New-York tribune., 1921-11-02
Arms Advisory
Board Headed
By Sutherland
Harding Makes Former Utah
Senator Chief of Body In
Guiding Pershing, Hoover,
Compers and Roosevelt
Four Women Appointed
Harbord at Top of Army's
List and Coontz Leads
Representatives Of Navy
By Carter Field

Harding to-day named the advisory
committee of twenty-one to the Ameri-
can "Big Four" on the Armament Limi-
tation Conference. The President also
approved the technical stats of thirty
four which will aid the American COM
missioners.
The army and navy experts, and
those on Far Eastern affairs and diplo-
macy, had been pretty we'll forecast, so
interest centered chiefly on the advi-
sorry committee.
Members of Committee
It will consist of the following twen-
/. tyone members
George Sutherland, former Senator
from Utah.
Herbert c. Hoover, Secretary of Com
merce.
General John ]. Pershing, Chief Of
staff.
Admiral ". l.. Rodgers.
Stephen G. Porter, chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Governor John NJ. Parker of Louisi-
ana.
Henry P. Fletcher. Under Secretary
OF State.
Colonel J. NJ. Wainwright, Assistant
Secretary of War.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy.
Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird, of Massa-
chusetts.
Mrs. Katharine Phillips Edison, of
California.
Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan, of New
York
Mrs: Thomas G. Winter, president of
the National Federation Of Women's
Clubs.
William Boyce Thompson, of New
York.
ilard Salisbury, former Senator
from Delaware.
John l.. Lewis, president OF the
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor
Walter George Smith, of Philadel-
phia.
Carmi Thompson. of Ohio, former
Treasurer of the United States.
Charles s. Barrett president Of the
National Farmers Union.
Harold NJ. Sewell, of Maine.
The Technical Staff
The following will be the technical
staff of the delegation:
John Van A. MacMurray. chief divi-
sion of Far Eastern Affairs, Depart
ment of State.
D. C. Poole. chief division of Rus
sian Affairs, Department of State.
Professor E. T. Williams, forme
chief division of Far Eastern Affairs,
Department of State.
J. Butler Wright. Leland Harrison
and Edward Bell, counselors of en-
bassy.
Professor G. H. Blakeslee, Clark Uni.
versity.
". S. Rogers, Nelson r. Johnson and
r. Noui1lo iona ri n, ont 0f State
s. W. Stratten and j. H. Dillinger, De-
partment of Commerce.
Professor Edgar F. Smith, University
F OF Pennsylvania.
William s. Culbertson, United States
. Tariff Comm.ss ssion.
Frederick K: K Nielsen. solicitor;
Z sellor, and J. Reuben Clark former
! solicitor, Department of State.
Professor George G. Wilson, Harvard
University.
For the army:
+ Major General James c. Harbord
+ deputy chief of staff.
Major General George 0. Squicr
chief of signal corps.
Major General c. c. Williams, chic
/. Of ordnance.
K Brigadier General William Mitchell
3 assistant chief of air service.
Brigadier General Amos A. Fries
chief of chemical warfare.
( Colonel John McA. Palmer, OF
Pcrshing's war staff.
Colonel B. II. Wells, general staff.
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Heintzel
man. chief of military intelligence
:. division.
Il Louis Cohen, technical expert.
For the navy:
Admiral Robert E. Coontz. chief o
naval operations.
e Rear Admiral William A. Moffett
r director of naval aviation.
Captain William V. Pratt and Cap
tain Frank Ii. Schofeld, general board
Captain Luke McNamee, chief o
naval intelligence.
Captain Samuel ". Bryant, assistan
chief, and L. W. Austin, radio expert
\ communications.
The naming of former Senate
:, Sutherland as chairman was surpris
that created very favorable reaction
on Capitol Hill and throughout Wash
ington generally. Mr.. Sutherland FIRE
ouently was mentioned soon after tn
election as possibility for Attorne
General or for the Supreme Court. II
was regarded when in the Senate a
having one of the finest minds in pub
lie life.
More recently he was on the Pres
ident's list as one of the America
commissioners, but was eliminated
along with the late Senator Philande
&. Knox of Pennsylvania, when, in com
piance with the wish of other nation
taking part, the number of America
members was reduced to four.
The personnel Of the advisory com
rnittee was surprise to some wh
had thought that in devising this com
mittee the President was plannin
more to provide a sop to disappointe
elements than to give the America
delegation real working. body who's
advice and counsel would be Of res
value.
At the time the President was max
ing IL very clear to representatives o
various organizations which calle