Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo10amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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154 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURXAL Finally there came a day of good news, x\pril 2, 19()9, marked by the receipt of letters from His Excellency Baron Moncheur of the Legation de Belgique at Washington and from the Honorable Mr. Whiteley at Baltimore announcing that there had been secured not only the support and necessary good will of the Belgian Go\ernment but also an appro- priation of 6800 francs ($1329.23) toward the expense of transportation in the Congo. The compact agreed upon provided that in return the expedition should give to the Tervueren Museum, Belgium, certain suggested zoological specimens lacking there. The cooperation is expressed by the following words quoted from the reply of Director Bumpus to Baron Moncheur: "The American Museum of Natural History will consider it a privilege to be permitted to share the scientific results of this expedition to the Congo with the Musee du Congo in Belgium. We are confident that the combined efforts of the Colonial Administration of the Kingdom of Belgium and the American Museum of Natural History will result in the general promotion of Science and thus redound to the benefit of all people." Practical work could now be pushed rapidly. Passports were ob- tained from the Secretary of State at Washington, steamship tickets were purchased, permits for freight obtained, money cabled to the Banque du Congo, Beige, Brussels, to be held at the disposal of the expedition. Through the courtesy of INIr. H. L. Bridgman, a member of the Congo Committee, letters of introduction were obtained to persons in Brussels, in particular to His Excellency, the Honorable Mr. Lane Wilson of the United States Embassy; and in each case the new allies proved their personal interest by writing to officials in the Congo. On April K), at a dinner given by President Osborn to the Congo ■;;fc;;^^^^,^ii_^iigj^JL^ i Committee and othei' iP^*^ yj^^t Li J friends of the undertak- ing, a farewell was ex- tended to the explorers and the last word was said in anticipation of un- precedented success for the work. A RIVER BOAT ON THE WAY TO STANLEYVILLE TllUS tllC CXpcdition
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