The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-06

Walter Wyman. Supervising Surgeon
General, Marine Hospital Service, with
headquarters in the Butler Building. on
New Jersey Avenue, is The chief civilian
medical officer of the Government. What
the Surgeon General is to the United
States Army, Dr.. Wyman, under the Sec
tary of the Treasury. is to the remainder
Of L1n Government household. Under Mr..
Wy-rsn's general direction are examined
au applicants for pilots licenses TO de-
tecE color blindness, as well as caudi-
dates for shipment as ordinary seamen,
admission to Revenue Marine Service, or
appointment as sFrimen in the Life Saw
ing Service. Under him is the Quaran-
tine Service and the work of framing
regulations looking to the prevention or
spread of contagious diseases, labOratc
ries connected Herewith, and the publ
cation Of weekly public health and sani-
tary reports from all ports Of the Uni
ted States and Europe The pub
lie health rests, in measure,
upon the degree of efficiency of
the Marine Hospital Service. and to it
falls the duty of the examination Of all
alien arrivals in this country at our ports,
with a view TO preventing the admission
Of those afflicted with communicable dis
eases The conduct Of business in this
q
respondence, great responsibility for pub
lie property and outlay OF money, entail
ing consequent accounting.
Lee W Funk, Chief Of the Indian Divis-
ion CT the Office Of the Auditor fer the
Interior Department, is charged with the
Supervision Of the audit g and settle
ment Of all claims gTowi-g out of the
needs Of the Indian service at large, When
the vast quantity of supIsszs, such as
clothing. fuel. hardware, be@., and other
supplies, which are annually furnished the
Indians under contract or purchased for
their use and consumption in open mar
ket is considered. some idea may be
gathered as TO the herCUlean task inFoiv-
ed in the auditing of these accounts.
Moreover, the transportation claims Of
the railroads for delivering these sup
plies are settled in Mr.. Funk's division
The system is complicated. owing to the
deductions Tor bond aided" ara non
bond aided roads and requires very ex-
pert accounting knowledge All Indian
agents Gnd disburstng officers accounts
are likewise settled in this division, as
are the expenses for telegTaphing in the
Indian Service Mr. Funk might have
been auditor for the Island OF Cuba had
he desired to exchange that climate for
Washington He is showing MS irtiInstes
the skin of d huge bear. shot during a re-
cent hunting trip in West Virginia
Hiss VI. :. Cook. who is in charge Of the
Miscellaneous Division Of the Indian Blu
reau. is one Of the most successful and
capable women in the Government ser
vice. IS the title OF the division Over
which she presides would imply the duties
Of her position are not lacking in variety.
The most Important branch u her work.
however is that of general supervision
OF he matrcns in the Indian Service
Tbara - Q rnaLrOn Ct every Indian school
IN the United States, and while this class
Of emr lcyez IS. for the most part. rather
steady and not given 10 shifting about
much. yet there are many changes in the
course Of the year To the lot OF Miss
Cook falls the task OF transferring them
from one school &c another. selecting new
appointees from the eligible register OF
the Civil Service Commission and IL
strUcting them IN the duties Of their posi-
ton She also mas charge OF the sta
ti0nery and blanks Of the Indian Office.
prepares the exhibits Of Industrial work
performed by students Of Indian schools
for annual educational meetings, and does
a great deal Of the compilation work for
he annual report of The Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs. The record Of annual and
sick leave for the employees of the bureau
IS another OF The tasks OF Miss Cook.
A branch Of the Patent Office requiring
a principal examiner CT more than usual
scientific training in that working under
the head Of Instruments Of Precision
George T. Newton. of Georgia. one time
chief clerk Of the Patent Office, is en-
trusted with the division in question. hav-
Of
in special lines. but the work Of all is
heard" each day by the principal" and
Fassed. upon before II becomes the action
OF the Office IN reference 10 any claim
OF case The technical term ''herology''
stands for the principal class in Mr.
Newtcn's Office --S-aciug patents con-
nected with watches \ glance at old
working models or drawings Of the tim
ers'' Of another generation, compared
With those Of the present day tells the
story of what the abOve-named and his
assistant examiner know about the eyoIu-
ton Of these wonders Of mechanical gen
JUS Perfect as our watches seem, new
patents on their parts are steadily is
suing from month 10 month and year TO
year al Of which must be passed upon by
Mr. Newton
One OF the veteran employees at head
quarters Of the army. War Department
is Joseph Klein. Mr.. Klein reached his
present position in the civil service
through the army route" and for many
years was one OF the crack regulars OF
Uncle Sans peace army. During the
late General PhiI Sheridan's lifetime
Mr. Klein was his right-hand man He
occupies an important desk at headqUar-
tiers of the army, and. by virtue of long
service. was as valuable a clerical as
sislant TO General SchofieId during his
regime rs commanding general. as he now
is under General Miles,
James \ Dumont. the Supervising IN
spector General. of the Office Of Steam
boat Insnection. of the Treasury Depart
ment. is one of the Oldest members OF the
Treasury staff of officials in point of years
Of service General DumoIt is 4 SOL
der and a strict discipIinariar and
everything about his Office and under his