Carmichael, L, 
Filed: Belgian Congo 
Dr. Carmichael February 17 , 1905 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Request that Dr. Sexton be appointed collaborator 
As you know, Dr. Ifey Lyman Sexton has consented to donate his 
time to the Smithsonian-Bredin Congo expedition as medical officer 
and official photographer. Dr. Sexton served as medical consultant 
to the TI. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Pribllof Island investi- 
gations a few years ago and subsequently to a government mission 
to Greece. In” the latter case he was granted a special passport 
for travel purposes and I would like to secure for him the same 
privilege for this expedition. Dr. Baker (United States Department 
of Agriculture) and I both hold such passports. It is for this 
reason that I suggest that Dr. Sexton be appointed collaborator to 
the Institution for six months or at least for the duration of the 
expedition, and that he be furnished a letter to the State Depart- 
ment requesting that such a passport be issued him. 
We shall need State Departifsent authorization or permission to 
visit the Belgian Congo, the Anglo %yptian Sudan, Uganda, Tanganyika 
Territory, and %ypt. A ^3 :: 
Equatorial Africa will be made but I do not know whether it needs 
to appear on our passports. On this point the State Department 
advice will have to be sought. I may need a similar letter to 
bring my passport up to date. 
On our return trip by air from Cairo we shall be passing 
through Italy, France,' and Belgium; but in Europe no visas are 
needed. 
