Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

| associates on the spe-
u. s. at the cial board to arrange
the government exhibits
41asco G3A. at the Panama-Pacific
exposition have just completed the work
LOT allotting to the various departments
the appropriation of $500. 900 provided ny
| Congress for exhibits by the various
| federal bureaus. AL branches OF the
government will be represented at the
San Francisco exposition with the ex-
ception of the Department OF Justice
WHOSE legal work and investigations can
not be illustrated by means of exhibits
The Department Of Commerce, with ex-
hibits by the bureau Of the census, coast
and geodetic survey, the bureaus OF
standards. navigation, lighthouses and
fisheries, will have the largest amount OF
money of any of the departments TO
spend for exhibits, $57, 500 being allotted
to Secretary Redfield's office. The next
largest amount of money, $50. 500. is al
Iotted to the Interior Department, winch
will have more bureaus than any other
Of the departments represented in the
exhibits Among the Interior Department
bureaus which will be represented are
the patent Office. geological survey, bu-
reau of mines. reclamation service, bu-
reau of education, pension office. general
land Office and the bureau which has
control of the national parks and reser-
vationS
The Departments of Agriculture and
Treasury have each been given 10000
| for the exhibits to be installed by their
respective bureaus. The many bureaus
In the Department of Agriculture will
have exhibits bearing on agriculture, for
estry and wild game and its preservation.
The bureaus in the Treasury Department
to be represented by exhibits will include
the bureau of engraving and printing, the
mint the public health service, Hfe-saNing
service; the office of the supervising
architect and the revenue cutter service.
able location for the exhibits of the
War and Navy Departments. The harbor
facilities make it easy to bring the bat
tleships to convenient anchorages to be
seen by the exposition visitors, and the
work of the army can also be shown at
a slight expense because the exhibition
grounds are Immediately. adjacent to the
Preside, where United States troops are
always stationed. The appropriation al
lotted by Chairman Miller of the govern
ment board to the War Department is
$35 900, and the branches of this depart
ment which will show exhibits include
the quartermaster's department the ord
nance department.. Coast Artillery Corps.
Medical Corps. The Navy Department
will need much smaller amount for its
exhibits and $4,000 has been allotted.
Both the War and Navy Departments
ing exhibits to show the work which Is
being done to improve the education OF
the men who are going in these TWO
branches of service. Much of the work
given the enlisted men today Is planned
to fit them to become useful citizens and
to provide better for themselves when
they return to civil life.
Fifteen thousand dollars has been al
lotted for the exhibits of the Department
of Labor, and a large part of this amount
will be used for the exhibit Of the chill
dren's bureau. Other bureaus of this
department to be represented by exhibits
are the bureaus of immigration. naturali-
cation and labor. statistics. The Post
Office Department has been given an al
lotment of $4,000 for its exhibit. This
will be one of the feature exhibits of the
exposition, and will show post office
doing actual business and provided with
partment of State has been given the
smallest allotment of any Of the depart
merts, receiving 5000. which will be
devoted almost in its entirety to showing
the work of the consular service.
Many branches of the government not
connected with any of the departments
will receive large allotments. The 18TH
milan canal commission has received
larger amount Of money than any
to provide for an elaborate exhibit,
which will show the work which has been
done by the civil and sanitary engineers
in building the Panama. canal. II is nat
ural that such a large amount OF money
should be given to the Panama canal eX-
hibit because of the fact that the expo
sition is being held to commemorate the
opening of the waterway connecting the
two oceans. Col Cocktails. within the
Washington with Chairman Miller and
members of the exhibit board to de-
termine upon plans for the canal ex-
hibit
Next to the canal commission the
Smithsonian Institution will receive the
largest amount Of any of the independ-
emit government bureaus. $4,000 having
been given over to show its exhibits.
The Library of Congress and the COM
mission of Fine Arts will each be given
printing Office $500. and the American
National Red Cross $1,000. The civil
service commission will receive $500.
The remainder of the 100000 appro-
miscellaneous purposes. An allotment of
S25 coo has been made for moving pic
lures which will show every line of ac-
tivity of the departments whose work
can be illustrated. There viii be three
government moving picture shows going
all the time in the group of exhibit
buildings For transporting the various
exhibits from the east 10 san fran,
cisco there will be incurred an estimated
expense of $4,000.
amount of attention will be given to the
resources and industries of Alaska Inc
geological survey will have exhibits Dear
ing on the geology of the territory, ana
the bureau of education will show the
work which the government Is DONG IN
promoting education and providing for
the welfare of the native Alaskans. The
marine products will be shown by the bu-
reau of fisheries. and the Department OF
Agriculture will show number of
Alaskan exhibits bearing on agriculture.
forestry and zoology. The roads OF
Alaska are constructed by the Engineer
Corps of the army and exhibits Will be IN
stalled to show the work which is being
done The War Department viii, also
have special exhibits on Porto Rico. An
appropriation of 100000 has been made
by the territorial government of Hawaii
for what is expected to be the largest ex-
hibit ever made by the people Of Uncle
Sans island possessions OF the PACING.
In fixing the aliotments to be made for
the various departments Assistant Secre-
tary Miller has had the cooperation OF
various bureau chiefs and bureau COM
mittees, who have given many weeks OF
study on the economical Planning OF the
EXHIBITS. j. c. Boykin, editor of the
United States Bureau of Education. who
has had extensive experience with gov
ernmenti exhibit work. has been detailed
TO the exhibit board as assistant to the
chairman.
!:
Henry S Graves, chief OF the United
States forest service. is very much in
terested in a report which