WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD

one of @ group of government organizations created in 1917 after America’s entry into the World War, to formulate and expedite effective methods of conducting hostilities against Germany and her co-belligerents. It originated in an advisory committee of the Council of National Defense and developed to another body, the General Munitions Board, which later became the War Industries Board._ These changes in the agency for directing war industries were ue to succe ive steps towards coordination in marshalling the country’s resources to meet the demands of an unparalled emergency. The Board's functions as finally reorganized made it serve for American industry during the war what a general staff is to an army. Through its operations raw materials, minerals and metals were a embled, munitions and a multitude of other war equipment and supplies were produced, and the railroads and other means of communication were organized for quick transportation. Its functions included the conversion of existing industrial facilities to war purposes, creation of new facilities; conservation of resources; advice to government agencies as to prices; determination of priorities of production and delivery; and making purchases for the Allies. At the war’s close its operations became confined to doing the government’s part in restoring national industry to normal conditions and to the cancellation of war contracts. an American engineer and author, born in West chester Co., New York. He was for many years engineer of Central Park, New York City. He served in the Civil War and afterwards became distinguished as a sanitary agricultural engineer. He was appoininted, 1895, as street commi ioner of New York City, and for the first time in many years kept the city clean. In 1898 he went to Havana for the purpose of studying the causes of yellow fever. He himself took the fever and died shortly after his arrival. He wrote several books relating to sanitation.