The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-07

4 curious fact that Of a total Of 2S5 en-
plCyes under this Missouri River Commits
SIGN 30 are appointed from Missouri. Al
though one OF the Commissioners halls
from Nebraska, only eight employees are
credited 10 that state and only four from
poor Kansas This IS rather an unequal
distribution Of patronage connected with
an enterprise rresumptively Of equal i'm
p0rLauCe 70 several other States besides
Missouri It viii be noted that the mum
Der Of clerks exceeds that Of the NissIs-
sippi River Commission three TO one
These re surprising details. Both these
commissions have developed gradually in
70 independent bureaus each with a feet
Of steamers and employing an official per
scnnei in their management more multi
farious than most OF the bureaus at the
Capital The Engineer Department at
large IS the most extensive bureau Of he
United States Government. exceeding the
largest Of the great Treasury bureaus
None Of them have so many employees or
spend so much money.
Medical and Ordnance Bureaus.
Inc Medical Bureau is little understood
an all its ramifcations. nor IS IT'S magni-
tu3e generally compreheadeG- 4 glance
.r rh@ army and the War Department reg
lister leaves the impression thai ii con
=fsts of some 1e2 regular army surgeons.
ranking from first lieutenant to brIga-
dler general. and an average department
force Of about I5e cleTzs. messengers, etc.
They form only small part Of the medi-
cal machine-less than gne-siX-h OF the
employees Of the Surgeon General : once
This IS another bureau with depart
men, large" which while not so IN
posing in numbers rs either The Engineer
or Guarte-naz5er's Department IS new
errheIess Il vast aggregation 1y Itself. al
though as yer II Is not equipped with
feet Of It's own. Besides General Stern
berg's regular army surgeons. he employs
SO civilian contract surgeons al $3.50 q
month each. or Sl.SOe a year Then there
are POO Hospital! stewards and acting hos
pi,a[ stewards 80 hospital matrOns. and
rs female nurses He also has a hospital
corps OF 80 privates- H. his department
at large" there are III clerks besides the
War Department force. and about 100 9th
ct miscellaneous hands, such as packers,
II -sSragers. watchmen. carpenters labor
e-s and various other attendants. Alto
gc-her The Medical Bureau includes some
thing Ike 200 persons in constant serV-
ice Of one sort OF another. Compared with
some e the ether bureaus, these numbers
are lot overwhelming but obey are FAR
greater than is generally supposed The
chief surprise is the number Of outside
surgeons ia constant employment
The Ordnance Department is another OF
the bureaus OF which the public knows
cor parative3y little Yet it is one Of the
large wheels within wheels here at the
Capital With only siEty-One regular Of
frsrs and some seveuJy-fve clerks on its
rolls. it appears TO be only an ordinary
affair But concealed up its department
at large sleeve. the Ordnance Bureau en-
El0ys more than 3 200 clerks. messengers,
foremcu. maclinists. engineers. carpeG-
tiers. painters, brickmakers p0lishers.
hlacksmiths. toolmakers. IaL0rors etc.
employed in The different arsCnaIs and
forts Of he country
The Subsistence ID, garlm,at is q small
one numerically consisting Of a brigadier
general Jwo colonies. three lieutenant
coi1neIs eight majors and seven captains
OF the per-'euenr establishment about
eighty clerks in the War Department. and
FIVE hundred employees Of various classes
in its department a. large" Ohhaud
most people would sag that the Suhsist-
rnce Department employed as many peo-
Die as the Euginecr Bureau bat. as seen
the latter would swallow mp twenty Sub
ststercc DEPARTMENTS.
Although the Signal once also has a
.-.iaras flC:t a large" FL is comparatively
insignificant as yet 70 more than about
fftv persons being carried eu lis payroiIs.
None of She other bureaus have de
p4rtments at large Hence the War De
partmenr Register disoigses their official
F, personnel. aside from the army officers
(
Afc free fTom all crude and irritating matter.
caae,E.... % medicine only tarJeT's Little Liver