REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1923. 31 



May 1 Mr. C. W. Gilmore was made curator of vertebrate paleon- 

 tology instead of associate curator and Mr. Charles E. Resser's title 

 of assistant curator of paleontology was changed to associate curator 

 of paleontology; and on May 15 the title of Mr. Paul C. Standley, 

 assistant curator of plants, was changed to associate curator of 

 plants. 



In the division of ethnology Mr. Matthew W. Stirling was pro- 

 moted on December 7, 1922, from aid to assistant curator. In the 

 division of marine invertebrates, Mr. James O. Maloney was ap- 

 pointed aid on January 2, succeeding Mr. P. S. W. Conger who re- 

 signed to accept employment with the Carnegie Institution of Wash- 

 ington. In the division of mineral technology, Mr. Paul M. Frank, 

 assistant curator, resigned on February 19, and up to the close of 

 the fiscal year it was impossible to fill the position with the necessary 

 salary limitations. 



Mr. Neil M. Judd, curator of American archeology, who was on 

 furlough at the beginning of the year, resumed his duties on Sep- 

 tember 16, 1922. On May 1, 1923, he was again granted leave to 

 continue archeological work at Pueblo Bonito, where for several 

 summers he has been in charge of explorations for the National Ge- 

 ographic Society. Mr. P. C. Van Natta, aid in physical anthro- 

 pology, was granted leave without pay from October 18 to June 1, 

 returning to the Museum after the close of the college year. Mr. 

 John L. Baer acted in Mr. Judd's place during the early part of the 

 fiscal year, severing his connection on September 30, and from De- 

 cember 2, 1922, to the close of the year, he temporarily filled Mr. Van 

 Natta's position as aid in physical anthropology. 



Dr. Hugh M. Smith was given an honorary appointment as asso- 

 ciate curator in zoology on August 31, 1922. During his long con- 

 nection with the United States Bureau of Fisheries, the Museum was 

 indebted to Doctor Smith as head of that bureau for many contri- 

 butions to its collections, and it is gratifying to know that the 

 Museum is to continue to have the benefit of his experience through 

 this closer association. Another honorary appointment was that of 

 Mr. Samuel S. Wyer on January 6, 1923, as associate in mineral 

 technology. Mr. Wyer has for several years assisted the Museum 

 especially by interpreting and making known its fuel collections. 



Four members of the Museum force died this year, as follows: 

 Mr. Edward Devlin, electrician, on February 27, 1923; Mr. Owen 

 Glennan, plumber, on December 9, 1922; Mr. W. E. Roche, watch- 

 man, on October 12, 1922, and Mr. George H. Oliver, laborer, on 

 February 10, 1923. 



The death of Mr. John B. Henderson, a Regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, on January 4, 1923, deprived the Museum of a valued 



