go through
the villages."
Gunner: "Having the time of my life."
Of course, the exigencies of war may not always permit of the perfect
working of the supply machine. Already there have been many hardships to
be endured. Incessant fighting does not give the men time for proper
meals, sleep is either cut out altogether or reduced to an occasional
couple of hours, heavy rains bring wet clothing and wetter resting
places, boots wear out with prolonged marching, and men have to go for
days and even weeks unwashed, unshaven, and without even a chance of
getting out of their clothes for a single hour.
The officers suffer just as much as the men.
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