UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
25,1). C. 
US, A, 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
March 1, 1949. 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
Secretary, Smithson ian Institution, 
Washington 25, D.C. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
On or about March 1, 1949 you will proceed from 
Washington, D.C. to Miami, Florida, and from there to the 
Canal Zone and points in Panama. You will be accompanied 
by Watson M« Perrygo, Scientific Aid in the U. S. National 
Museum, as assistant. 
You will be allowed usual travel expenses for 
yourself and Mr. Perrygo, including travel by air as required, 
not to exceed $650.00, payable from the appropriation Salaries 
and Expenses, Smithsonian Institution, 1949.” Your other ex¬ 
penses will be paid from other funds. 
It is contemplated that this work will require not 
more than three months for its completion, when you will re¬ 
turn to your official station at Washington, D.C. 
Very truly yours, 
JYE‘. Graf J/ 
Assistant Secretary. 
