New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
laval ADVISORY
BOARD MAKEUP
S MADE PUBLIC
=, Noted Scientists viii
= pass Or Inventions to
improve Service.
.evRFRS TO WORK
N GROUPS ON IDEAS
.tod 10 RevolutioHize u. S,
- Wv by Notifications of
rouipment ard Methods.

.r--- TO --ea-s Fu-oaul
...,;,r,oa. Sept - Secretary
=. announced to-day the person
-. 80 Nsv.l Advisory Board. TX
:. = ,.T Thomas a. Edison, who was
~ ......,.a chairman OF the board by
. va, Daniels, the members were
- -, BY eleven scientific societies.
.,lest.ag two representatives..
p - membership IS IS follows;
:. ,.-ss A. Edison, chairman; Or.
whitney and Or. L. H. Baeke-
- of the American Chemical So
-. Prank Julian Sprague and E. G.
80 ~ o. the American Institute Of
T.,.-s,.l Engineering; Or. Robert
.-,.or Woodward and DR.. Arthur
-. -! webster Of the American
,,s,nsticsl Society; Andrew Murray
and Alfred Craven, Of the Ameri-
!. Society Of Civil Engineers; Mat
= Bseor Sellers and Hudson Maxim,
"a. American Acrorautical Society;
:. Peter Cooper Hewitt and Thomas
,s.,s Of the Inventors Guild; How
~ Coffin and Andrew L. Eiker, OF
4. American Society Of Automobile
,.,.srs: William Lawrence Saunders
= Bs,iamin Bowd.tch Thayer, Of the
,.,5esn Institute Of Mining Engi-
- metals; DR.. Joseph William
,,,,-ds and Lawrence Addicks, Of the
,-,-ssn Elcctrochemical Society;
Tnan lie Roy Emmett and Spencer
y-sr. Of the American Society Of Ne
a.r.,sl Engineers; Henry Alexander
n. Wood and Elmer Ambrose Sperry,
tas American Society Of Aeronautic
i,grsers.
TIE first meeting Ct the board has
sr Sc, for October 6, in the Offices
Z he Secretary Of the Navy. Mr..
;assn will preside. At that time
Z. organization Of the body will be
Tis:,sd, and arrangements made for
rb1ividing IT into convenient groups
tr he study Of the problems that
vi come before il. Secretary Dan
ss will make an address. outlining
,s purpose in forming the board.
Will Pass on Inventions.
Tie Secretary believes that Mr.. Edi-
50, tnd his associates will be Of i'm
=nn service, particularly in passing
u lev ideas that are presented to the
:srtnent by outsiders. Inventions
N ,ow passed on by officers Of the
U,ss bureaus q the Navy Lepart-
zc; but these oGcers have neither
tie tine nor the facilities for making
auough investigation Of the thor-
nris Of suggestions that pour into
.s Navy Department each year. They
rt also hampered by a conservatism
IN Of their preJudices and are Of
Z, TOO prone 20 behttle a radica.
ssgeston which might, # sympathetl-
ally considered, be Of great value 10
u navy.
w. Daniels thinks, too, that TIE
atrd will be able 20 originate new
rilsnces, and suggest notifications
: ne present equipment Of the nay
'tich may have q farreaching effect
e tie science Of uava. warfare. He
~ stated that brains are Of just as
ssth value .a war as steel and gun
EFder, and hopes by a mobilization
talent and genius 20 secure an
11u.sge over foreign navies. He
Hfressed himself as highly gratifed
q he selections made by the eleven
khnieal societies. While only a few
Z the men are widely known in lay
s'tes, nearly al Of them are famous
: asir own fields Of science. and the
ei'd, as q whole. u is believed at the
'.'artment, viii command the respect
tssien;ists the world over
sseretary Daniels made the follow
= statement IN regard 70 the organi-
saoa o. the proposed Naval Advisory
hard:
Desiring 70 make available the
ANT inventive genius Of our country
.siHprove our navy, a short while ago
'nquested Thomas A. Edison TO be-
Sss chairman o. an advisory board
= eminent men who would make up
y board. Nr. Edison, with the pa
cttSrr rho 70. 80 ..yf.+s. - A -,.vfc,p in
sa@Fs, accepted the call 20 duty.
~ plan adopted for selecting the
-'soers Of the advisory board was
follows: requested eleven great
.sheering and scientific societies TO
sssI BY popular election, two mem
'n each = represent their society on
= BOARD. The result has been most
sta'ying. have received the nomin-
WI o. all these societies and have
s..'p'eo them, and il only remains 70
V . meeting, organize and deter
- tae method Of procedure, in order
salile 10 the best advantage Of our
80 uis mobilization Of the talent
= genius Of our great country.
iae responses Of the various so
,ss invited 90 cooperate in the
80 Undertaking indicate the pa
~ SO enthusiasm awakened by this
q % duty.
,.as following are the societies,
- ne members selected and ae-
49,, with a brief biography Of each
-''aed by the society concerned:
American Chemical Society.
~, oN ". R. WHITNEY, Schenectady,
- most notable achievement is the
r,..ieh laboratory of the General
s'1e Company, In Schenectady.
eaeeesSes There included the proc