The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-13
New Advisory Board

Washington, September 12.-The mem- bership of the naval advisory board. the organization of experts nominated by II great engineering and scientific societies to contribute their inventive genius to the American navy was announced today by Secretary Daniels. The first meet ing will be held at the navy department October 6, with the chairman, Thomas A. Edison, presiding.
 The members of the board and the societies which nominated them follow:
 American Aeronautical society: Hudson Maxim. Brooklyn ordnance and explosive expert and maker of the first smokeless powder adopted by the United States government; Matthew Bacon Sellers, Bal ttmore. authority on aeronautics and first to determine the dynamic air pressure on arched surfaces by means of the wind funnel"
 American Society of Automobile En- gineers: Howard E. Coffin, Detroit and Andrew J. Riker, Bridgeport. Conn, in- ventors and automobile builders.
 The Inventors Guild: Dr. Peter Cooper Hewitt, New York, inventor of appliances for telephones. hydroplanes, aeroplanes, balloons and electric lights. and Thomas Robbins. Stamford, Conn. inventor of many mechanical devices. including the belt conveyor for coal and ore.
 American Chemical society: Dr. w. R. Whitney, Schenectady, N. Y. director of the research laboratory of the Gen eral Electric company L. H. Lakeland, Ycnkers, N. Y., a native of Belgium, in- ventor.
 American Institute of American Engi- neers; Frank Julian Sprague, New York. an early assistant of Edison. who d. rected the building of the first success ful electric trolley railway and equipped the first electrically trained gun for the navy: Benjamin G. Lamme, Pittsburg. inventor and head of committee which passes on Westinghouse inventions.
 American Mathematical society: Rob- ert Simpson Woodward, president of the Carnegie institute at Washington, and an authority on astronomy, geography and mathematical physics; Dr. Arthur Cor, don Webster Worcester, Mass leading authority in America on sound
 American Society of Civil Engineers: William Lawrence Saunders, New York, inventor and engineer: Benjamin Bow dich Thayer, New York metallurgist, ex- plosive expert and president of Anaconda Mining company.
 The American Electro Chemical society: pr. Joseph William Richards, South Bethlehem. Pa, professor of metallurgy at Lehigh university: Lawrence Addici-5, Chrome, N. J., metallurgical engineer.
 The American Society of Engineers: William Leroy Emmett. Schnectady, N. Y.. first serious promoter of electric ship Spencer Miller, South Orange. N. J.. inventor of apparatus that has sim- plified coaling of ships and of the brooches buoy device used by the coast guard service
 The American Society of Aeronautic Engineers: Henry Alexander Wise Wood, engineer and manufacturer. student of naval aeronautics and regarded by many as the worlds foremost authority on the engineering features of the art of print ing: Elmer A. Sperry. electrical inventor and manufacturer.
 Secretary Daniels has declared his in- tention of seeing that great weight Is given all conclusions and recommenda- tions of this board not only in the form Ing of the administrators recommenda- tions to Congress but in the regular op- eration and development of the navy.