Evening star., 1914-12-06
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

for a part of the week.
Charles NJ Burrier, pension Office,
was away for six weeks during the
week.
Joseph r. Webster, assistant attor-
ney, solicitors Office, is to be away for
! twenty-five days, ending December 81
Miss Maggie J. Trautman, pension
office, is to return December 1S, after
leave Of fourteen days.
tary's office, returned Saturday after a
vacation of a week.
James H. Bond, watchman. Secre-
tary's office. after eight days OF vaca-
tion, returned Tuesday.
George Mcclure. lieutenant of the
watch, geological survey. returned
Tuesday after vacation of four days.
James W. Hoskinson, pension office,
was on vacation from December / to 3.
Luke Brock. patent office. returned
Tuesday after four days of vacation.
Henderson Cornett, Secretary's Office,
following a weeks vacation. returned
to work last Wednesday.
been away on vacation of eighteen
days. He returned last Tuesday.
Mrs. Joanna Barry, Secretary's Office,
returned December from a vacation
lasting twelve days.
Mrs. Frances f. Siddall, Secretary's
Office, returned Tuesday after a vaca-
ton of ten days.
Mrs. Mary NJ Wander, pension Office.
returned Tuesday after a vacation of
a week.
John p. Cannon, watchman. Secre-
tarys office, December 2 entered upon
La leave of absence of thirty days,
which is to end December 81.
Col. Thomas A. Green. librarian, so
having spent a vacation of one week
with his sister at Bramwell, w. Va.
Harry G. Burrier. clerk. solicitors
Office, returned Monday after a vaca-
tion of three days.
George c. Ross. assistant attorney,
solicitors Office, is on leave Of ten
days.
pension Office, Is on fifteen days OF
leave, to end December 16.
John G. Topper. watchman, Secre-
tary's Office, was on leave last week for
three days.
John Urquhart, watchman, Secretary's
Office, was on leave from Tuesday to
Friday.
Mrs. Mary E. Hussey. pension office,
is on ten-day leave.
Walton A. Matthias. pension Office, is
taking nine days of leave, ending De-
cember Is.
Thomas F. OConnor, pension Office,
returned Monday, after vacation Of
three days.
George c. McClain, clerk, Secretary s
Office, returned Tuesday after two
weeks of vacation spent on his farm
on the lower Potomac.
Frank Hamilton. secretarys office, re-
turned Monday after a vacation of
eleven days.
Howard Webster watchman, Secre-
tary's Office, returned yesterday after
nine days of vacation.
Peter Wetzler, watchman, Secretary's
office. tomorrow will end vacation of
ten days.
Charles Wooster. Secretary's office,
returned Monday. after a vacation last
ing five days.
The following changes in the person.
mel of the Department of the Interior
are announced:
Proba tionary appointments: Indian
ofhce-Miss Lucille Parker. Oklahoma.
S. Fessenden. Idaho. irrigation man
ager. $3.50; William E. Dickinson, New
York. junior engineer, $1,000. Bureau
of mines-Charles S. Arthur, Colorado,
hrst aid miner. $1,000. duty in Denver.
Reinstatements: Indian of1ce-Mrs.
Ida Riley. Oklahoma, clerk. 5000 Pat
ent office-Mrs. Celia n Davidson. H.
linois clerk. $1,000.
Promotions: Indian office-warnie V.
ger. s720, to clerk. 5000. Patent office
Lloyd C. Walker, New York, copyist.
5000. to clerk. $1,000. Bureau of educa-
tion-Julius c. Helwig. Indiana, clerk,
$1,3SO, to clerk and stenographer,s1 500,
Alaska division. Seattle, Wash Geolog-
teal survey-Edwin d. Burchard, Dis
trict of Columbia. junior engineer, ST.
osoto $1,000. Reclamation service
John h. Beadle. District of Columbia,
ployed. to clerk, s1.6s0.
Transfer within the department.: &C.
illogical survey-Miss Virginia c. Cock
Grille. District of Colum bia. .underclerk,
~A,"'V' iioiii Siei N, 9l'VVu, patent once.
designations: Secretary's Office -
George F. Miller. Virginia. watchman,
S120. Geological survey-Edward j.
Wonder. New York. multicolor press
man. s6 per day; Pink Wilson. Virginia,
laborer, $3.50. Reclamation service
James H. Hamilton, California, clerk,
$1.6S0; George c. Silver, Montana. iun-
ior clerk, $1,000.
U. S. Geological Survey.
l.. l.. Lee, topographic engineer of the
geological survey, has returned from
Michigan, where he was at work dur
ing the summer making surveys of the
Centerville and St. Charles quadrangles.
a. B. Searle, topographer of the
geological survey. is in Washington,
having completed his field seasons
work in surveying the Milford Center
and Mechanicsburg Quadrangles, Ohio.
Charles Hartmann. jr.. topographic en-
gineer of the geological survey, landed
in Washington last Monday from Sac
ramento. Cal. During the summer and
fall Mr.. Hartmann made surveys in the
Willamette valley in Oregon.
Topographers Emory l. Ireland and
December / from West Virginia having
closed their seasons field work.
J. F. McBeth. engineer of the geo.
logical survey. returned to Washington