The Washington times., 1914-10-03
CHANGES IN WAR AND
NAVY DEPARTMENTS
Large List of Appointments,
designations, and Promo
tionS Is Announced.

A large list of appointments, promo
tions. and designations in the War and
Navy Departments during September
was made public today. Seventeen c:n-
rloyes OF the War Department received
promotions of from 500 to 500 Il year,
and five Navy Department employees re-
ceived similar increases. There are
fifteen appointments in the NAVY De-
partInent and fourteen in the war De-
partnlent.
follows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the chief of
ordnance: John 3. Simpson, craftsman,
at Sl,No: Hugo F. .Ambrosi. apprentice
craftsman at $3.50: Herbert H. Mitchell.
apprentice craftsman. at $3.50. Office of
the quartermaster general of the army:
Walter r. Knaack. clerk. at $500: Ralph
a. Curtin. clerk, at $500: Fred Slnkins,
clerk, at $500: " alter H. Currier, clerk.
at sNo. The adtuta1t generals Office
John r. J. Brooke. clerk, at N,Jy1 Of
flee of the chief sigrr' officer: Carl r.
rim Z. Rowe. clerk. at $1,000. Office of
The chief of engineers: Edmund F..
Nussbaum. clerk. at $780, Office Of
the chief of staff: Samuel w. Sownr-
'NltS. III si-VU. a tieICnST.
clerk. at $1,000: John P. Meyers, clerk.
at 81 0OG.
War Department Promotions.
Promotions-office of the chief Of ord
nance: Catherine T Moran. clerk,
from 500 to $1,000: Offfce of the quar-
termaster general of the army: Robert
p. Strouse. clerk, from $1,000 to s1.2OO;
Bernard NJ. Cahoon, clerk. from 800 to
$1,000: Allen NJ. Daniel, clerk. from $500
10 s1,oo0: Carl H. Panzer, clerk, from
$500 to $1,000: Arthur Smith, laborcr,
from 500 to $3.50. The adtutant generals
office: Royal Beck, clerk, from a.2oo to
sl,4o0: Walter R. Sulhoff. clerk, from
clerk. from $1,000 to s,ooO; Jacob J.
Docher clerk. from 81 900 to s., 100: Well
inston Patrick, clerk, from $1,000 to
81 200. Bureau of Insular Affairs: Will
Sl,soo: Lionel H. Camfield. clerk. from
S.2o0 to s1,40o; Ernest NJ. Dew, clerk.
from $1,000 10 81 100. ONCE of the chief
of engineers: Thomas E. Gwinn. clerk,
from 300 to sl:4oo; Morris Parker,
Benson. clerk. from 81 900 to 81 200.
Resignstions-The adjutant generals
office: Irving Winslow. clerk at 81, 200;
benjamin E. Yaden, clerk at s., ,oon. Of
zee Of the quartermaster general Of the
army: jeremiah ]. Mccarthy. jr. clerk
at $1,000: Arthur B. Smith, clerk at 81 900;
Henry Coates. laborer at $3.50. Office Of
The chief of staff: Laurence P. Holman,
laborer at $3.50; office Of the chief of
at sl.400. Office of the chief of ord
nance: Wolcott E. Spofford. apprentice
craftsman at 500; John C. Donohoe,
skilled laborer at $500.
Changes In Navy Department.
The changes in the Navy Depar
are as follows:
Appointments - photographic Onice,
Louis F. Butterfeld, apprentice drafts
man. at 500 per annum: Henry W. q.
Crowder. helper, at $3.50 per annum:
Eugene Dormer. copyist. at $40 per an
mum: Secretary's Office. Miss Maude NJ.
Keck, by reinstatement, assistant tele-
phone switchboard operator. at $500 per
annum: Joseph c. Eller. carpenter, at
800 per annum: Bureau of Supplies and |
Accounts. Thornton NJ. Hudson, messen-
Matteossian. clerk, at 500 per annum;
Miss Grace y. Kingston, temporary
clerk. at 500 per annun; Bureau of Ord |
nance. Miss NJ. r. Dawson, temporary |
copyist. at $40 per annum: Charles H.
Birmingham. jr.. copyist, at $500 per
annum; Bureau Of Navigation. Miss
Maude A. Freeman. temporary copyist. !
at $50 per annum: Nautical Almanac
Office. Joseph l.. F. Spilman, messenger |
boy. at S42O per annum: Bureau Of !
Steam Engineering. Howard E Dwin- |
nel!s. clerk, at $500 per annum; Office of |
Naval Intelligence. Nathaniel II. Laden,
Jerk. at $1,000 per annum.
Promotions-Hydrogra Office: Ed
win V. Johnson, from copyist at $40 to :
copyfst at 1890 per annum: Lindsey T. !
kidwell, from copyist at s7a0 to copyist /!
at $40 per ennun. Bureau of Ordnance:
Frank J. McCabe, from copyist at $40