Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-09
MARSH GETS APPOINTMENT.
Get Preparedness Data-Capabilitie
of Factories Wanted.

Charles r. Marsh, superintendent of
construction of United States public
buildings, who is i'll charge of the con
struction of the federal building here
is one of seven members of the Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers who
have been appointed field aides of the
committee on industrial preparedness
of the naval consulting board of the
United States, of which Thomas A. Ed
ison is the head. He is to make reports
on local and Wilmington manufacture
ing establishments and the work is to
be done as soon as possible.
The committee on industrial pre-
paredncss is undertaking patriotic
duty through nationwide engineering
organization of the entire membership
of the American Society of Civil En-
gineers, the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers, the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers and
the American Chemical society, to pro-
vide the basic information needed in
the task of preparing industry for the
support of the army and navy in any
possible emergency.
This complete, tabulatcd inventory
VI 'ho 'puHtlN occurring ana
producing resources constitutes the fun
damcntal step in any and every plan
of preparedness for national defense.
1t will be the first definite accomplish
ment in true preparedness. The infor-
nation gathered will be used in plan
ming for the education of American IN.
dustries in time of peace in the require
ments of the army and navy in time of
war.
The inventory blanks furnished the
field aides when filed out will furnish
at glance everything necessary to be
known as to the nature of the business
conducted, capacity of plant, location,
transportation facilities, dull seasons
products that might be manufactured
with equipment, labor, accommodations
for employees, number. size and charac-
ter of principal buildings, fire protec-
ton, approximate value of physical
plant, principal materials used, prin-
cipal articles manufactured. power, post
office address, name of plant, names of
officers, owners and directors, represen-
tatives abroad, and a score of other
questions. All combined they will pro-
vide at almost glance every necessary
essential TO be known about manu-
featuring establishment of whatever
nature.
The business of field aide is to call
uron tho industrial plants in his par
ticular field and have the blanks filled
ont. The inventory is strictly confden.
tial, nOr-partisan and non-political and
is purely patriotic investigation. The
form docs not call for intimate lnforma-
ton such is is commonly considered
confidential. The aides are instructed
to use every precaution to insure
against "leaks" of the information OBJ
tanned. The manufacturers will be as
sured that the reports will be so han
died as to prevent the disclosures of
any information hurtful to the business
involved.
The state boards in each state will
receive the reports from the field aides,
except where the manufactures prefers
to mail direct to the. office of the com.
mittee on industrial preparedness of the
naval consulting board. Frank o. Sin.
clair consulting engineer of the Yer
mont public service commission, is
chairman of the Vermont state board.
The work is being done without OK
pense to the government and will be Of
inestimable value in the future.
The local industries which Mr.. Marsh
has been instructed to report on are
Holden & Martin Fort Drummer mill,
White River Chair c., Twin State Gas
& Electric Co.. Hooker, Corser & Mitch
ell Co. and, in Wilmington, the Luding
ton Woodenware Co.