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Show 7 -- 4-- feet at each end, and had a splash board, but no watertight compartment. R. 40. In getting his crew together he adopted the theory which his experience in the war had led him to determine was the best, that college trained men stood up better than tough citizens. He therefore sent a call to the colleges of the country for volunteers to make the trip with him, and secured about 150 applications. He made it clear that the men must be able to swim; must have had long experience with boats, and certain other necessary qualifications. He selected from the 150 men a crew of nine young college men, ( R. 40) who formed the nucleus of the expedition, and authorized them to meet him at Greenriver, Utah, on the 23rd or 24th of June. He also secured the services of Parley Galloway, who had grown up on the river, and who, with his father, Nathan Galloway, hunted and trapped through Desolation Canyon, in the upper part of the Colorado River. Parley Galloway had not been through the Grand Canyon, but had been through the upper part of the river. An International News Service camera man also joined the party at Greenriver, Utah, and at the last minute a hobo asked him for a job, so that he left Greenriver, Utah with thirteen men and three boats. As to the boating qualifications of his crew, he had ascertained that one of them had navigated the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers for practically the entire length, |