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tenance of service. Appointments in the army and navy 

 rank next in importance, for it usually was found desirable 

 to have experienced and highly trained specialists administer 

 for the army or navy the methods which were prepared and 

 recommended by the Committee or its subcommittees. The 

 conference has served the important purpose of bringing to- 

 gether, for a relatively short period, a group of individuals 

 especially interested in and competent to discuss and advise 

 concerning certain immediately important practical questions. 

 Although the activities of the Psychology Committee 

 have extended over a period of nearly two years, its expendi- 

 tures, omitting clerical help, office rental, and supplies which 

 were furnished by the Research Council, amount to less than 

 twenty-five hundred dollars. Of this sum approximately nine 

 hundred dollars was used for the personal assistance of psy- 

 chologists in the work of the Committee or of the Division 

 of Psychology, Surgeon General's OfHce; about one thousand 

 dollars for conference expenses, and the remainder for print- 

 ing, preparation of charts, and incidentals. 



III. Organization and Services of Subcommittees 



AND Special Investigations of the Psychology Commit- 

 tee 



I. Committee on Psychological Literature Relating to Mili- 

 tary Affairs. — This committee was originally authorized by 

 the Council of the American Psychological Association, which 

 at the same time designated Howard C. Warren as chairman. 

 Because of Warren's inability to serve, Madison Bentley was 

 made chairman of the committee. Bentley, although never 

 assisted by an organized group, rendered important service 

 by supplying the various committees and subcommittees with 

 references to pertinent psychological articles and with sum- 

 maries of the more important of such articles. 



This work ceased when Bentley accepted appointment in 

 the Signal Corps to assist with the work of the Aviation Ex- 

 amining Boards. 



He had already succeeded in demonstrating to the satis- 

 faction of psychologists who were directing the activities of 



