Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01

DeaOWOOd. f1elena, SeattIe ana salt Lake,
will be abolished il the recommendation
Of the committee is approved. The total
appropriations for minis and assay Of
fees are reduced from S1.319.153 to $751;
700 and the total number of salaries is
reduced In the aggregate by forty-two.
Ten Per Cent Reduction Ordered.
In addition to declaring that 10 per
cent reduction must be made in the War
Department clerical force, the report
shows these specific changes:
office of the guartermaster general-A
reduction is made of 1 clerk at $500. /
craftsman at 81 800 and 1 writer of speci-
fications at 81 30
office of the commissary general-A
reduction is made Of 1 clerk. at 500.
vOffice of the surgeon general-A fire.
man. a $72D. is provided for. instead Of
an assistant engineer, at 800
"Offlce Of the chief of engineers-The
amount authorized to be used from GER
tain lump appropriations is reduced from
$4,000 for 1912 to $4,000 for 1919
Nine watchmen in the State, War and
Navy Department have been unprovided
for in the bill. their salaries, at $3.50
each. having been dropped.
In the Navy Department omission is
recommended of two copyists. at $40
in the bureau of equipment, instead of
a craftsman. at $1,000
One Of the large additions to the ex-
listing force is seen in the items under
the photographic Office. where it is
recommended that eighteen additional
employees may be taken on. with an ag-
gregate pay roll of s20,500, in order to
enable this Office to produce charts
from metallic plates by photolitho-
gra phic process.
The naval militia office. having re-
ceived the authority in the last naval
act. will be allowed to
have a chief clerk at $500, stenog-
rapher at $1,000 and a messenger at
5000.
Department of the Interior.
Tie Department of the Interior will
suffer considerably. especially in the
patent office. where reductions are
recommended of deputy commissions
er, at $500: two engineers. at $1,000:
three firemen. at SEQ, and eight watch
men. at $500. Ten watchmen. at s7oO.
are to be taken from the office of the
Secretary. if the bill is approved and
five watchmen will be dropped from the
old Post Office Department building.
II is recommended that the salary of
the chief of the division of surveys be
reduced from s., $40 to So, 400
The committee evidently paid consider
able attention to the Indian office. This
para graph hints at a general shake-up
in that bureau If the democratic inves-
tigation bears fruit:
1T was ascertained by the committee
that there are now and have been for
some time past employed in this bureau
a number OF persons who are paid from
appropriations carried In the Indian ap-
act. and not deeming it wise
at this time to bring about complete
Of this office and make
permanent provision for such of these
employees as might be permanently re-
quired. they have recommended legisla-
ton recurring detailed estimates to be
submitted for the fiscal year 1914 and
thereafter employment of any
services in this Office other than
such as shall have been specifically APP
propriated for I'm the legislative. execu-
tive and judicial appropriation acts"
The Postmaster Generals office gets off
Of watchmen Of seven men at S7oO each.
The az swung heavily in the Depart
nent Of Justice, where the list of salaries
to be dropped included an
six clerks. one at S1.4OO. one at 1920,
TWO at 81 900 and two at 500. An assist
ant attorney at 50 500 is recommended in
leu of an attorney in charge of titles at
that salary.
Commerce and Labor.
In the Department of Commerce and
Labor savings are to be made as follows:
The department asked for 1859 salaries
and positions. and a total appropriation
of s.. 956. 800 1t is recommended that this
branch Of the government be reduced to
49, positions. and an appropriation of
$. SIC. 100. The changes are seen in the
following:
office Of the secretary-A reduction is
Of three clerks. one at ST.
a0(. one at 81 200 and one at 81 900.
The appropriation Of 100000 for COM
and expenses of commercial
agents is omitted.
Bureau of Misunderstanding appro-
priations for this bureau are omitted and
a provision is recommended. as hereto
fore stated. abolishing the same and
its duties to the Department
Of State.
mended Of one messenger at $40.
Census off1ce-The salaries and ex-
penses Of the census Office have been
paid for the current and two past fiscal
years out of the lump appropriations
made for expenses of taking the thr-
tically completed at the end Of the cur
rent fiscal year. and accordingly estimates
have been submitted in the usual form
and in detail for the ensuing fiscal year
and appropriations are recommended in
this bill based upon those estimates. Com
pared with the detailed appropria tons for
the office for the fiscal year 1909, the ac-
bill provides for fifteen fewer
position and $3.50 less in aggregate SAL
aries
There is also recommended in the bill
an appropriation Of $4,000 for tempo
'ary clerks to- complete the work of the
thirteenth census.
Bureau of statistical provision is
recommended abolshing the bureau of
statistics and transferring its duties to
The census office providing therefor six
~ employees with salaries of 500 $40, in
stead or nfty-seVen employees, now en-
gagged in the bureau of statistics, with
salaries amounting to $13,6JO.''
The Department of Commerce and La
Dor has the distinction of having on its
rolls the one man whose salary is rec
commended for a raise out of the entire
li.Sll. He happens TO be a New Yo7-s
anitor in the shipping commissioners Of
ice. The New York shipping commits
pay. but the janitor will be placed back
at $40. which he enjoyed before a print
ng error reduced him to $3.50 last year.
Abolition of Commerce Court.
The Commerce Court is to he abolished
according to the BILL July /,
1912. Four employees of the court are in
Guided in the reductions of force under
the bill. The jurisdiction of the court is
in the bill to the United
States district courts.
Legislation, other than appropriations,
changes in the government serv-
ice are to be found in the bill as report
ed to the House today. One Of especial
interest to Washington is that which
provides that in 1913 no vacancy exist
ing in any government department within
the confines of the District of Columbia
shall be filled except by promotion or
demotiOn from among persons already