400 JAMES GUSHING MERRILL 



cal Libraries, Societ}- of Colonial Wars, Boone and Crocket 

 Club and Cosmos Club. 



In November, 1892, he was married to Mary Pitt Chase of 

 Maryland. On April i, 1897 he was appointed Librarian of 

 the Surgeon General's Office at Washington, a position he held 

 until his death. The arduous and confining duties connected 

 with this office must have been doubly trying to a field natural- 

 ist, but they were carried on without complaint, and with such 

 conscientious thoroughness and ability that his assistants were 

 proud to be associated with him. 



Doctor Merrill was a modest, unassuming gentleman, a well- 

 equipped naturalist, a pleasing writer, and a conscientious 

 surgeon. 



In his untimely death the army has lost a worthy officer, his 

 associates a devoted friend and the Academy a valued member. 



A. K. Fisher. 



