National preparedness

On January 21, 1916, at the call of the President, the Board of Directors of the Institute held a special meeting to act upon an invitation from the President of the United States to nominate from the Institute membership, for the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, a representative from each State of the Union to act in conjunction with representatives from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining Engineers and the American Chemical Society, for the purpose of assisting the Naval Consulting Board in the work of collecting data for use in organizing the manufacturing resources of the country for the public service in case of emergency. After a full discussion of the subject, President Carty was empowered to select the nominees on behalf of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and to assist him in making the selection, a list of suggested names was prepared by the Board and referred to Mr. Carty.