Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-20

no fear was entertained today that any
employe will lose his or her right
of retention, II efficient. merely because
of the middle resulting from the recent
order of the Postmaster GeneIai anu
the recommendation of tho commissioner
of pensions denying retention to their
CITY Postmaster NJ. Q. Chance Of the
Washington city post office mas nied
with the Postmaster General the cases
of twenty-one of the twenty-elght EN-
ployes retired. The former number now
desire to be retained in the service.
DIR. George f. Bowerman of the Pub
lie Library, has filed with the pension
office the claim of one employe LOT an
nuity. This employe is Mrs. Eliza fler-
son, eighty years old, member OF the
charwoman staff of the library. she
has been more than seventeen years
with the library. DIR. Bowerman hopes
that the pension bureau will certify ner
for retirement. 1t Is not regarded IKE,
ly, however, that the pension ofnce VIII
do this, as the belief is that the en-
ploye concerned, being in the unclassl-
fed service. does not come within the
benefits of the retirement act. The mat
ter will be put up to the civil service
Commission.
Seven Can Retire.
There are but seven employees OF
the Department of State subject to
retirement for age under the law
Their long service and experience are
regarded so highly by Secretary Col
by, however that he has applied ofn-
cially for the retention of all of them
in the service. The list includes one
woman and two messengers, one
white and one colored.
One of the veterans whose reten-
ton is asked is Elisha J. Babcock'
aged seventy-six, who served three
years in the 44th New York Nolun-
teerS during the civil war and since
has served in confidential capacities
with the Secretary of 1.-The Interior.
the Attorney General, the Secretary
of the Treasury. various Senate corn
mittees and the Secretary of stare
He is now high-grade clerk in the
diplomatic bureau.
Another clerk whose retention is
asked is Thomas Morrison. aged sew,
war and began his service in the
State Department in March. 1857. He
was diSbursing clerk to the United
States delegation to the first peace
at The Hague, in 1899, and
afterward was chief of the bureau OF
accounts at the State Department. He
is still attached to that bureau.
Would Retain Twenty-Three.
Out of the 14S veteran employees of
tirement for age, Secretary Baker al
ready has asked the Civil Service Com
mission to authorize the retention of
twenty-three high-grade clerks las adj
vantageous to the service of the gov
eminent" He is considering similar
action in the cases of five other clerks
of retirement age who have applied for
retention. Although there are clerks
of retirement age in most of the bu-
reaus of the War Department, the
largest number is in the adjutant gen.
erals Office.
Twenty-four clerks and other en-
ployes of the Navy Department are
eligible for retirement for age under
the law. Formal application has been
made to the Civil Service Commission
for the retention of two of that num-
Der in the interest of good administra-
ton. Three others have applied for
retention. but action on their cases
will be deferred until Secretary Dam
iels, who is now in Alaska, returns to
this city. The two whose retention
is sought are Morris L. Croxall. of the
Secretary's Office, disbursing officer,
and w. H. H. Smith. chief of division
of the bureau of supplies and accounts.
These two officials occupy high-grade
supervisory positions, and their reten-