Assistant Director of the Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, and chemist of the Road Material Laboratory, Bureau of Chemistry Dr. Cushman is noted for his research work as a chemist and geologist, particularly in the extraction of potash from feldspathic rocks, the use of ground rock as a fertilizer and the cause and prevention of the rusting of iron and steel. The Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, on March 22, awarded to Dr. Cushman the Edward Longstreth medal of merit for his researches on the corrosion of iron Chief Constructor of the United States Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair Years of experience and special training have brought Mr. Capps into an important place in the service of the nation with the rank of rear-admiral In these days of demand for an enlarged navy and the building of improved war-ships, there is abundant need for the scientific knowledge Mr. Capps has at command Mr. Newell has been in the scientific service of the United States Government since 1888, when he was hydraulic engineer in the Geological Survey. He entered the Reclamation Service in 1902. He holds office in several scientific societies and is an authority on irrigation, having written several books on various phases of the subject |