, 1927-11-02
PROMOTIONS AND NEW ASSIGN
MENlS ANNOUNCED TO SERVE
IN YELLOWSTONE NATL PARK

Several important changes in the
personnel of Yellowstone National
park have been announced by
Superintendent Horace M. Albright.
These arc to take place at once,a nd
are as follows: u.
To be assistant superintendent,
Merrill F. Daum, promoted from
resident engineer of Yellowstone
park. He takes the place of Leroy
Hill.
To be ~disbursing agent, Leroy
Hill. Mr.. Kill. who has been
handling the disbursing of monies.
among other things. in Yellowstone
park for years. will hereinafter per
form this work exclusively.
To be chief bookkeeper and cost
accountant, A. r. Edwin. Mr.. Edwin
has been cost accountant for sew
eral years, but owing to in creased
bookkeeping work n the use of
new machine accounting his respon-
sibility has been increased. hence
this promotion.
To be purchasing clerk. Russell
Sprtnkel. who has been connected
with Yellowstone park for several
years. first az a temporary ranger
then as clerk on miscellaneous mat
ters.
These new appointments and as
signments do not increase the per-
sonnet of the headquarters office.
but will make 1t possible to handle
the increasing work of the office
with more efficiency and dispatch.
Thera has haap a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -
duties and assignments rather than
a reorganization of the financial
side of the superintendenrs office.
The administration side is unaffect-
ed. Joseph Joffe is assistant to the
superintendent In administrative
matters.
Leroy Hill retires from the posi-
ton of assistant superintendent be-
cause his age and health do not
permit him to assume any more of
the burdens of increased financial
responsibility which are arising
through the new appropriations for
road and trail construction and i'm
provement. He has been a faithful
officer of Yellowstone National park
since 1902, when he came to the
park as chief clerk under the ia
nous engineer, General (then Cap
tain5 Hiram M. ~Chittenden. Dur
ing his service In the park Mr.. Hill
a disbursed millions of dollars
to the complete satisfaction of the
hscal officers of the Treasury, and
Interior departments to whom, as
disbursing officer, he reports. He
Will devote himself, under the re-
assignment of duties, strictly to dis
bursting of public appropriations and
to collection and auditing of reven-
ues of the park.
Merrill f. Daum. who becomes. as
sistant superintendent OF the park,
with Mr.. Hill, will have general
charge Of purchasing, and other fis-
cal affairs. and employment. as well
as much outside work along the
lines of maintenance and construc-
ton. Mr.. Daum, who has been in
Yellowstone park since March. 1926.
as resident engineer. is a native of
Kansas. He graduated from the
University of Kansas in 1916. He
was in the World war as a first
lieutenant of infantry, and served
is months in France. He was pro-
NOTED to captain in October, 1918.
After the war, he studied In the
Engineering school Of the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh. Returning to
the United States in 1919, he en-
tered the service of the L.. S. Blu
reau Of Public Roads and was as
signed to duty in Montana. where
ne is well known. In 1923, he en-
tered the National Park service.
and was an engineer at large in