The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-30

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taIned Of him. but at other times fof
the most part he Is in seelusion. bui
Il is a hard working seclusion never
theleSs.
The present assistant secretary of
the navy is Col. Theodore Roosevelt
whose father at the outbreak of the
Spanish war occupied a like position.
This assistant secretary in part was
charged with the work of preparing
the American plan for partial naval
disarmament and he was one Of the
five men who knew the secret and who
kept IL until the hour when IL was
officially made known by Secretary OF
State Hughes at the first open meet
ing Of the great conference Of the ma
lions.
In the War and Navy departments
| both secretaries and both assistant
secretaries are men who have seen
Weeks is a naval academy graduate,
and he served In the Spanish war and
was a volunteer for service In the
great war. The career In the marine
corps of Secretary of the Navy DENLY
Is well known.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Roosevelt saw service as field officer
IN France. He was severely wounded
in action, but he has recovered mis-
health completely. Assistant Score.
tary Of War j. Mayhem Wainwright
also saw overseas service I'm the great
war.
Alvey A. Adee an Important Man.
There are several assistant secre-
taries Of state as there are also sew
ury. In the State department the sec
0nd assistant secretary, Alvey A. Adee,
who seems from his initial letters to
be the alpha" Of the department in
a sense is also the "omega," because he
is the authority Of last resort on any
disputed diplomatic question on rec
ORD.
In some respects Alvey A. Adee is
department. In way he can be said
to be OF no politics. although he un-
questionably has his own political
views and unquestionably exercises his
voting right in his Leone town when
election day comes around. Mr. Adee
has Served for many yearsin tie State
department under both Republican and
Democratic administrations.
The Job Of third assistant secretary
of state is curious one. 1t Is the
most trying place. in sense, that Is
known to any of the departments, for
this third assistant secretary must
know everything about the precedence
Of persons, and who's who in the Dip
lomatic and official world, and just
where he belongs.
The present third assistant is Rob-
ert Wood Bliss. For long time Mr..
Bliss has been In the service Of the
department. For ten years he was in
Paris serving under long line of
American ambassadors to that coun-
try. Every time that foreign Off
cial comes to Washington, and foreign
ers have been here in droves recently,
the third assistant secretary Of state
must meet him in behalf of his chief
and must extend the greetings of the
American government to the distin-
guished incomer.
Secretary MELONS Assistants.
In the Treasury department secre-
tary Mellon has five assistant secre-
taries. Their responsibilities are di.
vided. There is one in charge of fiscal
affairs, another in charge Of public
buildings, another in charge of inter
nal revenue and customs, another In
charge of foreign loans, and another
in charge of war risk insurance ant
public health.
1t is only recently that there hay,
been five assistant secretaries of tn,
treasury. Originally there were onl,
three, but the war and its aftermath
have necessitated the appointment 0
two additional officials, one in charg
of foreign loans, Eliot Wadsworth; an,
another in charge of war risk insur
ance ans public health, Edward Gilt
| ford.
| Positions as assistant secretaries Q
the treasury are much sought aftel
Virtually every man who gets an a.
Ieistant secretaryship as had trainin
in finance. A place In the treasury a
an assistant secretary is regarded fir,
quently as a stepping stone to prefe
ment in civil life. Several men VIII
have served as assistant secretaries
the treasury later have become prom
nent In the banking and financi,
world, one notable case being Frank
Vanderlip, who, after leaving his plat
as assistant secretary, became IL
president Of what is believed to I
the largest bank in the United State
Poetry and Reality.