The Washington herald., 1915-07-02
MANY PROMOTED
in u. 5. SERVICE
Shifts in Ranks Come with
Beginning of New Fiscal
Year.
SCORES ARE ADVANCED
Several Bureaus Abolished and Others
Created in the Department
of Agriculture.
SCORES ARE ADVANCED

The first day of the Federal gov
ernment's new fiscal year, yesterday,
brought about many changes in the
ranks of government employees living
here. Demotions were comparatively
| few. but scores of promotions. in sal
airy and rank, were announced. Most
OF the changes had to do with the
| shifting of working forces in accord
ance with reorganizations in the diff
ferent departments.
The most extensive reorganization
was that in the Department of Agri-
culture, where several bureaus were
| abolished. others created and a few
Of similar work consolidated. The
largest bureau Of the department Gre
ated yesterday was the States rela-
tions service, formed by conjunction
Of the farmers demonstrative bureau
and experiment stations, with the ex-
ception of stations for investigation
in irrigation and drainage, placed I'M
cheering office. No unusual number
of demotions was announced by the
department. The department this year
has an appropriation of s27,551.7S2. an
increase of s3.7o5.95o.
Many Treasury Promotions.
There were five times as many pro-
Department, where the only employees
losing positions by the beginning of
new fiscal year were in the bureau
of engraving and printing. On hun
bred plate printers were threatened
with loss of position until an order
providing for hand presses instead Of
power presses gave employment to
seventy-five. No vacancies have yet
been found for the twenty-five excess
printers.
Changes in the State Department
affected but four persons, two mes
sengers and two subordinates placed
in newly created positions of hostler
and driver. Changes in the War Pe-
partment were:
Appointments under civil service rules
The Adjutant Generals office: Edward
A Davis, Waterman, at $40. Office of
the Judge Advocate General: Carl 9.
Fairbank, copyist. at $500. Office of the
Quarterma ster General: James E. Will
son. clerk. at $500 per annum; John H.
Lyons, clerk. at 81 600 per annum. Office
Of the Surgeon General: William D.
Googe. clerk. at $1,000 per annum. Office
of the chief signal officer: Carl ]. Faist,
clerk, at 1000 per annum. Office of the
chief of ordnance: William S. Kendall,
clerk, at 5000; Edmund S. Van Brunt.
craftsman. at 81, 400. Bureau Of Insular
$1,000.
Promotions-The Adjutant Generals
office: Daniel NJ. Keeton. clerk, from
81 900 to $500: Andrew F. E Scheer.
clerk, s., 900 to 81 200. Office of the Judge
Advocate General: Alvin McC. Brown,
copyist, at $500. to clerk at LOO. Quarter
master Generals Office: Harry Birnbaum.
clerk. $500 to 1000. Surgeon Generals
Office: Baruch Israel. clerk at LOO, to
translator at s.. 600; Felix Newman. clerk
at 81 400. to translator at $500. Office Of
the chief of ordnance: Mrs. Carolyn NJ
Kirby, clerk, from $1,000 to 81 200; Harry
Grosskopf clerk. $500 to 1900. Office Of
the Chief of Engineers: Charles English,
clerk, $500 to 600 per annum; Ray W.
Ireland, clerk. 81. 600 to 81, 200. Bureau of
Insular Affairs: George E. Long. clerk,
staff: Nathaniel Hershler, chief clerk,
5000 to $500; Otto Abramsky. clerk.
s., 500 to 81 600: Adolf Gerhard, clerk, 81 800
to s., coo; NJ. Barlow Mercer, clerk. 81, 800
to 2.0OsO.
War Department ResiEnations.
Resignations-Office of the Secretary
Of War: William E. Killam. clerk at
$500. The adjutant generals office:
Richard L. Giss, clerk at $500. Office
of the chief of ordnance: Frederick NJ.
Moore, clerk at 5000. Office of the chief
of engineers: Max W. Rhody, clerk
at 1000 Office of the chief of staff:
F. Leod Custard. messenger at $40.
No reductions of position or abolish
ment Of office were made in departmental
work in the Departments Of Commerce
and Labor. Commerce promotions were:
In the Coast and eGodetic Survey-Owen
B. French, Charles c. Yates, and Rich
ard B. Derickson. assistants, from &, zoo
to s2,4Oo; Ector B. Latham. William E.
Parker, Nicholas H. Heck, Clifford G.
Quillian, Call c. Whitney, and Edwin H.
Pagenhart. assistants. from 5000 to
s, 200; John B. Boutelle, Raymond 8.
Patton, Gilbert T. Rune, Carl v. Hodg-
son, Thomas j. Mayer, and Robert +.
Luce, assistants. from $500 to 5000.
Five hundred promotions were an
nounced by the Interior Department yes
terday No employees were dropped from
the rolls although it was thought by
officials. of the Pension Bureau, where
ITO employees were reduced in salary, that
ninety-three workers would be lost.
These, however. have been provided for
by the accumulation Of vacancies dur
ing the year, which were filled yesterday.
Similar procedure in the Postoff1ce De-
partment prevented the dropping Of sew
eral employees. the untitled vacancies TAX
ing care of those for whom there was no
extra appropriation. No employees were
taken from the Postoffice rolls.