Evening star., 1920-02-18
1920 each are omitted.

$72O each are omitted
Potomac Park Office buildings-Tht
following employees are omitted: Ont
sign writer at 1.400. three lieutenants
of guards at $1,000 each. three SER
geants Of guards at $3.50 each. ten
1920 each. one foreman Of laborers at
! $1,000. two assistant foremen of la
borers at $S4O each: six foremen or
forewomen at $3.50 each. twenty
laborers at $3.50 each. laborers and
eharwomen, $54.140: making total
of $99.470.
Mall office buildings-A foreman
plumber, at $1,4o0. is recommend
ed. The following employments are
omitted:
One sign writer. at s1,40o; lieu.
tenants of guards. at $1,000 each; )
sergeants of guards. at $3.50 each; 3
sergeants of guards. at $S4O each; 20
guards. at $3.50 each; 10 guards. at
500 each: foreman of laborers; as
sistant foremen of laborers, at $S4O
each; assistant foremen or forewomo
en-, at $3.50 each; 2S laborers, at $3.50
each; female laborers. at $3.50 each;
laborers and charwomen, $3S.l4O. This
makes a total saving of $14S,IlO.
Temporary office building. 18TH
street and Virginia avenue-The fol-
lowing employees are omitted: aoo.
One captain of guards, at $1,000:
guards, at $3.50 each; laborers, at
$3.50 each; | foreman or forewoman,
at $3.50; laborers and charwomen, S3,.
$40. This makes total saving OIL
S14.640.
An additional sergeant of guards, at
1890. is recommended
Temporary office buildings tfood,
fuel, etc)-The following employ
ments are omitted:
One sign writer, at sl,400: ser
geants OF guards. at 5000 eacn; =.
forewomen. at $720 each: "a laborers,
at $3.50 each; laborers and eharwomen.
$1,000. This makes total saving OF
s97.16O.
Navy Department.
In the Navy Department eight spe-
cifc positions. carrying salaries TO-
falling s6.16O, are omitted. The a?-
preparation for temporary employees IN
the Navy Department, including the
amount for former naval reserv1sts' Is
reduced from S3,268922 to $1,422.920.
In the office of chief of naval oper-
ations five specific positions. with sal
aries totaling $500, are omitted, ana
a clerk at 81, 200 is recommended.
The Office of the director of naval
communications in the District of Co
lumbia, heretofore provided out OF the
lump sum appropriation for the bu-
|, reau of steam engineering in the
naval appropriation act. is transferred
to the present appropriation bill, and
the sum of e160,000 is recommended
for the civilian personnel OF that office.
Eighteen specific employments in
the bureau of navigation, carrying
salaries amounting to $l0,sS0, are
omitted. Five specific employments in
the photographic Office. with salaries
totaling $3.50, are omitted. Five ad-
ditional specific employees of the Naval
observatory, with salaries amounting
TO- $1O,2i0, are recommended and three
specific employmehts, with salaries
agkregating S3,O60. are omitted.
In the Nautical Almanac office an
additional assistant at $2,500 is rec
commended and four specific employees
at $500 are omitted. In the bureau
of steam engineering sixteen specific
emplo oyments are omitted, making
saving of $19.560. Authorization for
employment of craftsmen and other
technical services from apptoptia-
tions carried in the naval act is re-
duced from $230.055 to $1S4,000.
Nine specific employmehts in the
bureau Of construction and repair are
omitted. effecting a saving of 1920.
In this bureau authorization for en-
ployment of draf smen and other tech
nical services from appropriations
carried in the naval acc is reduced
from $35O.OO0 to $215.000. In the bu
reau of ordnance similar authorixa-
tion is reduced from 100000 to $70,-
900.
In the bureau of supplies ana ac-
counts thirty-seven specific Positions
are vacated. with a total saving Of
$33,700. In the bureau of yards and
docks six specific ! ,sitions are omit
ted, with a saving of $3.50.