Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-06
PERSONNEL OF
THE COMMISSION
Only One Old Face In Group That Will
Manage ISthmian Canal Affairs.
HANDSOME SALARIES ARE ALLOWED.
Chairman ShOnts Will Receive Thirty
Thousand and Expenses-Three Ex'
ecutive DepartmentS-The
Names
HANDSOME SALARIES ARE ALLOWED.

Washington, April 9.-The President
has carried out his plans for the reor-
ganization of the isthmian canal COM
mission as to personnel and business
methods generally on the line of legis-
lation he suggested to Congress at the
last session which failed in the crush
of business in the closing hours. To-
Sday, within half an hour after the
Presidents departure from Washing
ton, Secretary Taft, directly in charge
of canal matters, made public the per-
sonnel of the new commission and the
division of duties among them. Only
one member of the old commission was
reappointed, Benjamin M. Harrod,
Otherwise the commission is new from
top to bottom, for there is top and
bottom, and considerable difference be-
tween the functions and pay OF the
commission. Finding he was obliged
legally to appoint seven commission
ers, he did so, but he carried out his
own plan by making three of them
practically the commission. The other
four men bearing title Of commission
ers not only receive much smaller
compensation but are assigned much
smaller fields of activity. The Presi-
dent also has carried out his scheme OF
dividing up the work of canal building
among the commissioners so that nom
inally acting as body on stated occa-
sions, each individual member would
operate in special field. The head
( of the commission is trained rail-
way man chosen for his administra-
tive abilities in the financial and pur=
chasing field; the new Governor Of
the zone is a lawyer, who also has had
to do with state affairs; the engineer
commissioner is already known for his
abilities in the execution of the practi-
cal work of canal cutting. The other
members of the commission are placed
to comply with the law as to the num-
Der of the commission, but are men OF
high ability as hydraulic engineers.
Secretary Taft told them today that
they were expected to show results, and
that is said to be the keynote for the
presidents action of today.
The personnel of the new isthmian
canal commission is as follows:
Theodore P. Shonts, chairman; Chas.
E. Magoon, governor of canal zone;
Z John F. Wallace, chief engineer; Rear
Admiral M. T. Endicott, U. S. NJ; Bri-
gadier General Peter c. Hams, U. S. A.,
retired; Colonel Oswald M. Ernst, corps
of engineers, U. S. A.; Benjamin M.
Harrod.
Secretary Taft gave out for pubhca-
ton statement showing the allot-
ments of salaries to the new commits
sioners and his own letter to the presi-
dent, and from the latter explaining the
plan of reorganization of the commits
sion; the reasons therefor and the par
ticular duties to be assigned to each
commissioner. The first reads as fol-
lows:
''The president has made an order al
lowing salary of 81, 500, with travelling
expenses to each member of the COM
mission, and to the chairman of the
commission the additional compensa-
ton of $22, 500; to the chief engineer
the additional compensation of $17, 800,
and to the governor of the zone the ad-
djtIonal compensation of $4,000. The
head of each department is allowed the
use of a furnished house upon the
isthmus, and his travelling expenses
when travelling on the business of the
commission. The total is $102, 500.
The salaries and allowances under the
former commission amounted to $780,
900. The total compensation of the
governor Of the zone and the chief en-
gineer are in effect unchanged.
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