Dr. Andrew Hunter. (Minute 1, May 20, 1914.)

The Secretary of the Treasury requested approval of the appointment of Dr. Hunter as biochemist at $4,000 per annum in the Public Health Service. The qualifications required for the position are extremely rare, and Dr. Hunter is believed to be the only man available for the work to be done.

Miss Mathilde Koch. (Minute 2, May 20, 1914.)

Appointment of Miss Koch as special agent in the Public Health Service, $2,400 per annum, was approved for duty in laboratory studies in the chemistry of certain tissues and fluids in connection with investigation of diseases. The Treasury Department stated that it believed Miss Koch to be the only person in the country who has the qualifications necessary for this particular line of research, and testimony as to her experience and qualifications was submitted.

E. W. Anderson. (Minute 2, June 18, 1914.)

On request of the Acting Secretary of War the commission approved the appointment of E. W. Anderson as assistant to the commissioner for marking Confederate graves, at $1,200 per annum. Mr. Anderson was associated with Samuel E. Lewis, commissioner for marking Confederate graves, for a long period of time in the arduous labors of investigations of the graves of Confederate prisoners of war and the presentation of facts ascertained to the Congress for its opinion, with appropriate recommendations providing for remedial measures which resulted in the enactment of the law of June 6, 1900, concerning the Confederate dead in Arlington; the law approved March 9, 1906, for marking Confederate graves lying in the Northern States; and the continuation of said law with added duties, approved March 14, 1914, under which the commissioner is now engaged.

It was stated that Mr. Anderson's sympathy and thorough knowledge of the laws preeminently qualify him for the appointment; that he is of high character, and an attorney at law.

Dr. Thomas N. Carver. (Minute 3, July 3, 1914.)

On request of the Secretary of Agriculture the commission approved the appointment of Thomas N. Carver as advisor in agricultural economics, at a salary of $4,000 per annum. The services of Dr. Carver were desired in connection with the new lines of work in rural organization which the department is to inaugurate during the fiscal year 1915. This work is of unusual importance to the efficient progress of agriculture throughout the United States. Some results have already been achieved along these lines, but in a large sense the field is an uncultivated one and one in which there is a meagerness of persons capable of giving expert advice and assistance. The services of Dr. Carver were desired especially because of the extensive studies that he has conducted along the lines of agricultural economics and sociology, including the fundamental factors of agricultural production, the problems of farm management, distribution of farm products, and the problems of rural social life. The department stated that Dr. Carver is perhaps the foremost American authority in rural economics and is recognized throughout the world as an authority in the field of general economic theory and history. It is believed that no other individual available has the experience, training, and education along the lines required.

Miss Anna L. Strong. (Minute 6, July 9, 1914.)

On request of the Department of Labor the appointment was approved of Miss Anna L. Strong as clerk, at $1,600 per annum, as expert on child welfare exhibits in the Children's Bureau. The duties of this expert will be to plan and direct such exhibits as the bureau may make, beginning with its exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Frequent demands are made by bodies of public-spirited citizens in all parts of the country for loan material for child-welfare exhibits, and for expert advice in the preparation of such exhibits. The person selected for this position should have a thorough education in economics and sociology so that he may know what the problems of child welfare are, and more especially should have had successful, practical experience assembling and directing child-welfare exhibits. The person should also be familiar with the different mechanical devices for presenting exhibit material, with requirements of floor space, and fixtures, with methods of securing publicity, with transportation problems, and with the costs of exhibits; in short, with all the details of exhibit work. The chief of the Children's Bureau reported that Miss Strong is the only person known who has the requisite qualifications for such a position and who could be secured at the salary. Miss Strong holds the degree of doctor of philosophy from Chicago University and has managed successful child-welfare exhibits in several cities. She served as executive secretary of the child-welfare committee of the National Conservation Exposition at Knoxville, Tenn., of which Miss Lathrop acted

as chairman, and Miss Lathrop thus gained personal knowledge of her work. The commission is of the opinion that the qualifications for the position are so rare that it is improbable that a suitable appointee could be obtained as a result of competitive examination.

Grover C. Loening. (Minute 6, July 9, 1914.)

Appointment was approved of Grover C. Loening, formerly with the Wright Company at Dayton, Ohio, as aeronautical engineer, Signal Service, San Diego, Cal., at $300 a month, the qualifications for the position being so rare that it appeared impracticable to hold a competitive examination.

UNDER PARAGRAPH 15, SUBDIVISION I, SCHEDULE A.

Capt. Hollis C. Clark. (Minute 2, Nov. 13, 1913.)

The request of the War Department for authority to appoint Capt. Hollis C. Clark, United States Army, retired, to collect, copy, classify, edit, or publish the scattered military records of the Revolutionary War, as provided in the act of Congress approved March 3, 1913, was approved. It is understood that Capt. Clark will supervise the work referred to and will receive pay from the appropriation provided in the act equal to the difference between his pay as a retired officer and that which he would receive if on the active list. Authority was also granted to employ for comparatively brief periods or at irregular intervals such historians, librarians, archivists, or antiquarians as may be needed in connection with the work at the respective depositories of the records of the Revolutionary War. This authority covers any similar employments which may be made under that part of the appropriation which was made for a similar purpose concerning the naval records of the Revolutionary War.

Prof. Felix Lohnis. (Minute 3, Jan. 28, 1914.)

On request of the Secretary of Agriculture the appointment was approved of Prof. Lohnis, professor of agricultural bacteriology at the University of Leipzig, Germany, as soil bacteriologist, $2,750 per annum. He is said to be the foremost European student of soil bacteriology, is the author of standard publications on the subject, and is believed, on account of his unusual experience, to be better qualified for the research work to be done than any other man in the world.

Oscar A. Brindley. (Minute 4, Jan. 28, 1914.)

The appointment of Oscar A. Brindley, an experienced aviator, as aeronautical expert, at $400 a month at the aviation school, Signal Corps, San Diego, Cal., was approved, the qualifications for the position being so rare that it appeared impracticable to hold a competitive examination.

Mark Daniels. (Minute 3, Mar. 3, 1914.)

On request of the Secretary of the Interior the appointment was approved of Mr. Daniels, as expert landscape engineer, at $10 per annum, besides reimbursement of actual expenses of traveling, subsistence, etc., for the purpose of preparing a comprehensive general plan for development and improvement of the Yosemite National Park.

Joseph Leprince. (Minute 6, May 2, 1914.)

The Treasury Department stated that under authority of law the Public Health Service was making systematic studies of the prevalence of malaria and its prevention; that the services of an experienced sanitary engineer were required with special qualifications; that he must have both a theoretical knowledge of the disease and its methods of transmission and wide experience in methods of prevention. This involves practical information regarding different species of mosquitoes and the prevention of their breeding by drainage operations requiring engineering ability. It was stated that so far as known the above qualifications are best possessed by Dr. Leprince, chief sanitary inspector of the Canal Zone, who devoted his entire time for over 10 years to the solution of problems connected with the prevention of malaria in the Canal Zone and who has been in direct charge of antimosquito operations under Col. Gorgas. His appointment as sanitary engineer in the Public Health Service, at $4,000 per annum, was approved.

Internes, Isthmian Canal Service. (Minute 1, May 15, 1914.)

The Isthmian Canal Commission stated that it was desired to make appointments for one or two years' service of recent graduates from the best medical schools as internes for service at the Ancon hospital, the appointees to receive no salary but to

be allowed board, quarters, and free transportation and to act as assistants to the regular physicians at the hospital. They will not be appointed as physicians unless they enter regular competitive examinations. Appointments approved.

Commissioners of conciliation, Department of Labor.

The Department of Labor stated that the duties of the position of commissioner of conciliation required men of thought, large experience, clear judgment, and fairmindedness—men who have gained the confidence and respect of both sides. It was stated that as at present provided by Congress the appointments of such commissioners would be for temporary periods only in connection with the settlement of labor disputes as they may arise from time to time. The appointments of the following-named persons were approved: John A. Moffitt, A. L. Faulkner, and James A. Smyth (Minute 1, Apr. 25, 1914); Frank S. Lerch and William Blackman (Minute 1, June 13, 1914); Charles W. Mills, Patrick Gilday, Herman Robinson, W. W. Husband, and Charles O'Neil (Minute 2, July 23, 1914).

UNDER SECTION 10, RULE II.

Andrew J. Shamblin. (Minute 6, July 28, 1914.)

On request of the Secretary of Agriculture the commission approved the appointment of Mr. Andrew J. Shamblin as field inspector for scale insects of date palm, at a salary of $1,200 per annum, in the Federal Horticultural Board. It was stated that Mr. Shamblin will be engaged in the inspection of imported date-palm offshoots, treating infested plants by sprays and other means, and noting the effect of such treatment on the plants and on the scale insects, in an endeavor to clean up the date infestation in California and Arizona in connection with the date-palm scale insect quarantine. The department stated that Mr. Shamblin's long experience in the date-growing regions in California and Arizona makes him without doubt the best qualified man in the United States for the position and that the chairman of the Federal Horticultural Board reports that he knows of no other man who could satis-· factorily carry out the work.

Prof. Charles H. T. Townsend. (Minute 4, Aug. 5, 1914.)

On request of the Secretary of Agriculture the appointment of Prof. Charles H. T. Townsend, of Michigan, as entomological assistant, at a salary of $1,800 per annum, in the Bureau of Entomology for duty in Washington, D. C., was approved. The department stated that Prof. Townsend was to be assigned to duty as expert in the Muscoid flies, especially of the family Tachinidae, and that his work will consist in the intensive study of the parasitic flies of this group in the gipsy moth and browntail moth infested regions of New England. Prof. Townsend has had a very wide experience and training in entomology, having been assistant entomologist in the Department of Agriculture from 1888 to 1891; professor of entomology and zoology in the New Mexico Agricultural College from 1891 to 1893; curator of the museum in the Institute of Jamaica, Jamaica, British West Indies, 1893 to 1894; field agent, Division of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, 1894 to 1898; professor of biology and agriculture, Batangas Provincial School, Philippine Islands, 1899 to 1906; expert in charge of dipterous parasites, Gipsy Moth Laboratory, Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, 1907 to 1909; Government entomologist and director of entomological stations of Peru, 1909 to 1914. He is regarded as far in advance of any other entomologist in the line of work for which his appointment is desired and is the author of many important papers on the subject.

Michael J. Hagerty. (Minute 3, Aug. 7, 1914.)

On request of the Department of Agriculture the appointment of Michael J. Hagerty was approved, as indexer and translator of Chinese botanical, agricultural, and horticultural works in the Bureau of Plant Industry, at a salary of $1,380 per annum. The department stated that for the work to be performed it was essential to secure some one familiar with the Chinese collections of this country, and especially those of the Library of Congress, who could translate Chinese and Japanese and index Chinese books on botany, agriculture, and horticulture, collating the Chinese names of plants with the Latin names, and thus render the information in these books available, a matter of importance in connection with the investigations of Chinese economic plants which are being made by the Bureau of Plant Industry. It was further stated that since the resignation of Dr. Hing Kwai Fung, formerly employed as an expert in the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Hagerty is the first person found who is sufficiently familiar with this sort of work to be trusted to handle it accurately, and that he formerly worked

with Dr. Fung and is familiar with Chinese, and is especially well informed concerning the Chinese collection of the Library of Congress, having assisted in arranging and cataloguing it.

Robert M. McWade and John B. Colpoys. (Minute 3, Aug. 25, 1914.)

The appointments of Messrs. McWade and Colpoys as commissioners of conciliation, Department of Labor, were authorized in accordance with the precedent of Minute 1 of April 25, 1914.

Luther P. Byars. (Minute 6, Sept. 14, 1914.)

On request of the Department of Agriculture the appointment of Luther P. Byars, of Wisconsin, as plant pathologist in nematode disease investigations, in the Bureau of Plant Industry, at $2,000 per annum, was authorized. The department stated that the duties of the position consist in the investigation of the diseases of truck crops, forage crops, and sugar beets caused by nematodes, which diseases have been very little investigated in this country, the work requiring training in the two fields of zoology and plant pathology, a combination rarely found; that Mr. Byars has been trained in both these lines at the University of Wisconsin and has had field experience during two summers in the Department of Agriculture, and is, to the best of the department's knowledge and belief, the only available man in the country who is qualified to fill the position. It was further stated that Mr. Byars was highly recommended by Prof. L. R. Jones, professor of plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin, and Prof. H. W. Barre, professor of botany of the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, both these gentlemen stating that Mr. Byars is the best qualified man known to them for the work in question. The department stated that Mr. Byars is a graduate of the Clemson Agricultural College and has taken two years post-graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, during which time the major part of his work consisted of the study of nematode problems. The commission was of the opinion that such qualifications are so rare that it would be useless to attempt to fill the position through competitive examination.

Roscoe Haines. (Minute 3, Sept. 15, 1914.)

The appointment of Mr. Haines as claims examiner, at $1,700 per annum, in the Forest Service, at Missoula, Mont., was approved, with the understanding that his services will not be continued after the completion of the particular work upon which he is to be engaged. The position requires not only a knowledge of public land laws and rules of practice, but detective ability of a high order, absolute fearlessness, knowledge of timber and agricultural values, of local conditions, history and people, ability to describe topography, and if necessary to construct topographic maps. John L. Savage. (Minute 3, Sept. 23, 1914.)

On request of the Director of the Reclamation Service the appointment was approved of John L. Savage, as designing engineer, at $15 per diem. The director stated that it is desired to use Mr. Savage's services for special work in connection with the designing of an attachment to the electric drag line excavators now in use in the Boise and Minidoka projects in Idaho so as to be able to move from one drain to another without erecting transmission lines; also to design a special excavator to be used in cleaning out drains on the Minidoka project. It was stated that the Reclamation Service has been unable to locate a suitable machine for this purpose, and it has been found necessary to make up its own designs. It was further stated that the requirement constantly arises for an expert on the designing of structures and machines and to consult with engineering boards on structural and mechanical details. Mr. Savage was said to be thoroughly familiar with the work of the Reclamation Service, having gained an intimate knowledge through his previous employment in that service. It was stated that his services will probably be required for three or four months, but that his employment will not be continuous during that time.

MEMORANDUM BY THE PRESIDENT AND EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND FROM OTHER SOURCES.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

MEMORANDUM BY THE PRESIDENT IN CONNECTION WITH HIS APPROVAL ON OCTOBER 22, 1913, OF THE URGENT DEFICIENCY ACT RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY

COLLECTORS OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND DEPUTY MARSHALS.

I am convinced, after a careful examination of the facts, that the offices of deputy collector and deputy marshal were never intended to be included under the ordinary provisions of the civil-service law. The control of the whole method and spirit of the administration of the proviso in this bill which concerns the appointment of these officers is no less entirely in my hands now than it was before the bill became law; my warm advocacy and support both of the principle and of the bona fide practice of civilservice reform is known to the whole country, and there is no danger that the spoils principle will creep in with my approval or connivance.

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY COLLECTORS OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

COLLECTORS OF INTERNAL REVENUE:

OCTOBER 27, 1913.

Referring to that portion of the urgent deficiency act, approved October 22, 1913, relating to the appointment of deputy collectors of internal revenue, collectors are advised that the object of this provision of law is efficiency, and only efficiency, and that any tendency to use this class of appointments merely for personal reward, or for anything that savors of the spoils system, will be regarded as a very serious disregard of public duty, and that they will be expected to deal with these matters in a spirit which the whole country will approve.

Hereafter when vacancies in this class of officers occur or changes are contemplated, and before such vacancies are filled or such changes are effected, collectors will forward to this office the names of the persons whom it is desired to appoint, together with a statement of their qualifications and records. No appointments in this class of officers shall hereafter be made by collectors without the approval of the department. W. H. OSBORN, Commissioner.

By direction of the President:
WM. G. MCADOO,

Secretary of the Treasury.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

EXTRACT FROM CIRCULAR TO UNITED STATES MARSHALS CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS OF DEPUTY MARSHALS UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE URGENT DEFICIENCY ACT, APPROVED OCTOBER 22, 1913.

The above quoted proviso is designed to promote efficiency, and this object must be scrupulously observed. Under no conditions must marshals attempt to use these appointments merely for personal reward or partisan ends.

Deputies whose chief duties are not to serve process (office deputies) have, since March 2, 1909, been appointed under the rules of the civil service. Hereafter whenever a change in respect of any such place is contemplated by a marshal he must report the facts, especially as to the qualifications of the proposed appointee, to this department and secure its express approval before making any permanent appointment thereto.

You are expected heartily to cooperate in administering the law in harmony with the principles above specified, and any departure therefrom will be regarded as a breach of your official duty.

SECRETARY OF WAR.

RETIREMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

Heads of departments and chiefs of bureaus have many times recommended the enactment of legislation for the retirement of civil-service employees, and I find that in four of the annual reports of my immediate predecessors in the War Office the prin