Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-01
$11,5OS, 1882

Interior department.. 163, O1S, 616. 81
| Post Office Department. 10, 363, 1856. 90
| Department of Agriculture. $500. $50. 90
| Department Of Labor. 1874, 220. 90
| Department Of Justice. ........ 7,431. 900. 90
Grand totals. $3.50, 1S9, 112. 80
All of the departments have decreased
| their expenses. as shown by the estina ties,
| with the exception of the executive, the
| Post Office and the Agricultural depart
| ments. while the Department of Labor re-
| mains the same. The greatest increase
asked for Is by the Post Office Department,
which estimates that Its expenses for the
coming year will be sS,247, PA greater than
| the current year. The executive asks for
an increase of 50, 43O: the Agricultural De-
partment desires s37s,312 more than it now
| has.
The amount of decrease In the other de-
| partments is sufficient to overbalance the
Increase in the departments mentioned and
bring the total down over twenty-one mil
lion below the total for the present year.
The Legislative Branch.
There is a decrease of s634,112 in the esti-
| mates included under the head of legisla-
tive, but under this head are included items
aggregating $8,235,137. under the heading
| public printing, paper, binding and litho-
graphing. The expense of maintaining the
national legislature is divided as follows:
1260, 1873 for the Senate being s15 400 more
than the current appropriation: 50 275, eO3. rs
for the salaries of members and other ex-
penses OF the House Of Representatives,
being $302,593 more than the present appro-
priation. The increase in the expense of
the House is accounted for largely by the
increase in its membership in the Fifty
the Congressional Library also comes under
the legislative head. and the estimates
ask for an additional amount of So, 200 for
salaries, $4,000 additional for increase of
a CO ~, fha
Tor the care and maintenance and a new
item OF $4,000 for indexing legislation.
Executive Department.
In the executive establishment proper
s143,14O Is asked for salaries and expenses
or the President and his official force In
the estimate under this head Is also includ-
ed $1,000 for the salary of the Vice Presi-
dent This item was included In the esti-
mates Tor the current year, but was omitted
from the appropriation bill. An increase in
Ihe personnel of the office force of the
PRESIDENT Is asked for with the explanation
that it Is desirable to secure sufficient
permanent force, also that the change in
the executive offices makes more employees
necessary. These are two clerks of class
tnree. making four altogether; four addi-
| tlonal doorkeepers, making eight; two addi-
tional messengers. making five. This makes
the general salary account $4,000 greater
| than at present.
The civil service commission Is provided
| for under the head of the executive depart
! ment. and an estimate Is made for an In
| crease or sixty-two in the force of the COM
| mission, in lieu of seVenty-tWo on detail
| from the departments. There has been no
| increase in the clerical force of the COM
mission since 1894. The number of classi-
ned positions within this period. however
has increased from 81, 6S4 to los, 967, involv-
| Ing very large increase in the amount of
| the general work of the commission; while
in complexity and detail it is several times
| ton thny, ~,
| professional, technical and scientific posi-
| tions brought within the classified service
and the new questions that have arisen in
connection with the administration of the
| civil service law throughout the enlarged
| classified service. For this reason the total
! amount asked for by the commission is
s176.36 Instead Of s101 go as provided for
in the current appropriation.
State Department.
! The State Department asks an increase OF
! 500 each In the salaries of it's seven chiefs
| Of bureaus and an additional chief; an in
crease in the salary of the law clerk ap-
pointed to edit the laws OF Congress from
$500 to $4,000 and an increase of $500 IN
| the annual salary Of the solicitor of the de-
partment Three private secretaries, one
| to each of the assistant secretaries are
| asked for at salaries of 81 800 each. Nine
| additional clerks are asked for: three addi-
| tional messengers, at $40 each in lieu Of
| three assistant messengers dropped
| Increases are proposed under the heading
or foreign intercourse of the State Depart
Eent as follows: $3.50 additional for
| Sweden and Norway; s., 800 for the minister
| to Persia; $500 for the agent and consul
general at Cairo, while 500 is asked to be
added to the appropriation as at present of
10000 for charges daffaires ad interim and
| diplomatic offices abroad. Secretaries to
! the legations at Denmark, Siam and Switz-
| erland at 81 800 each, are asked for. The
! tuition of ten student interpreters at the
/ lao lon In t. g.
| An appropriation of IS. 900 is also asked for
| the erection of a suitable building in the
| legation compound at Pekin to accommo-
| date these same ten student interpreters
| S3,U0 Is asked to provide for the expense
| OF an inspection of embassies, legations
| and consulates. to be made by officers of
| the government, who are not to receive any
! additional compensation for such inspec-
| ton.
| Increases In the salaries Of consular off,
| GERS are recommended as follows: Berlin,
| from $1,000 to 5000; at Frankfort. Ger
! many from s., 900 to 81 900; ST. Petersburg
| Russia, from $1,000 to $1,000; Cape Town,
| South Africa, from So, 600 to St, 900; Yoko-
| hama, China. from $4,000 to S., 900; Rome,
Italy, from $1,000 to $500: Hamburg Ger
| many, from $500 to $1,000. Recommends
| ton Is made for slight increases In the SAL
| aries of nearly eighty other consular off,
GERS. and for the rent of the consulate in
London $1,000 additional is asked.
Treasury Department.
| The District of Columbia estimates are
submitted under this head and amount to
| total of Sill ,005,62 These estimates were
not changes by the Secretary of the Treas
| ury, but were submitted to Congress ex-
| actly as they came from the District Com
| missioners and given in detail at that
| time In The Star.
| In the office of the Secretary of the Trea as
| ury the increases asked are $3.50 in the
| salary Of the clerk to the Secretary; $3.50
| In the salary of the government actuary,
| and an additional clerk at Sl,4O0.
| In the office of the chief clerk and super
| intendent, the salary of the captain of the
| watch Is recommended to be increased from
| 81 400 to $1,000 that of the foreman of the
| cabinet shop from s., 500 to 81, 800.
| The division of bookkeeping and warrants
| asks for an additional bookkeper at So 600,
| and asks for two more clerks and one mes
| senger The customs division asks for one
| additional $1,000 clerk. The salaries of the
| chief and assistant chief of the division OF
| appointments are raised $3.50. One addi-
| tional 1880 clerk is asked for the division
| OF public moneys. The revenue cutter serv-
| Ice asks for an additional laborer at $500.
| One additional messenger boy at $500 is
| asked in the division of mails and files.
| The salary of the assistant chief of the d.
| vision OF special agent is recommended to