NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
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Edward B. Mathews, of Johns Hopkins University, was appointed as Chair- 
man of the Sub-Committee on Roads and Road Metals, to replace Dr. William B. 
Clark, deceased. 
Bashford Dean, Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was appointed 
a member of the Geology and Paleontology Committee. 
A Sub-Committee was appointed, to be known as the Pacific Coast Sub-Committee 
on Geology, with the following membership: John C. Merriam, Chairman; D. M. 
FoLSOM, J. C. Jones, Henry Landes, A. C. Laws on, George D. Louderback, Warren 
D. Smith, Bailey Willis. 
The Vice-Chairman reported that W. P. Wilson, Director of the Com- 
mercial Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., has accepted appointment as a member 
of the Botanical Raw Products Committee of the Council, but that John 
C. Teeple has found it impossible to become a member of this Committee. 
A statement was also read of the proposed work of this Committee, as well 
as a proposed budget of the annual expenses for the organization of such work. 
Mr. Durand submitted a statement relative to the work of the Engineer- 
ing Committee of the Council and referred particularly to consideration which 
has been given to the question of steel body armor and the probability that 
this work may be extended and organized. 
Mr. Millikan submitted a report concerning the question of the detail of 
drafted men for special technical services in the army. He mentioned re- 
quests which have been received from France for groups of scientists to work 
in foreign laboratories and to undertake certain researches under the auspices 
of the U. S. Signal Corps. He reported that the following additional recom- 
mendations had been submitted to the Chief Signal Officer relative to the 
organization of work in meteorology and sound-ranging : 
1. That Major E. H. Bowie be appointed American Forecaster in general mete- 
orology in France to work in close cooperation with the French Military Meteor- 
ological Service, with headquarters which will probably be at Paris. 
2. That Dr. William H. Blair be placed in full charge of the Aerological Service 
of the Army both in the United States and at the Front. It is understood that this 
work involves surface observations as well as upper air observations. 
3. That after the preliminary organization of the aerological work in this coun- 
try, as outlined in the subjoined recommendations, Dr. Blair proceed at once to 
France to study the conditions and organize the American Aerological Service 
there. 
4. That Major Bowie proceed at once to France to begin work in connection with 
the French Forecasting Service. 
5. That Mr. R. Hanson Weightman be coipmissioned as a First Lieutenant and 
assigned as an assistant to Major Bowie in forecasting work in France. 
6. That Prof. Theodore Lyman be commissioned as a Captain and Mr. Norman 
R. French be commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Signal Corps, Sound Ranging 
Service, and that Major Trowbridge accompanied by the above officers proceed to 
France at the earliest possible moment and report to Colonel Russell. 
7. That Dr. Herbert B. Williams be commissioned as a Captain in the Signal 
Corps, Sound Ranging Service, and that he be detailed to Princeton in charge of 
the construction work on sound ranging instruments during Major Trowbridge's 
absence. 
