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York: Capt. Charles de F. Chandler, U.S.A; Octave Chanute, Chicago; W.E. Cotrell, Norfolk, Va; Dr. David T. Day, Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.; Carl Dienstbach, New York; Thomas A. Edison, New Jersey; Charles Jerome Edwards, Brooklyn; J. Taylor Ellyson, Jamestown Ex-position Co., Norfolk; Capt. P.V. Fournier, French Embassy, Washington, D.C.; Charles J. Glidden, Boston; James J. Gray, Norfolk, Va; Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Washington, D.C.; William J. Hammer, New Hewley, New York; A.M. Herring, New York; Capt. Homer W. Hedge, New York; Major Henry E. Hersey, United States Weather Bureau; Dr. J.A. Holmes, St. Louis; Colgate Hoyt, New York; C. Brooks Johnston, Jamestown Exposition Company, Norfolk; Ernest La Rue Jones, New York; Wilbur R. Kimball, New York; Roy Kuabenshue, Toledo, O.; Major Krebs, New York; Lieut. Frank P. Lahn, Sixth Cavalry, U.S.A; Frank S. Lahn, Canton, O.; Israel Ludlow, New York; Charles M. Manly, New York; Charles F. Marvin, United States Weather Bureau; Willis L. Moore, Chief United States Weather Bureau; Major C. J. Miller, Franklin, Pa.; J. C. McCoy, New York; David H. Morris, New York; Barton Myers, Norfolk. Va.; John F. O'Rourke, New York; W.H. Pickering, Harvard University; Augustus Post, New York; Major Samuel Reber, Signal Corps. U.S.A.; Richard Rathbun, Smithsonian Institute Washington; Hon. C. S. Rolls, London: A. Lawrence Rotch, Blue Hill Observatory; [?] ss; C.S Sherwood, Norfolk; R.H. Sex-[?] Jamestown, Va.; Alberto Santos-Du-[?], Paris, France; T.S. Southgate, James-[?], Va.; Leo Stevens, New York; Prof. [?]ris, France; T.S. Southgate, James [?] Va.; Leo Stevens, New York; Prof. [?] T. Todd. Amherst College; Harry St. [?]orge Tucker, president Jamestown Ex-[?]ition Company, Norfolk; Count Henri la Vault, Paris, France; Charles D. [?]lcott, Geological Survey, Washington; [?]ille Write, Dayton, O.; Wilbur [?]ght,Dayton, O.; Albert Francis Zahm, [?]olie University of America. Washing-ton Charles Walsh. Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
An executive committee was first ap-pointed, and then in order named com-mittees on the following: Advisory, tec-hnical, concessions, buildings and grounds, meteorological, publicity and foreign cor-respondence.
The executive committee which will vir-tually have charge of the aeronautical sec-tion of the exposition consists of the fol-owing:
Augustus Post, chairman; Ernest La Rue Jones, secretary; William J. Hammer, Or-ville Wright, Wilbur Wright, Carl Dienst-bach, Capt Homer W. Hedge, Charles M. Manley, A. Laurence Rotch, Albert F. Zahm, the Hon. C. S. Rolls, Charles Jerome Edwards, Alfred N. Chandler, Capt. Charles De F. Chandler, U.S.A.; Major Samuel Reber, U.S.A.; Wilbur R Kimball, J.C. McCoy, Robert H. Sexton, A. M. Herring, Leo Stevens, C. Brooks Johnston, Cortlandt Field Bishop, Alan R. Hawley, T.S. South-gate, E.B. Bronson, Admiral C. M. Ches-ter, O. L. Fasig.
The meteorological committee, which will labor with the chief of the United States Weather Bureau on placing the date and location of the start of the big race, is made up of these members: Willis L. Moore, chairman; A. Laurence Rotch, Blue Hill observatory; Prof. W.H. Pickering, Harvard University; Prof. David Todd, Am-herst; Major Henry E Hersey, Government Weather Bureau; O.L. Fasig and James J. Grey, Norfolk.
The Hon. C.S. Rolls of London, England, who was a contestant in the big Paris saloon race won by Lieut. Lahan, told the story of his flight across the Channel and of his seeing the balloon United States pass him several hundred feet below. The Englishman staid up longer than the Amer-
elevate their held pieces so as to get the necessary angle to throw shells so high. Major Hersey thought that the high power small arms would be more likely to do the military balloon harm.
"To my mind," said Major Reber, I[?] closing, "the only opportunity for a modern gas balloon to be of service in an engagement would be in case of a high cross wind of such strength and [?] the balloon directly down the enemy's front, and land the pilot near enough his own lines as to permit him to get the in-telligence thus gained quickly back to the commanding officer."
Willis L. Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, told what the Government was doing in preparation of the international contest next year. He was arranging to supply sections of the country with pilot balloons equipped with parachutes and automatic recording instruments. These balloons he intended to have ready to let go on a signal by wire from Washington, and at an opportune moment they could be let loose together, so as to get the temperature, wind velocity, and atmospheric pressure at various altitudes. By making these tests from time to time, Mr. Moore believed he could be in a position to advise the contest committee as to the most suspicious weather conditions under which to hold a long-distance contest.