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TRANS-MISSISSIPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, OMAHA, 1898.
. MICHAEL, Department of State
KEMPER, Treasury Department
H. C. Ward, U. S. A., War Department
. COMDR. L. C. Logan, U. S. N., Navy Department
BROWNLOW, Post Office Department
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT
J. H. BRIGHAM Department of Agriculture, Chairman. 
W. V. COX, National Museum, Secretary. 
G. A. BARTLETT, Treasury Department, Disbursing Clerk, 
F. W. CLARKE, Department of Inte
FRANK STRONG, Department of Justice
F. W. TRUE, Smithsonian Institution National Museum
W. de C. RAVENEL, Commission of Fish Fisheries. 

Washington City, [[/preprinted]]April 25. [[preprinted]]1898 [[/preprinted]]

Dear Sir:-

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution having approved your detail, you will please hold yourself in readiness to proceed to Omaha, Nebraska, to assist in the installation of the exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.
 
As, by reason of this detail, you will be put to extraordinary expense for transportation and subsistence, your necessary expenses will, upon your return, be defrayed, upon the presentation of the customary vouchers,from the fund appropriated by Congress and allotted to the Institution for the preparation, transportation and care of its exhibit.
 
Upon the conclusion of your duties at Omaha, you will return to Washington. 

Yours respectfully, 
[[signature]]F. W. True[[/signature]]
Representative, 
Smithsonian Institution
and National Museum. 

Mr. W. H. Holmes, 
Head Curator, 
Department of Anthropology, 
United States National Museum.