ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XI 



the congress of the United States Government. As a mem- 

 ber of the scientific staff of the National Museum he was 

 intrusted with the additional commission of visiting a nimiber 

 of the principal museums of Europe for the purpose of acquir- 

 ing information to be utilized in the erection and furnishing 

 of the new National Museum building. On Juty 26 the 

 Chief sailed from New York in company with Mr J. R. Mar- 

 shall, of the firm of Hornl^lower & Marshall, architects of the 

 new building, and reached Plymouth, England, August 1. 

 Nine days were spent in visiting the museums of London, 

 Oxford, and Cambridge, and eight days in similar observa- 

 tions in Paris, and on August 18 Stuttgart was reached. 

 The opening session of the Congress of Americanists was held 

 in the forenoon of that day and was attended by a large num- 

 ber of members and other prominent persons, including His 

 Majest}' King William II of W'lU'ttemberg, who, in response 

 to the address of the president of the congress. Prof. Karl 

 von den Steinen, expressed at length his appreciation of the 

 aims and work of the congress, and his pleasure at having 

 the session held in his capital city. 



A report of the last meeting of the congress, held at New 

 York City in 1902, was presented by Dr Franz Boas, honor- 

 ary philologist of the Bureau, and other routine business was 

 transacted. Members of the congress were invited to take 

 luncheon with the King at his suburban palace, which was 

 followed by a reception in the palace gardens. The King's 

 interest was highly appreciated and contributed much to the 

 success of the occasion. During the presence of the Ameri- 

 canists receptions were held also by Count von Linden, vice- 

 president of the congress, and by Mr Edward N. Ozmun, 

 United States consul at Stuttgart. Sessions were held on 

 August 19, 20, 22, 23, and 24, and a large number of papers, 

 dealing in the main with questions of American histoiy, 

 ethnology, and archeology, were read. On the 20th the 

 Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology delivered an 

 address on "Contributions of American Archeology to 

 Human History," and at its close he presented to the con- 

 gi'ess a set of 75 bound volumes, relating chiefly to American 

 archeology and ethnology, published by the Smithsonian 



