"It is my opinion that in case of war the members of the R. O. T. C. who are physically fit will probably receive commissions," General Leonard Wood, M.D. '84, stated yesterday to a CRIMSON reporter. "The enthusiasm and interest in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps is spreading and growing in a way that is fine to see. A great many applications for admittance are constantly pouring in. The number now coming in from Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Hamilton, and Union colleges is especially noteworthy. At Princeton the total enrolment has reached 863; and the students of the college have just petitioned for universal military service."

Major General Wood, who is commanding the Department of the East, arrived in Boston yesterday. Coming out to Cambridge about 11 o'clock, he conferred with President Lowell for an hour. In the afternoon he inspected one of the companies of the R. O. T. C., and later attended the military conference of the six New England governors which began in the State House at 4 o'clock. This conference, convened at Governor McCall's invitation, discussed programs of military preparation and public safety which should be adopted in the event of war between the United States and Germany.

At the conference the following governors were present: Marcus H. Holcomb, of Connecticut; Carl E. Milliken '99, of Maine; Samuel W. McCall, of Massachusetts; Henry W. Keyes '87, of New Hampshire; R. Livingston Beeckman, of Rhode Island; and Horace F. Graham, of Vermont. Captain Cordier as one of the aides to General Wood also attended the meeting. The governors were accompanied by their adjutant generals who took part in the conference.