The return of members of the Club who had seen service in France was appropriately celebrated at the Club meeting held February 13, 1919. The occasion was made Ladies' Night. Four hundred and seventy-three members and guests attended the dinner and about five hundred and twenty attended the speaking.

President Boynton presided and the speakers included the following:

MAJOR JOHN D. GALLOWAY: (Entered the Business Men's Training Camp at the Presidio of San Francisco in 1915, and the Officers' Training Camp in 1917. He was mustered into service as major and detailed to the General Staff, Intelligence Section of the Engineers, with the American Expeditionary Forces in France.)

CAPTAIN ADOLPHUS E. GRAUPNER: (Captain Graupner entered the Officers' Training Camp at the Presidio in 1917, and on securing his commission was assigned to the command of Co. E, 364th Infantry, in the 91st division of the American Expeditionary Forces. He was severely wounded in the battle of the Argonne, September, 1918, in the American advance against the German lines.)

REV. DR. F. W. CLAMPETT: (Joined the service as chaplain and served with the 144th Field Artillery-the California regiment known as the Grizzlies.)

MAJOR GEORGE L. DILLMAN: (Joined the Engineers and was assigned to railway work in France, maintaining the lines of supply.)

REV. DR. MEYER AND J. J. WEBB: (Served with the Red Cross.)

Meeting of February 13, 1919

Following the dinner and business meeting of February 13th, 1919, President Albert E. Boynton called the Club to order with the following statement:

Remarks by President Boynton

THE PRESIDENT: As you are all well acquainted with those who are to address us this evening, the customary introductions will be omitted. Major Galloway, the first on the programme, was attached to the General Headquarters of the American Army in France. Major Galloway. (Standing applause.)

Address by Major John D. Galloway

MAJOR GALLOWAY: In the face of a demonstration such as that, I do not think I will make tonight the mistake that I made at another and smaller meeting similar to this, when I forgot to express my appreciation of the welcome home. I received the Christmas or New Year's greeting that was sent by the Club, and since my return it has been a revelation to me to see the warmth of feeling of the friends that we find back home. So I want to say that I appreciate very much the reception tonight.

It is necessary that any talk that any one can give in the few minutes that we can devote to it this evening has to be extremely terse and very limited. But I want to make one statement before going on, and that is that any opinions I express tonight-and I am going to express some-are necessarily individual opinions. But as individual opinions they are probably about as good as anybody else's individual opinions. (Laughter.)

The Naval Convoy

My trip over in December of 1917 was very uneventful. I went over in the Tuscania-on the trip before she was sunk. (Laughter.) It is an unfortunate thing that one cannot play the hero and neglect that latter statement, but I have found in several years' experience it is best to tell the truth. The only happening of interest that is worth recording of a serious nature on that trip was the appearance of eight British torpedo boat destroyers to protect the convoy three days out from the Irish coast. Those small boats came bobbing up over the rim of the ocean in a reassuring way. You would see a smoke on the horizon, and in about half an hour the vessel would be beside you. Eight of them came up in that way and accompanied us to shore at Liverpool.