26 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1944 
parties through the Museum, was inaugurated. A number of women 
U. S. O. volunteers were especially trained to act as guides, and the 
“tours” conducted by them have proved very popular. During the 
period covering the last 35 Sundays of the fiscal year, over 5,000 mem- 
bers of the military personnel took advantage of this guide service. 
Publications and printing.—The sum of $30,000 was available dur- 
ing the fiscal year for the publication of the Annual Report, Bulletins, 
and Proceedings of the National Museum. Twenty publications were 
issued—the Annual Report, 4 Bulletins, 1 Contribution from the 
National Herbarium, and 14 Proceedings papers. A list of these 
publications is given in the report on publications, appendix 10. 
The distribution of volumes and separates to libraries and individ- 
uals on the regular mailing lists aggregated 40,817 copies. 
Special exhibits —Seventeen special exhibits were held during the 
year in the foyer and adjacent space of the Natural History building, 
under the auspices of various educational, scientific, recreational, and 
governmental groups. In addition the department of engineering and 
industries arranged 28 special displays—5 in engineering, 12 in graphic 
arts, and 11 in photography. 
CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION AND STAFF 
There was no major change in the organization of the National 
Museum, but some work has been done in allocating positions to their 
proper grades under the Classification Act on the basis of the duties 
of each position. 
Honorary appointments were conferred on Maj. Edward A. Gold- 
man as associate in zoology on August 1, 1948, Dr. Floyd A. McClure 
as research associate in botany on April 21, 1944, Dr. J. B. Reeside, Jr., 
as custodian of Mesozoic collection on June 19, 1944, and Clarence R. 
Shoemaker as associate in zoology on April 1, 1944. 
In the department of biology, Dr. David H. Johnson, associate 
curator, division of mammals, was furloughed for military duty on 
November 15, 1943, and Dr. Richard E. Blackwelder, associate cura- 
tor, division of insects, was furloughed temporarily for war work on 
August 23, 1943. Other changes were the resignation on March 22, 
1944, of Walter A. Weber, assistant curator, division of birds; the 
retirement of Clarence R. Shoemaker, associate curator, division of 
marine invertebrates, and Julian S. Warmbath, taxidermist. The 
latter vacancy was filled by the promotion of Watson M. Perrygo on 
December 9, 1943. In the section of diatoms, Paul S. Conger was 
appointed associate curator on March 9, 1944. 
In the department of geology, Dr. G. Arthur Cooper was advanced 
to the curatorship of the division of invertebrate paleontology and 
