Septffinber 27, 1923. 
Mr. Arthor T. Rushes, Ph. M. U.S.H. , 
Medical neadcjuarters, U.S.H.f.S., 
Groat lakes , 111 . 
fly clear Mr. Ruighofi: 
I aia afraid I will not b© able to give you the ©noourago- 
nent 'jcki would liko to have ro/yirdln^' the popsibility of obtain- 
ing the poeition of Health Officer to the people of Jmn Pemsndez. 
IHiero are a few less than thi*ea htmdrad people on the island, poor 
folks who could not sTipport a doctor. 0thor?7isQ, I don^t believe 
the Chilean govcrnmoat would give the position to the citizen of 
another country, if they could ever bo persuaded to create such 
a position for so small n colony, llif experience in South American, 
coxintries has been that the;/ like to reserve the medical practise 
within any country for their own natives, and many of the Latin 
American republics liave laws to that effect, from which they kindly 
oxeraptod foreign physicians who were already established prior to 
the passage of the law. 
However, I am not in a position to tell you definitely |pat 
the prospects may or my not he. I would suf^ost that you wxute 
the Amarican Consul, Mr. Carl 'r. Deichman, at Valpai’aiso, Chile. 
Either he, or the American Ambassador at Santiago can tell you 
more definitely than I. 
It is of interest to me to know that yoicr wife’s name is spelled 
like my own. My forh^pfs came from Bavaria in Germany, and it may 
be if hers came from the' same place tfiat we might be distantly 
related . 
I Vifill say that the alight knowledge of the German language 
tJiat I Jiave stood me in good stead in traveling';; in South iriorica. 
A great many Gormans have settled in all parts of South America, 
and one of the oldest families on Juan Fernandez is named Schiller 
and they still spoak very excelieut Gorraan. 
re^jards to you and Mrs. llughasl 
Curator of Marine Invertebrates. 
WLS/nks 
