Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-02
VALUABLE BOOKS COM
PILED BY DEP. U. S. MAR
Shall BURTON SMITH

/ Chief Deputy United States Mar
shai Burton Smith has compiled and
arranged for the United States Mar
shaPs office two volumes which are
unique and have teen demonstrated
TO be of great service to the officials
connected with this department One
OF these. a book of forms, is of 1854
pages with a complete index of 20
pages. In it is to be found the form
for every return which has to be
made in the marshars office. covering
those of equity, admiralty, bank
ruptcy and condemnation proceed
ings. petitions OF various kinds to the
court, returns on criminal precepts,
and IN fact not only the form of re-
turns in almost daily use but those
which are rarely used. These forms
which must all be prepared by officers
with extreme care. necessary in the
important matters handled by the
federal counts. are SO arranged in Mr..
Smiths hook that any one of them
can be found almost instantly. The
volume is unique in that it is all type
written instead Of printed and the
work is SO neatly done and SO we'll ar
ranged that those who have seen the
book have not failed - compliment
Mr.. Smith upon il. This book of
forms represents many hours of labor
No other United States marshal's Of
flee is possessed of anything Of the
Kind and this accounts for the un-
usually fine record in the way Of
promptness and reliability which the
United States marshafs office Of tho
District Of Maine maintains.
The other book also represents q
large amount of labor and is quite as
valuable. 1t is Topical Index and
Digest of Decisions of the Comptroller
of the Treasury" pertaining to
United States marshals. The volume
covers decisions which have been
made between July !, 1902 and June
80. 1915. in published volumes 9 to 22
inclusive. The digest was compiled
under the direction of Mr.. Smith with
the assistance Of Office deputy Eugene
w. McNeaily. The books are finely
bound, le.tered and handsomely type
written.
TIC "oih VIC Htt6u states
marshars Office is very complex and
difficult. There is hardly a day when
Some reference to the decisions of the
comptroller Of the treasury does not
have to be made either by the United
States marshal OF some of his depu-
ties. 1t was because 1t was found
necessary to spend so much time
looking up decisions that Mr. Smith
conceived the idea of compiling this
index. 1t is hardly necessary to, say
that the work on both Of these VOL
to the outbreak of the war. Since
that time the United States Marshal,
Mr.. Wilson, and all of his deputies
have hardly had time To ext or sleep.
to say nothing OF doing any extra
work of this character.
Few people realize the immense
amount OF work that the United
States marshal has been required to
10 during the last two years. II all
the stories that have inaterialized in
the Office OF Mr.. Wilson could be told
they would make most absorbing
volume. Perhaps some day they will
be related but now the veil Of secrecy
and silence is drawn about them. TIE
United States Marshal. J. s. p. II.
Wilson and Mr.. Smith his chief dep
uty are both very reserved men and
in this respect live up 10 the re-
quirements OF the federal court and
the several bureaus with which the
marshal operates. They talk little
but do q great deal.