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Upon motion of Mr. Hale the following additional officers were elected: 
Executive Secretary, John Johnston. 
Treasurer, Witman Cross. 
Assistant Secretary, Walter M. Gilbert. 
The treasurer was authorized to sign checks drawn on the bank accounts 
of the Council in the Riggs National Bank and with the National Academy 
of Sciences. 
Upon further motion the following chairmen for sections of the Adminis- 
trative Division were nominated and elected: 
Section on Foreign Relations, S. W. Stratton. 
Section on Relations with State Research Committee, J. C. Merriam. 
Section on Industrial Relations, John Johnston. 
Upon motion of Mr. Bogert, the Executive Committee of the Administra- 
tive Division was requested to serve as a nominating committee for posi- 
tions of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the other Divisions and Sections of 
the War Organization. Subsequently, Mr. Hale, as spokesman for the nomi- 
nating committee, submitted recommendations resulting in the election of the 
following persons to be the positions named: 
Military Division, C. D. Walcott, Chairman; S. W. Stratton, Vice-Chairman. 
Division of Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Geophysics, R. A. 
Millikan, Chairman. 
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, M. T. Bogert, Chairman; 
W. H. Walker, Vice-Chairman. 
Division of Geology, Mineralogy and Geography, J. C. Merriam, Chair- 
man; Whitman Cross, Vice-Chairman. 
Division of Medicine, Hygiene, Surgery, Anatomy, Anthropology, Physi- 
ology, Psychology and Zoology, Simon Flexner, Chairman. 
The Executive Committee of the Administrative Division was also given 
authority to make such further appointments as may be necessary to posi- 
tions of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Divisions and Sections of the War 
Organization, and to determine the number of members at large to be ap- 
pointed on the Executive Board. 
Mr. Hale explained that preliminary work of organizations had already 
been done in connection with the Divisions of Chemistry and Chemical Tech- 
nology, of Geology, and of Medicine. Upon his recommendation, an Execu- 
tive Committee of the Division of Chemistry 'and Chemical Technology was 
appointed to consist of the following persons: Marston T. Bogert, John 
Johnston, Arthur A. Noyes and William H. Walker. 
He also explained that it is the purpose of the Division of Medicine to cor- 
relate all of the medical research work bearing on the war, and that to this end 
cooperative plans had been entered into through the Surgeon-General's office 
of the Army and other military and civil research agencies. 
Upon invitation, Mr. Merriam outlined the proposed work of the Division 
of Geology, Mineralogy and Geography. 
