﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  31 
  

  

  vised 
  by 
  Major 
  O'Donnell 
  and 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  assistant 
  secretary, 
  

   certain 
  material 
  was 
  returned 
  to 
  tlie 
  War 
  Department 
  as 
  no 
  longer 
  

   needed 
  for 
  exhibition, 
  an 
  artillery 
  park 
  was 
  arranged 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  on 
  

   ground 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  the 
  military 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  concentrated 
  in 
  one 
  connected 
  series 
  in 
  the 
  Arts 
  and 
  

   Industries 
  Building 
  with 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  historical 
  collec- 
  

   tions, 
  and 
  definite 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  building 
  up 
  all 
  the 
  

   military 
  collections 
  along 
  agreed 
  lines. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  assembling 
  of 
  these 
  military 
  exhibits 
  in 
  

   the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  Building 
  there 
  was 
  required 
  reorganization 
  

   of 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  display 
  in 
  the 
  divisions 
  of 
  mineral 
  and 
  mechanical 
  

   technology 
  and 
  the 
  transfer 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building 
  of 
  the 
  

   lace 
  collections. 
  All 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  accomplished 
  and 
  installation 
  

   made 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  military 
  material. 
  Work 
  on 
  the 
  

   rest 
  is 
  progressing 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  continued 
  along 
  the 
  plans 
  definitely 
  

   outlined. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  contemplated 
  display 
  will 
  necessitate 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  additional 
  funds, 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  may 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  without 
  too 
  great 
  delay. 
  

  

  The 
  actual 
  process 
  of 
  transfering 
  the 
  military 
  collections 
  from 
  

   one 
  building 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  began 
  about 
  April 
  1, 
  1929, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  

   task 
  of 
  considerable 
  magnitude, 
  as 
  it 
  necessitated 
  the 
  transfer 
  of 
  

   materials 
  covering 
  approximately 
  22,000 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  floor 
  space. 
  

   The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  accomplished 
  by 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  

   division 
  of 
  history 
  with 
  the 
  Museum 
  labor 
  force. 
  The 
  War 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  cooperated 
  measurably 
  by 
  the 
  detail 
  of 
  five 
  enlisted 
  men 
  and 
  

   a 
  truck 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  transfer. 
  

  

  This 
  brief 
  review 
  of 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  accomplished 
  will 
  serve 
  as 
  

   partial 
  acknowledgment 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  assistance 
  rendered 
  by 
  Major 
  

   O'Donnell 
  during 
  his 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Museum. 
  On 
  June 
  15 
  

   Major 
  O'Donnell 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  other 
  duties 
  and 
  was 
  succeeded 
  

   by 
  Lieut. 
  Col. 
  Arthur 
  Hixson, 
  United 
  States 
  Army, 
  as 
  representative 
  

   of 
  the 
  War 
  Department. 
  

  

  EXPLOBATION 
  AND 
  FIELD 
  WORK 
  

  

  Various 
  researches 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  under 
  the 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  departments 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  principally 
  through 
  funds 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  through 
  its 
  private 
  income 
  or 
  

   through 
  the 
  contributions 
  of 
  friends 
  interested 
  in 
  certain 
  projects. 
  

   Limited 
  assistance 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  from 
  the 
  annual 
  

   appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  but 
  this 
  aid 
  has 
  comprised 
  

   only 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  amounts 
  utilized, 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  other 
  sources. 
  Additional 
  money 
  

   for 
  such 
  investigations 
  is 
  an 
  urgent 
  need 
  that 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  atten- 
  

   tion. 
  Comparatively 
  small 
  sums 
  are 
  sufficient 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Mu- 
  

  

  