
MONTHLY LETTER OF THR BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY EO! ¢ as 
Bo UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1 Department of Ay 
: | j Answered ____._---- el 
Number 59. | July, 1917 

AMBULANCE FUND 
Employees of all branches of the Department have 
responded most gencrousiy to the ambulance fund. The amount re- 
ceived up to the present time being sufficient for three fully 
igtagg motor ambulances, the Office of Markets alone furnish- 
rg one. 
STATUS OF EMPLOYEES UNDER THE SELECTIVE DRAFT LAW 
The status of employees under the selective sery- 
ice law was indicated in a memorandum issued by the Secretary 
of Agriculture on July 13, 1917. Copies of this circular have 
been generally distributed. Any agents who have not received 
copies should notify the Bureau at once. 
It is to be noted that the Department will not rec~- 
ommend exemptions in the case of persons serving under temporary 
appointments. 
BUREAU VISITORS DURING JULY 
Prof. K, W. Dammermann of Java. 
Prof. H. A. Garman of the University of Kentucky. 
Prof. E. R. Scholl, Eitomologist, Texas Department of 
Agriculture. 
Prof. F. B. Paddock, Fntomologist, Texas Experiment Sta- 
tion. 
Prof. S W. Bilsirg, Professor of Entomole@y, Taxas 
As & M. College. “ : 
Mr. EL. Ayers, Chief of Nursery Inspection Service, 
Téxas Department of Agriculture. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS DESIRED BY THE BUREAU LIBRARY 
Since July 1913 articles by members of the Bureau 
which have appeared in nondepartmental publications have been 
recorded and filed in the Bureau library. These now number nine 
hundred and ninety four. That this record may be complete, all 
members of the Bureau are urged to send to the library copies of 
such separates by them as soon as issued. 
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