Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-14
V,HE DEATH OF WILLIAM TECUMsEI

II Sherman leaves out ono CouopASuOuS SoA
vivor of all the Union generals who satisfac-
torily established their claims to individual
greatness and national gratitude. That soii-
tary figure is Gen. William Starke Rosecrans-
But few men are as vigorous as he 10 when
they have reached the seventy-frst year OF ex-
istence and the number of those who have
passed the three score and ten" and yet labor
necessarily is extremely small. Ordinarily the
desire to toll vanishes before mans appointed
span Of life is completed, but Gen. Rosecrans
is a vigorous exception to the rule; his remark
able physiaue and undimmed mentality seem
to have suffered nothing from the lapse OF
time or the wear and tear of an industrious ex-
istence.
The government Of the United States has in
its gift anumber of positions that do not call Ior
exertion. Neither the gray matter nor the
muscular system suffers any strain while the
duties pertaining to the Office are being per
formed. The ONCE Of register OF the treasury
il not one of these snaps"
DUTIES OF THE REGISTER
Comparatively but few people have any idea
as to the duties pertaining to the position now
filed so acceptably by the veteran. Originally
the register of the treasury was the book
keeper. The plan of the Treasury Depart
rnsnt as drawn by Alexander Hamilton pro-
yided for a secretary to find out ways and
means of raising money to meet the expenses
of the government and TO supervise al financial
matters, a treasurer to keep the money as long
as he could and to pay it out when pay
ment could not be avoided and
register to keep the books Since then audi
tors were found necessary to state accounts
and afterward controllers were created to over
look the statements and to decide wheth the
expenditures were legal or not In addition to
being the final account keeper of the treasury
the register is custodian of those government
papers and records which contain the govern
ments financial history. These files are being
constantly searched by parties interested In
suits at law. and when the courts desire the pro-
duction OF any Of these documents the register
furnishes them. under the certhcatlon and seal
of the department The financial history OF all
public loans and the redemption OF indebted
ness is in the registers Office. The same Office
also furnishes schedules of interest due on in
terest-bearing bonds and keeps very precise
catalogue OF those who hold what Is termed tine
Understanding public debt. Jointly with
representatives of the secretary's and treasur-
er Offices the register sGpervlses the destruc-
ton of all Cancelled evidence of the public in
debtedness. No money can be paid into or
taken from the treasury except by warrant;
every warrant is certified TO by the register and
they are ali recorded in his books.
THE VETERANS WORKING HABITS.
So far as the working days Of the year are
concerned they differ but little from each
other. To Gen. Rosecrans all are full of bust
ness and cheerfulness- They are long days,
vo1,1y men Of gooJ nbvsinue- Sly O'Clock in
The neoorni,,o t;nSs tbe Veteran ont of he'd and
ready for breakfast. Promptly at clock the
general isat his desk in the department. first
smiling greeting 70 ioo employ ,hes facing
I'll 10 u $500 80 tha ra,,id 49,.
action of public business A large proportion
of the mail consists of bonds that have been
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undertaking One eapilalst VINO mas Iots Oh
money 20 spare Duys pohas rom some one VINO
neeus cash, anu as SON as ne usn'.er mas
taken place tne ne" noluer turns III 'ne ga
oohds anu asAs Una. otiiefs Vi eduai 'aiue DC
issued IN MS own maine name.
atiZ noon '1e Afeasdi. DePaf .inei. IAes an
oheial ress anu ior tIhrty minutes thefea.er
most OF tne employees ENJOY iuhen anu get
Drealn of t"o VI .ie oA.ei-oi a'mosPnere, Du.
zen noseenans ienaius q. LIS uesA until
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large NUMBER OF calers- Many OF these come
on business connected directly with the de-
ParIment, put the greater proportion OF his
asitors come not 10 see the register OF the
treasury but to shake hands with him whom
they knew years ago as "Old Rosy" These lat
ser are numerous Some OF them haven't seen
the general for years. But a few days ago an
orfcer walked up to the generals desk and
saluted his old commander for the first time
since the war closed; he had served on the gen.
eral staf at Chickamauga- A goodly number
of the veterans who drop In have no favors to
ask, but they are IN the minority. The
poor old soldiers are not few. As a
rule they are modest In their requests
and can therefore be accommodated.
oecasionaiy an inmate OF soiciers hore-a
ia,,a- rlh;ch r,l, s;nptsts n;re =; ,h s,sh iGr
men. Of which he mad taken French leave but
little while before; some OF these men come
from as far away as Dayton and Milwaukee.
Cases Of deep distress are comparatively rare,
the Grand Army and the womens Relief Corps
attending 20 such. Sometimes the general is
called upon TO write note TO the District Com
missioners for one Of his lowly comrades, COM
mending to their immediate attention the case
Of veteran who wants admission to the poor