Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
Only Most Expert Military
FIiers Will Handle Lit
tie Craft.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR NEW LABORATORY
Work Looking Toward Establish
ment of National Aerodynalnic
Institution Progresses.

Number :. of the Baby Wright speed
scouts passed its acceptance tests at
college Park Friday and will he accepted
BY the government. oscar Brindley. the
old Wright aviator. who always has been
lucky In escaping serious accidents, pi-
loted the little machine on its trials. As
soon as it can he Grated II will he shipped
west. The first of the speed scouts was
accepted May IL. The others were
broken UP. orders already have been
issued that only the most expert and
advanced officers shall be allowed TO
fly the speed scouts. This probably will
restrict their use TO Lieut.. Thomas Mill
ing, now at Texas City. who is admitted
10 be the most expert aviator in the
service.
Will Break Winter Camp.
The winter camp Of the aviators at
Texas City will be broken, probably to-
morrow. Some OF the ayiatorS will re-
main at Fort Sam Houston. but the re-
mainder are expected 10 go 10 San Diego.
cal, where the water flying for the
army is being done.
Work on the national aerod! manic
laboratory that has been started BY
the Smithsonian Institution as me-
mortal 10 the late Prof. ). L. Langley.
the real pioneer of the world in me-
chanical flight. has progressed to the
point OF selecting an advisory COM
mittee 10 plan the work of the labora-
tory. This has been the result of cor
TeSpondence between the secretary OF
the Smithsonian, President Wilson and
several members of the cabinet whose
departments are represented on the
committee.
Advisory Committee.
The members OF the advisory commit
tee are as follows:
Capt. w. /. Chambers, L. S. ~, di-
rector of aeronautic work for the navy.
and Constructor Richardson, both rep
resenting the Navy Department. Capt.
Chambers has been associated with
aviation in the navy since flying first
started. He has designed and directed
most of the development of the hydro
aeroplane for naval use. and is also
the inventor of the cdtapault. launch
ing device for aerial boats that has
been adopted in the American navy
and that has been taken up abroad.
where they have been devoting much
more time and money to military avia-
ton than has been the case in the
United States. Constructor Richardson
has had immediate charge of most OF
the construction and experimental
work that has been done in the Ameri-
can navy DIR. J. w. Humphreys OF
the weather bureau. who is the repre-
sentative of the Department of Agri-
culture, and who has made a specially
of aeronautic meteorology and is the
author of the paper Holes in the Air"
presented before the last meeting here
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science: Maj. Gen.
George P. Scriven. chief signal officer
OF the army; Maj Edward Russell of
the War Department; Gen. Scriven.
who has general charge of aviation in
the army in addition to his other duties
as chief signal officer. and DR.. G. w.
Stratton. director of the bureau of
standards and chairman of the sub
committee on the testing of structural
material.
Walcott Is Secretary.
Charles H. Walcott. secretary of the
Smithsonian. has been elected the per-
manent secretary of the advisory COM
mittee, and DR.. A. F. Zahm. secretary
OF the Washington Aero Club, is the
committees recorder.
Glenn Curtiss and lille Wright the
two most prominent ayators and con-
structors In America, are also members
OF the committee. Tho other civilian
member is John Ha, Hammond. jr.. son
Of the mining engineer. Mr.. Hammond
is himself a scientist and has charge of
laboratory at Gloucester. Mass. de-
voted 10 researches in wireless tefeg-
raphy. He will head tho subcommittee
on wireless work in aviation.
Headquarters of the new laboratory will
he in the Smithsonian building. The old
Langley workshop Will be used for a
laboratory until the work extends suf-
fciently TO necessitate the use of other