Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-21
NEW ORGANIZATION
FOR INDUS TRIAL
PREPAREDNESS
T. R. Atkinson Named as Mem.
Der of Board Of Directors
for State.
FIRST MOVE TO FIND Z
NATIONS RESOURCES
The Order Has Many Members
Who Desire to Be Ready
for Emergencies.

On Saturday, April Is, the board Of
directors for the state Of North Da.
kota, of the Organization for Indus
trial Preparedness, met at Fargo for
the purpose of organization and the
formulation OF plans for the conduct
Of the work Of the board.
The Organization for Industrial
Preparedness has been brought about
by a suggestion from President Will
son to the executives Of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers, the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
the American Institute Of Electrical
Engineers, the American Society Of
Mechanical Engineers, and the Ameri-
can Chemical Society, to the effect
that the service rendered by the naval
board was q patriotic service which
was deeply appreciated. In fac+, it
has been so valuable that he was
tempted to ask each society to en-
large it's usefulness to the govern
ment still further by nominating, for
the approval of the secretary of the
navy, a representative from its mem
bership for each state in the union to
act in conjunction with each other for
the purpose of assisting the Naval
Consulting board in the work Of col
lecting data for use in organizing the
manufacturing resources Of the cOun-
try for the public service in case Of
emergency.
Large Membership.
The American Institute of Mining
Engineers has a membership Of sew
eral thousand, the American Society
of Civil Engineers a membership of
several thousand, the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers a mem
bership of 1876, the American Chem
ical Society a membership Of 7,417,
and the American Society Of Mechan-
ical Engineers membership Of 6,931,
making grand total claimed to be
nearly $4,000, so that it is safe to as
sert that the combined membership
of the five national societies includes
not only the most capable engineers
and chemists in the country but a
very large proportion of the promi
nent men in those professions SO that
with these large memberships to Sc
| lect from it is certain that the mer
chosen to represent the different so
cieties on the board of directors fol
| the various states are men of eXcep
| tional abilities and qualifications and
| the government is indeed fortunate in
| securing their services which have
been volunteered in patriotic spirit
| President Wilson has shown farsight
edness in approaching the services
which this army of scientifically train
ed men have to offer and the country
is to be congratulated that he has
availed himself of the opportunity
and received for the government the
assistance and cooperation of the ma
tional chemical and engineering so
cieties and be it said that the mem
bers of those societies have been tru,
to their traditions and have shown
| their patriotism by cheerfully re
spending to the call
Engineer Atkinson A Member.
The following men were nominated
by their respective societies and have
received their appointments from tn
Secretary of the Navy Mr.. Joseph M
M. Daniels, to serve as members o
the board of directors Of the Organi
cation for Industrial Preparedness fol
North Dakota and to be ASSOCIATE
members of the Naval Consultin!