, S.O.S.
Prvt. C.W. Ney, 1st Army Troops
Captain Mahon, 77th Div.
Sgt. Obrecht, 1st Army
Capt. Kipling, Troops serving with French
Sgt. J.C. Hendler, Paris Command
Lt. Col. Appleton, 2d Army Hq.
Major Gordon, 36th Div.
Field Clerk Sowers, Press Section G.H.Q.
Major Hungerford, 3rd Army Hq.
Cpl. J.H. Anderson, Paris Command
Lt. Col. Wren, 36th Division

COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT ORGANIZATION

Colonel Donovan, 42d Div., Chairman
Lt. Col. Graham, 88th Div., Vice-Chairman
Capt. Boyd, 29th Division
Sgt. Tip Bliss, _Stars and Stripes_
Lt. Col. Fitzpatrick, 35th Division
Sgt. Rollo S. Thorpe, 88th Div.
Lt. Col. Crosby, S.O.S.
Pvt. W.L. Thompson, 11th R.R. Engineers
Major Graff, 28th Division
Major Barry Wright, 79th Division
Sgt. Rommel, Paris Command
Sgt. V.V. Trout, Paris Command
Capt. Carlstrom, S.O.S.
Major R.C. Patterson, Peace Commission
Lt. Col. Smith, 89th Division

COMMITTEE ON NAME

Lt. Col. Robbins, 2d Army Hq. Chairman
Lt. Col. Goodrich, G.H.Q., Vice-Chairman
Sgt. Dolan, 89th Division
Lt. Col. Stebbins, 3rd Army Corps
Sgt. H.E. Fleming, 35th Division
Major E.S. Haile, 77th Div.
Colonel Gibbs, S.O.S.
Sgt. McElow, Paris Command
Major Horace Rumsey, 35th Division
Sgt. C.E. Sommers, Paris Command
Major D.D. Drain, 3d Army
Sgt. G.F. Fleming, Paris Command
Lt. Markoe, 2d Army
Major Dwight, S.O.S.
Sgt. Barnard, Paris Command

The names of these committees are given because they are more than
just names. They show the first bubbles of the melting pot into which
all rank and titles in the American Army have been cast and out of
which comes the one word "Comrade."

There were three outstanding features of the Paris caucus which were
evident by midnight of March 15th. The first was the desire to get
together and form an organization quickly and a willingness to forego
personal prejudice and opinion to arrive at that end. The second was
the determination to make the man who didn't get across as much a
component part of the legion as his more fortunate brother-in-arms;