It was the ability of the American officer to do this—­to be friendly to a certain extent with his men and yet at the same time to keep them perfectly disciplined—­which amazed the officers of the armies of our Allies.  No more striking example of this was ever given than within the confines of the American Club on that 15th day of March.  The Colonel’s motion was unanimously carried and the work of the organization began.  Then generals forgot their rank, corporals engaged in hot debates with colonels, sergeants argued with majors and everybody talked with everybody else in a most boylike spirit of fraternity and equality.

Captain Ogden Mills of G.H.Q. moved that four caucus committees be appointed to draft suggestions and submit them to the caucus, one committee to design machinery for convening the winter convention; one committee to submit suggestions as to a permanent organization; one committee on tentative constitution; and one committee on name.  Each committee consisted of fifteen members, and was appointed by the Chairman.

Here are the committees, appointed by the chair: 

COMMITTEE ON CONVENTION

Brig.  Gen. Sherburne, 26th Div., Chairman
Wagoner Shaw,         88th Div., Vice-Chairman
Capt.  Ogden Mills,    G.H.Q. 
Colonel Graham,       S.O.S. 
Prvt.  C.W.  Ney,       1st Army Troops
Captain Mahon,        77th Div. 
Sgt.  Obrecht,         1st Army
Capt.  Kipling,        Troops serving with French
Sgt.  J.C.  Hendler,    Paris Command
Lt.  Col.  Appleton,    2d Army Hq. 
Major Gordon,         36th Div. 
Field Clerk Sowers,   Press Section G.H.Q. 
Major Hungerford,     3rd Army Hq. 
Cpl.  J.H.  Anderson,   Paris Command
Lt.  Col.  Wren,        36th Division

COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT ORGANIZATION

Colonel Donovan,           42d Div., Chairman
Lt.  Col.  Graham,           88th Div., Vice-Chairman
Capt.  Boyd,                29th Division
Sgt.  Tip Bliss,            Stars and Stripes
Lt.  Col.  Fitzpatrick,      35th Division
Sgt.  Rollo S. Thorpe,      88th Div. 
Lt.  Col.  Crosby,           S.O.S. 
Pvt.  W.L.  Thompson,        11th R.R.  Engineers
Major Graff,               28th Division
Major Barry Wright,        79th Division
Sgt.  Rommel,               Paris Command
Sgt.  V.V.  Trout,           Paris Command
Capt.  Carlstrom,           S.O.S. 
Major R.C.  Patterson,      Peace Commission
Lt.  Col.  Smith,            89th Division

COMMITTEE ON NAME

Lt.  Col.  Robbins,          2d Army Hq.  Chairman
Lt.  Col.  Goodrich,         G.H.Q., Vice-Chairman
Sgt.  Dolan,                89th Division
Lt.  Col.  Stebbins,         3rd Army Corps
Sgt.  H.E.  Fleming,         35th Division
Major E.S.  Haile,          77th Div. 
Colonel Gibbs,             S.O.S. 
Sgt.  McElow,               Paris Command
Major Horace Rumsey,       35th Division
Sgt.  C.E.  Sommers,         Paris Command