"The essential effectiveness of supply was an outstanding feature of the maneuvers. The magnitude of the problem alone was sufficient to warrant apprehension as to whether the troops would be supplied adequately. Combat commanders and the services alike deserve the highest praise for the results achieved."

"There is no question that many of the weaknesses developed in these maneuvers are repeated again and again for lack of discipline. Our troops are capable of the best of discipline. If they lack it, leadership is faulty. A commander who cannot develop proper discipline must be replaced."

"I saw a man this morning Who did not wish to die; I ask and cannot answer If otherwise wish I."

"Oh Hell of ships and cities, Hell of men like me, Fatal second Helen, Why must I follow thee?"

"Was it so hard, Achilles, So very hard to die? Thou knowest and I know not — So much the happier I."

"Stand in the trench, Achilles, Flame-capped, and shout for me."

"Remember me when I am dead And simplify me when I’m dead."

"Under the little crosses where they rise The soldier rests. Now round him undismayed The cannon thunders, and at night he lies At peace beneath the eternal fusillade."

"I love to think that if my blood should be So privileged to sink where his has sunk, I shall not pass from Earth entirely But when the banquet rings, when healths are drunk,"

"Be mindful of the men they were, and raise Your glasses to them in one silent toast."

"I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes round with rustling shade And apple blossoms fill the air— I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring brings back blue days and fair."

"But she would weep to see today how on his skin the swart flies move; the dust upon the paper eye and the burst stomach like a cave.For here the lover and killer are mingled who had one body and one heart. And death, who had the soldier singled has done the lover mortal hurt."