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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1914

Page

9

Departmental Notes of Interest to Uncle Sam's Army of Employes

A slice of federal bureaucracy shows transfers and promotions across bureaus. Alice W Holcombe and Fanny P Lamson move within population and vital statistics divisions while Rena Rhogenberg shifts in cities statistics. Several census staff join or leave posts, with George H Thomas researching marketing of melons and fruits, and others resigning or assuming new duties in foreign and domestic commerce, agriculture, and nautical survey roles. A long list details temporary appointments, retirements, and office transfers across the Census Bureau, Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and related agencies.

Mass Alice W Holcombe Division of Population Fanny P Lamson Division of Vital Statistics Miss Rena Rhogenberg Division of Statistics

Department Personnel Notes and Vacations Across Bureaus

Interior notices list multiple Bureau of Indian Affairs staff changes and vacations. Names include E B Mitchell, Stella Carpenter, J M Boardman, Walter Miller, Walter Bury, John Dykes, Reeves, Jennie Gilchrist, Annette McCullough, Tilzabeth Wood, Lottie Condron, Maj Alex Summers, Grace Wall, Sadie Gomprrs, and Gifford Bigford. Activities cover transfers, new assignments, and summer trips from August through September, with travel to Atlantic City, Castine Me, Newport RI, and Boston area, plus vacations in Chicago, New York, and southern states.

J M Boardman Chauncey Deper Atlantic City Indian Bureau Potomac Timberlake New York Jennie Gilchrist Bureau of Animal Industry Children's ‘Bureau Annette McCullough Department of Labor Vision Areau of Education Chicago Mies Tilzabeth J’ Wood Centralia St Louis

Rural Org office tours and staff moves across states

Agriculture department notices detail C W Thompson’s Rural Organization tour to Chicago Lansing Minneapolis and Fargo plus numerous staff reassignments and leaves. Robert O Murphy returns from furlough to care for ill mother. several experts travel to Boston Providence and Atlantic City to discuss marketing perishables fruit and livestock.

C W Thompson Office of Rural Organization Chicago Lansing Midh Minneapolis Fargo N Duh Robert O . Murphy Oakland Baseball Club California Marion Dorsett Biochomie Division Bureau of Animal Industry Ocean City Office of Markets Boston International Apple Shippers’ Association Providence R J

Post Office Appointments and August Rural Mail Leaves

Walter L. Anders is temporarily appointed in inland transportation by railroad routes. Mrs M A Birchfield has undergone surgery and will be in hospital for about two weeks. EB I Slegle, George H Emch, A H E McCarty, G Payne, and HR W Edmonds of rural mails are on annual leave for August.

Thomas M Dent Tito Walter & Hardman Misy Moray Mihaney Sirhan Sherman Forovisa T Welsh New R . Vvelal Shedd Lewis B Flohr George Crist Walter L. Anders Division of Inland Transportation M. A. Birchfield EB I Slegle George H Emch A HE McCarty G © Payne HR W Edmonds Oh Bon Durant James W. Davis Miscellaneous Transportation Frank Tuck Vacaton Virginia Tuck

Navy audit office staff take summer leaves and trips

Treasury officials and navy auditing office staff plan vacations and visits across the U S and abroad. Branton and Greene travel for health and rest. Peck and family vacation in New York mountains. Davis and Emerson on summer getaways. several others take sick leave or promotions.

Branton Navy Auditing Office New York State Ed Peck Navy Auditing Offices New York Hubert Mise B . Greene Niagara Falla Carl Nasg Dora Skeets XK Brown Braddock Heights Mra W. Griffin Mr Griffin

Government Printing Office Notes Injuries and Personnel Movements

Government Printing Office weekly notes record injuries to four employees including a right hand laceration from a revolving saw and molten metal burns to feet and arms. It also lists resignations, transfers, leaves, vacations, and staff attending conventions in Providence and Louisville.

William J Manning Thomas A Gilan Foundry Division Belle Lambson George H Thayer Julian H Ingram Monope

Navy personnel movements and leave authorizations faced

Navy and Revenue Cutter Service personnel receive leave extensions and assignments set by Capt Commandant Bertholt. Arthur I Clark from customs travels to Detroit and Sault Sainte Marie for official business. several officers detached for treatment at Port Townsend and Marine Hospital. appointments made for cadet engineers and cadet officers including Daly, Willard, and others.

Revenue Cutter Service EP Bertholt Detroit Sault Sainte Marie Mich Duluth Minn Secretary of iCommerce Jaws H Bixby Marine Hospital Port Townsend Wash Aaron Mathela Isaac J van Skummen C A Beckley P R Revenue Cornelius Martin Daly Maurice Willard Altafter Harry Shirley Talkin Stancy Knopt Noryin Cliffe Smith Donald Hoxt MacCollum Charles Temple Henley Richard Dunham Karr Roderick Stanley Pateh Edward Frederick Palmer

War Department vacationing staff in across the nation

A War Department roster lists many officers and clerks on leave or traveling for vacations. Sylvester Epps acts as messenger while Walter Howard tours Maryland New York and George Taylor visits Maryland Maine New Jersey on trips.

State Department confirms large group of diplomats on leave

A number of consuls and diplomats including George Horton at Smarna and Walter Leonard at Colombo departed or planned leave for Europe and the United States. The travel spans Switzerland, Turkey and Greece with postings to Vienna Patros and Shanghai. Several officials remain abroad or await transport due to wartime disruption.

George Horton Smarna Turkey State Department Horton Switzerland

City Hall and Court Notes on Warlike City Readiness

City Hall undergoes extensive repairs and upgrades including steam heat electric lights and new concrete in basements as staff report a national mood of wartime readiness. The article notes substitutions at the Detroit Supreme Court and mentions a rat-hunting incident that led to heightened security and a claim the city hall will be in a state of war until pests are eradicated.

Connell Thstre Angland Ft County Win New Fork Justice Stafford New Enland Washington Oreorras Supreme Court Insyacalian Department of the Lutten States Attorney Miss Wilson Greer Avey Bangs District Supreme Court Albert Fariey Cours Witsa Farley

Appointment and orders for officer on battleship Tennessee

M Himbel of Danville Pa has been named copyist in the bureau of navigation. The battleship Tennessee has been ordered to Europe with gold to protect American citizens, and the port on which it will sit is to be determined.

George M Darrow Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Bureau of Plant Industry James F. Wilruth Europe Tennieuses The Treasury Jemisons Wiliam J Barden Corps of Engineers Vera Cruz Mexico Relcue A. F Flagler War College Charles Piotet Maryland National Guard Baltimore Calvin I Hitch Atlanta War Department Henry S Breckinridge New York Harbor Maes Winifred Mallon In M. Himbel Danville, Pa Bureau of Navigation

Canada warns its mariners on war risk routes

The Department of Marine and Fisheries warns Canadian shipowners and seamen not to leave any port without consulting the department due to Britain’s war with Germany. Quebec Halifax and Esquimalt may close. A separate cable from Denmark reports submarine mines in the Sound at Copenhagen and mandatory pilots at certain passages.

Ottawa Department of Marine and Fisheries Germany Canadian Quebec Halifax Esquimalt Royal Ministry of Denmark Copenhagen Drogden

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