. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... ; that he would, iu addition to )rofessional duties, make collections of uatural history along the boundary for the benefit of. UNITED STATES AND UtEXICAN BOUNDARY. 205 Dr. Mearns proved bimself to be a most etticieiit uiedifal otticer and an indefatigable andsuccessful collector. His services with the couimission extended from January, 1892, to September,1894, excepting a few months during which he was assigned to duty at Fort Clark
. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... ; that he would, iu addition to )rofessional duties, make collections of uatural history along the boundary for the benefit of. UNITED STATES AND UtEXICAN BOUNDARY. 205 Dr. Mearns proved bimself to be a most etticieiit uiedifal otticer and an indefatigable andsuccessful collector. His services with the couimission extended from January, 1892, to September,1894, excepting a few months during which he was assigned to duty at Fort Clark, Tex. Thisinterruption did not, however, iirevent him from covering the entire boundary line, as he was able,by joining the monument party at a later period, to take up his biological work at the exact pointwhere he had left it on being ordered to Fort Clark. His researches along the whole line weretherefore continuous. During this period monthly reports of military and professional duties, in the capacity ofsurgeon of the party, were made by him to the War Department, and monthly reports on thebiological and other collections, and facts relating thereto, were forwarded through the commissionto the State Department. The scientific work accomplished was of the nature of a biologica
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