RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Ixxiii 



Eesolutions and Eecommendatioins. 



The General Committee gave instructions to the General Officers 

 upon which the following Resolutions were forwarded after the close 

 of the meeting in Bournemouth : — 



To the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science, in reviewing the 

 results of scientific metliod applied to military and other practical arts, recog- 

 nises that the successful issue of the War has sprung from the efforts of scientific 

 men concentrated on those problems, and, with the conviction that the well-being 

 and security, of the nation is dependent on the continuous study of such matters, 

 would urge on H.M. Government the necessity for apportioning an adequate sum 

 from that allocated to home administration and the upkeep of the fighting forces 

 for the purpose of a definitely organised scheme of research, as, for example, 

 on problems connected with health, food, and commerce, on explosives, on 

 chemical warfare, and on physical and engineering problems bearing on military 

 work. 



To the First Lord of the Admiralty. 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science, in reviewing the 

 results of scientific method applied to naval and military arte, recognises that the 

 success of our equipment has sprung from the efforts of scientific men concen- 

 trated on those problems, and, with the conviction that the security of the nation 

 is dependent on the continuous study of such matters, would urge on H.M. 

 Government the necessity for apportioning an adequate sum from that allocated 

 to the upkeep of the fighting forces for tlie purpose of a definitely organised 

 scheme of research on physical and engineering problems bearing on naval and 

 military work, on explosives, and on biological and other problems related to 

 military treatment, and to the work of the Naval Intelligence Service. 



To the Secretary of State for War. 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science, in reviewing the 

 results of scientific method applied to military arts, recognises that the success 

 of our equipment has sprung from the efforts of scientific men concentrated on 

 those problems, and, with the conviction that the security of the nation is 

 dependent on the continuous study of such matters, would urge on H.M. Govern- 

 ment the necessity for apportioning an adequate sum from that allocated to the 

 fighting forces for the purpose of a definitely organised scheme of research on 

 explosives, on chemical warfare, on physical and engineering problems bearing 

 on military work, and on biological and other problems related to the work of 

 the Army Medical Service and the ^Military Intelligence Department. 



To the President of the Board of Trade. 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science, in reviewing the 

 results of scientific method applied to practical arts, recognises that the successful 

 issue of the War has sprung from tlie efforts of scientific men concentrated on 

 those problems, and, with the conviction that the welfare of the nation and its 

 economic recovery from the effects of the War are dependent on the continuous 

 fitudy of such matters, would urge on H.M. Government the necessity for appor- 

 tioning an adequate sum from that allocated to the upkeep of the Board of Trade 

 for the purpose of a definitely organised scheme of research on scientific problems 

 relating to the objects and methods of the nation's commerce and industry. 



