Excerpt from Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1918 Presiding ofiicer ea ofiicia - woodrow wilson, President of the United States. Chancellor. - edward douglass white, Chief Justice Of the United States. Members of the Institution: woodrow wilson, President Of the United States. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States. Edward douglass white, Chief Justice of the United States. Robert lansing, Secretary of State. William gibbs mcadoo, Secretary of the Treasury. Newton diehl baker, Secretary of War. Thomas watt gregory, Attorney General. Albert sidney burleson, Postmaster General. Josephus daniels, Secretary of the Navy. Franklin knight lane, Secretary of the Interior. David franklin houston, Secretary Of Agriculture. William Cox redeield, Secretary of Commerce. William bauchop wilson, Secretary Of Labor. Regents of the Institution: edward douglass white, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States. Henry cabot lodge, Member of the Senate. Charles S. Thomas Member of the Senate. Henry french hollis, Member of the Senate. Scott ferris, Member of the House of Representatives. Lemuel P. Padgett, Member Of the House of Representatives. Frank L. Greene, Member of the House of Representatives. Alexander graham bell, citizen Of Washington, D. C. George gray, citizen of Delaware. Charles F. Choate, J r., citizen of Massachusetts. John B. Henderson, J r., citizen of Washington, D. C. Henry white, citizen of Maryland. Ea'ecutii'e committee. - george gray, alexander graham bell, ernest W. Roberts. Secretary of the Institution. - charles D. Walcott. Assistant Secretary - richard rathbun. Chief Clerk - harry W. Dorsey. Accountant and disbursing agent - W. I. Adams. Editor. - A. Howard clark. Assistant librarian. - paul brockett. Property clerk. - J. H. Hill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.