The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
DEPARTMENTAL WORKERS
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of the Government Bureaus.
THE FIRE MARSHAL'S ANCIENT VEHICLE
sadly DiIapidated Old Buggy Used by the District
OficaI-Death of Mr. w. F. Gaper D ply
Regretted-Some Personal Notes.
MARSHAL'S ANCIENT VEHICL

able position on ceTtIcatiou from tde
Civil Service Commission BE is az ad-
mirable officer, and has made a most
rapid rise The appointment clerk Of
the Agricultural Department has Big
job in providing people Tor every man
ner OF place all over the country, and
Mr. Roberts weIl-known ability VIII bC
CT decided worth
Mr.. Roberts has as his guest Mr..
Fred Ec2zhardt, OF Chicago, an actor OF
considers bic ability. 3ir. EckIaIdJ has
had the honor to do the heavy villain
act in rather ambitious plays over the
. country, and Is a ia fOrite IN the several
roles which he has undertaken EIr.
EckhaTdt is seeing Washington this week
under good espionage. and VIII nc doubt
put some Washington touches into his
next seasons work before the foothghts.
Mr. Ryland " Joyce. OF the appoint
ment division of the Civil Service Com
mission, has gone to Ocean City, y J,
TO make the preliminary examinations
neee ssary 10 starting the free mail de
livery system.
Mr.. Charles Leeds, who is acting
foreman of the first division of the Gov
.
news that the foreman. Mr.. D. J. Rob
erts. who left here month ago a very
sick man, is improving. Mr.. Roberts is
a victim Of nervous prUstration. and is
in Kansas for rest.
DR.. ". S. Tangier Smith, If ,he Geo
logical Survey, is in Kentucky looking
into the mineral depo4its. The survey
has had men in the inning regions Of
/ the State for the last few years looking
into the possibilities aid va!-4 o. the
1 deposits. Chief smons the minerals OF
Kentucky are lead, 2iPe, an5 Egospar,
which ire found in the Western section,
and II some parts in great protIsicn-
Dr. Smith will be assisted in Keutucky
by Mr. z O. Ulrich- IN the lead and
zinc districts OF Missouri, Dr. Smith viii
also spend some time, being assisted IN
/ the Investigations by Dr.. c. z. Sieben-
thai.
Mr.. J. Fred Murphy, who has been
working on the n ght .'zieeord'' force at
the Government Printing Office. has re-
signed and returned "a TENNESSEE He
viii 60 into business in Ills native town.
McAinnyille. He is a Fright young man
and while here made many friends
An employee Of the War Department
who used to be in the army tells inter
esting things Of the days Of the regulars
in the West. He has served his time
fighting Indians and guarding the from
tiers and has ranged nearly all over the
West The regulars did police or ranger
duty il the wild sections OF the West
and the men became Injured to ali sorts
I Of hardships- This man who now sits
up in The shyde was formerly one Of
/ the rough-looldng boys who made al
most incredible marches on the blister
| ed plains and slept on the ground in the
/ Rockies IN the coolest sort OF weather
I IN speaking Of his experiences the other
+ day this ex-soldier said:
The greatest character I ever knew
/! was old Tom Mackly, known 10 most Of
Us as Uncle Sam. I don't know where
he came from. but Il was generally
! thought he had been IN the army ffty
years. He said he had, and We never
learned anything else We we're IL Ari-
IONA one day after some bad Indians
when Uncle Sam came down He had
been in the army farther up and was
sent 10 us for light duty. / was on
guard when ] saw him fIoundering
through sagebrush, and before he got
to the lines I said: Boys. here comes /
Uncle Sam He was about six feet two
inches tall, his pants were short, and
he had little goat bunch Of chin whis- /
kers- He was very much like the Uncle /
Sam pictures We are used to seeing. /
The name Was his after that and we
never knew him by anything else
Il was with the Sixth Cavalry. Uncle {
Sam was made regimentaI clerk and he I
kept the papers IA good shape. For six
years ne slept Ga papers Of the Sixth
and nothing ever went wrong he was
a favOFite because he knew so muca
Uncle Sam could get drunken than
q hundred Indians any time and the
boys used TO load him When ne got {
drunk he would get US alI-his cburIs-- /
into tent and don war paint He had /
about q dozen boxes OF paint and would I
decorate himself for the warpath He
had twelve knives and If he was on q I
good whisky jag he would use the least
and handsOmest OF the weapons but I
when he had nesca dose he would use
the ugiiest blade he had. and We had to
dodge. Uncle Sam would cuss a captain I
rs quick as he would Kill greaser. and
he was not slow at that. He seemed to /
have no folks and never hesitated 10
leave behind q girl at every. camp.
Uncle Sam died q few years ago and (
the boys buried him IN the mission sta
I ton IN California. He was laid away 4
wrapped IN the folds IF a flag, and a !
voluntary round Of fifty guns was fred. 1
He told ne when he WQs drunk that he 1
had killed a hundred men in fights ana
more than that il battle
Naval officers are all over the country I
now trying 10 get recruits for The ser !
vice The demand for men to 90 on the
boats OF the greater navy is pronounced. |
Last year a campaign in the South /.
was very gratifying. says a recruiting (
officer, I took about 300 from North and /
South Carolina. most OF them from the I
r14rs1rq - uDUe districts am 4agfe-E,4,.s 4