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the close of the fiscal year, lost three employees by retirement, as fol- 
lows: Dr. Frederick L. Lewton, curator, and Mrs. Elizabeth W. Ros- 
son, assistant curator, division of crafts and industries; and Dr. 
Arthur J. Olmsted, associate curator, section of photography. 
Four honorary appointments were made during the year: Dr. Paul 
Bartsch, associate, division of mollusks; Dr. William R. Maxon, asso- 
ciate in botany; Mrs. Mildred S. Wilson, collaborator in copepod 
Crustacea; and Dr. J. Brookes Knight, research associate in 
paleontology. 
Under the superintendent of buildings and labor, Walcutt C. Hamer 
was promoted to assistant mechanical superintendent (foreman of 
cabinet shop), the position made vacant by the transfer of Rafe A. 
Watkins to the Army Map Service, and James I. Simpson was assigned 
the duties of the assistant foreman of cabinet shop effective July 16, 
1946. Following retirement for disability on February 20, 1946, 
of William H. Chism, James ©, Clarke was promoted to principal 
guard (lieutenant), and Edward Zuranski was assigned as principal 
guard (sergeant) on March 10, 1946. Other additions to the guard 
officer group were the promotions of Bascom F. Gordon to principal 
guard (lieutenant) and William H. Baird and Arnold F. Short- 
ridge to principal guards (sergeants) on June 30, 1946. 
During the year the following Museum employees returned to their 
positions after having completed military duty: Edward Zuranski, 
September 9, 1945; John L. Theunissen and George V. Worthington, 
October 7, 1945; Charles E. Stousland, November 5, 1945; Joseph 
Singleton, December 3, 1945; Dr. Charles L. Gazin, December 27, 
1945; Clyde E. Bauman, January 2, 1946; Samuel T. Fetterman, 
January 6, 1946; Dr. Marshall T. Newman, January 7, 1946; Walter 
McCree, January 30, 1946; Joseph R. Burke, Jr., February 20, 1946; 
‘Frank A. Taylor, March 4, 1946; Oliver N. Armstead, March 6, 1946; 
Robert L. Bradshaw and John Carl Carter, April 1, 1946. 
Sixteen persons were retired during the year, under the Civil Serv- 
ice Retirement Act: Through age, Dr. Paul Bartsch, curator, division 
of mollusks, on April 30, 1946, after 50 years of service; Dr. Frederick 
L. Lewton, curator, division of crafts and industries, on June 30, 
1946, after 34 years 4 months of service; and Dr. Arthur J. Olmsted, 
associate curator, division of graphic arts, on June 380, 1946, after 26 
years 1 month of service. By optional retirement, Dr. William R. 
Maxon, curator, division of plants, on May 31, 1946, after 46 years 5 
months of service; Mrs. Elizabeth W. Rosson, assistant curator, divi- 
sion of crafts and industries, on June 30, 1946, after 33 years 3 months 
of service; Edgar J. Harrison, mechanic (painter), on August 31, 
1945, after 13 years 5 months of service; Augustus G. Lindsay, guard, 
