Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-16
N PREPARATION
FOR ANY EMERGENCY
Mill Compile Data as to Manu-
factories and Their Pos
sibilitics.
LABOR RESOURCES
'ldllcd Workmen Asked to Enlist in
Vast Army Of Industrial
Reserves.

Industrial preparedness for any pos
!ble conflict tha, may be forced upon
nc American people to protect their
'.al problem to Richmond and Vir-
-inia yesterday when n conference was
'old in this city, where plans were laid
or an Industrial survey. with a view OF
ctcrmininr the country's exact status.
wary manufacturing plant will be
skcd To supplS confidential information
IS TO what il can no In time Of ma
ional emergency; every Skilled work
nan will be asked. not TO enlist at the
trst call for troops, but to enlist now
n vastcr army OF industrial reserves,
o report just what he can do. what
ools he has at hand and where he can
DO found on instant call
LOCAL COMMITTEE
MAKES MYERS CHAIRMAN
There has been formed at the re-
lncst OF President Wilson a committee
pm industrial preparedness OF the Naval
Consulting Board of the United States
The State Board OF Virginia organized
yesterday with the following member
ship:
+. r. y. Myers, Jr.. Richmond civil
k'H' consulting engineer.
Frank L. fiumber,. Low Moor. Va,
lmininE engineer for the Low Moor
Mining Company.
w, H. Mount. Saltvillc. general man
1aScr OF tho Matheson Alkali Works.
Walter s. Rodman. University Of
Virginia. professor of electrical cnGi-
|neorins.
Frank u. Carpenter. Richmond. chief
q IN lot
COMPANY.
UNDER NAVAL. BOARD
HEADED Hr THOMAS s. EDISON
NJ Tho meeting held yesterday for
purposes OF organization Mr Myers
was elected chairman
The general chairman in Now York
has requested tho state directors TO
urge newspapers and other mediums
OF publicity TO support tho work" The
state directors arc associate members
OF tho Naval Consulting Board of the
United states. OF which Thomas a.
Edison is chairman. The members of
the state board were appointed by tho
Secretary of the Navy upon tho recon-
mcndation OF tho presidents OF tho sew
ernl technical societies OF which they
are members, these societies having
been requested by the President of
the United States TO make such nomi-
nations
The fve societies represented are:
american Society OF Civil EnEinccrs
American Institute OF Mining Enri-
nccrs
American Society Of Mechanical En-
Cinccrs
American Institute of Electrical En-
ginccrs
American Chemical Society.
MYERS OUTLINES
SCOPE OF MOVEMENT
MI Myers said yesterday:
he general plan and scope of this
movement for industrial preparedness
Is as follows: There are five directors
In each State, each director being a
member of and representing one Of the
i've great technical societies; these
directors select aids throughout tho
State from the membership of the sew
eral societies. and in this way every
industry in the state will be approach
cd and reported upon to ascertain its
fitness and capacity for production of
munitions and supplies in case Of war.
and whether the proprietors are will
ms W co-oPerate ana prepare them
selves for such productions.
1T is Intended that small trial or
ders be given to each plant for such
material as ii is best fitted 10 produce.
and whore improvements and altera
t!ons arc needed. the expense Of making
the same is TO be paid by the govern
ment. Reasonable profit covering all
expense Of production will be paid for
these small trial orders. IN this way
the patterns, plans, templates. etc,
which require so much time TO produce
will he made in advance. and in case
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