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IN FORMATION to return because of jobs in industry or service in the armed forces, necessitated the reduction in number of companies in the battalion from four to three. As time passed by, further wartime demands for man- power were evident in that both Selective Service and the Enlisted Reserve Corps accounted for fifty men or more during the year. Again, the battalion was re- duced from three companies to two. Of the future, it can only be said that if there is only one member of the battalion left, that same feeling of seriousness and eagerness to prosecute the war to an ultimate victory will be possessed by that one as it will be by his com- rades, scattered the world over.