Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-10
THE SUMMARY OF THE ADDITIONAL FORCE
as pivef above ia as follows.

| OF class one, and two messengers.
| THE SUMMARY OF THE ADDITIONAL FORCE
as gived above is as follows:
| Clerks Amount.
Surgeon Generals ONCE ........ 16s 2a4,sSO
| AdJutant Generals Office ....... 1877 2OO66O
| Secretary OF Wars Office ....... IL 5000
| Second ComptrOlers office..... 8 1860
Second Auditors office. 20 "a, 900
| Thlrd AUDITORS Office ........... 20 27,4OO
| Total clerks. ,21O S1,742 43O
| OTHER ITEMS.
The bill further provides that in the office Of the
| auditor OF the Treasury for the Post ONCE de-
partment there be appointed, in order to provide
the necessary force for examining registers OF
arrivals and departure of mails and obtaining in
formation and making such examination and re-
vision as Is necessary for the proper auditing
and settlement of accounts for the transportation
OF the mails four clerks OF class four six clerks OF
class three, four aSSorterS at $500 each; in all,
$4,000. To provide temporary force to dispose Of
one, three clerks at 81 900 each and four clerks at
$500 each in all, $10,20 And the Secretary OF the
Treasury is authorized to sell as waste paper or
accumulated, or may hereafter accumulate in the
once OF the auditor OF the Treasury for the Post
! Office department., that are not needed in the
| transaction Of current business and have no per-
manent official or historical value; and the pro-
eeeds OF said sales he shall pay into the Treasury,
and make report thereof to Congress.
The following additional employees In the office
OF the lighthouse board authorized to be paid
from the appropriations for the lighthouse estab-
I1Shment, namely: clerk Of class two, or class
one IA at $500 each, assistant messengers, /
iaDorer, S6OO; assistant civil engineer. 81 400
oraughtSman, 81, 1870, and draughtSman, 81 200;
In all, So, $40.
In the Treasury department, for rent of build
the second auditors office, $1,000; and S., 900 for
shelving and file-holders in the same Office is ap
prOprtated.
WAR DEPARTMENT INCREASE
The bill provides for additional clerks and other
employees in theseveral bureaus and offices Of the
War department, as named below, who shall be
paid from the appropriations made for the support
OF the army and who shall be in lieu of all ''gen-
eral service" or detailed enlisted men" from the
army In service in said department, and its vari-
GUS subordinate bureaus and offices at the seat Of
government, during the fiscal year ending June
once of the secretary-For seven clerks of class
one; six at 81 900 each; in all, s14,400.
ONCE OF the Adjutant General-For ten clerks OF
class i've
messengers, and twenty watchmen; In all,
Signal Offlce-For two clerks of class one; one
clerk at 81 600; one messenger; one messenger at
$3.50; and one laborer. at $40; in all, s5,14O.
ONCE OF the Inspector Generator one clerk Of
Bureau OF Military Justice-For one clerk of
class three; two of class one; at 81 900; and
one messenger; in all, S. $40.
ONCE of the Quartermaster General-For one
o o +; el sS at each; and one messenger in
once OF the Commissary Generator four
CLERKS ks Of class one; seven at $1,000 each; in ALL
ONCE Of the Surgeon Generator one clerk OF
class four; one messenger boy, at $500; seven
clerks Of class one; and fifteen at 81 900 each; in
ONCE Of the Chief of ordnance-For two clerks
OF class four sixteen at 81 900 each; and two mes
Office OF the Paymaster Generator one clerk.
81, 600. 0-'
War Department Building-For one foreman Of
labOrers, 81, 0N
INTERIORS OFFICE,
heretofore paid from the appropriation for tempo
rary clerks, namely: One clerk Of class three; two
OF class two; one OF class one; one c0pyist; one
messenger; and one laborer; in all, 5000.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Additional force in the Office of the Third Assist
ant Postmaster General, heretofore paid from the
appropriation for temporary employees: Three
clerks at 81 900 each six female clerks at $500 each
and six female clerks at s72O each; in ALL s127a0
For the following additional force required in
the SYSTEMS Damey One ene
81 600; one fireman; three Wauchmen and four La
bOrers; In all, $50.
TRANSFER OF RECORDS-CHANGRS IN THE NEW DE-
PARTMENT BUILDING.
The Secretary of War Is directed by the bill to
transfer all the records in the Office of the sur
geon general OF the army from which the evidence
Is furnished for the settlement OF claims for in
valid pensions, and also the clerks and others em-
pl0yed upon such records, to the Office of the ad-
Jutant general Of the army, If in his judgment the
tated or the number OF clerks employed upon such
work can be materially reduced In number by such
shall be set apart and used under the orders Of the
Secretary OF War, so much OF the funds appropri-
ated for the contingencies OF the surgeon generals
vide the stationery, blank books, furniture. and
other articles necessary for the use OF the clerks
dispatch Of the business upon which they
| shall be employed The north half OF the
east wing Of the State, War and Navy build
cept the two rooms on the second story now occu-
pied by the Secretary OF Waf and the fourth story
ing now Occupied 6y the DepaGtm e Of State
shall be occupied by the War Department for the
storage OF records now stored in insecure rented
buildings and for clerical purposes connected with
corridor Of the Fourth story OF the east wing from
the fourth story OF the south wing Of the State,
war, and Navy building shall be removed, so as
to anord easy access from one wing to the other
on the fourth story of said building. The occu-
pancy OF the north half OF the east wing, except
the two rooms aforesaid, and Of the fourth story
and attic of the south wing OF the State War, and
ment shall cease on the completion and occupancy
by the War department OF the west wing and the
wang a.
wing and the fourth story and attic OF the south
wing OF said building shall be controlled and occu-
pied by the Navy department and the Department
Of State, respectively.
Low JonTnalism.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
General Hawley did not set mp too high stand
ard OF Journalism when he said that an honorable
man was ssjust Is much bound to tell the truth In
q newspaper as he would be II under OATH" But
iC must have appeared altogether too high stand
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