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(4) the training of college men for the Naval Reserve Force, 

 and other topics." 



7. Committee on Pedagogical and Psychological Problems of 

 Military Training and Discipline. — When this committee was 

 authorized by the Council of the Psychological Association. 

 Charles H. Judd was designated as chairman. He subse- 

 quently resigned, without organizing the committee, and on 

 request of the Psychology Committee of the Research Council, 

 William C. Bagley accepted the chairmanship. He secured 

 the cooperation of A. Caswell Ellis and C. H. Judd as members 

 of the committee. 



In March, 191 8, Bagley obtained from the Carnegie Foun- 

 dation a grant of five hundred dollars for the study of condi- 

 tions and methods of military training in typical camps. Tru- 

 man L. Kelley and William R. Harper assisted the chairman 

 in the conduct of this initial survey. 



Preliminary reports from two camps indicated the desir- 

 ability of scientific observation and practical assistance in 

 connection with military training. It was thereupon ar- 

 ranged that Major Karl T. Waugh, psychologist at Camp 

 Gordon, Georgia, should cooperate with the committee in 

 an attempt to improve the procedure of military training and 

 discipline. His work led directly to practical results, since 

 officers of the line appreciated the existence of psychological 

 and pedagogical problems and the value of expert advice for 

 the improvement of training. 



Unfortunately the work of this committee was so long de- 

 layed by failure to achieve satisfactory cooperative relations 

 with the War Department and to obtain adequate financial 

 support, that nothing was accomplished aside from the obser- 

 vational work in the above mentioned training camps and the 

 holding of two conferences which proved to be of notable 

 importance to the work of physical and mental reconstruction. 



By request, Major M. E. Haggerty has prepared an ac- 

 count of these conferences as a part of his summary report on 

 psychological service in reconstruction, which is printed below. 



"In February, 191 8, Major Haggerty reported to the Sur- 

 geon General for duty and was assigned to the Division of 



