March 



1918] 



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American Expeditionary Forces in France and 

 to the American naval forces in European 

 waters of scientific and technical research in- 

 formation, originating in the United States 

 and transmitted through the Research Infor- 

 mation Committee in Washington. 



(g) To serve as centers of distribution to 

 our allies in Europe of scientific, technical 

 and industrial research information originat- 

 ing in the United States and transmitted 

 through the Research Information Committee 

 in "Washington. 



(7i) The maintenance of the necessary con- 

 tact between the oiEces in Paris and London in 

 order that provision may be made for the direct 

 and prompt interchange of important scientific 

 and technical information. 



(t) To aid research workers or collectors of 

 scientific, technical and industrial information 

 from the United States, when properly ac- 

 credited from the Research Information Com- 

 mittee in Washington, in best achieving their 

 several and particular purposes. 



The headquarters of the Research Informa- 

 tion Committee in "Washington is in the offices 

 of the National Research Council, 1023 Six- 

 teenth Street; the branch committees are lo- 

 cated at the American Embassies in London 

 and Paris. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



The Geological Society of London has 

 awarded to Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, its WoUaston 

 Medal, in recognition of his contributions to 

 Cambrian paleontology. The presentation of 

 the medal was made at a meeting of the so- 

 ciety in London on February 15, the secretary 

 of the American Embassy receiving the medal 

 in Dr. Walcott's behalf. The list of eighty- 

 seven men of science who have received this 

 medal since its establishment in 1831 contains 

 the names of five other Americans, Louis 

 Agassiz, James Hall, James D. Dana, Grove 

 Karl Gilbert and W. B. Scott. 



Professor A. N. T.\lbot, of the University 

 of Illinois, president of the American Society 

 of Civil Engineers, is head of a board to ad- 

 vise on construction for the War Department, 



involving, it is said, the sum of over a billion 

 dollars. 



Major Fred A. Albee has been placed in 

 charge of the hospital to be situated at Islam, 

 X. J. This hospital will consist of seven build- 

 ings with fifteen hundred beds and will be used 

 for the restoration of crippled soldiers. 



Professor D. M. Folsom, of the department 

 of mineralogy of Stanford University, has been 

 appointed fuel oil administrator for the west- 

 ern states. His jurisdiction will cover Idaho, 

 Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Ne- 

 vada, Oregon, Washington, California and 

 Alaska. 



Major Simon Flesxer, of the Rockefeller 

 Institute, is conducting at Fort Sheridan, 111., 

 in conjunction with Major George Draper, an 

 investigation in connection with the preven- 

 tion of meningitis. Major Edward K. Dun- 

 ham, of New York City, will visit Camp Lee, 

 Petersburg, Va., for investigation in connec- 

 tion with the treatment of meningitis carriers. 



Professor George F. Sever, formerly pro- 

 fessor of electrical engineering and acting 

 dean of the faculty of applied science in Co- 

 lumbia University, has been commissioned a 

 major in the Engineers' Officers Reserve Corps, 

 and is now stationed in Washington. He has 

 closed his engineering office in New York City. 



CAPT.4IN R. J. Anderson, of the Geneva Ex- 

 periment Station, and Lieutenants W. A. Perl- 

 zweig, Henry R. Cates and Charles N. Frey, are 

 making a nutritional survey of the army camps 

 situated in the southern states. The survey is 

 part of the work at present conducted by the 

 Surgeon General's Office to determine the 

 character of the food supplied to the American 

 soldiers. 



Major J. F. Corbett has been sent from the 

 Rockefeller Institute to Canada to study the 

 Canadian treatment of returning soldiers suf- 

 fering from peripheral nerve injuries. 



It is announced that a medical board, con- 

 sisting of Brigadier General Charles Richard 

 and Major Frank Billings, has been appointed 

 to revise the Manual of Instructions for Med- 

 ical Advisory Boards working under the Selec- 

 tive Service Law. 



