SEVENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 15 



At the beginning of the fiscal year the permanent staff, in addition 

 to the chief, consisted of six archeologists (one of whom was on loan 

 to the National Park Service), one clerk-stenographer, one file clerk, 

 one clerk-typist, one photographer, one illustrator, and four museum 

 aides. Temporary employees included 1 archeologist, 1 physical an- 

 thropologist, 2 field assistants, 3 cooks, and 90 crewmen. 



During the year, 1 archeologist was transferred to the staff from 

 the Chattahoochee Project on July 21, 1 cook joined the temporary 

 staff on July 9, and 16 temporary crewmen were added in July. Dur- 

 ing the last week of August and the first week of September, all 

 temporary crewmen and three cooks were terminated, and one cook 

 was transferred from that position to laboratory assistant. The tem- 

 porary archeologist was terminated on September 12, and the two 

 field assistants were terminated on August 29 and September 6, re- 

 spectively. The physical anthropologist was terminated on September 

 2, and one museum aide was transferred from full time to half time 

 on September 15. The archeologist on temporary-detached duty with 

 the National Park Service returned to the permanent staff on October 

 1. One archeologist was transferred on October 13 to the Chatta- 

 hoochee Basin project. 



On September 23, one archeologist was assigned temporary- detached 

 duty for 8 weeks with the National Park Service to conduct excava- 

 tions at Fort Laramie National Monument, Wyo. He returned to the 

 Missouri Basin project on November 15. On December 4, one arche- 

 ologist was assigned temporary-detached duty for 3 weeks with the 

 National Park Service to conduct excavations at George Washington 

 Carver National Monument, Mo. He returned to the Missouri Basin 

 project on December 21. On February 9, two archeologists were trans- 

 ferred for temporary duty with the Cliattahoochee Basin Pr-oject. 

 They returned to the Missouri Basin project on June 17 and 29, re- 

 spectively. One museum aide resigned to take other employment on 

 March 20, and one archeologist w^as permanently transferred to the 

 National Park Service on May 30, to join the staff of the Wetherill 

 Mesa Research project. Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. During 

 June, six temporary crewmen were employed. 



At the end of the fiscal year there were five archeologists, in addi- 

 tion to the chief, one administrative assistant, one clerk-stenographer, 

 one file clerk, one clerk-typist, one illustrator, one photographer, and 

 three museum aides on the permanent staff, and one laboratory assist- 

 ant and six crewmen on the temporary staff. 



During the year there were 14 Smithsonian Institution Eiver Basin 

 Surveys field parties at work within the Missouri Basin. Of the 14 

 Missouri Basin parties, 5 were at work in the Oahe Reservoir area 

 during July and August, and 5 others were at work in the Big Bend 



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