The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-11
MEN WHO WORK FOR UNCLE SAM

Over 100000 Persons Are Employed In
tho Government Service.
Philadelphia Balltiin,
One interesting piece OF information
which the new, Congress will have laid
before it has just been, completed. 1t is
full list OF the names OF all persons
employed in the government service.
And how many would one suppose there
are OF them? More than 10000 The
growth OF the army OF government en-
ployes is something marvellous. a de-
cade ago tue announcement was made
that the humble. OF government. en-
ployes was over 100000. That was
thought to be something tremendous,
and so it was. But the growth oil the
governments business, the growth Of
the country, tho extension Of the postal
system, the gencralincreasc OF business,
along with the increase OF population,
compelled til. increase OF the govern
ment's forces to carry on its business.
Whether the administration be Demo-
cratic or Republican, the increase goes
on just the same. 1t seems like large
number, 10000, but when one stops to
think thac there arc over 10000 post
offices alone, and that, every one OF
these has at least one, and, in some
cases, hundreds OF employees. one be-
gins to wonder that the total is not
greater. Indeed, it is probable that the
number given above, 10000, is consid-
erably below the actual total.
The individual who draws tho largest
salary in this big list is, OF couSse, the
President-S50, 900 u year, Sl35 Il day, or
something over S. M hour, sleeping or
waking. The next highest salary paid
is to the foreign ministers, some OF
whom get SIT 800 a year Some OF the
people who get fees, as well as salaries.
in the Consular services arc supposed
to make more than the salary paid to
the ministers. From these munilicent
salaries which the more highly-favorcd
OF the people get the figures dwindle
rapidly until they get down to the
small fourth-class postmastcrs, who are
paid in proportion to the business done
ut their offices, some of them getting
the astonishing compensation OF $50 Il
year. s,;,a, t!i.s, ...r,gs = -. 1851
The study OF this big list OF names
gives some curious and interesting facts.
Among the number are 1000 people OF
the name OF Smith, and some 100 OF
them by the namo OF John Smith
There are over l, 100 Browns, / ,0C0 John
sons, and 900 Joneses. There are hun
dreds OF them who spell their names
with but three letters each, among the
short names being such rs Box, Boo,
Dew, DoX, Gee, dip, and hundreds OF
others that might be mentioned. Some
OF the names that go to the other ex-
treme as to length are the following:
Nylander, Bussenlut, Calvacoresses,
Postlethwaite, Waflenschmidt, Won
bruddenbrock, Matagonsky, Stouten-
borough, Schenckenberger, Scharring-
.hausen, Petcgomenne, Kochersperger,
Brannersreuther, and Dzierzanowaki.
They must DO quite IN aiiectionate lot,
these government employees, for among
the names are two Hugs, one IIugger,
one Higgins, and twenty-five or thirty
Loves.
The various nationalities appear to
DO pretty well represented by names as
well as by individuals, Tor there are i'll
teen people who bear tho name OF Eng
lish, sevcnty-tivo with the name French,
six OF the name Irish, three German
and one America. Unclo SANS large
family evidently has its proportion OF
people able to make their way through
the world by whatever, way seems most
convenient, Tor two OF them sail under
the cognomen Gall, while three OF them
carry the equally suggestive name of
Check. They arc patriotic lot, evi.
IDENTIFY, for there are one Red, hall a
dozen Blues aud Whites by the hun
dreds. II, +
There are several Flags, and material
Tor more. as.is shown by the fact that
there are two Calicoes and one Silk. If
Uncle Sam wants to get into the free
lunch business, he will have no difficult
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