TRANS-MISSISSIPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, OMAHA, 1898. 
. MICHAEL, 
Department of State. 
KEMPER, 
Treasury Department. 
; H. C. WARD, U. S. A., 
War Department. 
\ Comdr. L. C. LOGAN, U.S.N., 
Navy Department. 
BROWNLOW, 
Post Office Department. 
(JUNE 1 TO OCTOBER 31) 
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT. 
J. H. BRIGHAM, W. V. COX, G. A. BARTLETT, 
Department of Agriculture, National Museum, Treasury Department, 
Chairman. Secretary. Disbursing Clerk, 
F. W. CLARKE, 
Department of the lute 
FRANK STRONG, 
Department of Justice. 
F. W. TRUE, 
Smithsonian Institution 
National Museum. 
W. de C. RAVENEL, 
Commission of Fish 
Fisheries. 
Washington City, April 25, 189 , 8 . 
Dear Sir:- 
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution having 
approved your detail, you will please hold yourself in readi- 
ness to proceed to Omaha, Nebraska, to assist in the installa- 
tion of the exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution and National 
Museum at the Trans -Mississippi and International Exposition. 
As, by reason of this detail, you will be put to 
extraordinary expense for transportation and subsistence, your 
necessary expenses will, upon your return, be defrayed, upon 
the presentation of the customary vouchers, from the fund ap- 
propriated by Congress and allotted to the Institution for the 
preparation, transportation and care of its exhibit. 
Upon the conclusion of your duties at Omaha, you 
will return to Washington. 
Yours respectfully, 
7* lc , ___ 
' Representative , 
Smithsonian Institution 
Mr. W. H. Holmes, and National Museum, 
Head Curator, 
Department of .Anthropology, 1 
United States National Museum. 
