NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
535 
Dr. Arthur L. Day, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 
Professor Charles E. Mendenhall, Munsey Building, Washington, D, C. 
Mr. F. H. Newell, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. 
Dr. Stewart Paton, Princeton, New Jersey. 
After discussion, upon motion, it was 
Resolved, That all bills for services, supplies, and incidental expenses pertaining to the 
work of the National Research Council be approved by the Chairman or by a Vice- Chair- 
man of the Council and forwarded to the Treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences 
or to the Engineering Foundation for payment from funds available for the use of the 
Council. 
Upon motion it was also voted that similar approval be, and hereby is, 
given for the payment of bills from funds which may be available for the use 
of the Council at any time through any other organization. 
The Vice-Chairman read a letter from the Chairman of the Chemistry 
Committee with respect to the advisability of the appointment of a Sub- 
Committee on the Chemistry of Forest Products. Upon motion, Dr. John 
E. Teeple was appointed Chairman of such a Committee. 
The Chairman of the Council suggested that it may become advisable 
to appoint a special committee on nautical instruments. Upon motion, the 
Chairman was authorized to appoint such a committee if it may prove ad- 
visable to do so after consultation with members of the General Munitions 
Board and of the Shipping Board. 
It was decided upon motion, to have embossed the new letterhead to be 
used on stationery for the general offices of the Council and for its commit- 
tees. The appointment of a special committee to consider other questions 
of detail with respect to the office business of the Council, was approved. 
The twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the 
offices of the Council in Washington, June 21, 1917, and was called to order 
by the Chairman of the Council. Messrs. Bogert, Hale and Stratton were 
present. Messrs. Durand and Mendenhall were also present upon invitation. 
The Chairman reported: 
That Mr. Edward D. Adams has donated the sum of $5000 to the Engineering Founda- 
tion for the use of the National Research Council. 
That Mr. Martin A. Ryerson has donated the sum of $1000 for the use of the Council 
and this sum has been deposited to the credit of the Council in the Riggs National Bank, 
Washington. 
That the Carnegie Corporation of New York at its meeting of June 4, 1917 authorized 
a grant of $50,000 to the Carnegie Institution of Washington for purposes of the National 
Research Council, with the understanding that disbursements on account of this donation 
will be made at the discretion of the President of the Institution. 
That Dr. Day, Mr. Mendenhall, Mr. Newell, and Dr. Paton have accepted appointment 
as members of the Council. 
That at the request of the General Munitions Board, a special Committee on Naviga- 
tion and Nautical Instruments has been appointed with Dr. L. A. Bauer, Director of the 
