20 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1919. 



The Department of Anthropology received exceptionally large 

 additions relating to the war witli Germany. They include the 

 Combined Order of Battle Map, corrected to November 11, 1918, 

 with its accessories, as used by Gen. Pershing and his staff at 

 Chamnont, France, throughout the progress of the American military 

 movements; a collection of German military paraphernalia captured 

 by American troops during various engagements; collections of the 

 equipment of the various branches of the American Army; and an 

 almost comf)lete series of uniforn>s, insignia, decorations, and medals 

 of the Army and Navy, as well as a collection of relics of Lieut. Ben- 

 jamin Stuart Walcott, United States Army, who entered the French 

 air service as a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps, and who was 

 killed in aerial combat on December 12, 1917. 



Another interesting addition consists of a large series of costumes 

 and accessories Avorn by the late Richard Mansfield in his extensive 

 repertoire of historic characters, presented by Mrs. Mansfield. 



The chief addition in the Department of Biology was a collection 

 of Antillean land mollusks, aggregating 400,000 specimens, donated 

 by Mr, John B. Henderson, a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 The final installment of Dr. Abbott's Celebes collections was re- 

 ceived likewise. The collections in the National Herbarium were 

 enriched by a donation of 12,000 plants from Mexico, 9,600 from the 

 "Philippines, and many from the South American countries. 



The Division of Textiles received for exhibition purposes from 

 the office of the Surgeon General of the United States Army a col- 

 lection consisting of apparatus, hospital appliances, and field equip- 

 ment used by the Medical, Dental, and Sanitary Corps in the war. 

 This included examples of all kinds of equipment of a thousand-bed 

 hospital overseas. The food exhibits were continued and an arrange- 

 ment was made with the States Relations Service of the Department 

 of Agriculture, whereby regular demonstrations of the value, use, 

 preparation, and conservation of foods were given. Over 2,100 per- 

 sons attended the lectures and various demonstrations. 



Work on the Freer Building progressed satisfactorily, and it is ex- 

 pected that the structure will be completed early in 1920. The Na- 

 tional Gallery of Art acquired from Mr. Ralph Cross Johnson a rare 

 gift of 24 paintings, which comprises selections from the work of 

 19 of Europe's foremost masters. 



The most pressing needs of the Museum are a separate building 

 ff>r the National Gallery of Art, which has long since outgrown its 

 present temporary quarters, and also one for American history. It 

 is likewise imperative to increase the scientific and technical staff 

 in order that the Institution may keep pace with the rapid develop- 

 ment of the countrj'. 



