The Washington herald., 1921-11-02
U. S. ADVISORY
BODY IS HEADED
BY SUTHERLAND
Secretary Hoover and
Gen. Pershing Also
On Committee.

With the appointment yesterday OF
the American advisory committee of
government oficiSls and representa-
tive citizens and OF the American
technical staff. the United States is
ready to take part in the international
conference on Limitation Of arma-
ments.
The American committee which was
announced by President Harding.
follows:
George Sutherland. former Senator
from Utah. chairman; Herbert c.
Hoover. Secretary Of Commerce; Gen.
John J. Pershing, general Of the army
Admiral w. L. Rodgers. expert on Far
East. commander Of the Asiatic feet
in 191s-1e; Stephen @. Porter, mem
Der OF Congress from PennsyIvania.
chairman Foreign Afrairs Committee
Gov. John NJ. Parker, Of Louisiana
Henry P. Fletcher. Under Secretary Of
State; Col J. NJ. Wainwright, As
sistant Secretary OF War: Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy; Mrs Charles Sumner Bird.
Massachusetts, Progressive leader
Mrs. Katherine Phillips Edison; Mrs.
Eleanor Franklin Egan. authoress,
expert on Far East, wife Of Martin
Egan; Mrs Thomas G.. Winter. Mime
sofa, club woman; William Boyce
Thompson, of New York; Willard
salisbury. former Senator from Della
ware: John l.. Lewis, president
United Mine Workers Of America
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor: Wal
ter George Smith, Philadelphia bust
ness man; Carmi Thompson. of Ohio;
Charles S. Barrett, president National
Farmers Union; Harold NJ. Sewell,
Maine. shipbuilder.
VIII Advise Delegation.
Mr.. Sutherland is chairman of the
advisory committee which will meet
a few days before the conference con-
venes and thereafter will be called
into frequent consultation by the
American delegation. The advisory
body was composed with a view to
making it thoroughly representative
Of public opinion in all parts of the
country, thus enabling the American
delegation to feel the pulse Of public
sentiment on the various questions
raised
Secretary of State Hughes made pub
lie the membership of the American
technical STAFF assisting the delegation,
which follows
For the navy-Admiral Robert Z.
Coontz, chief of naval operations;
Rear Admiral William A. Moffatt,
chief of naval aviation: Capts.
William v. Pratt, Frank H. Scho-
field, Luke McNamee and Samuel
w. Bryant. and l.. w. Austin, civil
ian assistant
HarbOrd Heads Army Experts,
For the army-Maj. Gen. James
G. Harbord. assistant chief of staff;
Maj. Gen. George o. Squier, chief
of the army signal corps; Maj.
Gen. C. c. Williams. chief of the
ordnance department: Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell, assistant chief of
the army air service: Brig. Gen.
Amos A. Fries. chief of the chem
ical warfare service: Col. John McA.
Palmer. Col. B. H. Wells. Lieut..
Col. Stuart Heintzelman, chief of
the military intelligence. and Louis
Cohen. civilian assistant.
General-John Van A. MacMur-
ray, chief of the division of Far
Eastern affairs of the State De-
partment; d. c. Poole chief Of the
division of Russian affairs of the
state Department: Prof. E. p. Will
Jams, former chief of the hivision
of Far Eastern affairs OF the State
Department: J. Butler Wright, Le-
land Harrison and, Edward Bell, all
OF embassies; Prof. G. II.
Blakeslee. Clark University; w. ;.
Rogers. Nelson T. Johnson and E.
l.. Neville. all of the State Depart
ment.
Repudiates Peking Envoys.
The government Of South China,
which is in revolt against Picking,
declares 1t will not be bound by
any action of the conference relat-
ing to China, and Ma 500. its rep
here. is reported to be
to leave Washington.
He denied yesterday that DR.. c
c. WI. son of the famous Chinese
Minister to America. WI Ting
Fang, Is coming as a member of
the Chinese delegation. DR.. WI is
minister of foreign affairs of the
South China government and. ac-
cording to Ma 500. refused to ac.
cept appointment as delegate by
the North China government