Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-29
Drawings and Models of Me-
ChaniCaI, Electrical and
Chemical Devices and I'M
provementS to Undergo Ex-
animation by Technical Ex-
perts. Personnel of the Ad-
viSory Board

"a ough investigation Of inventions sub
q mitted to the war department an i'm
q 'ventions section" has been created as
ID an agency within the general staff.
All inventions of mechanical, cleo
trical, or chemical nature submitted
Is to the war department for inspection,
II test. or sale are now considered by this
y section.
May Be Sent by Mail
Inventions may be sent by mail or
may be submitted in person, acCompa-
\ MED by written descriptions or draw
: ings. They go first to an examining
board having technical knowledge of
the classes of inventions they handle,
whose Investigations determine wheth-
er the inventions have merit. Those
with merit are referred to the ad-
visory board, which determines in each
case whether it should be put in the
hands of some of the numerous testing
and developing agencies. or if it should
go to one of the staff or supply de-
partments for test and consideration
of its adoption, and final requirement
of title if such action is desirable.
Personnel of Advisory Board.
Composing the advisory board at
present are the following: d. w. Brun-
ton, member Naval Consulting Board
and chairman War Committee of Tech
z nicaI Societies: DR.. Graham Edgar,
Col. James w Furlow, Quartermaster
Department Chief of Motors Division;
! Col. j. A. Hornsby M. c., Chief of
alsHospital Division, Surgeon Generals
"a ffice; Lieut.. Col. Morgan l.. Bret,
Z Ordnance Department. Engineering
dl Branch; Lieut.. Col. Robert A Millikan,
n, S. c., Chief of Science and Research
srtDivision; Lieut.. Col. N II. Slaughter,
mes. c.. Chief of Radio Development Sec
sion; Major Joseph A. Mauborgne, S.
!, J, Chief of Electrical Engineering
9section.
en- When completed the board will have
&C 2 to Is members to cover fully all of
~ he various technical problems which
bo may come befo.e it.
ia Assisted by Agencies.
ba In testing and developing inventions
and in considering problems presented
TT by staff departments, the advisory
BOARD works in connection with
- lumber of agencies. Among them
re the following: Research Council;
ureau of Standards; War Committee
J NJ National Technical Societies (this
'AV smmittee consists of two members
detailed from each of the ten impor-
IS.ant technical societies in the United
States); laboratories and shops of the
staff and supply departments of the
eSArmy; Patent Office; Aircraft Pro-
= luction Board all Army service
or institute of Technology. Cambridge,
Mass; DR.. Chas. p, Steinmetz, Cen
astral Electrical Co, Schenectady, N. y;
4. II. Boyer, chairman committee on
ectesting laboratory, Columbia Univer-
,sity, Broadway and One Hundred and
etSeventeenth Street, New York City;
NeR. r. Abbott, metalIurgist, Peerless
y Motor Car Co, Cleveland, Ohio DR.
John A. Matthews president Halcomb
Steel Co, Syracuse, N. Y; Knox Tay-
Tor, president Taylor Wharton Iron &
Steel Co, High Bridge. N j.; Howard
D. Coleman, Baber Coleman Co. Rock
a"ford, Ill; Preston S. Miller, Electrical
va NTesting Laboratories, 80th Street and
y East End Avenue, New York City;
n Herbert Fisher Moore, University of
Illinois, Nrbana, Ill. L. F. Miller, met
tn. llurgist, Mitchell Moore Co, 1892
pa asylum Avenue, Racine Wis; F. j.
do Akey the Thinker Roller Bearing Co.
lanton, Ohio DIR. Ales Hrdicka cur
DOR division Of physical anthropology
sh United States National Museum, Of
I. ~ Washington. D. c.
n, information for inventors.
Any person desiring to submit an
invention for consideration, test, sale,
or development should do so by letter
7 giving in order the following infornna-
ton: Name and object of the inven-
ton; any claim for superiority or nov
city, any results obtained by actual
experiment; whether the invention is
patented; whether remuneration is ex-
pected; whether the invention has
q been before any other agency; whether
Al the writer is owner or agent; whether
the number of Enclosures with the let
ter. A written description and sketch
, or drawings of sufficient detail to af-
5r ford a full understanding of the cases
tshould also be submitted. Should the
n OT
4emical combination, the ingredients
tire nd processes of mixture should be
g lated.
Sc The Invention Section will not bear
lie expenses of preparation of draw
az gs and descriptions, nor advance
INV nds for personal or travelling eX-
", enses of inventors.
are! All Matter Confidential.
Any matter submitted will be treat