The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-01-24
TIE PRESIDENTS STAFF.
4 rczan Ah.s Secretaries Kept 8c<y
Al tks Tina

0ssciaI work done 81 the Executive
Mansion requires the services OF
about . dozen mea- President
H<yes has a larger personal ssaE
shan has been maintained oy any OF
his predecessors The nan who
stands nearest 10 ann : Mr. w b
E gers, wAo holds the position of
private secretary To tins president.
VITA = salary OF $3.50 4 scar, Mr.
Rogers occupies the large rO0n Al
j4cent 20. she Presidents r01n, ON
the side opposite TO the library and
liau4e,ill1ely over the southern easl
lot sAe e1sa r5oD, All the olDees be-
~ IL the seeonl story OF the Exsc-
aux Aaa-la Oar. Pradea the
assistant secretary, wao receives a
- Ary Of $500, u = a-aa VI eoBstei-
erable exgerlea &C. wh0 holds OVER
frvm the .ls. aai aliaissratb5n He
has cherg- Of most Ct the details 81
records AMI sae general Wgrk Of the
Office. The law also provides Tor
sw0 executive clerks a. $1,000 each,
which position are held bv Mr. ".
h Crook and Dir. W c. Chapam.
both Of whom we're there in Grants
time.
There are several other clerks
who are employed under a practice
BY WHICH the President details men
from the departments for special
work at the White House Private
Secretary Rogers has a shorthand
aznanuenis, DIR. Henley, who Is
borue On the rolls Of the Interior
Department. The Presidents stem
.ogrsp her, Dir Guseia. is borne on
the rolls of the postodice depart
ment - private secretary To the
Postmaster General Another clerk I
for general wors, Mr. Price, Is
borne On the rolls Of the Paymas5er +
Generals office. Mr. Moreton.
who cuts up the newspapers and (
keeps the scrapbcoi1s for the Presi-
dent, IS detailed from the Congress
sionaI LIBRARY. In addition to these
CLERKS there are. FIVE messengers,
who are detailed from what Is known I
as 'the general service force oC the I
War Department.. Two ushers are
carried on tae rolls of the local po-
hee force. The steward Of the
White House Is provided Tor by
law and receives a salary OF 81, s00
Besides al his clerks the President
has the constant service OF enc Of F
his sons, who Is a good worker.
The duties Of the Private Secretary
are not very onerous. He is much .
sought by people who thinN THAT be /
has influence with the President, /
and many Office seekers pour their I
stories into his ears rather than (
walt to have al Interview with the
President. It ; probable, however +
that none OF che Presidents assist
ants have very much Influence over
ais mind. They are, however, fire.
queu5ly able t1 obtain places in the
department for their friends.
The President OF the Uni5est
States, during a session of Con
gress, can never lind mucn time TO
pend in reading newspapers. EIe
White House 10 Literally supplied
with newspapers, only few ot
which are sept on lie. President
Grant useG to have one OF his sec
retaries cut ou5 the leading edi5ori-
ais on political topics in the New
York dairy papers, aAd occasionally
rom papers published IN other
cities, which cuttings we're handed
20 him In bunch, for MS perusal
late In the AFTERNOON Of Ia the even
ing. Mr.. Hayes does noE follow this
system, or rather, he has materially
modided it. 1t is the duty OF one
of the clerks at the White House To
take charge Of ali the newspapers
received. Enough OF them to ill /:
busheI basket are received every /,
day. Many Of them are unimpor-
tant. The newspaper clerk cuts
from most Of the influential papers
such editorial and other matter as
he thinks of interest to the Presi {
dent. which he afterwards pastes IN
scrap boOks, of which a series is
kept, The President from time to
time, runs over these scrap-0ooks
and sees what the newspapers OF Vhe
contry are saying about him and 4
his administration.