The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-14

me that he would gladly undertake what
asked
As | stated in my letter 10 MIR Edi-
son, | am not as Yet prepared to an
nouuce the fun details OF the plan; those
must Ice worked out IN conference with
the various bureaus and the details per
tected so as TO insure successful opera
ton.
IAN informal conference with the
chiefs Of the bureaus OF ordnance. steam
, ergiueerlus and construction and repair
was held this morning and | expect 10
be able TO announce the organization IN
more definite way in very short
time
The country does not yet know the
far reaching and important experimen-
tI work done bye Admtrals Grinin
Strauss and Taylor. They and theIr
associates have for months been study
ing every new develop ent brought out
by the war IN Europe and already theE
have contributed IN increased naval eff
cheney They will De given additional
experts to carry on the development
work they have been doing with ability
and success,
The selection OF the memh RS of the
advisory committee requires caretul
thought. but hope to announce them
shortly In a broad way the underlying
idea f. to make available the latent
inventive genius OF our county to im-
prove our navy
"lt is American inventive genius that
has made practicable the ironclhd' Inc
subm riue and the acrop'anr. In one
way II is our greatest military asset,
which I'm the past has been OF n"re
value 10 us than many regiments OF troops
OF ships of the line, and | feel sure
that il will not fan US now.
Under the stress Of actual war con-
ditious other countries have taken up
devices which we were first to appreci-
ate and utilize and make practical ana.
by concentrating the attention or IN"
best minds that the country possessed,
have carried them to high stage of
development. and We should not only
keep up with the procession but take
our natural place just little ah"ad OF
the others IN new weapons of defence.
"The heads of our various bureaus
are men who have risen splcndldly TO
this necessity and they are doing all
that could possibly hc expected along
those lines. The results are indeed al
ready apparent and the country has
every reason to he grateful to those men
for their untiring and unselfish work
in d.vising new things to meet new con-
ditious.
with Mr.. Edison willingly and cheer
fully responding to my request. ! fee
sure that the advisory council, when the
names are all selected, will be composed
of men Of such prominence as to make
ne country feel that what it is possihl,
FOR the human mind to develop will b,
. derived for our navy.
"By the creation of this machine nc
. suggestion will he overlooked Ideas
/ impractic1ble in their details hut which
contain the germ OF possible revolution
airy Improvement will be sCrutinized
both by our own naval experts anC
| by men whose brains are peculiarly
fitted for detecting possibilities in sug
geStions of this kind and who are par
tlcularly quhinCd for developing such
germs of ideas into actual, practca
I Things.
IAN OF this, il will he noted, is II
| direct line with what I have said be
fore as to my belief thN the tim'
has come when we must progress moi
step by step, but by leaps and bounds
in order that our navy may he able
to take advantage of or anticipate any
new development that the present con
hct may evolve