(_b_) The coördination of military, industrial, and commercial purposes in the location of extensive highways and branch lines of railroads. (_c_) The utilization of waterways. (_d_) The mobilization of military and naval resources for defense. (_e_) The increase of domestic production of articles and materials essential to the support of the armies and of the people during the interruption of foreign commerce. (_f_) The development of sea-going transportation. (_g_) Data as to amounts, location, methods and means of production and availability of military supplies. (_h_) The giving of information to producers and manufacturers as to the class of supplies needed by the military and other services of the Government, the requirements relating thereto, and the creation of relations which will render possible in time of need the immediate concentration and utilization of the resources of the nation. 2. To report to the President or to the heads of Executive Departments upon special inquiries or subjects appropriate thereto. 3. To submit an annual report to Congress, through the President, giving as full a statement of the activities of the Council and the agencies subordinate to it as is consistent with the public interest, including an itemized account of the expenditures made by the Council or authorized by it, in as full detail as the public interest will permit, providing, however, that when deemed proper the President may authorize, in amounts stipulated by him, unvouchered expenditures and report the gross so authorized not itemized. PERSONNEL OF THE COUNCIL Save for preliminary meetings late in the winter of 1916, the Council and Advisory Commission did not get under way to any appreciable degree until February, 1917, when both bodies began to meet separately and jointly with the primary purpose of taking the national balance, chiefly with regard to industrial resources. The permanent organization of both bodies was made on March 3, 1917. The Council of National Defense was composed as follows: Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, Chairman. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane. Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston. Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield. Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson. The members of the Advisory Commission were: _Transportation and Communication_: Daniel Willard, Chairman, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. _Munitions and Manufacturing, including Standardization and Industrial Relations_: Howard E. Coffin, Vice-President of the Hudson Motor Car Company. _Supplies, including Food and Clothing_: Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck & Company.