fill this vacancy. His selection was based upon the value to practical science of his numerous books, papers and addresses on the theory and practice of engineering, as well as upon his contributions to the development of technical education. During its one hundred and twenty-three years of existence the Académie des Sciences has chosen from the United States only nineteen corresponding members, Dr. Waddell being the nineteenth. Two other members in this country are still living. Dr. George Ellery Hale of Washington, D. C., and Dr. William Morris Davis of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Asa Gray the American botanist, Professor Langley of the Smithsonian Institution and the pioneer of aeronautics in this country, Simon Newcomb, the astronomer, Count Rumford, and Henry A. Rowland, the physicist, were some of the more representative American scientists who have been corresponding members in the past. Mr. Hogg's Paper on the Railways Situation. It had been the original intention to print advance copies of this paper and send them to the members in order to have one meeting devoted to a general discussion of this very important subject. Owing to delays in securing cuts and other material it has been decided to print it in the regular issue for this month and devote the March meeting to its discussion. Members will please bear this in mind. and come prepared to discuss the paper in any of its various details or to discuss the problem in some of its phases which may not have been touched upon in Mr. Hogg's treatment of the subject. To Engineers Returning from Service. The Engineering World, published in Chicago, desires us to call to the notice of our members their offer to engineers who have been in the service of our country and who are seeking employment. The Engineering World will give free of charge to any such engineer space in their Want Columns amounting to 30 or 40 words for the insertion of an advertisement of a position wanted. star will be placed at the beginning of each such Ad. A small A New Trade Bulletin. A. M. Lockett & Co. have just issued a new and completely revised edition of their bulletin on Oil Burning Apparatus, to which we have been requested to call the attention of the engineering fraternity. The bulletin is well gotten up and is illustrated with line drawings and photographic cuts. Engineers and others interested in the subject may obtain copies of the pamphlet by applying for Bulletin A. M. L. No. 103. Salvage. The following appeal from the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross is at their request published here in order to call the attention of our members to the very important matter of salvage: "So urgent is the need for the reclamation of material of all kinds on account of the scarcity of raw materials caused by the war, and so necessary will it be for several years to come, that the salvage work of the Red Cross in New Orleans will be carried on indefinitely. The reclamation of waste materials is just as essential as a peace necessity as it was a war measure and the membership of your organization is in position to aid the Red Cross by merely carrying out the suggestion we offer below. We want "We are not asking for cash donations. "The Salvage Department is located at 617 Baronne "The slogan in our campaign of reclamations is, 'Don't Waste Waste, Save It.' We not only salvage clothing, but everything else, but the most important materials to reclaim are the following: "Paper, steel, copper, wool, iron, brass, cotton, zine, aluminum, rubber, babbit metal, tinfoil, lead, tin and leather. "Ask your members to bring this to the attention of their families. We need the co-operation of every woman. and child in New Orleans in our effort to aid in the great conservation work advocated by the War Industries Board. With yours and their help, our campaign will be a success. "Anticipating your favorable consideration of the above by hearty co-operation, we desire to express our warm and sincere appreciation. We beg to remain, "Yours very truly, SALVAGE DEPARTMENT, "N. O. Chapter, A .R. C." SOCIETY 1898 OUR ROLL OF HONOR CAPTAIN ARTHUR A. DIETTEL, Killed at Camp Beauregard, August 6, 1918. FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT W. NOLTE, Killed in action in France, October 9, 1918. SERGEANT DAVID W. WEIDMAN, Killed in action in France, October 18, 1918. CALONGNE, ASHLEY CHRISTY, LEE A. COLEMAN, E. HUNTER COOKE, WALTER DE TARNOWSKY, JACQUES FISHER, E. J. FORTIER, LOUIS J. FROMHERZ, A. M. GILBERT, HORATIO L. GREGORY, WM. B. GREHAN, B. H. GUILLOT, A. H. GWINN, J. M., JR. HAWKINS, EUGENE C. HAYNE, H. M HORNOT, E. M. HOTARD, N. A. JOACHIM, J. W. O'BRIEN, JOHN A. O'NEILL, JOHN H. ROSE, ERNEST A. SCOTT, ARTHUR M. SHAW, A. M. SHUTTS, E. E. SHUTTS, FRED N. SILSBEE, JOHN A. SPRAGUE, F. E. STEM, CLIFFORD H. TURNER, FRANK WEISS, LEON C. WILD, A. J., JR. WILSON, MAYBIN H. WILSON, VENNARD WOLFF, ALLAN L. WYLER, CHARLES J. YOUNG, SAMUEL Charles William Bocage, a non-resident member of the Society, died at his home in Houma, Louisiana, August 16, 19:8. He was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, October 19, 1862, his father being one of the oldest settlers and best known men of that part of Arkansas. He received his early education in the schools of his native town and afterward became a student of engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He began practical work at the early age of seventeen and when he was nineteen years of age, he was Resident Engineer of Construction for the Cotton Belt Railroad in Arkansas. For a number of years succeeding this he was employed in Government work, in a survey of the Arkansas River, and various other projects in Illinois, Kansas and other states. In 1888 and 1889 Mr. Bocage was City Engineer of Pine Bluff. He was forced by circumstances to give up his engineering work and undertake the operation and management of a sugar plantation in Louisiana, in which line of work he was engaged until 1905. Again taking up the practice of his profession he became the Parish Surveyor of Terrebonne, and it is said that he surveyed practically every sugar plantation in the parish. He was surveyor of the oyster beds for the Conservation Commission for eight years and thereby acquired a thorough and valuable knowledge of the coast. Mr. Bocage was a finished draftsman and was specially interested in map making, leaving among his effects at the time of his death many valuable maps and records, among them a complete official map of Terrebonne Parish. Mr. Bocage joined the Louisiana Engineering Society in 1909 and remained a member until his death. A man of genial disposition and an efficient engineer, he leaves behind a host of friends among the people of Southern Louisiana, whom he served so well. Lieutenant Robert Walker Nolte, resident member of the Society, was killed in France by enemy shell-fire on October 9, 1918. Lieutenant Nolte was born in Bolivar, Tenn., October 1, |