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with [[red underlined]] Baker who tells him he [[/red underlined]] cannot override Chief of Ordinance [[red underlined]] General Crozier. [[/red underlined]]
Eveng [[strikethrough]] we [[/strikethrough]] invited Professor Scott - formerly of Columbia University now being here trying to introduce the Bridget system - for supper.
May 25. [[red underlined]] George [[/red underlined]] sends me a letter and description of an aerial bomb to be dropped from airplane on airship to destroy submarines. [[red underlined]] This is [[strikethrough]] George [[/strikethrough]] the first invention George ever submitted to me. [[/red underlined]] E. de Cartier de Marchienne [[red underlined]] extraordinary envoy and pleni pro[[?]] minister of Belgium [[/red underlined]] sends me a [[/red underlined]] very friendly letter telling me he desires to make my acquaintance. [[/red underlined]]
Evening there was a meeting of the Committee on [[red underlined]] Explosives & ordinance [[/red underlined]] presided by [[red underlined]] Hudson Maxim [[/red underlined]] in his bed room at the [[red underlined]] Willard Hotel [[/red underlined]]
[[margin]] In the afternoon I made an [[red underlined]] address to the staff of the Patent office [[/red underlined]] - about 400 to 500 - Commissioner Ewing presiding. I spoke about the difference of [[red underlined]] theory [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] practice [[/red underlined]] in [[red underlined]] chemical inventions. [[/red underlined]] [[/margin]]
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where several new devices were discussed
May 26. [[red underlined]] General meeting [[/red underlined]] of the [[red underlined]] Board at [[/red underlined]] the [[underlined]] Navy Annex building. [[/underlined]] [[red underlined]] Emmet [[/red underlined]] proposes new type of [[strikethrough]] unci[[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] merchant vessels [[/red underlined]] which will not sink if attacked by torpedoes. This type of merchant vessels does not appeal much to men of the navy who are primarily interested in fighting ships. Later on when reference was made to life preservers or life preserving [[strikethrough]] outif [[/strikethrough]] outfits in case a ship was torpedoed same remarks was made to which Emmett replied: [[red underlined]] "Yes some of the men of the Navy sooner would drown than think!" Addicks [[/red underlined]]
resigns as chairman of Committee on special problems. Gives a reason that he is too busy otherwise. He has [[red underlined]] been a constant kicker [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] faultfinder on our board, [[/red underlined]] and was one of those [[red underlined]] who did little or no work until he was appointed [[/red underlined]] as chairman on this committee where [[red underlined]] he did good work and took much [[/red underlined]]