The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29
EMPLOYED BY UNCLE SAM.
Over $50, 900 Persons Occupied In the Gov
eminent Service. H

EMPLOYED BY UNCLE SAM.
Over 150, 900 Persons Occupied I'm the Gov
eminent Service.
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 $50, 600.
The growth of the army of government
employees is something marvellous A
decade ago the announcement was made
that the number of government en-
ployes was over 100 000 That was
thought TO be something tremendous.
and so twas But the growth Of the
governments business. The growth of
the country, the extension of the postal
system, the general increase Of bust
ness along with tho increase Of popula-
ton, compelled the Increase OF the gov
ernment's forces to carry on its bust
ness. Whether the administration be
democratic or republican, the increase
goes on just the same. 1t seem like q
| large number, $50, 900. but when one
stops to think that there are over
60, 600 post Offices alone. and that every
one of these has at least, one, and, in
some cases, hundreds of employees, one
begins to wonder that the total Is not
greater. Indeed, 1t is probable that the
number given above. $50, 600. IL con-
siderably below the actual total.
The individual who draws the largest
salary In this big list is, of course. the
president--s5O, 900 a year. s1s5 q day, or
something over IS an hour, sleeping or
waking. The next highest salary paid
Is to the foreign ministers, some of
whom get $l7,500 year. Some of the
people who get fees, as well as salaries,
in the consular services are supposed to
make more than the salary paid to the
ministers From these munifcent SAL
aries which the more highly favored of
the people get the figures dwindle rap
idly until they get down to the fourth
class postmasters, who are paid in pro-
portion to the business done at their
offices, some of them getting the aston
ishing compensation of 81. SO a year.
The study of this big list of names
gives some curious and interesting facts.
Among the number are 2. 600 people of
the name of Smith, and some 400 Of
them by the name of John Smith.
There are over LOO Browns, 1000
Johnsons. and 900 Joneses. There are
hundreds Of them who spell their names
with but three letters each, among the
short names being such as Box, Boo,
Dew, Dox, Gee dip, and hundreds OF
others that might be mentioned. Some
Of the names that go to the other ex
IRENE as to length are the following:
Xylander, Bussenshut, Calvacoresses,
Postlethwaite, Waffenschmidt, Von-
bruddenbrock, Matagonsky. Stouten-
borough, Schencken berger, Scharring.
hansen, Petegomenne, Kochersperger,
Brannersrenther, and Dzierzanowaki.
They must be quite an affectionate lot,
these government employees, for among
the names are two Huggs, one Hugger,
one Higgins, and twenty-five or thirty
Loves.
The various .nationa1ities appear TO
be pretty well represented by names as
well as by individuals, for there are
fifteen people who bear the name of
English, seventy five with the name
French, six of the name Irish, three
German and one America Uncle
Sans large family evidently has its
proper proportion of people able to
make their way through this world
by whatever way seems most conven-
lent, for two of them sail under the
cognomen Gall, while three of them
carry the equally suggestive name of
Cheek. They are patriotic lot evi.
IDENTIFY, for there are one Red. half
dozen Blues, and Whites by the hun
dreds.
al for more, as 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 difficulty
in finding material to set his table.
There are six Ruslxs, one Bread, fifty
Fishes, ten Custards, eleven Coffees,
two Teas, three Buffers, one Milk, two
Sourwines, one Sourbeer. two Apples
and one A. Sass, which presumably
stands for "apple-sass." There are
some names that would seem to be
rather burden to carry through life.
For instance there are three by the
name of Coward, one Lie, one Awk.
ward, one Damschroeder. one Col
dammer and one Damall. The months
OF the year are pretty we'll represented
One January, one February, one Au-
gust, and half dozen with the name
of March, and Mays in still greater
number. Scriptural names are numer-
ous Adam and Adams can be counted
by the hundred. and to go with them
all there is about one Eve, there are
forty Gains, thirteen Ables, one Job.
seven Abrahams, four Isaacs, three
Jacobs, two Matthews. four Marks, one
Luke, twelve Johns, and TWENTY-FIVE
Pauls
With the curious facility which nature
seems to have for evening things up and
applying remedy wherever there is a
disease. the list contains one Doctor to
two Axes and twelve Pains The de.
scendants of the families of the various
presidents seem to be pretty we'll rep.
resented. There are forty-six Washing.
tons of which five are George Washing
ton, 800 Adamses, sixteen Jeffersons
S26 Jacksons. twenty Monroes. ten
MadiSOns 300 Harrisops tan "