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 the thirty-six, twenty-eight completed the year’s trek. Only four were dismissed.

It seems fitting to here record the names of the entire group, both original and replacements:

John F, Hall* Hugh Van Runkel* John S. Ward* Abe Wells* David Peters Carl ‘Applegate® - sai William Diamond* Orland K. Leamon* Clifford Appleton* Richard Courage* Robert Neary*. Peter Anderson

... Paris, Hinois ._ Macomb, Illinois Evanston, Illinois “. Paris, Illinois Evanston, Illinois ‘re Haute, Indiana . Logansport, Indiana . Cromwell, Indiana ipswich, Massachusetts Everett, Massachusetts Manchester, Masachusetts Tossfield, Massachusetts

Sidney Smith. Hamilton, Massachusetts Ralph Swenson* ... Minneapolis, Minnesota Erling Wade .. Minneapolis, Minnesota Robert Jeffrey St. Paul, Minnesota

Dunellen, New Jersey New ae ee York hipple, Ohi Pile . Bradford, Ohio . Hartville, Ohio Marietta, Ohio Circleville, Ohio Mingo Junction, Ohio Wellsville, Ohio Sandusky, Ohio Allensville, Ohio Chesapeake, Ohio .. Lowell, Ohio ‘arrollton, Ohio Ravenna, Ohio Bowling Green, Ohio .. Cutler, Ohio -Byesville, Ohio Zanesville, Ohio Marietta, Ohio Belpre, Ohio
 * Athens, 0)

Carmen Treichler* Pierce R. S. York* Paul Boyce* Robert M. Brown* William J. Farrell* Carl J. Givler* ... Robert A. Gilerest* ... Robert G. King* James Lyle* Montford E. Parr* Edwin V. Pugh* Te Clarence, Shafte Milo R. Scott*

Norris V. Singer* Marvin Shock* .. Lester W. Richardson Joseph E. Foust® .... Roger E. Ketzenbarger Donald McAtee* Bernard Heskett .. Graham H. Johnson Robert Hawes Donald Brooks. Stuart M. Kelly* West Newton, Pennsylvania Ernest M. Magee* Pawtuckett, Rhode Island Eugene R. Cowan’. Rock Hi Arnott R. Raikes* _ Phillipi, West Virginia William B. Kellstadt* Circleville, Ohio F. Marion Powell ... Sharon, Pennsylvania

"Completed trek.

The men assembled at Marietta on November 1, 1937, and travelled by truck to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, where they trained and rehearsed until December 1st.

In the entire trip there was but one case of serious illness, a case of pneumonia—and one accident requiring hospitalization—when a horse fell on one of the men.

A doctor was one of the group of “pioneers”, but aside from sore feet at the start and occasional colds there was little professional work required.

The usual routine of the party was breakfast at 8:00 a.m., trek to the next pre-determined stop town (eating lunch enroute);