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*'The Committee on Classification of Personnel in the 

 Army as such has disappeared. After fourteen months of 

 service under the Adjutant General of the Army, it was 

 transferred to the General Staff and merged with the Central 

 Personnel Branch, newly created to supervise the procure- 

 ment, placement, tranfer and promotion of officers through- 

 out all branches of the army. This means that centralized 

 control of personnel work for both officers and soldiers is 

 recognized and thoroughly established as an integral part of 

 the United States Army organization." 



5, Committee on Recreation in the Army and the Navy. — 

 Originally authorized by the Council of the American Psycho- 

 logical Association, under the chairmanship of George A. 

 Coe, this committee was organized with the following mem- 

 bership: William C. Bagley, Rowland Haynes, J. T. Patrick, 

 J. H. Tufts, and the chairman. 



On acceptance of his appointment the chairman formu- 

 lated a plan of work which included important investigations 

 and the establishment of profitable cooperative relations be- 

 tween his committee and the various civilian agencies con- 

 cerned with recreational activities in military training camps. 



Various unfortunate circumstances delayed the fulfillment 

 of the original plan and it was finally decided that the Com- 

 mission on Training Camp Activities and the Y. M. C. A. 

 were satisfactorily meeting the urgent demands of the situa- 

 tion. 



6. Committee on Problems of Vision which Have Military 

 Significance. — Authorized in April, 1917, by the Council of 

 the American Psychological Association, this committee was 

 made a subcommittee of the National Research Council 

 shortly after its organization. Its membership comprised 

 R. P. Angier, H. A. Carr, L. R. Geissler, S. P. Hayes, G. M. 



, Stratton, L. T. Troland, and Raymond Dodge, chairman. 

 The chairman of the committee most generously contrib- 

 uted his time and professional skill to the departments of 

 war and navy. Since much of his practical work demanded 

 secrecy and was imperfectly known even to the Psychology 

 Committee, he has been asked by the chairman of the com- 



