Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
SM|LESAND TEARS
ASSUPERANNUATES
TERMINATE SERVICE
Marked Affection Shown En-
p|oyes Retiring From U. S.
Work to Pensions.

! Smiles and tears marked the last
hours in the service today of scores
| of superannuates in the government
departments who will be retired at
| midnight.
were held in any of the departments
there was marked affection in the
| last greetings of officials and asso-
ciates to such of the superannuates
as remained to see the last day out.
Many of the first superannuates
are on their annual leave and others
have already left the service. in some
cases having obtained new Jobs
At the pension bureau, which is
handling the administration of the
retirement law, 13S employees Will pc
separated from the service at mld-
night, but Chief Clerk Wilkinson said
that it would be difficult to get
corporars guard of the superannuates
together today.
Winds" he said
Same Conditions Elsewhere.
Similar conditions prevailed in most
of the departments. At the bureau of
engraving and printing fiftyfour en-
ployes are serving their last hours in
government employ today. Although
there was no formal observance OF
the occurrence, individual gifts were
presented in some of the divisions to
those retiring.
At the government printing Office
1853 will be separated from the service
at midnight 163 employees eligible for
retirement being retained for two
year period Chief Clerk Alverson de-
clared that many of the superannuates
of the big print shop will be well
taken care Of in retirement. as some
will draw not only their annuity
checks. but will draw pensions from
the typographical union. and al
ernment as civil war veterans.
Formal celebration of the separation
from service was held at the govern
ment printing Office yesterday. when the
employees gathered together for a song
service Edward Grumley. one of those
retiring. made a brief speech. and Of
ficials of the Office congratulated the
old employees on their faithful and long
service in government employ.
Forty-four employees of the Depart
ment of Commerce spent their last work
ing hours for Uncle Sam today. At the
Department of Labor fourteen employees
will be separated from the service at
midnight.
At City Post once.
twenty-six letter carriers and clerks re-
tire today, the list having been cut by
two deaths among the superannuates
recently.
! The Department. of State is probably
tie only large department in the city
which loses no employees by retirement.
All seven of the employees of the State
Department subject to retirement have
been retained.
In the War Department 100 are to
retire, ffty-one being retained. The
Navy Department will take up work
tomorrow sixteen employees less than
it has today Secretary Baker will
address the retiring clerks at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
The Washington navy yard will see
|1S1 employees separated from the
service at midnight. At the yard
they are retaining forty-eight work
ers who are eligible for retirement
at this time.
One Goes From Civil Service.
The Civil Service Commission will
lose but one employe at this. time as
a result of retirement. John T. Heck
has the distinction of being the only
one who will be separated from the
service tonight.
Owing to the fact that the commits
sion has not settled all the cases of
retention in the service from the va
rious departments both in this city
and throughout the country. no bu-
reau of the government has precisely
exact figures as to those separated
from the service.
1t is estimated that about 1000 will
be separated from the service tonight
throughout the country, with perhaps
1000 in this city.