Bisbee daily review., 1914-04-02
PANAMA CANAL ZONE IS TRANSFERRED TO CIVIL COVER N MENT
COL. ooETHALs TAKES CHARGE AS FIRST GOVERNOR AND
 ORGANIZATION INSTALLED

PANAMA, April 1.-The Panama 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 administration semi-military in character, was estab. ll;shed.
 Colonel Goethals. by appointment of the President of the United States, be. came it's first governor. His inaugura- ! ticn was remarkable. There were no ceremonies, no speeches, no display l In his office on the top of Culebra | Hill. overlooking the now famous cut fo that name. Col. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer. of the Isthmian Csnal Commission. simply began his days work under a new title-"Gover nor and Chief of the Department of | Operation and Maintenance" ! In the big cut below, while the Col onel fguratively transferred his power | fiom one hand to another, the steam dredges were tearing away more of the daily spoil Work progressed as flong 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 under going any changes. These were changes in name merely so far as most of the canal workers were con cerntd. Ever sincs Col Goethal3 be- came inc guiding nit of the wo,'; he as Teen the benevolent despot' of the Isthmus. and there are few new faces in the group of mon who have found place in the permanent government.
 The list has been announced as fol lows:
 Engineer of Maintenance-Col. liar ry F. Hodges. of the army engineers
 Superintendent off Transportations, Cantain Hugh Rodman, U $. N.
 Electrical Engineer. Captain w. H Ross. of the army engineers. Captains for the Terminal Ports, Commander D. E. Dismukes and Lieu tenant Commander Henry V. Butler ! U. S. N.
 Superintendent of shops and Dry docks. Naval Constructor D. C. Nut ting
 General Purchasing officer, Majo' IF. C. Boggs. army engineers | Chief Ouartermaster. Captain R. Wood. United States Cavalry (tempo rarily. pending reorganization of the supply departmenD.
 Auditor, II A. A.-Smith: assistant E. F. Harrah.
 ! Chief Health officer. Liertenan Colonel Charles Ei Mason. Medical Corps, IT. s. X.
 Chief officer of the Quarantine Di vision. P1sstd Assistant Surgeon Mar shali C Guthrie, u. S. Bureau of Pub lie Health
 Executive Secretary-C. A. Moll vaine
 Only a small portion of the perma nent organization became actually ef fectiyc today. It probably will not be perfected until all of the construction work has been done which will re quire probably another year
 The part of the old organization tha' will feel the new order of things frs is the old Department of Civil Admins tra;ioa over which Richard l. Metcalfe presided. As fast as practicable. Col Goethals said. this will be separated and consolidated under the one Feder al Judge and his two assistants a either end of the canal.
 The Sanitary and Health Depart ments also. will soon be on the per manent basis The work practically has been completed and the new De partment of Health with Col. Mason, a its head, will in future look after the sanitation of the Zone and the 18th mus of Panama generally.
 The Departments of Operation anc . Maintenance will not be fully estab lished nntil the canal has been fully completed.
 The Accounting Department of thf permanent organization will succeed to the work formerly done by the Di vision of Disbursements and the EX aminer of Accounts. Nothing morf than consolidation and slight con traction of working force will be l needed to make them ready for theil |, new work.
 All departments will be directly re sponsible to the governor of the Pan T anna Canal who. in turn. is responsible to the President of the United State' through the War Department.
 When in operation it Is estimated that there will be about 2,0OO Ameri can white employees on the canal, an' '- perhaps a few hundred negro laborers l. and all residents of the Canal Zone
 ENGLAND ADOPTS