BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 19 
the party, so far as funds contributed by the membership was 
concerned. The ‘‘Committee on Quarters’’ was under the 
direction of Mr. H. J. Wehman; the ‘‘Committee on Labora- 
tory’’ had Dr. Thesle T. Job as chairman; a ‘‘Committee on 
Dredging and Equipment,’’ acted under the leadership of Mr. 
John B. Henderson. Miss Gertrude Van Wagenen was chair- 
man of the ‘‘Committee on Commissary ;’’ and Professor A. O. 
Thomas took charge of the ‘‘Committee on Transportation.’’ 
Some members of the party dropped out for various reasons, 
but others were promptly added, and there was considerable 
shifting of the membership of the committees; but the chairmen 
mentioned above served for some time previous to sailing as 
well as during the actual work in the field. Shortly before our 
departure one member dropped out in a rather startling way. 
One evening the party had a sort of social gathering and supper 
together with various enjoyable ‘‘stunts.’’ One young man, 
who was a general favorite because of his quiet dependability 
and enthusiasm regarding the expedition, seemed to enter into 
the spirit of the undertaking with more than ordinary zest. He 
left rather early in the evening after paying quite a consider- 
able cash assessment to meet some preliminary expenses; went 
home, talked with his mother quite cheerfully about the expe- 
dition, bade her goodnight and then disappeared utterly from 
our knowledge, very greatly to the distress of his mother and 
family! Months afterwards when we were at Barbados we 
heard that he had obeyed a sudden impulse to enlist in the navy 
without consulting or intimating his project to anyone. 
This incident cast a gloom over our party for the time being, 
but a good substitute was soon found to take the place of the 
missing man. 
We were certainly a busy lot of people during the autumn, 
winter, and early spring of 1917-18. The number of details to 
be attended to for such a party is simply astounding. Fortun- 
ately, Mr. Henderson took upon himself all matters concerning 
dredging operations and the fitting of his twenty-seven foot 
launch ‘‘Eolis Junior.’’ This equipment, the result of his own 
long experience in such work, was the most effective that I have 
ever seen for successful dredging down to a depth of about 
two hundred fathoms. The launch was built on good lines and 
