The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-03

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showing the and condition Of such suits
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he for the benefit Of the United States
Eio House Bodon Howell Cobb Secretary Of tho Treasury
eeeio president Com W. subrick United States navy chair
man Gen J. Io'sn United STATES army Capt. A Humphrey
yoy fq Joseph enry secretary Of Smithsonian Institution Capt
kins United States and Captain Vim Frankhn United
States army secretaries and Eve clerks This board directs the build
contracts for supplies Of oil, Sc.
United Sas coas Surrey o6 Professor BaoAe H. d,
perntaadeAi, aud superintendent weights
Capt smith Typographical engineers assistant IN charge Of
the Coast "a s survey Once
c. d. Snow In charge OF archives
Professor Pndls,u uuied navy Of lons
Assistant schott in charge Of computing division
Assistant l. =. Pouraes in charge Of tidal division.
Lieut. j. rdba United States army in charge Of drawing d
Lieut. srtou United States army charge engraving d
Helm disbursins agent
George Mathot, eectrotypst
Joseph saxon weights and
rom OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Hon Brown, Postmaster General The direction and
the Post Department by the cons
tuition and laws the Postmaster General That it, business be
distributed several bureaus oows The appointment OF
fec charge the First Assistant Postmaster General the Contract
Office charge Third
the Inspection onice, in charge of the chief clerk
Impeachment o Horaio King First Assistant Postmaster
which relate 70 tho establishment and dsconnuane Of post Offices
agents. also giving post
masters rosmasters furnished with marking aud rating stamps
and letter balances by this which charged also with
yng blanks and stationery for the Of the department aud with
pos.nasters assigned
pervion the mail steamship lines and of the foreign aud in
ternatonal postal arrangements
Contract oaowlam Dundas esq Second Assistant Post,nas
General and twenty clerks TO this Office assigned tho bust
ness arranging the mail service 9th United States and placing the
embracing all correspondence and proceedings
respecting the frequency trips mode conveyance and times Of
and arrivals all the routes the Of the mail between
the regulations for the Of the domestic mail service the
the bids aud takes charge the annual and occasional mail
tons for the establishment alteration of mail arrangements and the
appointment Of mail should be TO this Office All
claims transportation
recognition through
the conac. Once as necessary authority for the proper credits
receive the statement Of mail prescribed for the
respective routes weekly 10 the Auditor all contracts
cuted and all orders affecting accounts Tor mail pre-
e statistical exhibits Of the mail service and the reports Of the
made the originated the cualmens ordered and the
aliltonal allowances granted within the year.
Finance Oce-JohD Marron esq., Postmaster Gen
ea aud twenty clerks To this Office are assigned the
vision ana Of the financial business of the department
dra offices other depos,ares department. issuing
warrants aud drafts in Of balances reported by the Auditor
the Offices under orders dpcste their quarterly bal
by their quarterly returns postag Il has charge
OF the dead letter office Of the issuing postage and stamped
envelopes for the payment Of postage ANA Of the accounts
To the Third Assistant Postmaster General all posaers should
direct their quarterly returns Of postage those at draft Offices their
letters reporting quarterly the net proceeds of their Offices and those
be directed the weekly and monthly returns the dpoares of the
Department. rs wen all applications and receipts for postage stamps
and stamped envelopes and for dead letters
Inspection ODoJobn oakford esq., clerk seventeen
clerks To this ONCE assigned the duty receiving and examining the
service Of route agents and reports of mall failures Of noting the DO
enasu for @ r ss a
reports q mail ngss o NJ aa ns Sn. abaFs and
faithful all mail
Al Of mail deedaton Of violation Of law by private
The supervision this Office, and should be reported to It.
o or oer soans W and n Ss "a
reced Chief Clerk, Post Once Department"
registers the arrivals and departures Of the mails
of the reports Of mail failures applications
blank registers and Of failures and all complaints
irregular imperfect service should be directed
specton Office, Post Office Department"
The Navy Department consists Of the Navy Department proper be
the office the Secretary and Of 1--we bureaus attached thereto
Repair Provisions Clothing
photography, and the Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery
Of the force employed thcrcin
Srraarys OHon Toucey Secretary Navy Charles
Navy has charge Of everything with the establish
mcn the Of all laws relating thereto n,rued him
Ivy tho constitution commander chief of the and
All instructions commanders of squaons and commanders Of
vessels officers commissions officers the
and marine corps appointments OF commissioned and warran!
sccretarys All
authority OF the Secretary their
considered onanans from him The general saperntendence
the marine corps forms also part Of the duties Of the Secretary and
all orders the commandment Of that should be
him.
Mary Yd,ds and DoksCommodore Joseph Smith,
the bureau four clerks civil engineer and drauhtsman
everything Immediately connected with th
supcnepenoc Of this bureau also charged with the
management Of the Naval Asylum.
Of Construction Equipment and Rassr John Lentha esq,
eight clerks The
chief OF tho DANIEL Is Martin
this bureau who assisted by three engineers This bureau
Materials and the providing Of all vessels with olr equipments
anchors tanks The chief
approval the Secretary decides plans for their
ton.
and ChpH Bridge purser United Sates
chief bureau and four clerks All provisions for the
the navy clothing together with the making contracts for fur
nlshns the same under the charge Of this bureau
bureau IF Ordnance HyogaIhy-Capt Duncan ngraham,
CHEF bureau four clerks and dangbtsman This bureau has
charge and the
with everything connected Herewith
maps, charts clonomccrs, baromcters,
gcer with such books as furnished shpsoEwar The United
to Naval Observatory and oe at Washington
Annapolis also under the
yerntendcnce of the chief Of this bureau.
Barsau af Medicine Surq9yD William whelan surgeon
navy Everything relating sdcnes and
stores and wounded and
hospitals within tho supcrintendence of this bureau
WV
Hon J Floyd Secretary of War W. Drinkard chief clerk
and four wachmen The
GLOWING bureaus attached to this department:
Commanding Generals OeThis office, the bead Of which
Lieutenant General Scott, is at New York
Adaam OgceCo samue Cooper Adjutan General
Major D. Townsend Brcvet Capt Williams
Garesche Judge Advocate Brevet Major John
Lee nine clerks aud messenger In this Office are kept all