The Springfield herald., 1902-09-12
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

upon Recommendation OIL Iplt!ii
Chaffee an order has been issued rear
ranging the Philippine islands into
three departments. The department of
| Luzon is to he commanded by Gen.
James Il. Wade: the department of vi
sayas by Gen. Il. ]. Wint. and the de-
partment of AIndanao by Brig. Gen.
| Samuel S. Sumner.
The receipts of the Treasury Depart
ment for the month Of August eX-
ceeded the expenditures by 5000, So,
an unexpectedly large surplus. The to-
tai receipts were S4S,6O5,S12 and the
expenditures $40 $50, 600. For the same
month of last year the total receipts
were S4j. 1874, 125, and the expenditures
$50 351 .497, a surplus of little over
100000 600.
Brig. Gen. William II. Forwood,
surgeon general of the army, retired
August 9th under the age limit. He will
be succeeded by Gen. Robert NJ.
O'Reiily. General O'Reilly was recent
ly in charge of the medical department
corps of the department of California
and was the official White House ply
stefan during the two terms of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
United States Minister Bowen at Car
acas, has forwarded to the State De
partment under date of August 2nd
plaintive plea for the poor people in
that capital, who are suffering great
misery as the result of the protracted
war now in progress. The special plea
is made by Rev. L. S. Pond, the senior
American missionary in Caracas. In
his appeal Mr.. Pond says that in his
experience he has never known any
thing to compare with the widespread
and hopeless poverty of the present"
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of bust
ness August Both the debt. less cash in
the treasury, amounted to S96S, O91 .32l,
n decrease for the month of SJ.S1S.6I6.
This decrease is principally accounted
for by a corresponding increase in the
cash on hand. The monthly statement
of the government receipts and eXpen-
ditures shows that for the month OF
August the total receipts We're S4S,-
G06,S12. as follows: Customs. S26,oS1,-
231: increase as compared with Au-
gust. 1901. about S5,100o0O; internal
revenue. S17,525,36S. decrease $4,000
900: miscellaneous, S4.49S,213, Increase
81 .66T. 900. The expenditures for the
month We're $40, 1860. leaving a sur
plus for the month of S5,492.202.
The opportunities for the appoint
ment of women in the classified civil
service rs a whole are not tlattering.
The chief examiner says: AT present
but few women are ordinarily appoint
ed to the general departmental and
government printing services. except
in the Indian service. the bureau of ell
craving and printing and the position
of skilled laborer in the government
printing office. However a small num-
her of women clerks and stenograph-
ers and typewriters are appointed each
year. The opportunities for women eli
gibles from the examinations for the
different kinds of teachers in the In
dian service are very good. Quite
number of appointments are also made
in the Indian service from the trained
nurse and matron examinations"
The Navy Department had received
from Commander McCrea of the Mach
las mail report under date of Cape
Haytlen, August 10th, setting out in
detail the steps taken by that officer to
prevent interference with the worlds
commerce as Il result of the bitter in
surrectionary struggle now in progress
in Haytien waters. 1t appears from the
commanders report he took under his
charge the commerce of nearly all Of
the European countries, in addition to
that of his own. His attitude toward
Admiral Eillick. the inSurgcnt COM
mander, as revealed in the report. is sig
nificant as indicating the adoption of
stronger policy than has been pursued
heretofore III the treatment of South
and Central American revolutions,
which injuriously affect the commerce
of the world.
In accordance with the suggestion of