The Washington times., 1915-12-28
AIDES BIG HELP TO
VISITING DELEGATES
Corps of Guides Attends to All
Details of Social and BuSi-
ness Engagements.

Not the least interesting feature Of the
arrangements for the comfort and en-
tertAinment OF the delegates to the Pan
American Scientific Congress has been
the complete way in which the commit
tee in charge has provided for the cafe
OF the visitors-especially those who are
unable to speak English or speak 1t with
difficulty.
Likewise. the visitors who are unac-
nuainted with the social and business
their worries and all their troubles
taken from their shoulders and looked
after by a capable corps Of emplOves Or
special aides. lINory visiting deiegatlon
has a guide. philosopher. and friend as
signed to Il who is supposed 10 attend TO
every detail OF the visitors business and
social engagements while he is In Wash
ington. And this guide has been Sc
lect"d with special reference TO his IA
lniliaritv with the customs of the coun-
try from which the visitors hail 80 he
win know exactly what his charges
want to have done for them and what
they would prefer to do for themselves.
All Comforts Arranged.
The accommodations Tor the visitors
have been provided for ut tho various
hotels. and the aide assiglcd to them
has a room in the same hotel and is on
duty twenty-four hours of the day. At
the headquarters Of the CONGRESS. at the
New Willard, complete al rangcments
have been made for looking after every
thing connected with the stay of the
delegates In the city.
a branch postoffice devoted to the
who speak English. Spanish. French,
and Portuguese, has been establiShel
near the + stret ntrance of the hotel
Here. too. are telegraph offices with
linGuists in charg and direct tclegraphic
connection with ali sections of the world
that can be reached by telegraph wires.
The South or Central American business
man can reach his establishment by
telegraph from the congressional telc-
GraDh rooms. In addition to the telc-
branch of the American Express Com
panv has been esta blished with facilities
for operating the express, railroad ticket
and banking departments Of tho con-
Eress. Railroad tickets TO ailsparts OF
tho world can be purchased. and bank
ing arrangements made with banks in
anv Of the countries represented by
delegates.
Work of Summers.
The committee of aides is under the
direct charge of United states Consul
General Madden Summers. who was re-
called from San Paulo. Brazil. to es-
tablish this department and operate it
during the congress. Mr.. Summers is
working under the general direction of
Boaz Long, United states minister TO
Salvador, who was ALSO brought to this
country to help out with the general ar
rangements for the congress.
The assignments include: Argentina,
William Dawson and William H. Rob
ertson; Bolivia, John Heath: Brazil,
George A. Chamberlain and S. w.
Honaker: Chile, John b. Henderson,
Walter Wilcox, and Perry Belden: Co
lombia, MahlOn Martin; Costa Rica,
Harry w. Van Dyke; Cuba, j. l.. Rodg-
ers and Arthus Thompson: Dominican
republic. Stewart, Johnson: Ecuador.
Charles NJ Pepper: Guatemala and Sal
vador. Major william Hcnke: Haiti
Leland Harrison: Honduraa Ross
Hazetine; Mexico, George Guyer: Mica
ragua. Henry =. StaTrett: Panama,
John Heath; Paraguay. John ". Hen
derson, Peru. Ignatius John Costigan;
Uruguay, George Guyer. and Venezuela,
ROSS Hazeltine.