98 Frazer on Int. Cong, of Geologists. 
Cenozoic — Smith; ^uaternary^ Recent^ and Archeology — 
Powell. 
The secretary sent out a circular, which was also printed in 
"Science" and in the "Am. Jour, of Science," announcing the 
names of the reporters and asking all geologists to communicate 
their views. This circular was signed by all the reporters but 
major Powell, who took no notice of the letter addressed to 
him. 
Fifth 7neeting of the American committee. 
The fifth meeting of the committee was held at Spring Lake, 
New Jersey; present: Powell, Smith, Cook,Williams,Winchell, 
Hitchcock, Cope, Frazer. 
Reports were read on the Archean, Lower Paleozoic, Upper 
Paleozoic (Devonic), Upper Paleozoic (Carbonic), Mesozoic, 
Interior Cenozoic, Marine Cenozoic. All the reporters were 
present except Prof. Stevenson, but major Powell stated that 
he had prepared no report, and gave a verbal statement instead 
on the Quaternary. 
Major Powell opposed any vote of acceptance of these re- 
ports by the committee, and in deference to his wish no vote 
was taken. The committee w^as ordered to report its prelimi- 
nary recommendations to Section E, on the assembling of the 
A. A. A. S. the following week. 
The week following this meeting of the American committee 
and during the A. A. A. S. meeting, August 12th was set 
apart by Section E. for hearing the reports of the American 
committee which the secretary accordingly read in abstract. 
Vice president G. K. Gilbert, of the U. S. Geol. Survey, the 
president of the Section, whose address had been an unfavorable 
criticism of the Congress, decided at the outset that "no vote in 
relation to the reports was in order inasmuch as these reports 
had not been adopted by the committee but were merely the 
individual opinions of the reporters making them." Neverthe- 
less by unanimous consent, president Gilbert permitted a resolu- 
tion of approval of the work of the committee (to which major 
Powell had added an amendment increasing the number of 
members of the committee to seventy-five), to be brought before 
the Section, but, there being apparently much opposition to the 
amendment, declared the Section adjourned, to go upon an ex— 
