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December 23, 1932 • 
DAY LETTIP 
W* Charles SwS(^t 
7256 Franklin 
Hollyv/ood, California 
With regard to your telegram December twenty four 
to Schmitt National lluseum authorities will detail him to accompany 
Hancock Galapagos Expedition if accommodations are available stop Our 
understanding being that Schmitt will have free hand in collecting 
Crustacea first set of specimens to come to us duplicates to be property 
of ship stop ’A^e to pay Schmitt^s expenses to Panama where he would 
Join party and also his return from California to Washington with no 
expense during voyage stop Do you have dredging gear stop Schmitt’s 
equipment will include eight to ten bottle chests or tanks for preserving 
of about five cubic feet each with perhaps some other storage stop 
Please advise decision as early as possible to allow necessary arrange- 
ments here 
A Wetmore 
Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 
Charge U. S. Nr«tional Museum 
Government Pate* 
