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that there was probably not a single regiment among the hundreds 

 of the American Expeditionary Forces which was not reached by 

 some of these means. 



Mention should also be made of the arrangements for advanced 

 instruction at the leading institutions of learning of the nations 

 associated with this country in the war. Opportunity was afforded 

 for details from the Army for the spring term of 1919 of about two 

 thousand students at English universities, while the number enrolled 

 in France has been estimated at four thousand. Some of these stu- 

 dents were in agriculture, though the proportion of these is under- 

 stood to have been comparatively small. 



In order to provide "college and technical training beyond that 

 offered at divisional educational centers" there was established the 

 A. E. F. University. This institution was located at Beaune, some 

 twenty-five miles from Dijon and in the Cote-d'Or vineyard dis- 

 trict of east central France. The site had been previously utilized 

 as an American hospital center, so that a number of buildings were 

 immediately available. An immense amount of additional construc- 

 tion was still necessary, however, at the beginning of active opera- 

 tions in March, 1919, much of which was carried on by the soldier- 

 students themselves. Ultimately approximately five hundred build- 

 ings were completed, mainly one-story structures of the barracks 

 type 150 ft. long by 30 ft. wide, and some of the ready-made "quick 

 erection" wooden type devised for general army use. One of the 

 largest buildings was required for the library, this housing nearly 

 five hundred thousand volumes supplied by the American Library 

 Association, and comprising a surprising range of subjects and a 

 wealth of bibliographical material. 



The university was organized into fourteen colleges, including 

 agriculture, fine and applied arts, business, vocations, education, engi- 

 neering, correspondence, journalism, law, letters and science, medi- 

 cine and chemistry, music, and citizenship. The combined faculty 

 numbered approximately five hundred, and the student enrollment 

 reached a maximum of nearly eight thousand. 



The college of agriculture was among the largest and most com- 

 pletely organized in the institution. The courses of instruction 

 were arranged under four departments, animal husbandry, agron- 

 omy, horticulture and forestry, and rural economics and sociology. 

 These were further subdivided into about forty courses. The ani- 

 mal husbandry courses covered the feeding and breeding of animals, 

 dairj'ing, poultry husbandry, and animal hygiene, and those in 

 agronomy included farm crops, soils, fertilizers, and farm machin- 

 ery. There were seven courses in horticulture and forestry, dealing 

 with forestry, vegetable gardening, orcharding, greenhouse man- 



