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MARINE REVIEW Published every Thursday at 418-19 Perry-Payne Bldg. WoL, «VIII. CLEVELAND, O., NOVEMBER 17, 1808. Entered at Cleveland Postoffice as second class matter. No. 19. NAVAL ARCHITECTS, ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY IN NEW YORK, MADE NOTABLE BY THE PRESENTATION OF A MAGNIFICENT PROGRAM OF PAPERS--PROBLEMS PRESENTED BY THE LATE WAR BRING OUT DIS- CUSSION OF A MOST VALU- ABLE AND INTEREST- ING NATURE. TORPEDO-BOATS, DESTROYERS, SUBMARINE CRAFT AND AUXILIARY NAVAL VESSELS PROVE THE PRINCIPAL TOPICS FOR CONSIDERATION. -- LARGE INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP.--NOTABLE ANNUAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GRISCOM. -- THE ANNUAL BANQUET.--THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. An attendance above the average, an interesting program and lively discussions, engendered to a certain extent by the problems growing out of the naval operations of the recent war, combined to make valuable and profitable the sixth annual meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, held in New York last week. Through the courtesy of the president and managers of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, the meetings were held in the auditorium at 12 West 8lst street. President Clement A. Griscom called the meeting to order at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning Noy. 10. The order of business was taken up by the presentation of the report of Mr. Francis T. Bowles, secretary and treasurer of the society. His re- port showed an enrollment of 541, divided as folllows: 'Active mem- bers, 319; associates, 195; juniors, 18; life members, 6; life associates, 3. During the year the society lost four members by death and four members and five associates 'by resignation. The deaths of mem- | bers recorded were those of Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, John H. Dialogue, Charles E. Emory and John F. Pankhurst. The resigna- | tions submitted were those of Arthur Beardsley, John T. Henthorn, John E. Jeffries and Leo Morgan, as members, and Thomas J. Allen, John R. Bartlett, Theodore W. Cramp, Albrecht Hesse and Samuel Seabury, as associates. A statement of the financial condition of the association showed that there was on hand on Nov. 9, 1897, a balance of $2,595.14. The receipts during the year were $4,728.97 and the total expenditures, $3,682.48, leaving a balance on hand on Nov. 9, 1898, of $3,641.63. : This report was embodied in that of the council of the society as having met with approval at the session of that body on the afternoon previous. The council also recommended favorable action, which was immediately taken, upon the applications of fifty-five gentlemen for affilia- tion with ithe society in one way or another. The list of new members is as follows: PRESIDENT CLEMENT A. GRISCOM. LONG LIST OF NEW MEMBERS. George F. Coleman with Moran Bras: 17? Co., Seattle, Wash.; Albert Charles Diericx, chief draughtsman American Steel Barge Co., West Superior, Wis.; Albert C. Engard, chief engineer, U. S. N., Philadelphia, Pa.; W. D. Forbes, W D. Forbes & Co., Hoboken, New Daniel Edward Ford, assistant general manager American Steel Barge Co., West Superior, Wis.; William E. Keough, consulting engineer, East Boston, Mass.; James J. Killilea, superintendent of construction oes States light-house establishment, East Boston, Mass. ; poh _ Leonar : Passed assistant engineer, U. S. N.. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Cee Muller, leading draughtsman hull department, Wm. Cramp :& Sons. Phil- adelphia, Pa.: Richard Lane Newman, general manager Globe eae Works, Cleveland, Ohio; John Platt, Thorpe, Platt & Co. New Poe : John D. Torrey, draughtsman, bureau construction and repair, navy de- partment, Washington, D. C.; Josiah Wedgewood, manager of canes offices, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth \& Co.. Elswich Ship Yard, New Castle-on-Tyne, England; Clarence W. Wiley, superintendent en- gineer, Boston Tow Boat Co., East Boston, Mass. ; Frank Willis ee naval architect, coast and geodetic survey, Crescent Ship Yard, eae : N. J.; William Strother Smith, passed assistant_engineer, Was: ze m. . Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.; John Lawrence Frisbie, in charge of con- struction and repair, Lockwood Mfg. Co., Everett, Mass.; William J. Wood, naval architect for Goodrich Transportation Co., Chicago, Ill; oe Harvard Biles, professor naval architecture, University Glasgow; Jar- vis Bonesteel Edson, 313 West 74th Street, New York. From associate to member: Henry E. Rottmer, draughtsman bu- reau construction and repair, navy departments, Washington, D. C.; Henry G. Smith, assistant naval constructor, U. S. N., navy yard, Brook- lyn, N. Y.; William Henry Deming, mechanical engineer and draughts- man, Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Albert Lloyd Hopkins, inspector Newport News company, Newport News, Va.; Axel Gustaff Rossell, chief draughtsman, Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; From junior to member: Sydney L. Wood, draughtsman, superin- tending constructor's office, U. S. N., Newport News, Va. Associate: Walter Aucker, superintendent of floating equipment, B. '& O. R. R., Camden Station, Baltimore, Md.; George Crouse Cook, ship draughtsman, Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.; Edwin S. Denise, marine department, Deane Steeam Pump Co., New York; William E. Fitzgerald, president Milwaukee Dry Dock Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; Ever- ett G. Haymaker, assistant draughtsman, U. S. N., Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; F. D. Herrimann, surveyor general for the Great Lakes Regis- ter, Chicago, Ill.; James W. Kellogg, manager marine sales, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.; John A. Lord, assistant draughtsman, U. S._N., Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; Theodore Lucas, calculating draughtsman, Cramps' ship yard, Philadelphia, Pa.; Julius Martin, master electrician, equipment department, navy yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Alfred G. Smith, secretary and treasurer, New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co., New York; Frederick C. Starke, vice president, Milwaukee Dry Dock Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; Arthur P. Allen, marine engine draughtsman, Newport News, Va.; Frederick S. Brinton, draughtsman, Crescent Ship Yard, Elizabeth, N. J.; Wilson Brown, superintendent, Amboy division, P. R. R. Co., Camden, N. J.; Wallace Downey, Townsend & Downey, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Frederick D Owen, draughtsman, bureau construction and repair, navy department, Washington, D. C.; George H. Wilson, draughtsman. superintending constructor's office, Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Md. Juniors: Edwin S. Alexander, ship draughtsman, Newport News company, Newport News, Va.; William Binley, assistant draughtsman, S. Newport News, Va.; Almon F. Bowen, draughtsman, Newport News Co., Newport News, Va.; Dean Clark, engine draughts- man, Newport News, Va.; Ernest I. Cornbrooks, draughtsman, Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, Del.; Thos. M. Cornbrooks, draughts- man, Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, Del.; A. A. Packard, draughtsman, Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R. I.; Benjamin C. Fernald, assistant ship draughtsman, U. S. N., Newport News, Va; M. Hobart McGann, draughtsman, Newport News company, Newport News, Va.; Albert L. Swasey, draughtsman, Newport News company, Newport News Va.; Edward J. Tuck, assistant foreman, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; Benj. C. Tuthill, copyist draughtsman, U. S. N., Philadelphia, Pa.; Wil- liam Willis, engine draughtsman, Newport News, Va.; Fred A. Hunne- well, assistant draughtsman, naval constructor's office, Newport News, Va.; H. L. Meeker, Jr., draughtsman, navy yard, New York; Arthur Willey Chase, assistant draughtsman, U. S. N., Newport News, Va.; Charles P. Paulding, draughtsman, W. D. Forbes Co., Hoboken, N. J. After reading the list of new members Secretary Bowles stated that the council authorized him to announce their recommendation that the present officers and board of managers be re-elected with the substitution of Mr. G. W. Dickie, superintendent of the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, for Mr. J. F. Pankhurst, deceased. President Griscom relin- quished the chair to Dr. C. H. Haswel, during the election. The recom- mendation of the council was carried unanimously, and upon being called to resume the chair the president delivered this annual address which was well received. Mr. 'Griscom said: ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT GRISCOM, "I accept this further evidence of your good will and confidence with a renewed appreciation of the distinguished honor you hhave again con- ferred upon me. The past year has been one of exceptional interest to the members of this society. The laurels won on the decks of the war- ships built in the shipyards of the United States have electrified the world, and the marvelous victories gained reflect credit which can well be shared by our gallant sailors with the designers and builders of those ships, which they commanded with imperishable honor. The demands made by the government in the war with Spain for colliers, water boats, troop ships, hospital ships, supply vessels, guard boats, blockading vessels, scouts and cruisers largely exceeded the supply found in our merchant marine. The navy purchased about 110 vessels of various classes, and the war depart- ment chartered and purchased about 100 important steamships, and these 200 ships, from yacht to transatlantic liner, were fitted out for the purpose of the war with incredible dispatch, and upon the whole in a most effective manner, The vessels so taken or purchased all rendered valuable service to the government and gave sea experience to a large number of men, which we can confidently hope will prove a stimulation to sea employ- ment. "An enormous public interest has been awakened in the performance of this so-called 'auxiliary navy,' and the practical lesson the country has received from the late war leads me to repeat what I had the honor of -- saying to you in 1894. On that occasion I said: 'It should be under- stood that a modern taval force, with all its multitude of equipment, arms. munitions and accessories, cannot be produced on the spur of the moment, but is the product of naval architects, steel-makers, and a host of others whose skill can only be obtained by experience. It must not be over- looked that the personal element in warfare, as in peace, is an all-powerful ee