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mend to General Squier the appointment of Dr. C. E. Mendenhall in charge 
of the design and development of all instruments used on airplanes. 
Dr. Millikan reported that on recommendation of the National Research 
Council the General Munitions Beard held a special meeting devoted to the 
problem of gas warfare, to which representatives of the Departments of the 
Government having any connection with the ubject were invited, as well as 
members of the Noxious Gases Committee of ,he Council. Dr. Ames and 
Dr. Dakin of the Foreign Service Committee were also present; and the sub- 
ject under discussion was presented at leng h by M. Grignard of the French 
Scientific Mission. As a result of this meeting the Chairman of the General 
Munitions Board was authorized to appoint a special committee to make 
recommendations concerning a pro er or anization of gas warfare. Dr. 
Millikan has been appointed on this committee as a representative of the 
National Research Council. 
Upon recommendation of Dr. Bogert, as Chairman of the Chemistry 
Committee : 
The appointment of a Subcommittee on Synthetic Drugs with Professor Julius Stieglitz 
of the University of Chicago as Chairman, was approved. 
The appointment of Dr. Prevost Hubbard as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Chem- 
istry of Cements and Related Building Materials, upon the resignation of Dr. A. S. Cush- 
man, who has entered the service of the War Department, was approved. 
The appointment of Dr. George H. A. Clowes and Professor J. U. Lloyd as members 
of the Subcommittee on the Chemistry of Glue and other Colloids was approved; also the 
appointment of Mr. David Wesson as Vice-Chairman of the Subcommittee on Fats, Fatty 
Oils, and Soaps. 
The Submarine Committee cf ihe Natienal Research Council with the 
following membership was approved: R. A. Millikan, Chairman; H. D. 
Arnold, W. F. Durand, Irving Langmuir, Frank B. Jewett, C. E. Menden- 
hall, Ernest Merritt. 
It was decided that the necessary travelling expenses of the group working 
at New London be borne by the Research Council, this being A. A. Michelson, 
Chairman; Ernest Merritt, Vice-Chairman; H. A. Bumstead, Max Mason, 
E. F. Nichols, G. W. Pierce, H. A. Wilson, and John Zeleny. 
The following appropriations were made: $300 to be expended under the 
authorization of the Vice-Chairman of the New London Committee for ex- 
penses in connection with submarine investigation; $670.62 for purchase of a 
portable house for use at the station; and $30 to Dr. H. A. Wilson for the 
purpose of making a condensing lens for sound rays. 
The appointment of a Botanical Raw Products Committee with the fol- 
lowing membership was approved: Edward M. East, Chairman; Cakes Ames, 
L. H. Dewey, Henry Kramer, George T. Moore, John E. Teeple, and addi- 
tional members to be appointed later. 
The organization of a Subcommittee on Forest Products of the Botany 
Committee was approved. The Chairman of the Council was authorized 
