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with covering the mainland of his great district with meteorological 

 stations, he extended his service into the Antarctic province to the 

 south. An illustration of his desire to have the organization under his 

 control contribute in every possible way to the advancement of meteor- 

 ological knowledge was his acquirement, in 1904, of the meteorological 

 and magnetic station at Laurie Island, in the South Orkneys, which 

 had originally been established by the Scottish Antarctic Expedition. 

 Since 1904, this remote southern station has been operated, without a 

 break in its records, as a part of the Argentine Meteorological Service. 

 The personnel of this lonely outpost is relieved only once each year, 

 when supplies are sent for the coming twelve months. The men are 

 then completely isolated, without (at last accounts) any mail or cable 

 communication, until the relief vessel returns the following year. 

 Under these conditions of extreme loneliness and hardship, the observ- 

 ers at Laurie Island have maintained their observations for over fifteen 

 years. This is a remarkable record of scientific work of the greatest 

 importance in the study of world meteorology. In his Laurie Island 

 station Mr. Davis always took great pride, and well he might do so. 



Fully alive to all the needs of his service, Mr. Davis called to help 

 him in his scientific work the best meteorologists whom he could find. 

 From this country, he secured Professor F. H. Bigelow, formerly of the 

 Weather Bureau, who has had charge of the magnetic work in Argen- 

 tina since September, 1915; Mr. H. H. Clayton, formerly of Blue Hill 

 Observatory, and since 1913 chief of the Department of Forecasts in 

 Buenos Aires; Mr. L. G. Schultz, chief of the magnetic section until 

 1915, and others. Mr. George O. Wiggin, the present director of the 

 Argentine Meteorological Office, is also a native of the United States. 



The high quality of Mr. Davis's work was fully appreciated by his 

 meteorological colleagues everywhere. His reputation as a meteorolo- 

 gist and as the successful administrative head of a large and remark- 

 ably efficient organization won for him a position on the International 

 Meteorological Committee, the highest international authority on 

 meteorology. This was a well-deserved recognition of the importance 

 of his contributions to meteorology, and of his sound judgment on 

 scientific matters. 



The many publications of the Argentine Meteorological Service 

 which were issued under Mr. Davis's direction constitute an inspiring 

 record of splendid work, well planned, thoroughly organized, and ably 



