MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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CAPT. ALLEN H. JENNINGS. 

It was with the deepest regret that the many friends and associates of Cap«: 
tain Jennings learned of his death on December 16 at the base hospital at Camp. Shel-+ 
by, Hattiesburg, Miss. | iis 6 
Mr. Jennings had received orders from Washington to proceed to Hoboken for © 
“special duty. On December 12 he was saying farewell to many of his friends, having 
already sent his baggage to the depot. After saying good-bve to a friend in an 
‘automobile he stepped back and across the road directly in the path of a camp ambu- 
dance, He was run over sauarely and sustained a fracture of the left femur and of 
‘five ribs. He was very brave about it all, and claimed the entire blame. Through- 
out all the examinations he was courageous and philosphical, but about 2 a.m. he 
‘became unconscious, never regaining consciousness, and died after about 72 hours. 
His sister and a friend from Staten Island arrived in time for the funeral and took 
charge of the body for shipment north, 
Captain Jennings entered the service of the Bureau of Entomology August 1, 
1911, and since that time has been employed in the investigation of the relations of 
insects to disease, The most notable portion of his work was done in cooperation 
with the Robert M. Thompson Pellegra Commission of the New York Post-Graduate School 
of Tropical Medicine with regard to the possible transmission of pellagra by insects. 
‘At the time of the outbreak of the war he was engaged in mosquito investigations. 
September 13, 1917, he entered the Sanitary Corps of the Army as a first lieutenant 
and throughout his service was stationed at Camp Shelby, where he had charge of all 
sanitation which related to insect control. His services were of such value that he 
was raised to the rank of captain. 
Mr. Jennings was born November 9, 1866. His early education was received in 
private schools at Baltimore, Md. During 1886 and 1887 he was a special student in 
the Marine Biological Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and made studies of ma- 
rine biology, entomology, and ornithology in the Bahama Islands. In 1888 he rendered 
volunteer service in the Division of Birds, Smithsonian Institution, In 1905 he 
spent six months in the study of modern Equidae in the Division of Paleontology of 
the American Museum of Natural History in New York. 
He was Entomologist of the Department of Sanitation, Isthmian Canal Commis- 
sion, from November 9, 1906, to July 31, 1911. 
Captain Jennings was liked by ail his associates. He was uniformly courteous 
and congiderate of other people, and a very painstaking investigator, unusually 
cautious about committing himself until positive of his ground. He was a very val- 
uable man +o the Bureau and will be greatly missed. 

BEE CULTURE. 
B. F. Phillips, Apiculturist in Charge. 
There were recently held in California, in cooperation with the University 
of California, three extension schools for commercial beekeepers. These were held 

