September 12, 1938 
Mr* W. B. Osborne 
U.S.S. Houston 
Kavy Yard 
Island, California 
Dear Hr. Osborne: 
I sbs sorry to put you to all the trouble of writing bade and 
forth about that bottle of Shalinar. I shall be very glad to hare it 
for r.y &aught er , and send you herewith a new money order to &ake the 
place of the old one. I shall have it drawn on 'fete post master on board 
or, failing that, on the one at Mare Island. 
The cigarette lighters will be ouch appreciated and I can’t 
begin to tell you how much I am looking forward to seeing the cruise book 
I wish you oil kinds of luck in whatever you may undertake 
after yof leave the Bavy. You no doubt will miss the Houston as ouch 
as I do, and perhaps they will miss you quite a bit, too, for you did 
give wonderful service to the Ships Service. 
Sincerely, 
WLS:IMc 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marine Invertebrates. 
