THE COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES. (Office, corner Sixth and B streets SW.) Commissioner.-GEORGE M. BOWERS, The Ebbitt. Chief Clerk.-I. H. Dunlap, 1605 Twenty-second street NW. Assistant in charge of Division of Inquiry respecting Food Fishes.-Hugh M. Smith, 1248 New Jersey avenue NW. Assistant in charge of Division of Fish Culture.-W. de C. Ravenel, 1611 Riggs place NW. Assistant in charge of Division of Statistics and Methods.-C. H. Townsend, Cosmos Club. Disbursing Agent.-W. P. Titcomb, 2237 Q street NW. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. (Bliss Building, No. 35 B street NW.) [The members with ladies accompanying them are marked with a * for wife and ? for daughter.] Commissioners.-Senator James H. Kyle, chairman, Aberdeen, S. Dak.; Senator Boies Penrose, Philadelphia, Pa.; Senator S. R. Mallory, Pensacola, Fla.; Senator John W. Daniel, Lynchburg, Va.; Representative John J. Gardner, second vicechairman, Atlantic City, N. J.; Representative William Lorimer, Chicago, Ill.; Representative L. F. Livingston, Kings, Ga.; Representative John C. Bell, Montrose, Colo.; Representative Theobold Otjen, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. Lee Mantle, Butte, Mont.; *Mr. A. L. Harris, Eaton, Ohio; Mr. Ellison A. Smyth, Pelzer, S. C.; *Mr. John M. Farquhar, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. E. D. Conger, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mr. Thomas W. Phillips, first vice-chairman, Newcastle, Pa.; Mr. Charles J. Harris, Dillsboro, N. C.; Mr. M. D. Ratchford, Indianapolis, Ind.; * Mr. John L. Kennedy, No. 526 Eighth street NE., Washington, D. C.; Mr. Albert Clarke, 77 Bedford street, Boston, Mass. Secretary.-William E. Sackett. Sergeant-at-Arms and Disbursing Agent.-Mahlon Purcell. Chief Messenger.-A. P. Cunningham. SUBCOMMISSIONS. Agriculture.-Messrs. A. L. Harris, Kyle, Gardner, Livingston, Conger. Manufacturing.-Messrs. Smyth, Penrose, Livingston, Farquhar, Clarke. Mining.-Messrs. Daniel, Otjen, Bell, Mantle, Ratchford, C. J. Harris. Transportation-Messrs. Phillips, Mallory, Lorimer, C. J. Harris, Kennedy, Bell. Statistics.-Messrs. Farquhar, Conger, Otjen, C. J. Harris, Clarke. THE BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. Chairman.-HENRY GANNETT, Geological Survey. Andrew H. Allen, Department of State. Otis T. Mason, Smithsonian Institution. H. G. Ogden, Coast and Geodetic Survey. A. B. Johnson, Light-House Board. Harry King, General Land Office. Maj. James L. Lusk, United States Engineers, War Department. A. Von Haake, Post-Office Department. H. T. Brian, Government Printing Office. John Hyde, Department of Agriculture. NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. Branches.-Central, Dayton, Ohio; Northwestern, Milwaukee, Wis.; Southern, Hampton, Va.; Eastern, Togus, Me.; Western, Leavenworth, Kans.; Marion, Marion, Ind.; Pacific, Santa Monica, Cal.; Danville, Danville, Ill. Managers.-The President of the United States, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of War, ex officiis, Washington, D. C.; Gen. William J. Sewell, president, Camden, N. J.-term expires 1904; Gen. Martin T. McMahon, first vice-president, Times Building, New York City-term expires 1904; Col. John L. Mitchell, second vicepresident, Milwaukee, Wis.-term expires 1904; Gen. Thomas J. Henderson, secretary, Princeton, Ill.-term expires 1902; Gen. Alfred L. Pearson, Pittsburg, Pa.— term expires 1900; Col. George W. Steele, Marion, Ind.-term expires 1902; Gen, Charles M. Anderson, Greenville, Ohio-term expires 1900; Col. Sidney G. Cooke, Herington, Kans.-term expires 1900; Gen. J. Marshall Brown, Portland, Me.—term expires 1902; Maj. William H. Bonsall, Los Angeles, Cal.-term expires 1904. THE SOLDIERS' HOME. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. (Office, Room 48, War Department, north wing.) President of the Board.-NELSON A. MILES, Major-General Commanding the Army. H. C. Corbin, Adjutant-General, U. S. A. M. I. Ludington, Quartermaster-General, U. S. A. John F. Weston, Acting Commissary-General of Subsistence, U. S. A. George M. Sternberg, Surgeon-General, U. S. A. G. Norman Lieber, Judge-Advocate-General, U. S. A. George D. Ruggles, Brigadier-General, U. S. A. (retired), Governor of the Soldiers' Home. Secretary of the Board.-N. Hershler. OFFICERS OF THE HOME. (Residing at the Home.) Governor.-Brig. Gen. George D. Ruggles, U. S. A. (retired). Deputy Governor.-Bvt. Br.g. Gen. Reuben F. Bernard, U. S. A. (retired). Attending Surgeon.—Maj. L.`A. LaGarde, surgeon, U. S. A. THE BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Director.-WILLIAM WOODVILLE ROCKHILL, 1828 I street NW. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. (The Mall, opposite Tenth street.) Presiding Officer ex officio.-WILLIAM MCKINLEY, President of the United States. Regents of the Institution.-Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States, Senate; William Lindsay, member of the Senate; R. R. Hitt, member of the House of Representatives; Robert Adams, jr., member of the House of Representatives; Hugh A. Dinsmore, member of the House of Representatives; William L. Wilson, citizen of Virginia (Lexington); J. B. Angell, citizen of Michigan (Ann Arbor); Andrew D. White, citizen of New York (Ithaca); J. B. Henderson, citizen of Washington, D. C.; Alexander Graham Bell, citizen of Washington, D. C. Executive Committee.-J. B. Henderson, of Washington, D. C.; W. L. Wilson, of Virginia; Alexander Graham Bell, of Washington, D. C. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. Keeper ex officio.-S. P. LANGLEY, Metropolitan Club. Assistant Secretary in Charge.-Richard Rathbun, 1622 Massachusetts avenue. Head Curators.-W. H. Holmes, F. W. True, G. P. Merrill. Curators.—Robert Ridgway, O. T. Mason, L. Stejneger, Thomas Wilson, F. A. Lucas, J. Elfreth Watkins. Honorary Curators.-Tarleton H. Bean, F. W. Clarke, F. V. Coville, W. H. Dall, B. E. Fernow, J. M. Flint, Paul Haupt, S. R. Koehler, L. O. Howard, Richard Rathbun, Chas. D. Walcott, L. F. Ward. Chief Clerk.-William V. Cox, Emery place, Brightwood. Chief of Correspondence and Documents.-Randolph I. Geare, 1751 Eighteenth street NW. Chief of Buildings and Superintendence.-J. Elfreth Watkins, 1626 S street NW. Librarian.-Cyrus Adler, 943 K street NW. THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. Director.-JOHN W. POWELL, 910 M street NW. Ethnologist in Charge.-W. J. McGee, 1620 P street NW. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. Assistant Secretary in Charge.-RICHARD RATHBUN, 1622 Massachusetts avenue. Chief Clerk.-W. Í. Adams, 2750 Fourteenth street NW. THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. (Adams Mill road.) Superintendent.-FRANK BAKER, 1728 Columbia road. THE ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. Director.-S. P. LANGLEY, Metropolitan Club. THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT SOCIETY. (1833. Incorporated 1859. Acts of August 2, 1876; October 1, 1888.) Clerk.-F. L. Harvey, jr., 2146 Florida avenue NW. Members.-John Sherman, James G. Berret, D. A. Watterson, Edward Clark, Daniel B. Clarke, A. R. Spofford, Asaph Hall, F. M. Gunnell, M. F. Morris, Samuel R. Franklin, George S. Boutwell, E. M. Gallaudet, Samuel H. Kauffmann, John M. Schofield, John F. Hurst, Henry B. Brown, William A. Maury, and Henry A. Willard. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. (Incorporated by act of Congress March 3, 1863.) Section 3 of the act of incorporation provides: "That the National Academy of Sciences shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States as may be designated, and the academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art, the actual expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be made for the purpose; but the academy shall receive no compensation whatever for any services to the Government of the United States. In accordance with this provision, the academy-which includes about one hundred members-has made many investigations and reports, at the request of the legislative and executive branches of the Government. The annual reports are published by Congress as House and Senate documents. President.-Wolcott Gibbs, Newport, R. I. THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. The act of incorporation provides that: "Said association shall report annually to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America. Said secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portions thereof as he shall see fit. The regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit said association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum, at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe." In compliance with this act the annual reports of the association, with accompanying memoirs, are presented to the President of the Senate, through the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and published as Senate documents. President.-Edward Eggleston, 7 West Forty-third street, New York, N. Y. Assistant Secretary and Curator.-A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Treasurer.-Clarence W. Bowen, New York, N. Y. DEPARTMENT DUTIES. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. SECRETARY OF STATE. The Secretary of State is charged, under the direction of the President, with the duties appertaining to correspondence with the public ministers and the consuls of the United States, and with the representatives of foreign powers accredited to the United States; and to negotiations of whatever character relating to the foreign affairs of the United States. He is also the medium of correspondence between the President and the chief executives of the several States of the United States; he has the custody of the Great Seal of the United States, and countersigns and affixes such seal to all executive proclamations, to various commissions, and to warrants for the extradition of fugitives from justice. He is regarded as the first in rank among the members of the Cabinet. He is also the custodian of the treaties made with foreign States, and of the laws of the United States. He grants and issues passports, and exequaturs to foreign consuls in the United States are issued through his office. He publishes the laws and resolutions of Congress, amendments to the Constitution, and proclamations declaring the admission of new States into the Union. He is also charged with certain annual reports to Congress relating to commercial information received from diplomatic and consular officers of the United States. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE. The Assistant Secretary of State becomes the Acting Secretary of State in the absence of the Secretary. Under the organization of the Department the Assistant Secretary, Second Assistant Secretary, and Third Assistant Secretary are charged with the immediate supervision of all correspondence with the diplomatic and consular officers, and are intrusted with the preparation of the correspondence upon any questions arising in the course of the public business that may be assigned to them by the Secretary. CHIEF CLERK. The Chief Clerk has the general supervision of the clerks and employees and of the business of the Department. DIPLOMATIC BUREAU. Diplomatic correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. CONSULAR BUREAU. Consular correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. BUREAU OF INDEXES AND ARCHIVES. Opening, preparing, indexing, and registering all correspondence to and from the Department; the preservation of the archives. BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS. Custody and disbursement of appropriations under direction of the Department; charged with custody of indemnity funds and bonds; care of the property of the Department. BUREAU OF ROLLS AND LIBRARY. Custody of the rolls, treaties, etc.; promulgation of the laws, etc.; care and superintendence of the library and public documents; care of the Revolutionary archives, and of papers relating to international commissions. BUREAU OF FOREIGN COMMERCE. Edits and publishes the monthly consular reports, special consular reports, and the annual report laid before Congress entitled Commercial Relations of the United States." |