Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

chief OF engineers.
| Old Washington Herald office. 1922
New York Avenue. Adjutant- C enerars
office.
Old Land Office, L Street between
Seventh and Eighth Streets. provost
rnarslial-Gencrars office and part OF the
Office forces OF judge advocate- general
| chief engineer ana ordnance division.
Southern Building. Fifteenth and II
| Streets, local engineer force.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
DOUBLES IT'S EMPLOYEES
The Navy Department, though not
J showing such Il large increase in num-
! bers as the War Department, has con-
! sidcrably more thar doubled It's civilian
force. having added about 1000 men
ana women TO Its normal force OF 100.
| This increase includes about 500 re-
servists who were enrolled as clerks
| and messengers, and because of this
force It did not make such heavy de-
mands on the Civil Service Commission.
An Indication of the growth of the
Navy Department is shown by the fact
that last January It had 225 telephone
instruments connected with the nine
trunk lines. To-day 1t has 4S5 instru-
ments and twenty-three trunk lines,
and has changed it's two-position
switchboard Tor n decomposition board
The Offices Of the department are very
much scattered and may be found in
the following buildings:
Southern Building. Fifteenth and II
Streets. y. W.. board OF inspection and
survey: navy communications; bureau
OF yards and docks: bureau of steam
engineering.
Washington Loan and Trust Building.
Ninth and + Streets. " w, bureau Of
steam engineering.
American Bank Building. 1916 +
Street. y. w, bureau OF yards and
docks.
No. 522 New York Avenue bureau OF
construction and repairs
Ner Building. ZOE Seventeenth Street,
bureau OF construction and repairs
Real Estate Trust Building. Four
tcenth and II Streets. y. w, bureau OF
navigation for the naval reserve
New Department of the Interior
Building. Nineteenth and F. Streets.
y. w. bureau of ordnance and bureau
OF navigation.
The Treasury Department. next to
the War Department, shows the great
est increase. having fattened its pay
roll to the extent Of about 1850 names.
nearly $500 being additions TO the force
at the bureau of engraving and print
| tnE. The internal revenue bureau took
200 Of the increase, the new bond issues
called for PA. the war risk bureau, 81;
the auditor for the War Department,
SO. and the auditor for the Navy De-
partment. %.
Probably another 1000 names will no
certified 10 the Treasury Department
before the end OF the present year as a
result OF recent action OF Congress-
Approximately $50 additional will be
needed by the Internal revenue bureau
TO care for the increased war tax pro-
visions and other departmental work
also will be increased in fact so
varied are the activities OF the Treas
ury branch Of the government organi-
cation that definite figures of it's rapid
growth were more difficult than any
others to obtain.
STATE DEPARTMENT
MUCH CRAMPED FOR SPACE
The State DEPARTING nt's normal force
OF 3I5 has been increased to 433, an ad-
dition OF fifty eight, whiLh Is not
enough to handle properly the increase
in its business since the entry Of this
country into the war. II Is very much
crampcd for space. and at each end
or the large hall rooms have been par
titioned Off for offices. while the APP
pointment division has been moved in
among the book shel1es OF the library
In the Department OF Labor. the in
crease has been about sixty This
figure would be larger but for the fact
that the great decrease in immigration
since the outbreak OF the war has en-
abled many OF those formerly with the
immigration bureau to be put on other
lines OF work. New labor troubles due
to the increased commercial activity,
and the need for quick settlement Of
every dispute that would cripple, pro-
duction. are giving that department,
plenty TO do.
The Department of Commerce has re-
Gently increased to the extent Of 500
employees. but only a fraction of these
are in clerical positions. most OF the
others being employed on construction
work at the bureau OF standards.
The Washington force OF the De-
partmcnt OF Agriculture has increased
by about 800 names since the entry''
of this country into the war, though
the increase outside Of this city has
been much greater Most of the in
creased force is being used to insure
greater production OF foodstufs and
i'll cooperation with the food admin
istration to help conserve the food
supply
OF the three remaining departments.
the Post Office Department shows an
increase of 200 names the Department
of tho Interior about seveEty-nve. and
the Department of Justice about forty
The Post-Ofice Department is the only
one that cannot trace any increase di-
rectly to the war, the 200 additional
names there having been added be-
cause of the recent change in the
railway mail service. where the cost
of transportation of the malls is now
figured on q space basis instead of n
weight basis.
ACTIVITIES INDEPENDENT
OF THE DEPARTMENTS
OF the government activities indie
pendent of the departments. the food