BERNICE P. BISHOP MUSEUM 
HONOLULU, HAWAII, 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
May 9, 1923. 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
In Camp, 
Laysan Island. 
My dear Wetmore: 
I am delighted to learn that the field work 
is progressing so satisfactorily and that the personal rela¬ 
tions are established on such a cordial basis — they usually 
are when the head of the party is made of the right kind of 
stuff. 
(1) The supplies and mail asked for by you, Reno 
and Ball are being placed on the "Tanager" 
today. 
(2) Your boxes are headed for Washington after a 
scrap with the American Express Agent who 
demanded a government bill of lading. > 
(3) My entomological advisers have led me to keep 
Fullaway in Honolulu for Trip B. They recom¬ 
mend that Grant function primarily as an insect 
collector at Lisiansky and French Frigate Shoals. 
Fullaway's collecting equipment is returned for 
Grant's use. 
(4) Gerrit P. Wilder replaces Caum as botanist. 
(5) Since fish, mollusks and other marine material 
can probably be obtained at Laysan and Lisian¬ 
sky better than elsev/here along the island chain, 
L. A. Thurston and Theodore Dranga are coming to 
supplement Ball ^-Thaanum; and John Baker and 
Austin Jones are sent to join Dr. Wilson. These 
men are reputed to be unusually skillful. 
(6) ( Private ) Frank R. Lawrence is a wealthy Mew Yorker— 
amateur naturalist and expert photographer. He is 
sent at the request of the American Museum with the 
hope that his interest may be aroused to the point 
of financing some project. He has agreed to be a 
general slave. 
