Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
GUARDS FOR LIFE AT SEA
THEME OF CONFERENCE
Secretary RedfieId Appoints
Committees to Consider
Various Features.

Plans for comprehensive conferenc.
| involving every feature connected will
the protection of life at sea have beer
outlined by Secretary Redfield of the
Department of Commerce. He has APP
pointed number of committees tC
deal with special subjects. These com
mittees will organize within a few
days and take up the active work
looking to improving conditions on the
| briny deep. The results of these con-
ferences will be used by the delegates
to the coming international conference
on safety at sea in their discussions
and deliberations. The delegates will
be selected in July.
The committees already named in
clude only officers of the government
but Secretary Redfield is of the opin-
ion that they should include also rep
resentative shipbuiiders. shipowners
and ship captains. representatives OF
the maritime exchanges and chambers
of commerce. of organizations OF
licensed deck officers and engineers
and of American seamen, of the tech
nical schools. marine underwriters
wireless companies. New England deep
sea fishermen and others The Sec
rotary has been in conference with
representatives. of these interests with
the. result that he will be able TO desig-
nate complete committees at a date in
the near future.
Fails to Obtain Funds.
Efforts of Secretary Redfield to Sc
cure money from Congress which
would enable the department to have
civilian representatives attend these
conferences have failed, and Mr.. Red
field believes that preliminary work
cannot wait any longer
Five departments = Treasury. War.
Navy, Agriculture and Commerce-are
interested in the work, which will be
under the general supervision of Z. L.
Chamberlain, commissioner of nayiga-
ton, representing the Secretary of Com
merce
The committee on bulkheads and hull
construction comprises Rear Admiral w.
L. Capps, L. $. n, former chief of the
construction bureau; Constructor David
W. Taylor. L. S. ~, and George Chler,
supervising inspector general of the
steamboat inspection service. James
Donald naval architect of the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company. will be
consulted as the representative selected
by the shipbuilders and shipowners.
General Supt. S. l. kimball of the life
saving service. Gen. Uhler and Capt ID.
p Foley of the revenue cutter service
comprise the committee on life boats.
davits, life RATS and life preservers.
Capt Foley will also act on the COM
mittee on efficiency of officers and crews
with Capt Henry NJ. Seeley. supervis-
ing inspector of the New York district
and Assistant Surgeon General w. j.
Pettus of the public health service.
To Consider Fire Protection.
The committee on fire protection tenn
porarilv will consist of Gen. Uhler and
Supervising Inspector Nils B. Nelson of
fine Cleveland district, who will soon pro-
coed to New York to consult with ma
rine underwriters and others directly con-
earned and will also cooperate with the
huh construction committee
The committee on aids and perils to
navigation, covering ocean lanes. dangers
from ice and derelicts. searchlights. rules
Of the road dissemination of storm and
weather signals and similar subjects. con-
sists of Capt Commandant E. p. Bert
holt of the Revenue Cutter Service. Com
mander George F. Cooper. L. S. N, ny
droerapher: Commissioner of Lighthouses
G. r. Putnam and Prof. Alfred j. Henry
of the weather bureau
The committee on radio-telegraphy in
cludes Commander W. II. c. Billiard, L.
$ n. Superintendent of the naval radio
service: Maj. c. Nick. Saltzman. L. S. A.
of the Signal Corps. Constructor John O.
Walton. L. S. r. c. s.: DIR. Frederick
HOLSTER of the bureau of standards and
Commissioner Of Navigation Chamberlain.