SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
October 16, 1936* 
Dr. Alexander Vfetmore, 
Assistant Secretary, 
Smithsonian Institution. 
Dear Dr. Wetmores 
On or about October 17* 193& you are instructed 
to proceed from Washington, D.C., to Guatemala, C. A. to 
carry on official work for the U. S. National Museum. 
You will be allowed usual transportation expenses 
from Washington, D.C. to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala and 
return, including railroad fare, pullman and transportation 
by boat not to exceed $225.00, payable from the appropriation 
"Preservation of Collections, U. S. National Museum, 1937." 
Assistant Secretary. 
