New Britain herald., 1914-04-01
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
 UNDER NEW REGIME
Permanent Form of Government
 AdOpled- --G0ethaE is Governor.

canal zone began business today un- der a permanent form of government.
 The .Isthmian Canal. commission, which has governed the zone during the construction of the waterway, was dissolved and civil ad- ministration, selni-military in char acter. was esta blished.
 Colonel George w. Goethals, by appointment of the president of the United States, became it's first gov- ernor His inauguration was remark able There were no cerem onies, no speeches, no display. .
 In his office on the top of Culebra Hill, overlooking the now famous cut of that name. Col. Goethals, chair man and chief9 engineer of the Isthmian Canal commission, simply began his days work under new partment of Operation and Main tenance."
 No Outward Show.
 In the big cut below, while the colonel fguratively transferred his power from one hand to another, the steam dredges were tearing away at the fot of Curcafacha slide, and locomotives were busy hauling away more of the daily spoil. Work pro- gressed as usual along the whole route of the canal. There were no extra flags flying, no outward show of any kind that the government of the zone was undergoing any changes. These were changes in name merely, so far as most of the canal workers were concerned. Ever since Col. Goethals became the guiding spirit of the work he has been the "benevo- lent despot'.of the Isthmus, and there are few new faces in the group of men who have found3 place in the permanent government.
 z The list has been fannounced as follows:
 Engineer of maintenance-Col Harry F. Hodges, of the army en- gineers.
 Superintendent of transportations- Captain Hugh Rodmana U. S. N.
 Electrical engineer-Captain w. H. Rose, of the army engineers.
 Captains for the terminal ports Commander D. E. Dismukes and Lieutenant Commando 93t Henry V. Butler, U. s. IN. '..s,
 Superintendent. of; shops and dry Constfuctor D. c. Nut ting. t [,
 General puschasing oft1cer--Major F. c. Boggs, army engineers. : Chief quartermasthr-Captain R. F. Wood, United States cavalry. (tem- porarily, < pending reorganization of the supply departpaPnt)x 2 :, , Auditor-H A. AK smith assistant. B H6arrah. ,..ts .s. < Effef health >bffieer Lieutenanti Colonel Charles Fl, Mason, Medical corps. U. aS..A:5s's X sti..s 54.+g$ !: Chief officer of he quarantine di- vision-Past Assistant Surgeon Mar shall c. Guthrie, UiS bureau of pub- lie health. ,a. ,s.E ~,.at .a Nf
 Executive secretary -C. A. Me- INaine.
 v Work, Not lCompleted! 2 Only small portion of the per-, 5manent organization became actually effective today. Il probably will not be perfected until all of the construc- tion work has be{n done, which will require probably @notrer year.
 That part of the oil organization that will feel the new trder of things first is the old department of civil administration. dver which Richard L. Metcalfe presided As fast as practicable, Col Goetlals said, this will be reorganized and will be placed under the new executive secretary. The courts, which formerly were considered a part of this department, already have been separated and con- solidated under; the ons federal judge and his two assistants at either end of the canal. si<
 ' The sanitary and health depart ments also will soon h on the per- manent basis. The wtrk practically has been completed ani the new de- partment of health, with Col Mason at it's head, will in tie future look after the sanitation of the zone :pd the Isthmus of Panama generally. A, The departm ent of Operation and maintenance will mot ln fully estab- lished until the canal hts been wholly completed.
 P Consolidation Is Needed.
 The accounting dep3tment of the permanent organizatioB will succeed to the work form erly done by the division of disbursements and the ex- aminer of accounts. yothing more than a consolidation ant slight con traction of working trce will be needed to make them Hady for their new work.
 All departments will De directly re- sponsible to the governr of the Pan- anna canal who, in turn, Is respon- sible to. the president of the United. States through the wartle department.
 When in operation t is estimated there will be about 20O0 American white employees on th canal, and perhaps a few fhundret negro labor