Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
EXODUS OF OFFICIALS
A NUMBER WILL LEAVE THE
CITY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS.
Most Of the Clerks Have Used Up
Their Animal Leaves Of
Absence.

The Christmas exodus of clerks and Of
ficials of the government will begin tomor-
row. A great majority of the clerks who
usually spend Christmas at their homes in
other portions of the country will be unable
to leave Washington this year because they
used up all the leave of absence that was
due them when they went home to vote in
November. However there are a number
of officials who will go away. Secretary
Hitchcock of the Interior Department will
remain in Washington and spend his Christ
mas quietly with his family. 1t is probable
that the Secretary may spend a short time
on Sunday and Monday at the office, as he
is keeping in close touch with the proceed
ings of the courts in Oregon and desires to
be on hand for any news that may come.
First Assistant Secretary Ryan will re-
main in Washington for his Christmas.
Judge Ryan will remain at home with his
wife. the only member of his family at
present in the city. Assistant Secretary
Melville w. Miller will spend mis- Christmas
with his family at his old home, Lafayette,
Ind. Mr.. Miller left the city early in the
week and will not return until after New
Year day.
Most of the bureau chiefs will remain in
Washington and spend their Christmas
here. Commissioner Allen of the patent Of
flee leaves today for his old home in Au-
burn, N. Y, where he will remain until
after the holidays. Commissioner Jones OF
the Indian office and Commissioner Ware
of the pension Office have both resigned
their positions, to take effect January l.,
and both have gone to their former homes,
the first in Wisconsin and the latter in
Kansas.
The Post Office Department will be closed
from noon tomorrow until Tuesday morn
ing, thus giving the LOO clerks and Of
ficials ample opportunity for spending
Christmas al the ease.
There not hppn unusual NUMBER
of requests for leaves at this time although
many of the clerks will spend the two and
one-half days of holiday out of the CITY,
Many go to Baltimore and nearby Maryland
and Virginia towns, and great number
will spend Sunday at country places in the
vicinity of Washington.
The Postmaster General and his assist
ants have all arranged for spending their
holiday with their families, some Of them
having guests for the dinner Sunday.
In the City Post Office.
In the CITY office Postmaster Merritt and
Assistant Postmaster Davis have made up
plans that will take them out of the city,
and a schedule of hours for their clerks on
Christmas in order that the public may
not be at disadvantage in the transaction
of their post office business has been ar
ranged Sunday will be no different from
any other Sunday, as far as the clerks IN
the local office are concerned. But Monday,
December 20, which will be observed as
Christmas, the delivery mailing and money
order divisions will be closed to the public.
The registry division will be open until
pm. Two deliveries by carriers will be
made from the main office, one at pm
and the other at 12:15 pm, the latter for
packages only. r
The carriers window delivery will be
open from am. until Ii am. for delivery
to employees of the departments Three col
lections by carriers from the main office
and Station G will be made at $50 am, D
and 11:30 pm. From the other stations
there will be threecor four collections.
Stations will be open for several hours in
the morning and about two hours in the
evening The closing of the Post Office De-
partment has nothing to do with the local
office, the latter being conducted, as the
post offices in all other cities are, indie
pendently of the general department