Personal. 
| K, 
| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
wasHineton, p.c, APYil 20,1897. 
Prof. W. H. Holmes, 
5720 Washington Avenue, 
Chicago, Ill. 
My dear Holmes: 
I was delighted to receive your letter of Berit 17 ce. 
stating that you had forwarded your acceptance of the position 
in the National Museum. I will look after the Civil Service mat- 
ter today. A letter to the Commission is all ready for Profes- 
_ sor Langley to sign, and I will endeavor to see the Commission this 
afternoon. If they will accept the proposition that the examina- 
tion shall be based upon the BubTisKt dens and the positions held 
by the. candidates, there will be no necessity for your coming on. 
| The National Academy meets this morning, and I am very 
busy. I will write you soon in relation to the Civil Service mat- 
ter. 
Yours truly Pe 
J Wate ser Ks PO 
