Our country and its resources; . to (H)young men in the magnificent plantwhere the Navy makes officers, willbe housing and teaching ormore at a time. NAVAL CONSULTING BOARD One of the most spectacular ac-complishments of the present ad-ministration as far as the Navy isconcerned is the organization of theNaval Consulting Board of CivilianExperts to advise with the NavyI department Some of the greatest improvementsutilized by the Navy have come fromcivilian inventors and civilian engi-neers. It was a civilian who in-vented the Monitor, built the firstsubmarine, mastered the science off
Our country and its resources; . to (H)young men in the magnificent plantwhere the Navy makes officers, willbe housing and teaching ormore at a time. NAVAL CONSULTING BOARD One of the most spectacular ac-complishments of the present ad-ministration as far as the Navy isconcerned is the organization of theNaval Consulting Board of CivilianExperts to advise with the NavyI department Some of the greatest improvementsutilized by the Navy have come fromcivilian inventors and civilian engi-neers. It was a civilian who in-vented the Monitor, built the firstsubmarine, mastered the science offlight, perfected wireless communi-cation, invented the gyroscope com-pass, electric steering gear, electricpropulsion and silk floss life pre-servers. The Secretary of the Navy. Daniels, invited ThomasA. Edison to help form this Edisons acceptance was hailedby the country as proof of a newera joining the powers of inventionand the training of naval experts toapply new discoveries to the in- THE NEW NAVY 277. A FOURTEEN INCH 50-CALIBER GUN creased efficiency of the of eleven leading scientificsocieties were asked to choose twomembers each of the Naval Consult-ing Board. Its members have nostatus except the status of Americancitizens glad to respond to a callto put their talent, genius, learningand time at the service of theircountry. They even pay their ex-penses when on their governmentalmission. As thus constituted, namedby their own societies, withoutpolitical or other suggestion, theboard as originally constituted wascomposed of the most distinguished civilian experts, each one of whomin some department has won a highplace in his profession. The original composition of thecommittee was as follows: Thomas A. Edison, Chairman, andMiller Reese Hutchinson, Assistantto the Chairman. American Chemical Society— Whitney and L. H. Baekeland. American Institute of ElectricalEngineers—Frank J. Sprague andP>. (i. Lamine. American Mathematica
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