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Lieut. Col. Wm. H. Walker was added to the membership of this Committee 
and Frederick W. Brown, of the Bureau of Soils of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, was named a member of the Subcommittee on Chemistry of 
Soils and Fertilizers. 
The Chairman of the Chemistry Committee also reported that a donation 
of $100 a month had been received from B. T. Bush of the Antoine Chiris 
Company of New York to assist the work of this Committee. Upon motion, 
the Executive Committee tendered a vote of thanks to Mr. Bush for his co- 
operation and financial assistance in this connection. 
The Chairman of the Council reported upon conferences which had been 
held relative to the organization and work of the proposed Forestry Com- 
mittee and submitted for consideration a list of persons who might be favor- 
ably considered for appointment as members of the Committee. After dis- 
cussion it was voted that a special committee, consisting of Irving W. 
Bailey, Raymond Pearl and Karl F. Kellerman, be appointed to consider 
the organization and duties of the Forestry Committee of the Council as a 
correlating agency for research in this field and to submit to the Executive 
Committee recommendations with regard to the personnel of the Forestry 
Committee, the proposed scope and functions of this Committee, and its 
status in the general organization scheme now under consideration relative to 
the future activities of the Council. 
Mr. Stratton, for the Subcommittee of the Military Committee, appointed 
to submit recommendations with regard to procedure necessary to establish a 
scientific liaison between the entente allies, submitted a report with recom- 
mendations which had been adopted by the Military Committee at its meet- 
ing of December 3. These recommendations were considered carefully by 
the Executive Committee and, after certain minor modifications, were adopted 
as follows: 
In order to facilitate the securing and dissemination of scientific and technical industrial 
information for military purposes, the Military Committee of the Research Council recom- 
mends as follows: 
1. There shall be a committee known as the Research Information Committee, to con- 
sist of the Chief of the Military Intelligence Section of the Army, the Director of the Naval 
Intelligence Bureau of the Navy, and a representative of the National Research Council to 
be nominated by the Chairman of that body and appointed by the Council of National 
Defense, who shall be Chairman of the Committee. 
2. A scientific and technical industrial representative of the National Research Council 
shall be attached to the offices of both the Naval and Military Intelligence in London, Paris, 
and such other countries as may be considered desirable, and the said representative together 
with the said military and naval attaches shall form a committee at each station acting as 
a subcommittee of the Research Information Committee. 
3. The duties of this Committee shall be to provide for the collection of scientific and 
technical industrial information relating to military and naval affairs at home and abroad 
and for the dissemination of the same to the Governmental departments interested both at 
home and abroad. 
4. This Committee shall be provided with a permanent secretary, and with the clerical 
