Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
HOME FROM EUROPE:
Many Officials and Others
Have Summer Trips.
U. S. PAYS EXPENSES
Ten-Week Tour of Waterways
Commission Ends.
BEST OF JUNKETING TOURS
State Department Sends Largest
Number Abroad-Delightful
Journeys by Experts.
Back to work again.

This is the slogan of hundreds OF gov
eminent officials and minor employees who
are coming back to Washington every
day from various parts of the world
where they were sent by the government
on official business. Great trips, these
summer business trips. Government en-
ployes are sent to work. of course. and
they do work. but working around the
best summer resorts Of Europe is not
the worst kind of job after ALL
One of the greatest junkets Of the year
was the ten-week tour of Europe by the
waterways commission. The waterways
of France and Germany are wonderfully
developed and II was to make a special
study Of them that the commission was
sent abroad
On the commission were Senator Theo-
dore Burton of Ohio. chairman OF the
commission; Senator Jacob H. Gallinger
of New Hampshire. vice chairman, &C
companied by his son, the late William
IL. GalIinger. who died in New York CITY
few days after his return: Senator SIM
mons of North Carolina. Representative
d. S. Alexander of New York, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Frederick c. Stevens
of Minnesota. Representative Irving p.
Wagner of Pennsylvania Representative
Stephen NJ. Sparkman of Florida, and
Representative and Mrs. James II. Cas-
sidy of Ohio.
College Professors in Party.
They were accompanied by Prof. Ro-
land c. Mcpherson of Johns Hopkins
University. Prof Emory r. johnson of
the University of Pennsylvania, Col.
William II. Bixby Of the Engineer Corps
Of the army and Herbert Knox Smith,
chief OF the bureau of corporations, to-
gether with the secretaries Of the COM
mission. Messrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer and
Joseph McGann.
Just before the commission began an
investigation of the Rhine in the early
part of September. it was Joined at
Strassburg by Senator Samuel III. Piles of
Washington. Senator William Alden Smith,
Of Michigan. Senator William Lorimer OF
Illinois and Representative Moon of Ten
nessee, also members of the commission.
Most of the time of the party was spent
In Germany. Austria-Hungary, Holland,
Belgium and England.
State Departments Contribution.
More Americans went abroad this year
under the auspices Of the State Depart
ment than any other branch OF the gov
eminent. Twenty-three delegates attend
ed the Internal ional medical congress at
Budapest, while one to twelve attended
the international scientific congress on
leprosy at Bergen. Norway; international
congress of actuaries. Vienna: interna-
uniform methods of testing petroleum
products. London: International congress
organized by the Society of Public In
struction Professors of Modern Lam
guages. Paris: International conference
of the International Geodetic Association,
London and Cambridge: International
congress for the testing of materials,
Copenhagen: international Esperanto
congress at Barcelona; international con-
ference on maritime law, Brussels inter-
national institute of statistics, Paris; in
ternational commission for revision OF the
classification of diseases and causes of
death, Paris: internal ional congress for
the purpose OF promoting uniform legis-
lation concerning letters Of exchange, The
Hague: international congress OF applied
chemistry. London; International con-
gress on alcoholism. London; information
al commission to organize and conduct
the international office OF public health
Paris; international dairy congress.
Army and Navy Experts.
Both the War Department and the Navy
Department have sent several of their
medical experts to conferences abroad.
Oflcers are detailed to the French cavalry
schools at intervals and also to the Ger
man army maneuvers. Then there are
some officers who go on secret missions
The Navy Department this year has sent
several special missions Of officers of high
rank. who have investigated work at the
British navy and ship yards w. T..
Caps, the chief constructor. went abroad
recently to make a special study of naval
construction In the British navy.
Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers,
president Of the Naval War College, and
Rear Admiral Adolph Mark made especial
trips Of investigation to Europe. Two
officers were specially detailed to make a
study of the Parsons British) turbines.
Others Who Visited Europe.
Others who went to Europe for Uncle
Sam this year were Commissioner Of Pat
ents Edward b. Moore. who sought to ne
gotiate better patent treaties with every
nation in Europe: Prof. Willis l.. Moore.
chief of The weather bureau: Bailey Will
lis and Stephen j. Kuebel. topogra pher
and chief OF the engraving division. re-
spectively. of the geological survey; Stu
art Mcnamara, to investigate i'm Paris
matters relating TO the Panama canal
libel case: DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. chief of
the bureau of chemistry; Otto Fl. Tittmann.
superintendent Of the coast and geodetic
survey, who was accompanied by John r.
Hayford. chief of the computing division;
A. s. Cushman. assistant director of the
Office of public roads of the Department
Of Agriculture. and Brig. Gen. James AL
len and Lieut.. Il. ID. FOulOiS of the Signal