Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-02
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Nothing Of Importance Discussed by
the Cabinet.
AGE FOR LETTER CARRIERS
Senator Proctor's Experience With
a Big Buck Moose.
TODAY'S APPOINTMENTS

All the members of the cabinet were at
tired in lightweight garments when they
assembled at the White House for the reg
ular meeting today. The session developed
nothing of Importance. The civil service
commission and Postmaster General Smith
have been discussing the advisability of
modifying the age limits that are applied
to applicants for clerkships and letter car
riers' positions in the post offices of the
United States Under the present regula-
tions a man who is over forty years of age
cannot be employed as letter carrier and
the minimum age varies, twenty-one years
being the rule in the majority of cases AS
to clerks the minimum has been eighteen,
and no maximum has obtained. The civil
service commission recommended that a
maximum of forty years and a minimum of
eighteen be applied to both letter carriers
and clerks, but the Postmaster General and
cabinet agreed that forty years was too
young to cut a man off from a position and
so 1orty-flve years was agreed upon. With
this change, the President will issue an or
der making the notifications suggested
Senator PrOctOr's Experience With a
Moose.
Senator Proctor called on the President
this morning in regard to matters in which
he came to Washington last week Senator
Proctor had spent some time on the St
Johns river fishing for salmon. A fort
night ago there was freeze where the
senator and his party were staying and Ice
formed freely in buckets.
Senator Proctor had no unusual expert
ences with salmon or other fish, but he did
have peculiar experience with a big buck
moose. The senator and his party were on
their way in canoes down the st. Johns
river, their destination being the railroad
station, where they were to take trains.
Between the two good sized towns of An
dover and Perth, N. B., said Senator Proc
tor, I'VE were informed by Indians on the
river bank that big buck moose was in
the river several miles below, and that the
people from both of the towns and all the
surrounding country were on the banks
watching the animal. 1t is needless to say
that those canoes made fast time to where
the moose was. When We got there We
found the moose swimming wildly around
afraid to attempt a landing on either bank
because OF the people. AS 1t is against the
law to kill moose we concluded to drive
the animal to shore and let him get back
to the haunts from which he had strayed
We drove him to shore in front of our
canoes several times, but each time he
would become frightened and jump back
into the water One time the animal came
near getting into a suction of logs, where
be- would have been crushed We succeeded
at last In getting the moose ashore where
he had a clear field for run. He made
a great run, too. The people of Andover
and Perth were so interested that all the
schools turned out to let the children see
what was going on. The moose had evil
IDENTIFY strayed out of his accustomed run
and found himself In bad dilemma"
Batch of Army Appointments.
The following appointments were made
by the President today:
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adJutant general, with rank of colonel;
Henry P. Mccain, to be assistant adjutant
general, with rank of lieutenant colonel :;
Nathan S. Jarvis, to be assistant surgeon,
with rank Of captain.
Cavalry-To be first lieutenants, James
NJ, Burroughs William L. Luhn William
p. Moffet, Charles w. Van Way; to be sec
ond lieutenants, James S. Butler, Edward
r. COppock, Thomas H. Jennings, Louis
H. Kilbourne, Robert w. Lesher, E. r.
Warner McCabe, Arthur N. Pickel. Basil
n. Rittenhouse.
Infantry-To be first lieutenants Claude
Fries, Joseph II. Griffiths, Edward A.
kreger, Ernest Van D. Murphy, Edward Y .
Miller, Edward W. Terry; to be second
lieutenants, Frank d. Buckingham, John
r. Brewer, Charles III. Danforth, Nolan V.
Ellis, Walter E. 'iunster. Harry w. Gregg
Edwin S. Hartshorn. John Nee. Pruyn,
Brady G. Ruttencutter. Fred H. Hurner,
Forty-third Regiment of Infantry Unit ed
States Volunteers-To be lieutenant colonel
Henry T. Allen; TO be major, William r.
Beaversfh to be captain. Lozenzo D. Gasser,
Robert LIE Masurier; to be first lieutenants
Charles F. Andrews, Fred w. Mills jr ;
to be second lieutenants, Frank w. Gamma
day, Frank H Grant.
Forty seventh Regiment of Infantry,
United States Volunteers-To be first lielI-
tenants, Henry q. Egle Charles L. Chi
dester, Pierre B. Pie; to be surgeon of
volunteers, with rank of major, Edward
A. Romig; to be assistant surgeon of vol
unteers, with rank of captain, Allen ].
Black. William ]. Boyd; to be assistant
surgeon, with rank of first lieutenant, in
the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of In
fantry, Simon Moret, jr.; to be second lieu
tenant in the Porto Rico Provisional Regl-
| ment of Infantry. George c. Broome.
Artillery Corps-Norton E. Wood, to be
second lieutenant.
Volunteers-Clarence A. Mcintosh, to be
captain in the 41st Regiment of Infantry;
Russell Beall. to be first lieutenant in the
41st Regiment of Infantry; Consuelo A.
Sooane. to be first lieutenant In the 41st
Regiment of Infantry; Thomas G. Grand
field, to be second lieutenant in the 41st
Regiment of Infantry; Thomas K. Owings,
to be second lieutenant in the 41st Regt-
ment of Infantry.
Militia of the District of Columbia--Will-
lam Thodoe Shane, to be first lieutenant,
Company B, 4th Battalion; Wayne Smith.
to be captain, Company B, 9Th Battalion;
William Carl Eckstein, to be first lieuten-
ant. Company d, 9Th Battalion; Harry Ell
hott Burton, to be first lieutenant, 5th
Battalion.
Presidential POstmasters.
The President has appointed the follow
ing postmasters
Arkansas-Prescott, John Grayson.
Connecticut-East Hampton, Delos D.
Brown.
Indiana-Hope, Herman Miller.
Maryland-Havre de Grace, Joseph Kelly.
New York-Buffalo, Fred Greiner.
Pennsylvania-Galeton, w. F. Hamilton;
Gettysburg. William B. McIlhenny.
South Carolina-Greenvile, Jefferson F.
Richardson.
Washington-Ballard, Frank E. PeIls.