A meeting for the temporary and preliminary organization of the Executive Committee shall be held at this place immediately upon the adjournment of this caucus.

The Executive Committee may receive and add to its number two representatives from any division or equivalent unit not represented at this caucus."

As the result of the passage of this report it is interesting to note the personnel of the Executive Committee which the delegates selected and which is controlling the American Legion of the A.E.F., observing especially the large number of enlisted men; large in view of the difficulties experienced in getting such men to Paris.

1st Div.,Capt. Arthur S. Hyde
2d Div.,Lt. Col Harold C. Snyder
26th Div.,Sgt. Wheaton Freeman
26th Div.,Lt. Col. Wm. J. Keville
27th Div.,Lt. Col. Edward E. Gauche, N.Y.
27th Div.,Reg. Sgt. Mjr. Samuel A. Ritchie, N.Y.
28th Div.,Brig Gen. Wm. G. Brice, Jr., Penn.
28th Div.,Sgt. Ted Myers, Penn.
29th Div.,Lt. Col. Orison M. Hurd, N.J.
29th Div.,Color Sgt. Andreas Z. Holley, Maryland
31st Div.,Captain Leon Schwarz, Ala.
33d Div.,Col. Milton A. Foreman, Ill.
35th Div.,Lt. Col. B.C. Clark, Mo.
35th Div.,Sgt. Fred Heney, Kans.
36th Div.,Col. Chas. W. Nimon, Texas
36th Div.,Sgt. Mjr. L.H. Evridge, Texas
41st Div.,Col. Frank White, N. Dak.
42d Div.,Col. Henry J. Reilly, Ill.
42d Div.,Sgt. Rowe, Iowa
77th Div.,Major Duncan Harris
77th Div.,Sgt. Lawrence Miller, N.Y.
79th Div.,Lt. Col. Stuart S. Janney, Md.
79th Div.,Sgt. Benjamin R. Kauffman, Pa.
80th Div.,Capt. Arthur F. Shaw, Mich.
81st Div.,Major Theodore G. Tilghman, N.C.
81st Div.,Reg. Sgt. Mjr. Wm. S. Beam, N.C.
82d Div.,Capt. Frank S. Williams, Fla.
82d Div.,Sgt. Alvin T. York, Tenn.
83d Div.,Lt. Col. Wayman C. Lawrence, Jr., W. Va.
83d Div.,Cpl. Thoyer
86th Div.,Major John H. Smale, Ill.
88th Div.,Lt. Col. George C. Parsons, Minn.
88th Div.,Wagoner Dale J. Shaw, Iowa.
89th Div.,Lt. Col. Frank Wilbur Smith, Pa.
91st Div.,Lt. Col. John Guy Strohm, Oregon
91st Div.,Sgt. Mjr. Hercovitz, Calif.
S.O.S. Hq.,Col. James H. Graham, Conn.
Adv. Sec., S.O.S. Capt.David A. Uaurier, Wash.
Base Sec. No. 1, S.O.S.,Pvt. W.L. Thompson, N.Y.
Base Sec. No. 3, S.O.S.,Lt. Col. Carle Abrams, Oregon
Base Sec. No. 5, S.O.S.,Major Orlin Hudson, Kans.
Base Sec. No. 6, S.O.S.,Major Arthur S. Dwight, N.Y.
Troops with French,Sgt. L.K. Flynt, Mass.
Troops with French,Capt. A.W. Kipling, Paris, France
Paris Command,Pvt. Harold W. Ross, Calif.
Paris Command,Lt. Col. John Price Jackson
G.H.Q.,Bishop Charles H. Brent, N.Y.
1st Army Corps,Lt. Col. Lemuel L. Bolles, Wash.
1st Army Corps,Sgt. Mjr. Race
2d Army Hq.,Lt. Col. Burke H. Sinclair, Colo.

The tentative name of this organization was not adopted without a great deal of discussion. All sorts of titles were suggested to the committee which considered the matter. Some of them were:

The last was tentatively decided upon as the best name although there was considerable discussion on it. This discussion waxed particularly warm between a colonel and a corporal and it came to an end only when some hungry enlisted delegate braved the officer's rising ire to move an adjournment for lunch. The motion carried immediately and, true to the understanding made at the outset in regard to rank, the corporal clicked his heels together, stood at attention and saluted the colonel, when the latter passed him on the sidewalk exactly five minutes after he had been telling the colonel precisely what he thought of him and his opinions—at least as far as the name of the Veteran's Organization was concerned. I might add that this colonel was well under thirty-five years of age and that the corporal was only twenty-one.

And this brings to mind another striking feature of this most unusual gathering, which was the comparative youth of its membership. For instance the two individuals who have taken from the beginning the leading parts in the movement, Bennett Clark, son of Champ Clark and a Lieutenant Colonel of infantry, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of the ex-president and also a Colonel of infantry. They are respectively twenty-nine and thirty-one years of age, and one of the most brilliant speeches in the caucus was made by a captain of twenty-six.

It must not be understood from this rather dry recital of what took place at the Paris Caucus, this record of minutes and resolutions, that it was an entirely sedate and dignified gathering. On the contrary, Young America was there and quite often the impression which one gathered was that a dozen or so Big Brothers had been turned loose at once. A great many wild speeches were made and all sorts of ticklish questions were brought up. Chairman Clark broke two gavels and three times overturned his table. Everyone there was young. Peace was young. Few knew exactly, like Bishop Brent, just what was wanted. The whole project was new. Dozens of delegates wanted to speak; it was their first chance since April 6, 1917. In fact one man made two very violent speeches on the same subject, one in direct opposition to the other. He realized he was making a heated argument for both sides and finally sat down laughing about it. Who was he? Who was the colonel who got wrought up over the proposed name? Who were the lieutenants, and who were any of these privates, captains, and sergeants?

"I don't know." Nobody knows.