Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-15
S d s
psady to Furnish Ex-
oorts for Inventions
poard Defense Plan.
.snsers. Chemists, Surgeons
~ Organizers Included in
poll of Men Fit to Serve as
riyilian Advisers of Navy.

man dozen men OF scientific a
~, worthy Of serving under Thomi
,,.oB who has accepted the inviti
eseretary Daniels to head the AZ
.ard of civilian inventors for
invention and development,
.,5 in the Navy Department. TT
r Is searching the country Il
rsom It would be worth while
or 10 the patriotic duty.
TIVE ROLL OF HONOR
a, ,he Philadelphlans who are d,
ng" sliribile for service upon the az
~. hoard the following were name
Bay:
p ~. Atterbury, vice president
=. Pennsylvania Railroad. He
ksa wide experience in every
-. n engineering in all parts
VA. country. He IL n member OF
~ lmerIcnn Society OF Civil En-
,s..r. the American Society OF
w,shaulcaI Engineers and OF the
.~,rIean Academy of Political and
r,cisl science.
EDGAR II. Smith, provost of the
s,l,ersity of Pennsylvania, n
a,mlst Of national reputation.
aba y. johnson, president of the
r,svIn Locomotive Works. MIR.
hlason's experience in mechanical
,.sstruction work would be of
mat value TO the navy.
walton Clark, president of the
rankin Institute and vice presI.
,,.t Of the United Gas Improve
r,ai Company. An expert in me-
,,snIeaI and electrical engineer
he
SM. VnuclnIn, vice president of
n, Baldwin Locomotive Works.
He received the honorary degree of
1sgfor Of science from the Uni
rnty of Pennsylvania for his
work in engineering.
william NJ. GartIey, of the
TnIted Gas Improvement Company,
az engineer of distinction.
r.. II. FernnId, consulting en-
rlneer United states Bureau of
Mines, and professor of engineer
lne at the University of PennsyI-
vhHla.
Harry w. Hand, vice president
Of William Cramp & Sons Ship and
Engine Building Company.
w. C. Elgin, vice president of the
Philadelphia Electric Company.
James NJ. Dodge, president of the
J. NJ. Dodge Company, n mechanical
engineer who has given special at
ientiOn to the Improvement and
of conveying ma
ehlnery and devices.
j. A. p. CrIsheld, engineer, United
Gas Improvement Company.
Or. w. w. Keen, surgeon, acting
assistnnt In the United States Army
N the Civil War. Declined appoint
nat TO the Presidents Board of
inquiry into the war with Spain,
lSk He has received many hon
ofap degrees from uniVersitIes
lhioad and in this country.
Dr. John Chalmers Dn Costa,
surgeon.
Lnther ID. LOve<In, chief en-
gaesr, New York ShipbuIIding
Company, Camden.
DUTIES OF BOARD.
he work Of the new board will be to
lH upon the practicability of new sug-
slehs and to devise new plans for the
pigment Of the navy, every point of
~ service to be made the subject of a
1oagh Investigation In an effort to
ioge and strengthen 1t. Special eff
u win be made to increase the effi-
1I OF the submarine and aeroplane /;
aas Of varied types will be tested and
lT'Yed upon, and a long list of sub
sn Incident to the service will be
ishi 70 the attention of the board, in
la'ag the building of vessels and guns,
even methods of coaling.
'seA names as Orville Wright, Graham
Z Henry Ford, Simon Lake. r. A.
N,nden, John Hays Hammond, Jr..
hndson Maxim have already been
d to the attention of the Secretary.
rans Of the new board are embry-
g one prominent engineer said to-
Z and until they are outlined more
.a' think it difficult and delicate to
laon any names at all. The object
suppose, to find men of Edison's
.-,ef near-elass, am afraid 1t would
'sso De" he remarked, laughingly.
FORMER PHILADELPHIAN.
Y agreed that Elihu Thomson. of
'Apseott. Mass, would be an ideal
lef the board. "He, incidentally,
former Philadelphian," one man
tested The opinion was practically
'anous that Mr.. Thomson is one of
'sfsinost experts in the country In
.Hleal matters.
1'eongh Edisons are few and far be-
'a one prominent engineer said, I'VE
Philadelphia quite few men OF
fefas ealibre, Ford is not so much
-ssN'oF as great organizer of in
~ such men as Alba B. Johnson,
s,sfpary Walton Clark, and Mr..
n'ey are all engineers. Mr.. John
qouDt, Is more OF an organizer,
services on such a board un-
would be OF great value. He
y invent, but he Is. as you know.
great experience, and he GER
esala be more than capable In
~ expert opinion on the prac-
fss Or new devices.
peslNEss SKILL AN ASSET.
IS nAe Mr., Clark. S. M. Vauelain,
= Aiterhury Mr.. Elgin and Mr..
may have turned their engineer
s'7 70 the problems OF lighting or
rs. ihey are successful engineers,
iaet that they have been able to
ability into profitable indus
sNss Is an asset that one should
Fsss - think that is the case with
*3sla comment on the proposed
7 think there have been
one engineer said, where
nave been turned down by our
only 10 be snapped up by
abroad. / think in some
nave been slow in taking ad-
new war devices, because
in Washington have believed
between the United States ana
sountry was an impossibility.
respects Secretary Daniels
81 e great thing
= suggesting Provost Smiths
ssa that he was one OF the
sasnaists In the country. re
sfeat deal OF chemical re- |
sad and his record IN that