New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-27
General CrOzier Declares
They VIII Be First
Called to Duty.
DIR. HERTY URGES
NEED OF TOLUENE
American Society Told of
It's Value in Prepared
ness Plans.

The chemists Of the United States
will be the greatest heroes Of the next
war in which this country engages, IN
the opinion Of General william Crozier,
chief of ordnance of the United States
army. VINO was one Of the principal
speakers at yesterdays session Of the
American Chemical Society. in the Hor-
ace Mann Auditorium, Columbia Uni
versity.
General Crozier said the Great War
had demonstrated clearly the impor-
lance OF the chemist and OF other eX-
perts in science. He said England was
not slow to recall from the front her
chemists who had VOLUNTEERED when the
country realized that war had become
more a game of applied science than
ever before in military history.
in the matter OF utilizing the private
resources Of the country in case Of
emergency" said General Crozier, ut
is apparent that there is a sentiment
in Congress rejecting the views of the
country in favor Of advance prepare
ton. There is also strong sentiment
for taking the profit out OF war and IN
favor of the greatest possible utlliza-
ton of government manufacture
Dr.. Charles II. Herty, professor Of
chemistry at the University Of North
Carolina and president OF the society.
criticised Congress for the dyestuh
section Of the general revenue Dill.
Indigo and alizarin and their deriva-
tives. he said. had been excluded from
the benefit OF the special > per cent
duty imposed on other dyestuif.
DR.. Herty said that an eleventh hour
change had excluded indigo and all
zarin at a committee session IN Con-
gress. and that there was no record
TO show who had dealt the blow.
Urges Storage of Toluene.
Dr.. Herty urged the society to I'M
press on the national authorities that
steps should be taken at once for the
storage Of immense quantities of tolu-
enc. He declared the moral effect Of
the known presence in this country OF
this material for munItlon manufac-
ture would justify the investment as
a pure preparedness measure.
The biggest problem before the
chemists of this country to-day, DR..
Herty asserted, was the solution of
the motor fuel problem. He expressed
the opinion that the permanent source
of such fuel would be found III some
form of alcohol.
The session closed with reception
at the Hotel Aston, attended by the
members OF the American Chemical
Society, the American Electro chemical
Society and the Technical Association
of Pulp and Paper Industry.
At the morning session Of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society, in the Horace
Mann Auditorium, short speeches were
made By J. Merritt Matthews, presi-
dent Of the New York branch of the
society; Dr. Haven Emerson, Health
Commissioner, representing Mayor
Mitchell, and President Nicholas Muir
ray Butler of Columbia University.
Start Scientists Specializing.
A few innocent looking bottles. filled
with colorless fluid, arranged rather
conspicuously in the booth Of the Cen
eral Chemical Company, at the Chemi-
cal Exposition in the Grand Central
Palace. started hundreds of scientists
specializing last night on the POSSIBLE
ties of new discovery. The display
consisted Of solutions of ammonia and
nitric acid marked synthetic" but
when visiting chemists inquired
whether the General Chemical Com
pany had produced a now method Of
manufacturing these products the at
tendants in charge merely smiled and
looked mysterious.
No information could be obtained as
TO the amount of ammonia and nitric
acid the company might produce nor
the price. II was reported that the big
corporation was engaged in fixing
nitrogen either according to the Haber
process. which has saved Germany in
the manufacture of munitions. or some
hitherto unknown process discovered
h. tho ecfoutists Of tho cOmDauy