The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
Everyday Stories of the Workings
and Workers of the Departments,

asking for an appointments that filed
in 1853. at which time he entered the
+ Treasury Department.
. Mr. Arthur Hendricks. chief Of the pen
sion. division in the office of the sixth
auditor Of the Treasury. has risen by
successive promotions from a cIcrkshi2 to
. his present position. and has made a most
enviable record. His first service during
the civil war was as a member OF the
famous Duryea's ZOuaves. a regiment re-
cruited from among young men I'm Brook
lyu and New York Among the battles
in which be participated were Antictam,
South Mountain. Charlottesville. where
'Stonewall' Jackson received his death
wound. and where the term Of a part of
the regiment having expired, he was
transferred TO The One Hundred and
Forty-siXth New York Regiment. He was
at Gettysburg. and all the rest OF the con
iiCts in which the Army of the Potomac
participated up 10 and including the sur
render Of the Confederate forces AT Apo
mattoX- In July 1865. ne was appointed to
a clerkship in the Treasury Department,
. and IN the course of a few years had be-
come head OF one of the divisions. This
was his grade when Mr.. John q. Carlisle
entered upon the duties of Secretary Of
the Treasury.
MT f1enlEltkS NIN0lt4 Jaw ana Mitu
the Republicans came into power he was
appointed law clerk in the Office OF the
Comptroller of the Treasury. January II
. Of the present year he was transferred
and made chief of the pensions division
in the Office OF the auditor of the Interior
Department. In this division there are
twenty-five Union veterans. Mr. Hen
bricks is intensely interested in Grand
Army matters. He is a member OF Burn
side Post. G.. A. r.. and has passed
through all ths grades OF officers in the
department. As commander of the De-
partment of the Potomac he represented
the latter at the national encampment
held in Cincinnati
To Mr.. William T. Turpiu, Of the city
postofice belongs the credit Of having
found the largest sum Of money at any
one time Of any man in Washington The
neat little amount was $4,000 in bank
notes This was some time before the
war.
Il had been to the Bank OF the MetrOp-
. Ills 10 paw a note" Mr.. Turpin said and
when in front Of Wizards saw a big
wallet lying on the pavement. I picked
il up and without opening il placed IL in
my pocket. Upon reaching the store
where / was employed / said to one Of the
firm. See what / picked up on the
. street.
How much is there in itT
/ 81 have not counted l replied.
'' Then you had better count it,
Il did so. and to my utter astOnishment
found the amount 10 be $4,000.
Further investigation showed that the
wallet and contents belonged 20 Gen. F.
. W. Lander. L. 5. A. who had just re-
. turned 10 Washington from surveying
. portion Of the Pacific Railroad, and that
Of
a Mrs. Fitzgerald, which was close 10 our
store
Il went 10 the place and asked TO see
. Gen. Lander. II the parlOr stood a large
number Of the members Of his surveying
! party waiting, as I soon afterwards
learned. TO be paid their money
q" You cannot see the General Mrs.
/ Fitzgerald informed me. He has gone TO
. bed and left word that he must not be
disturbed
But I must see him.. l persisted.
Seeing in nay action that my business
with the General must be OF Importance
Mrs. Fitzgerald told me 10 go into his
room.
AS entered the apartment, Gen.
Lander who was man more than six
feet tall and weighing about 300 pounds
strong in proportion, was literally tearing
his hair from his head by handfui5.
Il held the wallet aloft Gen. Lander
sprang from the bed. rushed 10 me. and
. Rugged me so Violently that for time I
thought he would kill me. At last he
/ released me and then he said. My dear
fellow, you have saved me from commit
ting suicide. Lock over there pointing
70 a revolver On stand by his bedside
I was just about 90 kill myself when you
entered my room You must accept one
Of these $1,000 notes as your reward
d" No sir. not one cent ] replied.
aHH
some day he replied
When the war broke out Gen. Lander
made me his quartermaster and we were
together in the field until he met his
death at the battle af Phillippi. W Va
Miss Katie Lay Howe. O. Brookland, D.
c.. is one Of the most valued clerks in
the rural free delivery service. Her sta
ton is al the General Postofice Depart
ment Miss Howe began her govern
mental service in the Patent Office as a
clerk, and. after receiving several pro-
motions. resigned and for some months
devoted her entire time 10 the study Of
stenOgra ply and typewritlng. In both
branches she soon became remarkably
proficient and was appointed TO a higher
position 10 the rural free delivery serY-
ice than she had occupied ar the Patent
ONCE She has Travelled extensively, both
. eighteen months ago, with two OF her
sisters. made a trip 10 Europe expressly
for the purpose Of seeing the Passion
Play. ar Oberammergau.
Miss Howe is a fine musician. and
her services are much sought after IN
some OF the most exclusive circles in
| Washington.
Lieut.. Dewitt II. TeepIe. Of the
Police Department, Is a native Of Ply
mouth. Wayne county. Mich. in his
youth he attended the schools Of the dis
trict until he was seventeen years Of age,
after which he spent one term in the
State normal school at Ypsilante- The
next two years he spent on the farm with
his father after which he worked on va
riOus neighObring farms until the out
break Of the civil war On August o.
1851. be enlisted in Troop A. or the First
Michigan Cavalry. with which he served
IN the Army Of the Potomac for three
years. He was present az the battle Of
Winchester after which the regiment
was sent on a raid through Virginia as
FAR as RectOrtown, under the command
Of General Gerry. Later the regiment
was sent 20 guard the Union lines OF com
munication.
A little later Lieutenant TcepIe was
detailed as mounted orderly. IN which ca
pacity he served under Generals Banks,
King. and Augur. About the time Of the
second battle Of Bull Run he was taken
seriously IN with typhoid fever. and after
his recovery he was ordered TO duty with
the provost guard at Alexandria. and
. later at Fort Albany.
Later he agaiu hefama IN and while on