Especially  is  this  true  when  we  consider  the  new  and
difficult  problems  with  which  they  have  been  confronted.
This  body  of  officers,  both  as  individuals  and  as  an  or-
ganization, has,  I  believe,  no  superiors  in  professional
ability,  in  efficiency,  or  in  loyalty.
Nothing  that  we  have  in  France  better  reflects  the
efficiency  and  devotion  to  duty  of  Americans  in  general
than  the  Service  of  Supply,  whose  personnel  is  thoroughly
imbued  with  a  patriotic  desire  to  do  its  full  duty.  They
have  at  all  times  fully  appreciated  their  responsibility  to
the  rest  of  the  army,  and  the  results  produced  have  been
most  gratifying.
Our  Medical  Corps  is  especially  entitled  to  praise  for
the  general  effectiveness  of  its  work,  both  in  hospital  and
at  the  front.  Embracing  men  of  high  professional  at-
tainments, and  splendid  women  devoted  to  their  calling
and  untiring  in  their  efforts,  this  department  has  made  a
new  record  for  medical  and  sanitary  proficiency.
The  Quartermaster  Department  has  had  difficult  and
various  tasks,  but  it  has  more  than  met  all  demands  that
have  been  made  upon  it.  Its  management  and  its  per-
sonnel have  been  exceptionally  efficient  and  deserve  every
possible  commendation.
As  to  the  more  technical  services,  the  able  personnel
of  the  Ordnance  Department  in  France  has  splendidly
fulfilled  its  functions,  both  in  procurement  and  in  for-
warding the  immense  quantities  of  ordnance  required.
