The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-26

The cordial and jolly little man who
stands guard at the middle entrance Of
the Fifteenth Street side Of the Treasury
Department told quite an interesting
story of his life yesterday.
80 you are a newspaper man. are you?'
he began Well. sir. my heart goes out
TO you. II makes me think Of the old
days when see one Of you fellows. You
know I was "a newspaper man once myself.
I was in the business for about sixteen
years and was pretty successful too.
went into the work right after the war
but III have TO tell you the whole story.
Il enlisted in the army from the State
OF Indiana. when 1 was about seventeen
years old. and went all through the war,
peggiug away as most of the boys did at
that time. Tho last two years Of the war
l served on the stan Of General McCoOk
and when the war ended in 1868 | went
back to Indiana and made my start, and
IN a short time / was in newspaper work
l worked along for a while with several
different country papers, but things went
pretty well for me and / was soon editing
paper OF my own. II was the Pike
County Democrat I put that our for
about ten years and then. getting the idea
that I wanted TO do something a little big
ger. moved into the city and published the
Tell City Commercial in Perry county
for a year OF so. But I was going up
gradually. step or SO at a time, until ]
stepped too far and soon I moved into
Nincennes and edited the 'Vincennes
Daily and Weekly. That was the paper
that first advocated Voorhees, for the Sen
ate Well, ! stayed there for five or six
fishing Company Of indianapolis. but this
time I had stepped too far. The thing
went up IN smoke and there is where ]
lest all my money.
After that ] came into the Government
service here and Mr.. Voorhees, cot me
tins place in the watch force. Just as
something temporary. Well. it wasn't
very Iorg after that that he died. and
here ] am a Waterman. and here is where
! guess I'll have TO stay for the rest Of
my life"
Dir. Knight. for that is the gentleman
name, has been on the force for about
eight years. He is one of the men who
always have a smile and a good word for
everyone, which cannot but make him pop
ular.
General Corbin and lIT. Hill have been
in such close attendance upon Prince
EAfAlE recently lual lle DeUaF L1uCuIS OF
State and Var are beginning 20 look quite
depressed without them One gentleman
in the AdjTtant Generals Office yesterday
was Fastening around the rooms with a
great number Of papers and rather "a de-
pressed look, saying. oh. I do wish the
general was here"
Rather an unusual and interesting pro-
ceeding was enacted at the Treasury De
partment a few days ago in the swearing
in and assignment Of the additional force
This new force was enrolled under the re-
cent urgent deficiency bill. which was
passed by Congress and signed by the
President within the present month. and
about one hundred and sixty clerks were
placed into the Office as a result thereof
The new clerks were assembled at the
rooms Of the chief clerk Of the Treas rer's
Office. and AlT. Fitzpatrick, the notary pub
Iic OF the appointment division. admins
tered thu oaths by the wholesale. Those
affected were clerks 10 be promoted; those
transferred from the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing. and who have been detailed
for work in the division of issue, under
the new b.li. and those recently appoint
ed They were called in groups Of about
thirty and gathered in the chief clerks
Office. All held up their hands while
Mr.. Fitzpatrick read the oath This pro-
ceedlng continued until all had taken the
oath and when a line was formed and
each in turn signed the obligation. Thus
IL was that one hundred and sixty clerks
we're enlisted in the different branches OF
the ONCE Of the Treasurer in the course
Of one day. an occurrence which is UMPIRE
cedented-
There are great many very active bu-
TeaUs in the Treasury Department. Pos
silky the busiest is the division Of issue
a branch Of the Treasurer's Office. This
bureau has the work Of selecting and
separating the United States currency
coming from the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, and at the present time the
demand throughout the country for small
currency is so great that the work Of q
night force is required to meet il. Mr. J
A. Sample chief Of the division. reported
yesterday that the bureau was furninz
out by the extra work Of the night force
about 544 900 notes a day, a number faI
greater than the maximum capacity OF
the machines during the hours Of the
regular Office day. Many clerks have beer
appointed TO re-enforce this division. and
an appropriation is now under cOnsidera-
tiOn for the putting In OF more machiEel ,
and the better equipment Of the bureau
Dr. p n. Eaton. one Of the veteran clerks
Of the Office. has been made assistant
chief OF the division Of issue. TO TAX,
charge Of the night force. He was p
pointed by a special act Of the new bl
and is the only assistant chief Of single
bureau in the Office.
One Of the colored guides Of the Treas.
Ury Department has been the object o.
the great wrath, recently. Of many o.
the ladies Of the counting rooms by al
act o. his own doing Il is the custom
in the department 10 show visitors whs
are interested in its work through IN,
various places OF interest in the building
IL was upon one OF these tours through
the vaults and counting rooms that Tho
guide made his mistake. He halted hi.
party in front Of the gratings Of the com.
parrments en- which the clerks were bus,
with the bills and offered his explanation
Of the work.
''Many Of these young ladies' " he said
have become the finest counting experts
IN the country" There were smiles OF
the fares Of the ladies behind the graf
ings. Some Of them" continued tn,
HE TRADED HIS SON FOR A