116 ANNUAL EEPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1913. 



Membership) and Privileges. — The advisory committee is to be 

 composed of the director of the Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory, 

 ■when appointed, and one member to be designated by the Secretary 

 of War, one by the Secretary of the Navy, one by the Secretary of 

 A-griculture, and one by the Secretary of Commerce, together with 

 such other persons, to be designated by the Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, as may be acquainted with the needs of aeronau- 

 tics, the total membership of such committee not to exceed 14. 



The members of the advisory committee, as such, are to serve 

 without compensation, but will have refunded the necessary expenses 

 incurred by them in going to Washington to attend the meetings of 

 the committee and returning therefrom, and while attending the 

 meetings. 



Approval of the President. — On May 9, 1913, the President of the 

 United States, by request of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, approved the designation of representatives of the above- 

 named departments to serve on the advisory committee. 



ORGANIZATION. 



Oncers. — The advisory committee, as constituted at its organiza- 

 tion meeting, convened by Secretary Walcott at the Smithsonian 

 Institution, May 23, 1913, comprises a chairman, a recorder, and 

 12 additional members, all of whom are to serve for one year. The 

 officers are to be elected annually on or about May 6, and the mem- 

 bers for the ensuing year are to be appointed prior to the date of 

 such election. 



The chairman has general supervision of the work of the advisory 

 committee, presides at its meetings, receives the reports of the sub- 

 committees, and makes an annual report to the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. Said report must include an account of 

 the work done for any department of the Government, individual, 

 firm, association, or corporation, and the amounts paid by them to 

 defray the cost of material and services, as hereinbefore mentioned. 



The recorder keeps the minutes of the meetings of the committee 

 and assists the chairman in conducting correspondence and preparing 

 reports pertaining to the business of the committee. 



Subconmiittees. — The chairman, with the approval of the advisory 

 committee, may appoint standing and special subcommittees to per- 

 form such functions as may be assigned to them. 



The standing subcommittees may have assigned to them investiga- 

 tions and tests of a permanent character, which they may prosecute 

 from year to year and on which they are to make quarterly reports 

 to the chairman, followed by an annual report. Each subcommittee 

 comprises a chairman, who must be a member of the advisory com- 

 mittee, and others, chosen by him from that committee or elsewhere. 



