The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31

= F Lee McCiung, who has been ap-
pointed by President Taft 10 sue
coed G. II Treat as treasurer Of
n the United States. is not a poll
tician ne will have the satisfaction Of
knowing that few who have held the
Job were selected because OF their po-
litical influence. The exceptions posi-
bly, were James N Huston in the first
administration OF Cleveland and John
c. New, who was appointed in 1875.
The position l. a business once and
does not offer the opportunities for dis
tinction that other government Offices
do. The requirements OF the Office are
integrity and solidity anS executive
ability
McClung Is q business man. After
his graduation from Yale. in 1892 he
travelled IN Europe, and when he re-
turned he made a journey through
California He was paymaster Of the
St Paul and Duluth Railroad company
and later assistant traffic manager OF
the Southern railroad His connection
with the Southern covered the period
between 1902 and 1904, during which
time he was stationed at Louisville
1904
While treasurer Of Yale he became q
director IN a New Haven bank and
also q director in \ leading life in
surance company OF Hartford. As a
student at Yale he took q leading part
IN athletics, playing on both the base
ball and football teams for several
years, captaining the football team Of
1892 He was chairman of the junior
promenade committee, and in his SEN
Tor year he received the largest vote
as the most popular member OF the
class. He was considered the best
halfback Yale ever had. Associated
with him on the football team were
such noted players as the Bliss broth
ers, Vance Mccormick and the
mighty Hefelhnger. He IS q mem
Der OF Yale corporation and Of the
! leading Yale secret societies, including
Skull and Bones But his selection as
treasurer OF the United States is based
upon his sterling business qualinca-
/ tons.
| He Is a rich bachelor and Is thirty
/ three years old He received the de-
/ gree Of NJ. A IN 1908. HIS brother.
Robert Gardner McClung. IS a promi-
nent lawyer in Boston. The new
] treasurer was born IN Knoxville, Tenn
where his father, Frank II. McClung Is
/ a retired merchant. The family is re-
| lated to Chief Justice Marshall OF the
United States supreme court and to
! General Albert Sidney Johnston Of the
! Confederate cause and whose death
occurred early in the civil war. Lee
McClung received his education al
Phillips Exeter academy and Yale
With all his qualifications as a bust
ness man the new appointee is wha;
is termed a good mixer, and that
means that he is popular. When he
was a boy he was noted among his
! comrades for being square" and al
ways at hand to help the fellow who
was down"
The department to which he IS ap-
pointed is a branch of the United
States treasury. controlling the ma
1 tlonal finances. II Is the most eI-
tensive and compile Of all the depart
ments and in ram stands next TO th'
department OF state 1t employs more
than 5000 people in Washington anC
has branches and offices throughout tn,
United States.
AS treasurer Mr.. McClung will b,
charged with the duty OF signing tn,
paper currency and Of receiving anC
keeping the money Of the United
States and with disbursing the sam,
on warrants properly signed anC
eountersignsd. He enters upon thss,
! dttiaa Nov L