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the Metropolitan Museum and of Fossil Fishes in the American Museum, a 
member of this Committee, has designed effective models for new armor which 
are now being manufactured for trial in actual field operations. 
8. The hope of the Committee has been to attach a geologist in an ad- 
visory capacity, to each military unit of large size. This end has not yet 
been attained; some geologists, former members of Officers Training Camps, 
hold commissions in France with the Commanding General; a number are 
now in active service here, and under instructions from the Secretary of War, 
a list has been compiled of all geologists willing to accept commissions in any 
department of the Army. This list is a large one and the intimations of the 
Secretary of War are that, as the military activities develop, additional calls 
will be made for active field service by the geologists. 
9. The 'Plan of Service' submitted by the Committee has now been ap- 
proved, in general, by the Engineer Officers and the Secretary of War. This 
plan of service laid special emphasis on the importance of our ability to 
interpret soil and rock conditions in relation to trenchability, tunneling, and 
the location and control of ground water. 
J. M. Clarke, Chairman 
W. W. Atwood J. C. Merriam 
C. P. Berkey R. a. F. Penrose, Jr. 
A. L. Day H. F. Reid 
Bashford Dean C. R. Van Hise 
F. W. DeWole C. D. Walcott 
W. O. HoTCHKiss J. B. Wood WORTH 
E. B. Mathews 
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FIRST REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ZOOLOGY 
L Organization of Committee. — In organizing the Committee cn Zoology 
the attempt has been made to select its members so 'as to represent various 
branches of Zoological research as well as different sections of the country 
and at the same time not to have the Committee so large or so widely scat- 
tered as to be unworkable. The Zoological Committee of the Committee of 
One Hundred on Scientific Research of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science was incorporated in the present Committee on Zoology 
and a few other persons were added. As the work develops it is expected that 
other members will be added to the Committee and that Sub-committees will 
be formed in special branches of the science. At the present time the mem- 
bership of the Committee on Zoology consists of the following persons, whose 
addresses and principal scientific interests are given after their names: 
