Those who see you depart sympathize with you and they also understand the deep sorrow on the part of the loved ones you leave. 'God help the person who would dare say that these boys in khaki are not all men.'

"You may go to France, you may go to Russia, you may be sent elsewhere, but you will gladly go where needed. We may never see you again, but you are still ours. We see you in the concentration camps, we see you on the great liner of the seas, still ours. We will hear of your deeds of valor on the battlefields of France, in the trenches, and we declare you are still ours. You will stand shoulder to shoulder with Tommy Atkins, you will take your stand side by side with the French Poilu, and while you fight for the rights of men you still belong to us.

"We let you go but we keep you in our hearts. We furnish you who in the future will have the credit for saving the world from brutality and for humanity. You are the men who will be ready to fight the Germans over the rampart of dead bodies, you will give your life for the land and liberty we love so well. You will come back to us, bringing with you the knowledge that will make for the brotherhood of man and 'golden age for which humanity waits.' May the Great God whose Providence rules the universe protect and bless you and bring you safely home again."