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there had been likewise prepared for print and distribution handsome 

 programs of the different sections of the congress, information circulars, 

 lists of the personnel and adhering institutions, etc. Revised editions 

 of these several publications were issued at various times during the 

 sessions of the congress. Final and corrected lists are now published in 

 the Report of the Final Act and the Report of the Secretary General. 



The Scientific Congress, owing to its magnitude and international 

 character, was compelled to engage, beginning with December i, the 

 services of a very large staff. This staff included assistant secretaries 

 and corresponding or assistant section secretaries, representing the assist- 

 ant secretary general in charge, social aides, publicity staff, financial 

 agent, information bureau service, translators, interpreters, reporting 

 and clerical stenographers, typists, messengers, etc. Prior to the time 

 of engaging this large force of more than 200 persons, certain members of 

 the staff of the Pan American Union and of the Department of State 

 generously contributed their services and ably assisted the work of 

 organization. 



The names of the assistant secretaries appointed on the eve of the 

 congress and the respective duties to which they were assigned are : 

 Harry Erwin Bard, secretary Pan American Society of the United 



States, in charge of translators and interpreters. 

 J. D. Fitz-Gerald, assistant professor romance languages, University of 



Illinois, in charge of stenographic staff. 

 Stedman Hanks, Department of State, in charge of social entertainments. 

 John Vavasour Noel, Washington, D. C, in charge of printing and 



editor in chief of the Daily Bulletin. 

 Maddin Summers, State Department, in charge of reception of Latin 



American delegates. 

 Benito Javier PeJrEz-Verdia, Pan American Union, in charge of regis- 

 tration of Latin American delegates. 

 Lorimer C. Graham, Washington, D. C, in charge of meeting places. 

 Woodson P. Houghton, instructor of romance languages, Washington 

 and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in charge of pages and mes- 

 sengers. 

 The names of the corresponding secretaries and the sections to which 

 they were assigned are as follows: 

 Section I-H. AngEL Ce;sar Rivas, Pan American Union, Washington, 



D. C. 

 Section IH. Charles W. Sutton, consulting civil engineer, 80 Maiden 

 Lane, New York, N. Y. 



