M 
• y ©eur lieutenant Smith: 
In oonneoti on with our African trip, I a m wonder* 
iag if the Shipping hoard cannot make us some rates on the 
shipment of supplies which we shall have to take with us from 
here to Southampton. These will be far in excess of our 
baggage allowance on the steamer, possibly close to a ton 
and a half, or two tons, and besides field equipment which 
will consist of take-down animal crates, which we are making 
up t« carry with us. 
We should like to sail on the' lerisllsn the 20th 
of next month if it can be arranged. Thors will be approxi¬ 
mately six in our party, and porsibly eight or nine includ¬ 
ing the wives of some of the members, who are going as far as 
Europe. 
Very truly yours. 
W# 21. Mann, 
Director. 
Lieut. Walter B. Smith, 
Office of Chief Coordinator, 
Arlington,Building, 
Washington, £>• C. 
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