Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
NEW YEARS PRESENTS
Promotions in the Pension Office and War
Department.
Official List of Employees Who win
Draw Large Salaries From the
Government Hereafter

| The Department Of the Interior TODAY
| made official announcement of a large num-
| Der of promotions in the pension Office to
date from July 1. In addition to these
Charges there have been about an equal
| number of reductions and thirty-three re-
| movals from the $1,000 roll. The promo
| tions follow:
| Pension office: Promotions John w.
Watson of California, clerk, s.. 400, to prln-
cipal examiner. 5000; George l.. Fox of
Connecticut and Thomas Landers of Texas,
| clerks. 400, to medical examiners 81, $40;
Charles r. Cleaves of Maine clerk, 81 600,
/ TO assistant chief, s1,SO0; Benjamin F.
Chase of Kansas and John H. Wood of In
| 1880; George Albertson of Iowa, J. Edgar
| Engle OF Pennsylvania, Frederick W.
Mitchell OF New York and T. Ray Wiley
| OF West Virginia, clerks, $780, to 81, $50;
joseph A Scott of Iowa, Albert W. Roome
| of New York. clerks, 81, 400 to 81 $40: John
H. Cause Of Kansas. Eliasaph ID. Godfrey
| Of Iowa, Levi z. johnson of North Caro-
| lima, Rufus King of Maryland, John Nor
rison OF Indiana, Richard G. Rynex of Mis-
souri,, Theodore F. Sargent of Ohio, Sylves-
| ter 7. F. Sterick of Ohio and Charles W.
Taylor Of New York. clerks, 81. 400, TO
$1,6OO; David N. Mathewson of Pennsyl-
vania, clerk. s1,100, to $l,6O0; Charles f.
Mays of Colorado, special examiner, 81 300,
| to clerk. 81, 400; Miss Fanny Beall of Mary
| land, William p. Brown of Indiana. Ben
| jamin F. Carey of Ohio, Miss Forest NJ
Crostkwaite of North Dakota, Joseph
Dague Of Indiana. John Donnell of Wiscon-
sin, William L. Foulke of Illinois. Mrs.
| Lizzie p Holloway Of Indiana. James NJ.
Holmes Of Ohio. Henry ]. Hunt of Pennsyl-
vania, Augustus B. Kehrer of Pennsylva-
| MIA. Reuben V. King of New York. Mel
bourne NJ Lewis of Colorado. William W.
Macy Of Ohio, Miss Carrie Maher of the
| District Of Columbia, Edgar H. Martin of
| Louisiana, Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Matteson of
Illinois. Norris H. Merrill of Kansas.
John Pool Of North Carolina. Robert
A. Ragan OF Tennessee, Elizabeth H.
| Ripley of Connecticut and Leon Tu--
ner of Texas clerks, 100 TO s1,4o0;
| Grant s. Arnold of Pennsylvania John T
| Cam of Illinois. clerks, $1,000 to s1,4Oo;
! sl,2Oo, to special examiner. s1.3OO: Martin
S. Ragsdaie of California, clerk 81 900, to
| special examiner, $1,000: Miss Annie An
drews of the District of Columbia Robert
A. Ballock of Maryland, John s. Bosworth
Of Iowa. Alexander c. Bromley of New
York, George F: Burba of Kentucky. Mrs.
| Wit c. Cook of New York. Charles S.
Davis of Wisconsin. Henry ]. Decker of
| New York. Arthur s. Dudley of Wisconsin.
William H. Evans of Kansas. Edison j.
Miss Myra 7. Hillman of New Jersey Geo.
| G. Hoover of Pennsylvania, Miss blanche
| Huber Of West Virginia. Joseph L. Irwin
| of Missouri John H. Jamison of Iowa las
Lawler of the District of Columbia, Miss
| Katharine G. Leech of Iowa. Stephen w.
Norris q ohio Joseph L Newman Of Ten
.nessee, Miss Lois A: Rankin OF Massacfu-
setts. Mrs Kate Walker of California,
| clerks. $1,000 to $1,000; Miss Eulalie NJ
| Colcord OF Pennsylvania, Austin 8. Gilbert
| OF Indiana, Erastus N. Hughes of Indiana
| F. Sims of Indiana, Albert c. Stockton of
| Kansas, copyists at 5000 to clerks, 81, 200:
George W. Bogue of New York Frederick
J. Braendle OF the District of Columbia,
rnli
M. Burgoyne of New York, Mrs E. Alice
| Camp Of Idaho Harvey V. Cotton of New
| York. Victor L: Dodge of Iowa, Joseph NJ.
| Dufour of California, Mitchell O. Dumas
| of Louisiana. John F.. Freeman of Mis-
| souri,. Charles NJ. Gilpin of Kentucky, Isaac
G: Jaquette of Pennsylvania, Cyrus f.
| Lingo OF Ohio, d: Stewart Mcintyre of
Tennessee, John Q. Mercer of Pennsyl-
vania, Abram Myers of Illinois, James L.
Neill Of Tennessee. Jared c. Nichols Of the
District of Columbia. Adelbert A. Taylor
Jere Williams of Ohio, Edward S. Wood of
Mississippi. copyists at 5000 to clerks at
S1,eOO; Orville l.. Ganbin Of the District of
Columbia, assistant messenger at s72O to
messenger, $40.
In the War Department.
The following is list Of recent changes
| in the civilian force of the War Depart
ment:
Reinstatement OF ex-Unfon soldiers
| jeremiah c. Allen of Wisconsin, clerk,
class two, Office adjutant general; Charles
L. Patten of Maine, clerk, class 81 900,
record and pension office; Bella w. Beebe
Of Wisconsin, clerk, class 81 900, Office Sec
retary War; Lorenz Auber of District of
Columbia, watchman, Office surgeon gen
eral; John Anderson of Pennsylvania
wa atchman, office adjutant general; James
Doyle of North Carolina, laborer, State,
War and Navy Department building; Louis
Koertb of District of Columbia, watchman
State: War and Navy Department building;
NhnG MoN Nnfx- of Lob
rebellion records.
Appointments-Robert E. Lyle, Maryland
laborer, S66O, office quartermaster general;
Harvey A. Harding, Nebraska, proof read
er, $l,2OO, office chief engineers; G. Walker
Turner, Alabama, laborer, $500, Office COM
missary general; Theodore Hanes, District
| OF Columbia, laborer, $500. office Secretary
War.
Promotions-Albert U. Crosby Iowa; Jas.
L. Austin, Arkansas; Isaac N. Hammer,
Tennessee; Stephen F. Hamilton, New Jer-
sey, all from class $1,000 to class one, rec
ord and pension division; Marvin II. Nye,
Michigan, copyist, S9OU, TO indexer, sl,O0o,
rebellion records office; Norman H. Camp,
Ida no, Chas. NJ. Staley, Illinois, class 81 60
to class one; Henry Player, Iowa, messen-
ger, $40, to clerk, class 81 LOCO; VIM. ].
Brooks, Virginia; VIM. T. Mistead, Mary
land: George w. Graves, Maryland; AL
phcnso w. Bogia, Delaware, all assistant
messengers, $72O, to messengers, $40, in
the office Secretary War.
observation-disclosures Rathbone, Mary
land, class one, Office chief of ordinance;
Chas. F. Hathaway, Ohio; Augustus BIOL
man, Massachusetts,, class one. record and
pension Office.
Appointed a StencRraphcr.
Mrs. I. H. Leopold has been appointed a
stenographer at 100 per annum in the
Office Of the first assistant postmaster gen.
eral Mrs. Leopold was formerly stenog-
rspher and typewriter in the office of the
public printer.
Changes in the Medical Corps.
The following changes have been made
in the stations Of officers Of the medical
department Of the army: Maj. L. NJ. Maus,
from Washington. d. c.. to Fort Hamilton,
N. Y. relieving Maj. p. r. Brown. who
goes to Fort Keogh, Mont, relieving Maj.
Ezra Woodruff. who is ordered to Fort
Trumbull, Conn.,: Capt. Henry P. Birming-
ham, from Fort Trumbun to Chicago, re-