24 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL. 



American Statistical Association, 



vSecretary, Carroll W. Doten, 491 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 

 American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, 



Secretary, Tunstall Smith, The Preston, Baltimore, Md. 

 American Anthropological Association, 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 

 American Society of International Law, 



Secretary, James Brown Scott, Carnegie Endowment for Inter- 

 national Peace, Washington, D. C. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 



OF SCIENCE. 



In view of the distinguished services in the field of science of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, the executive 

 committee of the Pan American Congress invited this association to 

 hold a special meeting at some time suitable to its pleasure during the 

 second week of the congress and subsequent to the adjournment of the 

 annual meeting of the association in Columbus, Ohio. Copies of the 

 correspondence in question follow: 



October 5, 191 5. 

 Dear Dr. Howard: 



I beg to inclose herewith twelve copies of the communication addressed 

 to the president and officers of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, prepared with the hope that the same would be pre- 

 sented at the meeting in San Francisco. In order that there may be 

 speedily accomplished the object which we so earnestly desire, may I 

 beg you to use the inclosed copies in the manner so generously suggested 

 by you at our recent interview? 



With cordial regards, I am, 



Very faithfully yours. 



Glen Levin Swiggett, 



Assistant Secretary General. 

 Dr. L. O. Howard, 



Chief Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 



July 26, 1915. 



Gentlemen: In accordance with the resolutions of the First Pan 



American Scientific Congress, held in Santiago, Chile, December 25, 1908, 



to January 5, 1909, a second Pan American Scientific Congress will meet 



in the city of Washington in the month of December, 191 5. The congress 



will open on Monday, December 27, 191 5, and adjourn on Saturday, 



January 8, 191 6. 



