Naval Consulting Board

The first meeting of the Naval Consulting Board was held at the office of the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C., on Oct. 6, 1915. The Board organized by electing Thomas A. Edison, Chairman, Peter Cooper Hewitt, First Vice-Chairman, William L. Saunders, Second Vice-Chairman, and Thomas. Robins, Secretary. All of these officers are members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The other members of the Board are given below, and those who are members of the Institute are marked with an asterisk: *W. R. WHITNEY MATTHEW B. SELLERS. L. H. BAEKELAND. HUDSON MAXIM. FRANK JULIAN SPRAGUE. HOWARD T. COFFIN. BENJAMIN C. LAMME. ANDREW J. RIKER. R. S. WOODWARD. HENRY A. WISE WOOD ARTHUR GORDON WEBSTER. ELMER A. SPERRY. A. M. HUNT. *BENJAMIN B. THAYER. ALFRED CRAVEN. *J. W. RICHARDS. *SPENCER MILLER. *LAWRENCE ADDICKS. WILLIAM LE Roy EMMETT.