NovEeMBER 15, 1918] 
Washington where they were received by Presi- 
dent Wilson and his Cabinet. Then they 
traveled to Camp Greenleaf, the medical train- 
ing camp where, Colonel Martin said, they 
presented the technical papers which were to 
have been read at the conference. Next the 
delegates went to St. Paul, Minn., where they 
visited the Mayo Clinic after which they 
went to Chicago, Philadelphia, and other im- 
portant cities. 
Colonel Martin introduced Colonel William 
J. Mayo, president of the American College of 
Surgeons, and then the candidates for honor- 
ary fellowships filed by the speaker’s table, 
the little procession being led by General Ire- 
land. He was escorted by Major General 
William C. Gorgas. As each member reached 
Colonel Mayo he halted long enough for Dr. 
Mayo to cite the achievements of the candi- 
date. 
General Ireland in his speech said that the 
fellowship was an unexpected honor and that 
he would treasure it as a trust to be held for 
the thousands‘ of medical men of the Ameri- 
ean Army. Turning to a discussion of Amer- 
ican Army medical experience abroad, Gen- 
eral Ireland said wartime treatment of the 
sick and wounded had proved different in this 
war, and he paid generous thanks to the medi- 
eal officers of the Allies for their aid to the 
Americans. Not only were the Americans 
taken to front-line formations and instructed, 
but important medical officers of the allied 
armies came monthly to the Research Council 
in Paris, thereby enabling that body to “do 
ineffable good and save countless lives.” 
“ American medical officers in France,” Gen- 
eral Ireland added, “have labored in France 
under many difficulties. Much of France’s re- 
sources had been exhausted when we got there, 
and it was a splendid spirit with which our 
American doctors took up their great task. I 
think I may say that the achievement of 
American medical officers in France will add 
a bright page to American medical history. 
We still are short of personnel and material 
due to a lack of tonnage, over which we have 
no control, but I am confident these difficul- 
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ties will be overcome in time to enable us to 
accomplish all that lies before us.” 
DIVISIONAL OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN 
CHEMICAL SOCIETY 
Tue Divisions have elected the following offi- 
cers for the ensuing year: 
DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL 
ENGINEERING 
Chairman, Harlan S. Miner; Vice-chairman, H. 
D. Batchelor; Secretary, H. E. Howe; Executive 
Committee, W. F. Hillebrand, S. W. Parr, A. W. 
Smith, David Wesson, J. G. Vail. 
DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 
Chairman, I. K. Phelps; Vice-chairman and Sec- 
retary, R. A. Gortner; Hxecutive Committee, W. D. 
Bancroft, C. L. Alsberg, W. J. V. Osterhout, H. S. 
Grindley, Frederick Fenger. 
DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 
Chairman, Lauder W. Jones; Vice-chairman and 
Secretary, Harry L. Fisher; Executive Committee, 
R. F. Brunel, Wm. J. Hale, O. Kamm. 
FERTILIZER DIVISION 
Chairman, L. L. Van Slyke; Secretary, F. B. 
Carpenter; Executive Committee, R. N. Brockett, 
H. J. Wheeler, C. H. Jones, E. W. Magruder. 
DIVISION OF WATER, SEWAGE AND SANITATION 
Chairman, Robert Spurr Weston; Vice-chairman, 
J. W. Elims; Secretary, W. W. Skinner. 
DIVISION OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY _ 
Chairman, F. O. Taylor; Vice-chairman, H. W. 
Rhodehamel; Secretary, G. D. Beal; Ezecutive 
Committee, E. B. Carter, H. C. Fuller, Herman 
Engelhardt, W. D. McAbee. 
DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 
Chairman, W. E. Henderson; Secretary-Treas- 
urer, W. A. Patrick; Executive Committee, H. P. 
Talbot, E. C. Franklin, C. James, R. B. Sosman, J. 
N. Swan. 
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 
Chairman, W. D. Richardson; Vice-chairman, C. 
A. Browne; Secretary, T. J. Bryan. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 
Tue degree of doctor of laws has been con- 
ferred on five members of the British Educa- 
