WORK OF THE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 183 



formation. The manifold character of this part of the division's work 

 may be illustrated by examples. 



a. The chairman of the division has been a member of the Joint Infor- 

 mation Board of Minerals and Derivatives. This board of many connec- 

 tions was organized in March, 1918, as successor to the War Minerals 

 Committee, which was a Joint committee, with representatives from the 

 Geological Survey, Bureau of Mines, the Institute of Mining Engineers, 

 and the Geology Committee of the Eesearch Council. 



h. All divisions of the Eesearch Council have supplied and received 

 information of great importance to the army, navy, and other war organ- 

 izations of our Government and of the Allies, through the medium of the 

 Eesearch Information Service, the headquarters of which is in the Na- 

 tional Eesearch Council, with branches in London, Paris, and Eome. I 

 naturally can not go into details concerning the highly confidential and 

 important work of this service. The Division of Geology and Geography 

 has had a share in this work. 



c. The division was instrumental in securing for the Fuel Administra- 

 tion a large amount of data concerning the fuel resources of various foreign 

 countries. 



d. The division has cooperated throughout the year in obtaining in- 

 formation useful to the military establishment of our country. The re- 

 ports of Major Johnson to which reference has been made constitute a 

 part of this work. 



e. Eeports on the manganese resources of California, resulting from 

 work undertaken by the State Council of Defense, were transmitted to the 

 Joint Information and the Geological Board through the division. 



/. The division has cooperated with the Geological Survey in arrang- 

 ing for a study of the chromite and other war mineral resources of Cal- 

 ifornia, under the joint auspices of the Survey and the California State 

 Council of Defense. 



DISPOSITION AND USE OF THE REPORT ON MATERIALS AND FACILITIES FOR 

 RAPID ROAD AND FORTIFICATION CONSTRUCTION 



This report, planned and prepared by a subcommittee of the Geology 

 and Paleontology Committee, under the energetic direction, first, of W. B. 

 Clark and after his lamented death, of E. B. Mathews, was turned over in 

 completed condition to the division on its organization. This important 

 work, covering the coastal States from Maine to Texas, was planned be- 

 fore the United States entered the war and mainly as an aid to the army 

 in anticipated projects of defense. It consisted of nine manuscript vol- 

 umes and three atlases. A large number of men collaborated in its prep- 



