The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-05
DEPUTY coLLEcroas NAMED
Most Of Those Designated for Yer
mont Are HoId-overs.

ing the number OF collectors to 40,
Secretary McAdoo has designated
the following deputy collectors who
will at once have charge of the ports
of entry in Vermont. For the most
part these men so designated are the
present deputy collectors.
Eastern Vermont district: New
port (headquarters) North Troy,
"A. H. Butterheld; Derby Line, e.
Forsyth; Island Pond, L. B. Jones;
Beecher Falls, F. A. Turner.
Western Vermont district: Bur-
lington (headquarters)-H. Adams,
S. H. Danforth; Richford, A. j. Mer-
rill; Swanton; T. M. Tobin; Alburg,
Maurice Walsh; Highgate, D. W.
Steele.
Myrick Hascall Doolittle, native
of Addison, and computer of the I'm
tied States coast and geodetic sur
vey until three years ago. died at his
home near Washington, d. c., on Fri
day, June q after a short illness. He
was born March II, 1880. He grad
uated at Antioch college, Ohio, and
Harvard university, served a short
time in the army sanitary commits
sion during the Civil war, entered
the government service as observer
and computer in the naval obserya-
tory where he remained for six
years, and later was an examiner in
he was appointed computer of the
United States coast and geodetic sur
vey in which capacity he served the
government continuously for 3S
years until he resigned on account
of i'll health September 25, 1911.
Col. Clavin d. Cowles, command
/ ing the 5th Infantry, until recently
stationed at Plattsburg, N. Y, and
well known to every officer of the
Vermont National Guard. having
visited every company in the state
several times in the capacity of in
spector, was placed on the retiring
list of the army on June "a by OPP
GRAFTON of law on account of age.
Col. Cowles was appointed to the
United States Military academy from
North Carolina from which institu-
ton he graduated in 1873, and has
taken part during his 40 years SER
vice in the United States army in
several Indian campaigns, the Span
ish war. the Philippine instruction,
and the pacification of Cuba. He
LIST North Carolina Volunteer Infan-
try during the Spanish war.
In spite of the repeated grumb-
lings of the office seekers in the
democratic party 1t would appear
from an official statement issued by
the postoffice department that Post
| master General Burleson is doing
| everything possible to supply all va
cancies in postoffices with democra-
| tic aspirants and so great has been
! his industry that there are now only
All vacancies in first class Offices
| that the president can appoint. This
statement sets forth that when Mr..
Burleson entered upon his duties in
the department March 4, there were
| more than 1900 vacancies and that
about 600 more HAYES ince occurred
| through death, removal, resignation
or other wise, making the total va
cancies in the presidential class
| about 2400. OF the 1900 nominations
sent to the Senate I'LL have al
ready been confirmed and the new
postmasters are being placed in
charge of the Offices as rapidly as
their bonds can be approved and
| commissions forwarded
| Music lovers throughout Vermont
will be glad to know that Presi-
dent Wilson has signed the order
allowing the Marine band to make a
tour of the New England states be-
tween the dates of September 30 and
| November Is. Although their It'll
mary has not been made out 1t is
expected that II will take in mum.
Der of the larger towns in Vermont
This is the first time this band has
visited New England since 1907,
By order of the war department
Senator Paget's principal and alter.
nate appointments to West Point,
Lincoln Ferris Daniels, student at
the University of Vermont, Burling.
Nton. and Harold Whiting Terrill,
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, reported
to Fort Banks Massachusetts,. on
July / to take their entrance exami.
nations to the United States Mill.
tary academy
r. n. Switzer. former resident OF
st. Johnsbury. VT, but who moved
to New Hampshire a few years ago
has secured through Senator Hollis
| of the latter state a position as an
elevator conductor in the Senate
wing of the capitol.
w. W. Husband, well known to
the newspaper fraternity of Yer,
mont sails from New York on Thurs
day noon for Europe to carry on
some important work of investiga
ton in the different European coun.
tries for the department of labor. By
a coincident he leaves by the Ced
ric "a White Star line steamer
which is the same vessel that he
took when returning to this country
a few years ago when on a mission
for the bureau of immigration and
naturalization. Mrs. Husband and
son will spend the summer with
the family of b. l. Staples, formerly
OF ST. Johnsbury, now residing in
Ration, N. II.
| Robert II. Norton, a secretary EN-
ployed by Frank B. Bpandegee, I'm
tied States senator from Connecticut
has left Washington for two
weeks vacation to be spent in Fail
Haven and Burlington, VT.
| President Wilson has sent TO the
| Senate the nomination of G NJ Ro