Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-16
Secretary Daniels Gives Out List
of American Experts Chosen
from IL Great Scientific So
cieties.
TH0S. A. EDISON CHAIRMAN
First Meeting Will Be Held at
the Navy Department Build
ing, Washington, October G.
Board Will Advise in Recon-
mendation to Congress.

Washington, Sept. 12.-The membership
Of the naval advisory board, the organza-
ton of experts nominated by IL great en-.
cheering ana scientific societies to con-
tribute their inventive genius to the
American navy, was announced to-day
by Secretary Daniels. The first meetinl.
Will be held at the navy department We'd
nesday, October G, with the chairman
Thomas a. Edison, presiding.
Desiring to make available the latent
inventive genius of our country to im-
prove our navy" said Mr.. Daniels in max
ing his announcement, "a short while ago
I requested Thomas A. Edison to become
chairman Of an advisory board of promi-
nent men who would make up the board
Mr.. Edison with the patriotism charac-
teristic of American Inventors accepted
the call to duty. The plan adopted for Sc.
Letting the members of the advisory board
was as follows: requested II great engi-
ncering and scientiii, societies to select
by popular election, two members to rep.
resent them on the board The result has
been most gratifying have received
the nominations of ali these societies and
have accepted than. and it only remains
TO have a meeting. organize ana dater-
mine the method Of procedure in order to
utilize to the best advantage this mobili-
cation of the talent and genius of our
great country
MEMBERS OF BOARD.
Inc members of the board and tho
why" nominated them follow;
N''''''"'ic'l socletE-fiud-
1" ,''N''''' hr"oN!Yf' ordnance and ex-
-, "i'' '''Ner oi 'he Iirst
P'"uei adopted by the onited
, E".o'i''''e''' Na'thew hacon Sell
'''S' 'a'liri'ore' authority on aeronautics
-,-" ''o '"S' To determine the dynamic
'''' pressure on archrd surfaces by
III, ''S VI '"e WIN" lunncL
H"ic''c'h society OF Autofnobile En-
-tioWhru l., 'olhn' Detroit and
"''u'e" D. r'Ner, h1dsep"rt, conn, IN
.s"'o'S' u"'"'i'o'Ie hu'iuers ana no"
,ra NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. vi i"'Se automobile
"lnh"lac'"r'hE companies
NV '''''S "ui'u-i IL refer cooper
','Ni''' We" '"rh' inventor OF ap-
p"'",eS LOT 'e''Ph"n'S' hFdronIah's'
'"'''o"S ana ana ele.'r.'
nS"'S' lHo'''lS ROBBINS stamford
No''"' INV ''l'or III man! in''h"Hl'aI u'-
WIS., in''"''lE inc peS' coiNeNor LOT
e""' an" ore served III INC New YORK
N"N"i reserve an" observed military con-
| u''iohS ~ the 'front.' IN france during the
present war
American chemical soci"ty-pr. W. X,
| htheN' Sch'h"ctadN' y. y, creator and
director OF the resi- arch laboratory of
the f"noia! Electric company: l.. II,
| Baeckelan. Honkcrs, y. Y. native of
belguim FAMED particularly for the in
Vontion of Photographic paper.
American Institute of American
jf.nginccrs-frank Julian SpraEue, New
York. an early assistant OF Edison, who
directed the building of the first sue
cessful electric trolley railway in the
United States. Italy and Germany and
equipped the first electrically trained
gun for the navy; benjamin q. Lamme,
Pittsburgh. inventor and head of a
committee which passes upon all West
inghousc inventions.
American Mathematical society
Robert Simpson Woodward, president
of the Carnegie Institute at Washing
ton. u. c., and an authority on astron-
omy. geography and mathematical
| physics DR.. Arthur Gordon Webster,
| Worcester, Mass. professor of physics
at Clark University, inventor and the
leading authority in America on sound,
American Society of Civil Engineers
Andrew Murray Hunt, New York,
graduate Of the United States Naval
Academy and experienced in develop
ment of hydro-electric steam and gas
plants; Alfred Craven, New YORK. son
OF an American rear admlrai ana now
chief engineer of the New York public
service commission.
The American institute or Mining
william Lawrence Sauh-
dcrs, New YORK. inventor an" e"Ei"-
Ieer, former newspaper anu hl"S"~'nc
editor ana FORMER mayor oi i''Hllci"'
y. j.; benjamin ho"olt'h mayer NcW