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  AN"]SrUAL 
  KEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAIST 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  History. 
  — 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  accession 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  was 
  a 
  silk 
  

   dress 
  worn 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Martha 
  Washington, 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  loan 
  

   from 
  Mrs. 
  Morris 
  Whitridge 
  in 
  memory 
  of 
  her 
  sister. 
  Miss 
  Sallie 
  

   Pinkerton 
  Mackenzie. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  installed 
  in 
  its 
  proper 
  place 
  in 
  

   the 
  series 
  of 
  dresses 
  of 
  the 
  mistresses 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  House 
  shown 
  in 
  

   the 
  costumes 
  collection. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  military 
  collections 
  there 
  was 
  obtained 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  uniforms 
  

   owned 
  and 
  used 
  by 
  Maj. 
  Gen. 
  Leonard 
  Wood, 
  United 
  States 
  Army, 
  

   from 
  1898 
  to 
  1921, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Leonard 
  Wood. 
  The 
  naval 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  received 
  a 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  schooner 
  Hannah^ 
  of 
  Marblehead, 
  

   the 
  first 
  armed 
  vessel 
  to 
  sail 
  at 
  public 
  expense 
  during 
  the 
  War 
  of 
  the 
  

   Revolution. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Numismatic 
  Association 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  valuable 
  additions 
  were 
  made 
  as 
  loans 
  to 
  the 
  numismatic 
  

   collection. 
  These 
  included 
  133 
  specimens 
  from 
  man}'' 
  countries. 
  The 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Mint, 
  United 
  States 
  Treasury 
  Department, 
  continued 
  

   its 
  cooperation 
  in 
  building 
  up 
  this 
  collection 
  by 
  the 
  transfer 
  of 
  85 
  

   coins 
  struck 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Mint 
  in 
  1928, 
  as 
  'well 
  as 
  other 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  The 
  philatelic 
  collection 
  was 
  increased 
  by 
  5,775 
  specimens, 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  International 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  

   Universal 
  Postal 
  Union 
  at 
  Berne, 
  Switzerland, 
  through 
  the 
  Post 
  

   Office 
  Department. 
  

  

  REORGANIZATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MILITARY 
  EXHIBITS 
  

  

  The 
  military 
  exhibits 
  concerned 
  with 
  the 
  World 
  War, 
  assembled 
  

   after 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  that 
  conflict, 
  through 
  necessity 
  of 
  available 
  space 
  

   were 
  installed 
  originally 
  in 
  widely 
  separated 
  halls 
  — 
  in 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  Building 
  and 
  in 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  

   Building 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Park. 
  These 
  

   exhibits, 
  whose 
  assembling 
  was 
  possible 
  only 
  through 
  the 
  interested 
  

   cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  War 
  Department, 
  for 
  years 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  attractive 
  

   subject 
  to 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  our 
  visitors. 
  For 
  sometime 
  past 
  ways 
  

   and 
  means 
  for 
  a 
  better 
  coordinated 
  installation 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  have 
  

   been 
  under 
  consideration. 
  The 
  War 
  Department, 
  taking 
  renewed 
  

   helpful 
  interest 
  in 
  these 
  exhibits, 
  in 
  1928 
  appointed 
  Maj. 
  Louis 
  A. 
  

   O'Donnell, 
  United 
  States 
  Army, 
  to 
  cooperate 
  with 
  the 
  Museum 
  au- 
  

   thorities 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  plans 
  for 
  their 
  better 
  display. 
  On 
  

   September 
  28, 
  1928, 
  the 
  War 
  Department 
  further 
  announced 
  an 
  ad- 
  

   visory 
  committee 
  to 
  assist 
  Major 
  O'Donnell 
  by 
  consultation 
  and 
  co- 
  

   operation 
  as 
  follows: 
  Lieut. 
  Col. 
  Harry 
  B. 
  Jordan, 
  General 
  Staff 
  

   Corps; 
  Lieut. 
  Col. 
  Paul 
  D. 
  Bunker, 
  Coast 
  Artillery 
  Corps; 
  Maj. 
  John 
  

   W. 
  Lang, 
  Infantry; 
  Maj. 
  Marion 
  O. 
  French, 
  General 
  Staff 
  Corps; 
  

   and 
  Capt. 
  Edwin 
  M- 
  Scott, 
  Quartermaster 
  Corps. 
  Through 
  plans 
  de- 
  

  

  