George E. Hale, director Mount Wilson Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pasadena, Calif.

Elmer P. Kohler, professor of chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Robert A. Millikan, professor of physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Arthur A. Noyes, professor of theoretical chemistry and director of the research laboratory of physical chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

EX OFFICIO.

Wilder D. Bancroft, secretary of the board, chairman division of chemistry and chemical technology, 1919-20; professor of physical chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

Charles E. Mendenhall, chairman division of physical sciences, 1919-20; professor of physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

FELLOWS.

Fellowships have been awarded to the following persons, who have demonstrated a high order of ability in research, for the purpose of enabling them to conduct investigations at educational institutions which make adequate provision for research in physics and chemistry:

In chemistry: F. R. Bichowsky, Edwin J. Cohn, Axel R. Olson, Warren C. Vosburgh, Emmet K. Carver, Morris Kharasch, and Worth H. Rodebush.

In physics: Ernest F. Barker, Arthur H. Compton, Robert A. Patterson, Albert E. Caswell, Leonard B. Loeb, and George Porter Paine.

APPENDIX B.

ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.'

PREAMBLE.

The National Academy of Sciences, under the authority conferred upon it by its charter, enacted by Congress, and approved by President Lincoln on March 3, 1863, and pursuant to the request expressed in an Executive Order made by President Wilson on May 11, 1918, hereto appended, adopts the following permanent organization for the National Research Council, to replace the temporary organization under which it has operated heretofore.

ARTICLE I. -PURPOSE.

It shall be the purpose of the National Research Council to promote research in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and in the application of these sciences to engineering, agriculture, medicine, and other useful arts, with the object of increasing knowledge, of strengthening the national defense, and of contributing in other ways to the public welfare, as expressed in the Executive Order of May 11, 1918.

ARTICLE II.-MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 1. The membership of the National Research Council shall be chosen with the view of rendering the Council an effective federation of the principal research agencies in the United States concerned with the fields of science and technology named in Article I.

As amended previous to Dec. 31, 1919.

SEC. 2. The Council shall consist of

1. Representatives of national scientific and technical societies;

2. Representatives of the Government, as provided in the Executive Order; 3. Representatives of other research organizations and other persons whose aid may advance the objects of the Council.

ARTICLE III-DIVISIONS.

SECTION 1. The Council shall be organized in Divisions of two classes:

A. Divisions dealing with the more general relations and activities of the Council;

B. Divisions dealing with related branches of science and technology.

SEC. 2. The initial constitution of the Divisions of the Council shall be as follows:

A. Divisions of General Relations:

I. Government Division.

II. Division of Foreign Relations.
III. Division of States Relations.
IV. Division of Educational Relations.
V. Division of Research Extension,
VI. Research Information Service.
B. Divisions of Science and Technology :
VII. Division of Physical Sciences.

VIII. Division of Engineering.

IX. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology.

X. Division of Geology and Geography.

XI. Division of Medical Sciences.

XII. Division of Biology and Agriculture.

XIII. Division of Anthropology and Psychology.

SEC. 3. The number of divisions and the grouping of subjects in Article III. section 2, may be modified by the Executive Board of the National Research Council.

SEC. 4. The Divisions of General Relations shall be organized by the Executive Board of the National Research Council (Article IV, section 2).

SEC. 5. To secure the effective federation of the principal research agencies in the United States, provided for in Article II, a majority of the members of each of the Divisions of Science and Technology shall consist of representatives of scientific and technical societies, chosen as provided for in Article V, section 2. The other members of the Division shall be nominated by the Executive Committee of the Division, approved by the Executive Board of the National Research Council, and appointed in accordance with Article V, section 4.

SEC. 6. The Divisions of the Council, with the approval of the Executive Board, may establish sections and committees, any of which may include members chosen outside the membership of the Council.

ARTICLE IV.-ADMINISTRATION.

SECTION 1. The affairs of each Division shall be administered by a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and an Executive Committee, of which the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be ex-officio members. The officers and Executive Committee of the Divisions of General Relations shall be appointed by the Executive Board for such periods as may be determined by the Board except that the Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Division of Foreign Relations. The officers and Executive

Committee of each of the Divisions of Science and Technology shall be elected by the Division at its annual meeting, and confirmed by the Executive Board.

SEC. 2. The affairs of the National Research Council shall be administered by an Executive Board, of which the officers of the Council, the President and Home Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences, the President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Chairmen and ViceChairmen of the Divisions of Science and Technology, and the Chairmen of the Divisions of General Relations shall be ex-officio members. In the absence of the Chairman of a Division of General Relations, the Vice-Chairman or other Executive Officer shall represent him. The Council of the National Academy of Sciences and the Executive Board of the National Research Council, meeting in joint session, may nominate additional members, not to exceed 12 in number, who, if not already members of the National Research Council, shall be appointed thereto, in accordance with Article V, section 4. Chairmen of the National Research Council, upon their retirement, shall continue as members of the Executive Board for two years beyond the period of their appointment.

SEC. 3. The officers of the National Research Council shall consist of a Chairman, one or more Vice-Chairmen, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall also serve as members and officers of the Executive Board of the Council.

SEC. 4. The officers of the National Research Council, excepting the Treasurer, shall be elected annually by the Executive Board. The Treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences shall be ex-officio Treasurer of the National Research Council.

SEC. 5. The duties of the officers of the Council and of the Divisions shall be fixed by the Executive Board.

ARTICLE V.—-NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS,

SECTION 1. The Government bureaus, civil and military, to be represented in the Government Division, and the scientific and technical societies, to be represented in the Divisions of Science and Technology of the National Research Council, shall be determined by joint action of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences and the Executive Board of the National Research Council. SEC. 2. Representatives of scientific and technical societies shall be nominated by the societies, at the request of the Executive Board, and appointed by the President of the National Academy of Sciences to membership in the Council and assigned to one of its Divisions.

SEC. 3. The representatives of the Government shall be nominated by the President of the National Academy of Sciences after conference with the Secretaries of the Departments concerned, and the names of those nominated shall be presented to the President of the United States for designation by him for service with the National Research Council.

SEC. 4. Other members of the Council shall be nominated by the Executive Committees of the Divisions, approved by the Executive Board, and appointed by the President of the National Academy of Sciences to membership and assigned to one of the Divisions.

SEC. 5. Prior to the first annual meeting of the Council following January 1, 1919, all Divisions shall be organized by appointment of their members in accordance with Article II and Article V, sections 1 to 4.

SEC. 6. As far as practicable one-third of the original' representatives of each scientific and technical society, and approximately one-third of the other original members of each of the Divisions of Science and Technology, shall serve for a term of three years; one-third for a term of two years; and one-third for a term of one year, their respective terms to be determined by lot. Each

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year thereafter, as the terms of members expire, their successors shall be ap pointed for a period of three years.

SEC. 7. As far as practicable a similar rotation shall be observed in the appointment of the members of the Divisions of General Relations.

SEC. 8. The Government representatives shall serve for periods of three years, unless they previously retire from the Government office which they represent, in which case their successors shall be appointed for the unexpired term.

ARTICLE VI.-MEETINGS.

SECTION 1. The Council shall hold one stated meeting, called the annual meeting, in April of each year, in the city of Washington, on a date to be fixed by the Executive Board. Other meetings of the Council shall be held on call of the Executive Board.

SEC. 2. The Executive Board and the Divisions shall hold annual meetings, at which, in the case of the Divisions of Science and Technology, officers shall be elected; such other meetings may be called as may be required for the transaction of business. The annual meeting of the Executive Board shall be held in April in the city of Washington.

SEC. 3. Joint meetings of the Executive Board of the National Research Council and the Council of the National Academy of Sciences shall be held from time to time, to consider special requests from the Government, the selection of organizations to be represented in the National Research Council, and other matters which, in the judgment of the President of the National Academy, require the attention of both bodies.

ARTICLE VII.-PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS.

SECTION 1. An annual report on the work of the National Research Council shall be presented by the Chairman to the National Academy of Sciences, for submission to Congress in connection with the annual report of the President of the Academy.

SEC. 2. Other publications of the National Research Council may include papers, bulletins, reports, and memoirs, which may appear in the Proceedings or Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, in the publications of other societies, in scientific and technical journals, or in a separate series of the Research Council.

ARTICLE VIII.-AMENDMENTS.

SECTION 1. Power of amendment of these Articles of Organization shall reside in the Council of the National Academy of Sciences.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1919.

To the PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES:

I have the honor to submit the following report as treasurer of the Academy for the fiscal and calendar year January 1 to December 31, 1919, and as treasurer of the National Research Council for the same period, although the fiscal year of the Research Council, inherited from its wartime connection with the Government, runs from July 1 to June 30. My predecessor in office, Dr. Whitman Cross, continued to act as treasurer up to May 10, and the present report consequently covers a short period anterior to my own induction into office. Opportunity is here taken to express sincere appreciation of the valuable advice and assistance received from Dr. Cross in connection with my entry upon new duties.

In exercise of the authority conferred at a business session of the Academy on April 29 and confirmed at a joint meeting of the council of the Academy and the executive board of the National Research Council held on April 30, 1919, the treasurer engaged Mr. J. Herbert J. Yule as bursar of the National Academy of Sciences and of the National Research Council. Mr. Yule entered upon his duties on July 1, 1919, and has very efficiently handled all of the details of the accounting for both organizations. The financial transactions of the Research Council have increased so greatly as to occupy by far the greater part of Mr. Yule's time and the results of the change from the former divided responsibility for the accounting have fully justified his appointment. All checks must now bear two signatures. Normally they are signed by the bursar and countersigned by the treasurer, but provision has been made whereby, in the absence of one or both of these officers, the president of the Academy, the chairman of the National Research Council, or both, may sign in place of one or both of the usual signers.

In accordance with the legal opinion presented by the president of the Academy to a meeting of the council of the Academy on November 9, 1919, the treasurer has interpreted his duties under the decision that the National Research Council is an organic part or department of the National Academy of Sciences, and that there is but one legal entity, the corporation known as the National Academy of Sciences.