SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

FREDERIK RASMUSSEN was born July 18, 1876, on a farm in Hals, Denmark; graduated from Hals Realskole in 1892; engaged in practical farm work until entering Iowa State College in 1902; received the degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture from the Iowa State College in 1905; instructor in dairying, Purdue University, Indiana, 1905-1906; Assistant Professor in Dairying, Iowa State College, 1906-1907; Professor of Dairying, New Hampshire State College, 19071916; Professor of Dairy Husbandry, Pennsylvania State College, 1916-1919; during the period of the war assisted Pennsylvania State Food Administration on agriculture and dairy problems; appointed Secretary of Agriculture, January 22, 1919, by Governor Sproul, and was reappointed May 8, 1919, for a term of four years.

COMMISSIONER OF BANKING.

PETER GLENN CAMERON was born in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1876. He was educated at the Wellsboro Public Schools, Mansfield State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa., and the Rochester Business University, Rochester, New York. He served as clerk and stenographer for his father, Judge David Cameron, for several years; was appointed State Bank Examiner in January, 1902, which office he held until November, 1906, when he resigned to become auditor of the Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh. In November, 1908, he became private secretary to Honorable James H. McGraw, of New York City, which office he held until January, 1911, when he was reappointed a State Bank Examines, This office he held until appointed on July 1, 1919, to the office of Second Deputy Commissioner of Banking. On June 7, 1922, he was appointed Commissioner of Banking by Governor William C. Sproul, to succeed Honorable John S. Fisher, resigned.

COMMISSIONER OF FORESTRY.

ROBERT Y. STUART was born in South Middleton township, near Carlisle, Pa., in 1883; was educated in the public schools of Harrisburg and Carlisle, and graduated from the Carlisle High School in 1899. He graduated from Dickinsom College in 1903, and received the A. M. degree from that institution in 1906. In 1904 he entered the Yale Forest School, receiving the degree of Mastery of Forestry in 1906. Upon leaving Yale he was appointed Forest Assistant in the U. S. Forest Service and assigned to Forest Management work in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Upon the formation of District organizations by the Forest Service, he was assigned to the Missoula [Montana] District, his duties at first being connected with fire, personnel, improvement, and organization work, and later he became Chief of Timber Sale and Planting activities of the District.

In 1912 he was transferred to Washington, D. C., and made Forest Inspector in the Branch of Management, U. S. Forest Service, which includes all timber and planting work on the National Forests, and similar projects undertaken in cooperation with other Federal departments, the states, or other agencies.

In September, 1917, he secured a commission as Captain in the Engineer Reserve Corps for service in the Forest Regiment. He was sent to France immediately and assigned to the A. E. F. headquarters at Paris, and later, Tours, to assist in the acquisition of timber for the 10th and 20th (Forest) Engineers. He was Promoted to Major in October, 1918, and assigned to General Headquarters at Chaumont to assist in the project of producing cordwood for the A. E. F. in the Advance Section. In February, 1919, he was made Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion 20th

Engineers, and District Commander of forestry troops of the Gien District, returning to the States with his battalion in June. He secured a citation from General Pershing for his work with the A. E. F.

He is a member of the Society of American Foresters, Society of American Military Engineers, and the Pennsylvania Forestry Association.

He was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Forestry by Governor Sproul on May 25, 1920, and Commissioner of Forestry on April 18, 1922.

ASSISTANT HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER.

GEORGE H. BILES was born in Philadelphia, November 7, 1879. He was educated in the public schools. For several years he was associated with the Philadelphia Department of Public Works and in 1905 was appointed Chief Draftsman of the State Highway Department. In June, 1906, he was named Division Engineer, in charge of the central and a portion of the eastern counties of Pennsylvania. He conducted some of the first experiments in bituminous road materials for the State Highway Department. As Division Engineer he supervised the construction of the famous Lewistown Narrows model road, the first highway built under the Sproul Highway Act. He also built the river drive out of the City of Harrisburg. In December of 1912, Mr. Biles was appointed Assistant to the Chief Engineer. In 1913 he became Maintenance Engineer. In June of 1915 he was named Second Deputy State Highway Commissioner; and in 1918, in addition to the supervision of all maintenance work, was placed in charge of all construction and administrative work. When Lewis S. Sadler became State Highway Commissioner, Mr. Biles was named Assistant Highway Commissioner. Upon the death of Highway Commissioner Sadler, in January of 1922, Governor Sproul announced that he would not name a Highway Commissioner to succeed Mr. Sadler, but that the Department until the end of his term would remain in charge of Mr. Biles.

CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES.

SEWARD E. BUTTON was born in Somersetshire, England, October 5, 1875, and belongs to a family that for generations had been engaged in coal mining. He attended school for a brief period and at the age of fifteen years came to the United States to the home of an older brother who had settled at Avoca, Pennsylvania. He immediately went to work as a day laborer at the Hillside Colliery of the Hillside Coal and Iron Company and in a short time obtained a miner's certificate. He was next employed for a number of years at Carbondale and then at Peckville. Ten years later he returned to Avoca where he became a mine foreman at the Hillside Colliery. He remained there for four years, and then accepted a position as foreman at the Erie Colliery, Jermyn. From there he went to the Temple Coal Company as superintendent of the Mount Lookout Colliery at Wyoming. Has worked conscientiously for the advancement of the mining industry and for a long time was President of the Pittston Mining Institute. He is a member of the Engineers' Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

He was appointed Chief of the Department of Mines, February 9, 1918, by Governor Brumbaugh, and on February 12th, assumed charge of the Department; was reappointed by Governor Sproul, December 18, 1919.

COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.

EDWARD MARTIN was born in Philadelphia, in 1859. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1878; Master of Arts, 1882; and D. S. C. 1919; the degree of Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1883, rowing on