The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-13
Secretary Daniels Announces
Names Of Leading Scientists
and Inventors
ORGANIZATION MEETING
WILL BE OCTOBER 9
Eleven American Scientific Soc
ieties Each Nominate Two
For Board - Thomas A.
Edison Chairman

Washington. Sept. 12.-Secretary of
the Navy Daniels tonight announced
the names of the twenty-five scientists
and inventors who. with Thomas A.
Edison as chairman, are to constitute
an advisory board to assis. the United
States navy In it's technical problems
OK development.
The members of the board who will
serve with Mr.. Edison were chosen by
eleven scientific societies of the United
states. each OF which nominated two
men, Mr. Edison was chosen by Sec
rotary Daniels for the Craftsmanship OF
the board. the plan resulting in the
creation of "A body having been taken
up first with Mr.. Edison as the fore
most Inventor OF this country.
To Organize October q.
Mr.. Daniels announced tonight that
he has arranged for the first meeting
of the advisory board to take place in
hts office at IL O'Clock on Wednesday,,
october 6. At this meeting IL IL expect
ed that the organization OF the board
Will be effected and plans for the con-
duct Of Its work discussed 1t is
thought probably that the first organi-
xatton will take the form OF diyi-
sion of the board into committees. to
which members Will be assigned in ac-
cordanee with their special fitness.
Mr., Daniels tonight made the fol-
lowing statement regarding the board
and the purposes for which it has been
created:
Desiring TO make available the lat
emit inventive genius of our country to
Improve our navy, a short time ago
requested tfr. Thomas x. Edison 10
become chairman of an advisory board
OF eminent men who would make up
the board Mr. Edison, with the pa
trtotism characteristic Of American in
ventors, accepted the call to duty
The PLAZA adopted for selecting the
members or the advisory board was
"a follows.
$ctentife Societies Aid,
Il requested eleven great engineer
ing and scientific societies TO select by
popular election two members each TO
represent their society on the board
The result has been most gratifying.
L nave received the nominations of all
these societies and have accepted them,
and II only remains TO have a meeting
of the organization and determine the
method of procedure in order to utilize
to the best advantage of our navy this
mobilization of the talent and genius
OF our great country.
The response OF the various socie-
ts-S a" 'No-1psthtN III the great UNDER
taking indicate the patriotic enthusi-
asm awakened by this cali to duty.
Personnel Of BEARD.
The naval advisory board will con.
sist OF the following men. each of the
eleven nominating societies naming
two:
Thomas A. Edison, chairman.
Members representing American
Chemical Society. r. w. whitney and
r. II. Backed
American Institute Of Electrical En-
gineers. Frank Julian Sprague and
Benjamin G. Damme.
American Mathematical Society.
Robert 8. Woodward and Arthur Web
ster.
American Society Of Civil Engineers.
Andrew NJ. Hunt and Alfred Craven.
American Aeronautical Society.
Matthew B. Sellers and Hudson Maxim.
Inventors Guild. Peter Cooper Hew-
lit and Thomas Robins
American Society of Automobile En-
gineerA Howard E. Coffin and Andrew
L Riker
American Institute of Mining Engi-
neers William l.. Saunders and Renfa
min b. Thayer.
American Electro Chemical Society
Joseph w, Richards and Lawrence Ad.
dicks.
American Society Of Mocha meal En-
gineers, William Leroy Emmett ana
Spencer Miller
American Society Of Aeronautic En-.
gineers. Henry A. w Wood and Elmer
A. Spencer"