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Head of Division of Maritime Security, Com- 

 mander F. P. Traynor, U.S.N. 

 Head of Division of Chart Con.struction, Com- 

 mander W. G. B. Hatch, U.S.N. 

 Head of Division of Distribution, Commander 



H. J. Nelson, U.S.N. 

 Head of Division of Air Navigation, Lieut. -Com- 

 mander W. Sinton, U.S.N. 

 Head of Division of Research, Lieut. -Commander 

 J. E. Gingrich, U.S.N. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: No special 

 provisions have been made for any definite num- 

 ber, but desk room is available for a few persons 

 at a time. 

 Income: Appropriations by Congress vary from time 

 to time. The 1937 appropriation was for the 

 amount of $701,600.00 alloted as follows: Salaries 

 Hydrographic Office, .S400,000.00; maintenance 

 and operation, including Branch Hydrographic 

 Offices, $136,600.00; printing, .$95,000.00; Ocean 

 and Lake Survey, $70,000.00. 

 Provisions for publication of results: The Hydro- 

 graphic Office publishes fifty-six volumes of 

 Sailing Directions, six volumes of Lists of Lights 

 (foreign waters), two Naval Air Pilots, fourteen 

 Manuals of Tables, and numerous miscellaneous 

 books, among which arc the two volumes of the 

 International Code of Signals; about 2,900 navi- 

 gational charts covering nearly every part of the 

 world; 64 aviation charts; Pilot Charts of the 

 surface of all oceans; Pilot Charts of the Upper 

 Air of the North Atlantic and North Pacific 

 Oceans and many other special charts, such as 

 Great Circle Sailing, Star, Track and Distance, 

 Time Zone Charts of the World; and Magnetic 

 Declination Charts of the World. Papers are 

 also prepared by the members of the staff for 

 various scientific conventions and for publication 

 in scientific periodicals. 



United States National Museum 



History or origin: Began in 1846 with founding of 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



Location: Washington, D. C. 



Organization to ivhich attached: Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. 



Purposes: Preservation and exhibition of the 

 National Collections in natural history, arts and 

 industries, history, and kindred subjects. 



(Scope of activities: Systematic research on collections 

 which include extensive series representing the 

 life of the sea. 



Equipment: Museum building, laboratories, and 

 storage .space for collections; laboratory equip- 

 ment required in systematic work. 

 Sta,ff: Staff concerned principally with life from the 



sea includes the following: 

 Division of Fishes: L. P. Schultz, Assistant 



Curator in Charge. 

 Division of Marine Invertebrates: Waldo L. 



Schmitt, Curator in Charge; C. R. Shoemaker, 



Assistant Curator; J. 0. Maloney, Aid. 

 Division of Mollusks: Paul Bartsch, Curator in 



Charge; Harold A. Rehder, Assistant Curator; 



J. P. E. Morrison, Aid. 

 Division of Echinoderns: Austin H. Clark, Curator 



in Charge. 



Maintenance is covered under general main- 

 tenances for other museum activities. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Accredited visit- 

 ing investigators are given access to the collections 

 in which they are interested under whatever 

 supervision may be required and are afforded 

 facilities for work. No scholarships, fellowships, 

 or tables are maintained. 

 Income: Income is from governmental appropria- 

 tions for United States National Museum, with 

 assistance in research from the private funds 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, supplemented in 

 some instances by gifts from private individuals 

 for specific purposes. 

 Provision for the publication of results: Publication 

 offered in Bulletin and Proceedings series of 

 United States National Museum, and in Mis- 

 cellaneous Collections of Smithsonian Institution. 



Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition 



History or origin: Mr. Eldridge R. Johnson in 

 October, 1932, placed his palatial yacht Caroline 

 at the disposition of the Smithsonian Institution 

 and offered to finance the necessary equipment 

 for the yacht to render her suitable for marine 

 exploration. The direction of this work was 

 placed in the hands of Dr. Paul Bartsch who 

 outlined a program of exploration of the Atlantic 

 deeps, beginning with the Puerto Rican Deep. 



To this end the yacht was provided with a 

 sonic sounding apparatus, a hydrographic winch 

 in a general way corresponding with that on the 

 Atl.^ntis, carrying 5,563 feet of Special f inch, 

 6 X 19 Monitor Strand, hemp center, wire rope. 

 Suitable other equipment for physical, chemical, 

 and biological investigations was also installed. 



