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had over the submarine threat. That evening I received a wire 
from President Jessup saying, ‘‘ All Iowa rejoices in your safe 
return.’’ 
Upon landing, the expedition disbanded as an expedition, 
and the responsibility of the director for its members came to 
an end. Although the carrying on of this enterprise in war 
time involved a good deal of anxiety and much annoyance and 
perplexity so far as our American regulations were concerned, 
it did not in any way interfere with the success of the expedi- 
tion while we were in the islands. There we were treated as 
guests by the Colonial officials and it may be that we were the 
recipients of even more than ordinary consideration and cour- 
tesy on account of the war and the appreciation of the British 
authorities for the effective way in. which the United States had 
at last thrown her whole energies into the great conflict. 
The collections have been unpacked and found to be in ex- 
cellent condition. As is usually the case, they seem to be more 
extensive when inspected as a whole than they did when being 
gathered together, and I am sure that as the various groups are 
worked up into the technical reports by the specialists who are to 
study them, their importance and extent will prove to come up 
to the expectation of all concerned. The following groups have 
been assigned as indicated below: 
The reef fishes, Dr. Barton W. Evermann, Director of the 
California Academy of Sciences; 
The pelagic and tide pool fishes, Dr. Charles H. Gilbert of 
Leland Stanford Jr. University ; 
The brachyuran Crustacea, Dr. Mary J. Rathbun of the 
United States National Museum ; 
The macruran Crustacea, Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, United 
States National Museum ; 
The Asteroidea and Holothuroidea, Dr. W. K. Fisher, Direc- 
tor of the Hopkins Laboratory ; 
The Ophiuroidea, Dr. Austin H. Clark of the United States 
National Museum; 
The Echinoidea, Dr. Hubert Lyman Clark of the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology ; 
The Crinoidea, Hon. Frank Springer, East Las Vegas, N. Mex. 
The Mollusca, Mr. John B. Henderson, Washington, D. C. 
