New Britain herald., 1917-12-05
ARMY OF CLERKS
At THE CAPITAL
Population Of Washington In
ceases 10000 Since War Began

Washington, Dec 5.-Approximate-
ly 10000 employees have been added
to the governments payroll in WASH
| ington since the war began. 1t Is es-
timated that the population of the
national capital has Increased more
! than 10000.
The great expansion of the govern
| ments operations not only IN Wasn-
ington but throughout the country,
is revealed in the Qualifications or the
Civil Service Commission
Since the outbreak OF the war the
commission has certified for appoint
ment in the field and departmental
services, between 10000 and $4,000
! persons.
While the number of appointments
is far behind the number of certiflca-
tons, the figures indicate the prepara-
tons made for the extraordinary de-
mands of war. Appointments are
being made daily from this list and
the Civil Service Commission continues
to hold examinations. civil Service
certificates for the service IN and out
of WASHINGTON embrace all classes
from watchmen and messengers to ex-
pert accountants and chemists.
The war department leads In the
additions to clerical forces since the
| beginning of the war. since April
the War Department has added ap-
proximately $500 names to Its roster
of Washington employees.
The clerical force of the navy de-
| partment is today substantially double
that at the beginning of the war.
About 1850 employees have been add
ed, this number including around 500
| ho have enlisted in th6
eavy and are now assigned to clerical
duties.
Other Bureaus.
independent bureaus have employed
many hundred clerks, typists and
stenoeraphers. The Food Admins
tration now uses force of nearly one
thousand. The War Trade board en-
ploys more than 700; the Fuel Ad-
ministration now employs about 100
clerks and the Council of National
Defense and the Red Cross have en-
gagged approximately 1,400 persons
who are divided about equally
! between the two organizations. War
time printing has added materially to
the large force of the Government
Printing Office and it is estimated that
/ additions to the other departments
will run the total number of new gov
! eminent workers to 20, 900.
Approximate figures show that
more than 1000 persons are now en-
! Moved bv the government In Washing
! ton When a count was taken in all
! denartments for the regular issue or
the Blue Book in 1915 the number
of Washington employees was a little
more than $4,000.
The housing of it's enlarged bureaus
! has been a problem for the govern
. ment since the declaration of war
; Dozens of rented buildings are today
being used Within the past few days
the government found it necessary to
lease almost the whole Of an eight
story office building for the War Trade
Board The Old Department of JUS
tice building was quite inadequate.
In it's search for room the govern
ment has found it advisable to rent
even apartment houses. An apart
ment house at Fifteenth and M streets
was rented in it's entirety before COM
pletion and the cantonment division
of the Quartermaster Corps moved in
as the plastered walls were drying.
Rapidly expanding bureaus and
commissions have made necessary the
construction of several buildings for
the accommodation Of government
offices. These buildings have been
hurriedly but substantially construct
ed on government land near Potomac
Park The buildings erected are not
unlike those at the National Army
environments. The Council Of Nation
al Defense, the Food Administration
and the American Red Cross Gan
overflow section OF the latter) have
recently moved into these wartime
structures. It Is still necessary. how
ever, to rent buildings in various sec
tons of Washington and the bureaus
of some departments may be found in
widely scattered areas.
In addition to the thousands of paid
government employees who have re.
Gently come to Washington, the city is
peopled now with hundreds of reserve
officers, business men who have VOL
unteered to work for 81 q year, con-
tractors, and the families of those
who have been called to Washington
for the duration Of the war.
The wartime suggestion Of WASH
ington is also Increased by the prox-
unity of training camps where thou
sands of soldiers are now stationed.
About $4,000 men in training are sta
toned at Camp Meade, Nd, twenty
miles distant from the Capitol At
Quantico several thousand marines
are in training and at Fort Myer and
American University, student officers
! and engineers, respectively, are pre-
pairing for war.
CHANCE FOR DRAFTED MEN.