A short but gracious speech after the movies by the Commander in 
Chief, was greeted gleefully by the officers and crew of the Houston, end 
ing the festivities for this evening. 
Pa attempted to woo sleep in his stateroom but gave up after a shor 
trial and steamed topside like an enraged bull. When last seen, his sylph- 
like frame was stretched out on a cot in the bright moonlight. As he 
modestly chortled about his accomplishment in finding a likely spot for 
cool reviving sleep, he wound up his self-eulogy with the words: "I've 
got something here!" 
And , steaming oneself , one would fain agree. 
Tuesday 9 August 
The end of the cruise! Steve Early characterized the general feeling 
of all hands in these three sententious words: "Home, Work, Worry 1" 
The Presidential Detachment, at 1240 j passed the entrance buoys and 
proceed into Pensacola Harbor. At 1330 the Houston anchored off the Naval 
Air Station to be boarded immediately by Secretary McIntyre and the Press. 
At the same time a White House Mail Pouch was placed aboard together with 
several sacks of mail for the ship. . . 
Disintegration of the Presidential Party began almost immediately 
when, about 1430, Fred Adams (accompanied by Lieutenant LeHardy) left the 
The Commander —in— Chi ef completed his press conference about 1440 and 
immediately thereafter cleared up the bits of official mail which had been 
received. Meanwhile, the McDougal had moored alongside and at 1700 the 
President and the remaining members of his Party embarked on that vessel 
which immediately unmoored and proceeded to the dock at the Naval Air Sta- 
tion. _ _ , , . ... 
"All good things must come to an end" says an old adage! On this 
note of regret ended the Presidential Cruise, 1938. The President disem- 
barked from the McDougal at 1743 and entered his waiting car for commence- 
ment of his tour of inspection, with Washington the ultimate destination 
on the forenoon of August 12th, 1938. 
FINIS 
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APPENDIX 
ANNOTATED LIST OF FISHES. PRESIDENTIAL CRUISE. 1938 
By Waldo L. Schmitt, 
U. S. National Museum 
This list includes the species definitely identified during the cruise 
as well as the specimens preserved for study at the National Museum. The 
latter were checked over and with the exception of a few immature specimens 
were determined by Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, Curator, and Mr. Earl D. Reid, 
Aid, of the Division of Fishes, with some assistance from Dr. S .F. Hildebrand 
and Mr. Isaac Ginsburg of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 
Specimens of the commoner species and otherwise readily named fish 
were not saved in all cases. Of three of the fish I did not actually see 
specimens. However, on the basis of descriptions furnished me, I feel jus- 
tified in imc^uding them in the list. 5 i* Tyone. 
Eighty^ different kinds of fish are enumerated. The names of eigh t 
genera and thirtytSS families of ^i-^hes appear in this list. Two hundred 
-aa d tM - rtyfl - y-o fish representing fe - r c ytw-e - different forms were brought back 
to the Museum, either as pickled or frozen specimens. Ten of the species 
are new to the study collections of the National Museum. They are indicated 
by an asterisk (*) : ( -57/?/, 72,76, ?9j). 
New records: ' Of weight. Rainbow Runner, Elagatis bipinnulatus , twenty 
pounds (species No. 12 of list); and Blue Crevally, Caranx stellatus , thirty 
eight pounds (species No. 14)- Of occurance and extension of range, first 
time from the Galapagos Islands, False Albacore, Gymnosarda alleterata fspe- 
cies No. 5) and Pacific Amber jack, Seriola colburni (species No. loY: for 
the Gulf Grouper, Mycteroperca jordani .so far as I can ascertain, first 
time south of Cerralvo Island on the western side of the Gulf of California 
(species No. 22). A few additional records of this sort are furnished by 
the Gobies which Mr. Ginsburg worked up and will publish in another place. 
Also worthy of note is the President’s capture of a Sailfish on his 
line in a loop or tangle in advance of the hook, probably the first time 
that one of these powerful game fish has ever been brought to gaff in this 
manner. (See under species No. 7.) 
PART I - Species identified during the Cruise . 
(Family Thur^Ldae - As used here includes the Tunas, Albacores, Skipjacks, 
Bonito^, a Sierras^ and --W ahe o. £ One other species belong- 
ing to this family appears in Part II of this list, 
species No. 46-) 
1. Yellow-fin Tuna, Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck and Schlegel) . 
Caught at all Galapagos stops; heaviest about 56 pounds. Of 97 fish 
caught at Hood Island during the forenoon of July 28th, the majority 
were yellow-fin Tuna; two of the larger ones weighed J+l pounds apiece. 
The Galapagos Islands are the southern limit of the range of this 
species . 
2. Black Skipjack, Euthynnus lineatus Kishinouye . 
Three specimens from the Galapagos Islands were saved; one from off 
Hood Island, July 28th, and two from off the northern end of South 
Seymour, July 29th. 
Bonito, Sarda jtineolata (Girard) . 
Taken at Cedros Island and off Magdalena Bay. The species is a bund - 
aniA" between Santa Barbara and Magdalena Bay. 
3. 
