Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-11
AS REWARDS OF MERIT
PROMOTIONS IN THE BUREAU OF
PENSIONS.
Advancement of Members of the Cler1-
cal Force Made by Commissioner
Ware-Beneficial Effect Claimed.

The following promotions have been made
liz the pension bureau from July L to date,
under system inaugurated by Commits
sioner Ware. by which all promotions are
made absolutely on merit, which is most
gratifying to the employees and their
friends, and, it is claimed. has had most
beneficial effect in stimulating the clerical
force to better results in the amount and
quality of work done by the bureau:
Alvin L. Craig Pennsylvania, principal
examiner to chief of division; Gilbert C.
kniftin, Kentucky principal examiner. to
chief of division: William p. Seville. Penn
sylvania, class a, to assistant chief; Herbert
r. c. Shaw New York, class 4, to assistant
chief; Latimer b. Slime, Illinois, class 4. to
assistant chief.
From class t. 81 800, to principal examiners,
S2,OOO-Adolphe Berger, Illinois; Joseph M.
Mccoy. West Virginia; William c. Mason,
Indiana: Ashland B. Swiggett, Iowa; Alex
ander Vangeuder, District of Columbia.
From class 8. s1,G0O. to class 4, 81 800
Thomas S. Hursey. Ohio; Joshua r. Hayes,
Pennsylvania; Benjamin l.. MARYLAND, New
York: Edward w. Morgan, VT; William G.
Penney, Ohio; Miss Annie J. Shirley, West
Virginia; Albert d. Spangler, Pennsylva-
MIA.
Miss Emma o. Austin, Virginia; Everard G.
Brown, Nebraska; Joseph Dague, Indiana;
Arthur l.. Evans. Minnesota; Eugene Girls
som, North Carolina: James H. Mcintosh.
New York; Caleb B. Moore, Pennsylvania;
Miss Annie f. Redmond, District of Column
bia; Miss Marcia T. Staples. Minnesota;
Wallace Streater, Alabama; Frederick X.
SWEET District of Columbia.
From special examiner, 1890, to class z.
81 40O-Fred G. Peck. Colorado; George D.
Sidman, Michigan.
From class l, $1,000, to class 2, $1.40O-
Leon Adler. Missouri; Miss Julia w. Burns.
Illinois; Frank B. Cooper, Mississippi;
Luther S. Cannon North Carolina; George
L. Clayton. Louisiana; William D. Dodds,
Indiana; John F. Freeman. Missouri; John
w. Hall. Georgia: Miss Myra I. Hillman
New Jersey: James Mckee, Kansas; James
i. Pratt, Mississippi: William M. Rags
dale. Kentucky; William Y. Swiggett Viz
ginia; Miss Jane E. Thompson, Virginia;
Walter e. Winslow. Missouri.
From class I, 1920. to special examiner,
81 3OO-Charles D. F. McSorley, New York;
Mark ]. Maloney, Ohio: Beecher Sterne.
Kansas John G. fletcher, South Carolina;
Louis C. Walsh, Ohio.
From class $1,000 to class !, 81 300
Milford NJ Blower. Arkansas: Miss Nettie
B. Brown, Georgia; William E. Burlington,
Pennsylvania: AlonZa B. Chatheld, Jr.,
Illinois; Aaron B. Cooper, North Carolina;
Rasmus K. Doe Minnesota; Mrs. Helen
A. Engle, Pennsylvania; George B. Fleming.
Indiana; Napoleon Gates Oregon; John Z.
F. Gordon. California; George Gr1ndley,
Louisiana; Calvin H. Hardy. tennessee;
Henry B. Hazard, District of Columbia;
John r. Jacobs, New York; Miss Harriet
Jekyll, Kansas; Joseph H. Keefer. District
Of Columbia; Herman L. Livingston,
Ohio; Louis Lowe, District of Columbia;
Michael ]. McGirr, Nebraska; James E.
Mayors. Illinois; Herbert W. Meyers. Mary
land: William A Pless, Tennessee; Adon
D. Phillips. New York; John E. Rattley.
North Carolina; Charles B. Robins. Indiana;
Richard E. Roberts, Pennsylvania; James
B. Steed. Alabama
From copyist $780, to class 81. 000-Henry
F. Atchison. Washington: Alexander s.
Barger. Illinois; Miss Catharine F. Brown.
Kansas; Thomas ]. w. Brown, Tennessee;
Nathaniel P. Butler, Maine; Charles s. Ca
pelle. Massachusetts; Henry F. Collins,
Maine; Silas H Cutting, Michigan; Samuel
NICK. Dague Indiana; Robert A. Etty,
Ohio; George H Farrell, Missouri; Herman
Porto Rico: Willis H. Grigsby, Georgia;
Benton Halstead, Ohio; Charles Hanback,,
Pennsylvania; Read Hanna. Indiana: Miss
Kittie Herring, Iowa Reginald B. Higgins.
Jersey; Benjamin B. Jenkins, Indiana;
John G. Loos, Nebraska; Miss Anna 8.
Luckenbach, Pennsylvania; William e. Nc
ConviIle, Virginia: Clarence A. Miller, Mis-
souri,; Charles NJ Morgan. Oregon; Fenton
F. Newman, Alabama: Archillas b. Parkey.
Tennessee; Oliver c. Phillips. Missouri;
Thomas r Raines Mississippi; BENJAMIN Sen
Charles F. Riddeu, Washington; Beverly
F. Rogers, Iowa; Charles E. Smith. Indi-
ana: Arthur B. Tarwater. Tennessee; Miss
Waite, Alabama; Clarence c. Walker. New
Hampshire: Charles E Warren. District Of
Columbia; William II. Woodruff, Missouri;
Julian B. Woodson, Virginia; Charles A.
Timer, Ohio.
From assistant messenger. 1920. to copy
list. S9O0-Leo A. Mascnauer. BENJAMIN T.
Rollins and Thomas B. Shoemaker, Dis
From messenger. $40, to copyist. 5000
Ralph E. Wilcox, Pennsylvania.
From assistant messenger, $120, to mes
senger, sS4O-Charles w. Henderson, Vlr-
From messenger boy, $500, to assistant
messenger, s720-Heberden B. Blakeney,
California; James c. Bradley, New YORK;
Thomas G. Tongue and Ernest Warneio.
District Of Columbia.