Evening star., 1922-08-03

+ With the concurrence of the civil
Service Commission. Secretary Weeks
has suspended fora second period OF
two years the r, Tement from the
government civil Service of eleven
veteran employees of the War Depart
ment. and directed their continuance
in Office until August %. 1924, not
withstanding the fact that they are all
beyond the retiring age of seventy
years. These employees. whose serv-
ices are considered SO valuable to the
government that they cannot be
spared at present are John B. Ran
dolph, assistant chief clerk OF the
War Department proper: Nathan
/ Hazen. chief clerk of the bureau OF
ordnance; +. +. Concklin. chief clerk
of the office of public buildings and
grounds; Henry d. Saxton. principal
clerk in the office of the quartermas-
ter general; Sara l.. Beckwith. trans
lator in the bureau of insular affairs;
William S. Dupee. messenger in the
office of the chief signal officer: War
rem s. Brenizer, skilled mechanic in
the office of the surgeon general. and
the following-named employees in the
! office of the adjutant general: Harvey
\. kohr. Jacob Frech. John B. Nesbitt
and Otto n. Ulrickson.
FYfty-Nine Years i'm Service.
Mr.. Randolph has record of fifty
nine years in the government serv-
ice. Born in this city November 26,
1S43. he enlisted in Company A, Dis
). 1861, and served with that or
ganization in the defense of the Ma
tional Capital until the following
July Is. whca the command was
mustered out. In August. 1851. he
was appointed second lieutenant
nj N "a
months later was promoted to be
| first lieutenant. After two years
| service in the field he resigned from
| the Army and entered the United
! States Marine Corps. in which he
! served until 1866. when he entered
the customs service. at New York
! In July. 1871. he was transferred to
! the second auditors Office. Treasury
! Department. and served there. then
! in the quqartermaSter generals Of
flee. until July |. 1883. when he was
| transferred to the Office of the Sec
retary of War. where he has served
! continuously to date. His total serv-
! ice in the War Department covers
| period of over three years
| the latter part of which period he
! ords of the Secretary's office. His
present rating is assistant chief OF
! the department. He was eligible for
! retirement for age August 20, 1920
| when the civil retirement law took
/ effect. but because of his efficiency
| and general historical knowledge OF
! the affairs of the business of the
! department, his retirement was sus-
; pended for the two years allowed
| by the law in exceptional cases. The
! Secretary of War has now extended
q, the date of his retirement to August
; 20. 1924.
Nr. Haxen's Record.
! Mr.. Hazen is from Pennsylvania and
is chief clerk of the bureau of ord
nance. Born May 20. 1S49. he served
as copyholder in the government
until August II. 1879. when he was
transferred to the Office of the chief
of ordnance. War Department. as a
sergeant of ordnance and served in
that capacity until August s. 1882
when he was appointed a clerk OF
class !. Promoted through various
grades he was made chief clerk March
l. 1918. He has had forty-five years
of service of which all but two years
were in the ordnance bureau. and is
now in his seventy-third year Be
cause of the value of his services and
also has been continued in active
service for a second period of two
years from date.
Term of Service, a. Years.
Mr.. Concklin is chief clerk of the
office of public buildings and grounds
in which Office he has served con-
tinuously for forty-four years He
was appointed a clerk in the office OF
the chief of engineers. War Depart
m ent. November I. 1874 and four years
later was transferred to the office OF
public buildings and grounds. He was
born June II. 1850 and his retiremen;
for age. has been deferred for two