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THE SECRETARY’S STATEMENT. 
The secretary made personal statements as follows: 
Langley Day exercises.—The exercises arranged for Langley Day, 
May 6, 1913, were conducted as outlined, and a printed account of the 
occasion, which included the presentation of two Langley medals and 
the dedication of the Langley memorial tablet, has been sent to each 
regent. 
Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory.—In accordance with the reso- 
lutions adopted at the meeting of the board on May 1, 1913, authoriz- 
ing the reopening of the Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory and the 
enlargement of the same, I addressed a letter on May 8, 1913, to Pres- 
ident Wilson, asking his approval of the cooperation with this Insti- 
tution of the Departments of War, Navy, Agriculture, and Com- 
merce, to which the President replied as follows: 
THE WHITE HOovussE, 
Washington, May 9, 1913. 
My Drar Dr. WaAtcorr: Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
May 8 and to say that I shall take pleasure in sending copies of your letter to 
the Secretaries of War, Navy, Agriculture, and Commerce, expressing my full 
approval of the designation of representatives of those departments upon the 
committee which you are forming for the study of the subject of aeronautics 
under the authorization of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 
on May 1, 1913. 
Cordially and sincerely, yours, 
; Wooprow WILSON. 
Dr. CHARLES WALCOTT, 
Smithsonian Institution. 
Representatives were thereupon designated by the heads of the four 
departments mentioned, and on May 23, 1913, the first meeting of the 
advisory committee of the Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory was 
held at the Institution. The present membership of the committee is 
as follows: | 
Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven and Maj. Hdgar Russel, War Department. 
Capt. W. I. Chambers and Naval Constructor H. ©. Richardson, Navy Depart- 
ment. 
Dr. W. J. Humphreys, Department of Agriculture (Weather Bureau). 
Dr. 8. W. Stratton, Department of Commerce (Bureau of Standards). 
Mr. Orville Wright. 
Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss. 
Mr. John Hays Hammond, jr. 
Col. Samuel Reber. 
Dr. Albert F. Zahm. 
Mr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, chairman. 
_ Included in the organization of the advisory committee was the 
formation of 16 subcommittees, covering practically every phase of 
aeronautic work. With their membership recruited from the lead- 
ing experts all over the country, these subcommittees enable the 
Langley Laboratory to command the most authoritative advice and 
assistance obtainable. 
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