Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-01

Is to be promoted to the rank OF appoint
ment clerk at $1,000. The total amount
of salaries, contingent expenses and sc
forth for the Navy Department Is de-
creased 81, $50.
Department of the Interior.
1t is proposed by the Secretary Of the
Interior that
/ There should be created in the In.
terror Department a board of appeals. to
consist OF three persons. whose duties
would be to hear and determine upon al
matters coming before the Interior De-
partnent on appeal from the bureau OF
ficers. except pension matters The sal
| aries to be paid to the members or the
1 board should not be less than 5000 each
per annum. Under the present assign
| ment of work these duties are now I'M
| posed upon the first assistant secretary
! and a consideration thereof involves much
| in the department With such board
| the first assistant secretary could In q
1 great measure be relieved of this large
| and exacting volume OF work. thus en-
| abling him to devote more time to mat
tiers of administration, and in this way
| the Secretary of the Interior would De
| greatly relieved"
Other changes are as follows: One new
assistant superintendent at the patent
Office building, 81 200; one new machinist,
old post Office building, 81, 400; two steam
| filters at 200 in lieu of three firemen at
| S72O
Office Of the assistant attorney general:
Increase of $3.50 for one assistant attor-
ney at s., 600; one additional assistant at
| torney, 81, $50: four additional assistant
attorneys at s., 500, and two at $50; one
new clerk, class four; three new clerks,
class two.
The geological survey asks for an ad-
ditional 81 900 for renting OF buildings.
The construction of a public building for
the survey has been authorized. put
| meantime the officers declare they are TOO
greatly crowded.
General land office: An increase OF $500
for the chief law clerk is asked; aooi-
| tional compensation of $3.50 each IS asked
for twenty-siX cOpylStS, an adultionai
force is estimated for-name Il .o one CLERK
clerks, at 81 200, three clerks at $l'VVo'
two copyists at $500
Indian office: One new assistant law
clerk. $1,000. four additional clerks, class
three: twenty clerks, class one; four new
messengers at $500.
Pension Office Decreases.
Pension office: Big decreases are out
lined for this force as follows: Decrease
of ten principal examiners, ten clerks,
class four; fifteen clerks, class three;
twenty-five clerks class two th1rty-hve
Patent off1ce-Increases are estimated
for as follows. Two additional examiners
in chief at $4,000: one new first assistant
examiner of trade marks and designs.
81. 400: twenty-three additional examiners
at So, 400: thirteen additional examiners
at So. 100. but two at 81 800, and twenty
four at $500 would be taken or the roll
by promotion to higher grades; three
new assistant chiefs of divisions at Sl.Soo;
rin inn of
ger boys is desired.
Bureau of education-In nearly every
office in this bureau increases and aodl,
tional help are desired. The princlpai
sistant commissioner. new, $4,000; IN.
crease of $500 for chief clerk; increase Oh
81 500 for specialist in higher educatlon'
now drawing $1,000; five additional spe-
cialists in higher education totai oi
ST. 800. -,
The sum of s65, 500 is asked for add
tional investigators in rural education, IN
dustrial education and school hyslene'
So 500 for specialist and assistants IN CITY
school administration; $500 Tor speciai-
list and force to investigate the education
of exceptional children; SoUUO LOT Ine III
yestigation of home education: Si,OOO Tor
stigating educational theory ana
practice.
the bureau is asked, and an assistant
editor at So 200 is desired. Increases in
salaries are desired for the statlSuclan,
5000 specialist in lahd grant coliege
statistics. S4OO The bureau wants two
additional compilers at $1,000; one spe-
cialist in foreign and domestic systems OF
education at So, 800: two assistants at
81. 800; two new clerks, class four; two
new clerks, class three two new clerks
class two; two new messengers at Soou,
three new copyists at $500 and four new
laborers at $3.50 each.
Post Office Department.
Although the postal service throughout
the country viii require an enormous in
crease of appropriation. reorganizations
in. the Washington force bring the total
of salaries to a lower point than they
were last year, $1,714 800 being estimated
in place of $1,750, 800 The principal
changes are one new assistant attorney
at 81, 800; two new assistant attorneys at
50, 600; twelve clerks at 81 900, dropped
from the Office of the fourth assistant
postmaster general; thirteen clerks at
81, 900 and thirteen at $500 dropped from
the division of dead letters; two clerks
at $1,000 and two map copyists at $780,
dropped from the division of supplies.
Otherwise post Office salary estimates
in Washington run almost exactly the
same as the present appropriation act
Department of Commerce.
Plans for widely increasing the work Of
this department have been outlined by
Secretary Redfeld, and big increases in
salary appropriations to cover new posi-
tons are asked. One Of the most signifi-