INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Secretary of the Interior.-LUCIUS Q. C. LAMAR, The Portland. Chief Clerk.-George M. Lockwood, 734 Seventeenth street, N. W. Indian Division.-Chief, Robert V. Belt, 1314 Tenth street, N. W. Board of Pension Appeals.-Chairman, George C. Rogers, 1515 Columbia street, N. W. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Commissioner.-William A. J. Sparks, Ebbitt House. Assistant Commissioner.—Strother M. Stockslager, 1108 Eighth street, N. W. Law Clerks.-Harry C. St. John, Walsh's Hotel, corner Tenth and F streets, N. W. Recorder.-Seth W. Clark, 1316 Rhode Island avenue. Principal Clerk of the Public Lands.—Frank J. Parke, Congressional Hotel. Principal Clerk on Private Land Claims.--William H. Walker, 1840 Vermont avenue. Principal Clerk of the Surveys.-Frank Gordon, The Portland. Railroad Division.-Chief, Willis J. Drummond, 803 O street, N. W. Pre-emption Division.-Chief, Henry O. Billings, 921 I street, N. W. Swamp-Land Division.-Chief, Daniel T. Pierce, 1328 Eleventh street, N. W. Accounts Division.-Chief, Robert W. Hunter, 1412 N street, Mineral Division.-Chief, Jacob Frolich, 621 Thirteenth street, N. W. Special Service Division.-Chief, Bennett B. Simmes, 1127 Fourteenth street, N. W. OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. (Second National Bank Building, Seventh street, near E, N. W.) Commissioner.-J. D. C. Atkins, 507 Fourth street, N. W. Chief Clerk.-Alexander B. Upshaw, 715 Ninth street, N. W. Indian School Superintendent.-John H. Oberly, 1228 Fourteenth street, N. W. Land Division.-Chief, Charles A. Maxwell, 612 Q street, N. W. Records and Files Division.-Chief, George W. Terflinger, 338 First street, N. E. PENSION OFFICE. (New Pension Building, Judiciary Square.) Commissioner.-John C. Black, 1515 Rhode Island avenue, N. W. First Deputy Commissioner.-William E. McLean, 1503 Vermont avenue. Second Deputy Commissioner.-Jos. J. Bartlett. Chief Clerk.—Dominic I. Murphy, 614 M street, N. W. Assistant Chief Clerk.-William S. Brock, 940 K street, N. W. Medical Referee.-John Campbell, 8 Grant Place. Assistant Medical Referee.-Philip H. Barton, 611 M street, N. W. Law Clerk.-James M. Ward, 1708 F street, N. W. Board of Review.-Chief, J. R. Van Mater, 1707 De Sales street, N. W. Special Examination Division.-Chief, Aaron S. Coleman, 327 Fifth street, S. E. Middle Division-Chief, William P. Davis, 1730 Fifteenth street, N. W. Record Division.-Chief, Chester R. Faulkner, Hillman House. Agents Division.-Chief, H. Clinton Bell, 820 North Carolina avenue, S. E. Miscellaneous Division.-Chief, Fred C. Peck, 704 Tenth street, N. W. PATENT OFFICE. Commissioner.-Martin V. Montgomery, 1315 Massachusetts avenue. Law Clerk.-Walter Johnson, 918 M street, N. W. Private Secretary.-William B. Montgomery, 1315 Massachusetts avenue. H. H. Bates, The Portland. R. J. Fisher, jr., 1915 Harewood avenue, Le Droit Park. Examiner of Interferences.-Frank MacArthur, 1459 Fourteenth street, N. W. Examiners: Agricultural Implements.-O. C. Fox, Linden, Md. Agricultural Products.-W. H. Blodgett, Washington Grove, Md. Builders' Hardware and Surgery.-A. G. Wilkinson, 1526 K street, N. W. Civil Engineering.-B. W. Pond, Falls Church, Va. Chemical.-Thomas Antisell, 1311 Q street, N. W. Household Furniture.-Oscar Woodward, 3122 West P street. Designs and Sewing-Machines.-P. B. Pierce, 204 E street, N. W. Electricity-Charles J. Kintner, 915 Twelfth street, N. W. Fine Arts, Music, Photography, and Advertising.-William Burke, 1453 Corcoran street, N. W. Fire Arms, Navigation, and Wood Working.-Malcolm Seaton, 1918 F street, N. W. Gas, Metallurgy, Brewing, and Distillation.-B. R. Catlin, 1736 Thirteenth street, N. W. Harvesters.-E. D. Boyd, 1312 Twelfth street, N. W. Lamps, Stoves, and Furnaces.-J. H. Whitaker, 1435 Corcoran street, N. W. Hydraulics.-Frank T. Brown, 1007 H street, N. W. Land Conveyances.-H. P. Sanders, 635 I street, N. W. Leather-working Machinery and Products.-J. P. Chapman, 1520 Corcoran street, N. W. Mechanical Engineering.-A. Schoepf, Hyattsville, Md. Metal Working.—J. W. jayne, 1224 New York avenue, N. W. Metal Working and Packing Vessels.-S. W. Stocking, 1114 G street, N. W. Milling and Thrashing and Brakes and Gins.-Robert Mason, 911 French street, N. W. Plastics, Oils, Fats, Sugar, Salt, Glass, etc.-B. S. Hedrick, 3321 N street, Georgetown. Pneumatics.-Daniel B. Gallatin, 719 North Carolina avenue, S. E. Printing, Bookbinding, and Paper Manufactures.-L. M. E. Cooke, 905 Fifth street, N. W. Steam Engineering.-Francis Fowler, 1449 Q street, N. W. Textiles.-William H. Appleton, 2109 K street, N. W. Trade-marks and Instruments of Precision.-F. A. Seely, 905 M street, N. W. Washing, Brushing, and Abrading.-Charles G. Gould, 932 P street, N. W. Assignment Division.-Chief, Albert J. Kelley, 1220 O street. Drafting Division.-Chief, M. Gardner, 909 T street, N. W. Issue and Gazette Division.-Chief, J. W. Babson, 106 Eleventh street, S. E. OFFICE OF EDUCATION. (Northeast corner of Eighth and G streets, N. W.) Commissioner.-John Eaton, 712 East Capitol street. Chief Clerk.-William H. Gardiner, 29 Fifth street, N. E. OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS. (Northwest corner of Eighth and G streets, N. W.) Commissioner.-Joseph E. Johnston, 1023 Connecticut avenue. OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. (Hooe Building, F street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, N. W.) Director.-John W. Powell, 910 M street, N. W. Chief Clerk.-James C. Pilling, 918 M street, N. W. Chief Disbursing Clerk.-John D. McChesney, 1611 Thirteenth street, N. W. BUREAU OF LABOR. (Kellogg Building, 1416 F street, N. W.) Commissioner.-Carroll D. Wright, 1335 N street, N. W. PENSION AGENCY. (Room 15, Le Droit Building, F and Eighth streets, N. W.) Pension Agent.-Sidney L.. Willson, 517 Fourth street, N. W. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Attorney-General.—AUGUSTUS H. GARLAND, 1315 Rhode Island avenue.⚫ Assistant Attorney-General.-William A. Maury, 1100 Vermont avenue. Ass't Att. Gen. (Post-Office Department).—Edwin E. Bryant, 1329 M street, N. W. Solicitor of Internal Revenue (Treasury Department).-Charles Chesley, 641 East Capitol st. Examiner of Claims (State Department).-Francis Wharton, 1607 I street, N. W. Law Clerk and Examiner of Titles.-A. J. Bentley, 1116 Ninth street, N. W. Chief Clerk.-Cecil Clay, 911 Twenty-third street, N. W. General Agent.-Frank Strong, 1514 Thirteenth street, N. W. Appointment and Disbursing Clerk.-James M. Ewing, 912 H street, N. W. Clerk of Pardons.-Alexander R. Boteler, Metropolitan Hotel. Solicitor of the Treasury (Treasury Department).—Alex. McCue, 1021 Vermont'avenue. Assistant Solicitor (Treasury Department).-Joseph H. Robinson, 1317 Thirteenth st., N. W. Chief Clerk Solicitor's Office (Treasury Department).-Webster Elmes, 1720 F st., N. W. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.· Commissioner of Agriculture.-NORMAN J. COLMAN, 2 Iowa Circle. Disbursing Clerk.-B. F. Fuller, 506 Maryland avenue, S. W. Statistician.-J. R. Dodge, 1336 Vermont avenue. Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry.-D. E. Salmon, 1337 Fifteenth street. Botanist.-George Vasey, 1437 S street. Chemist.-Harvey W. Wiley, 804 Tenth street, N. W. Assistant Chemist.-Clifford Richardson, 1827 Jefferson Place. Microscopist.-Thomas Taylor, 238 Massachusetts avenue, N. E. Chief of the Forestry Division.-N. H. Egleston, 1744 N street. Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds.-William Saunders, 1605 Third street, N. W. Corresponding Clerk.-George A. Bacon, 2026 P street, N. W. Librarian. Mrs. E. H. Stevens, 2012 Hillyer avenue, N. W. Superintendent of Seed Division.—William M. King, 2 Iowa Circle. Superintendent of Seed-Room.-H. R. Branham, 623 E street, N. W. NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH. (Office, 1410 G street, N. W.) OFFICERS. President.-JAMES L. CABELL, M. D., LL. D. Vice-President.-Stephen Smith, M. D. Secretary.-W. P. Dunwoody. MEMBERS. Preston H. Bailhache, M. D., U. S. M. H. S., Marine Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. James L. Cabell, M. D., &c., University of Virginia. Stanford E. Chaillé, M. D., &c., New Orleans, La. William P. Dunwoody, 30 Grant Place, Washington, D. C. John Goode, esq., Solicitor-General, Department of Justice. Robert W. Mitchell, M. D., Memphis, Tenn. Charles Smart, Major and Surgeon, U. S. Army, 2017 Hillyer avenue. Stephen Smith, M. D., &c., 31 W. Forty-second street, New York City. Tullio Verdi, M. D., &c., 815 Fourteenth street, N. W. George E. Waring, jr., S. E., &c., Newport, R. I. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. (Offices, Agricultural annex building.) Commissioners,-Alfred P. Edgerton, of Indiana, Willard's Hotel. W. L. Trenholm, of South Carolina, 1913 I street. Dorman B. Eaton, of New York, Wormley's. Chief Examiner.-Charles Lyman, of Connecticut, 423 M street, N. W. Clerks. Chas. Fred. Adams, of New York, 2017 G street, N. W. William J. Vickery, of Indiana, 707 Twelfth street, N. W. Messenger-Matthew F. Halloran, 318 K street, N. E. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Public Printer.-S. P. ROUNDS, 2001 R street, N. W. Clerk.-W. H. Collins, 912 Pennsylvania avenue, S. E. Clerk.-H. W. Rounds, 1202 New Jersey avenue, N. W. Clerk.-H. H. Twombly, 103 I street, N. W. PRINTING DEPARTMENT. Foreman of Printing.-Henry T. Brian, 34 I street, N. W. Assistant Foreman of Printing.-J. M. A. Spottswood, 66 I street, N. W. Assistant Foreman.-D. W. Beach, Hyattsville, Md. Assistant Foreman in charge of Treasury Branch.-P. Louis Rodier, 319 Twenty-second st. Assistant Foreman in charge of Executive Printing.-A. D. Brock, 929 F street, N. W. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. In Charge.-Aven Pearson, Globe House, 1201 F street, N. W. Clerk.-J. A. Powell, 526 Thirteenth street, N. W. BINDING DEPARTMENT. Foreman of Binding.-James W. White, 512 Third street, N. W. Assistant.-John Walde, 1112 Seventh street, N. W. DEPARTMENT DUTIES. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. THE 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 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 executive 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 pardon, and 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. 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 respectively charged with the immediate supervision of all correspondence with the diplomatic and consular officers in the countries named in Divisions A, B, and C, of those bureaus, and of the miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto, and, in general, they are entrusted 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. THE CHIEF CLERK. The Chief Clerk has the general supervision of the clerks and employés and of the business of the Department. BUREAU OF INDEXES AND ARCHIVES. The duty of opening the mails; preparing, registering, and indexing daily all correspondence to and from the Department, both by subjects and persons; the preservation of the archives; answering calls of the Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, Chief Clerk, and chiefs of bureaus for correspondence, &c. DIPLOMATIC BUREAU. Diplomatic correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. Division A.-Correspondence with France, Germany, and Great Britain, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to those countries. Division B.-Correspondence with Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Russia, and Uruguay, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to those countries. Division C.-Correspondence with Barbary States, Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji Islands, Friendly and Navigator's Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Hayti, Japan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Muscat, San Domingo, Siam, Society Islands, Turkey, Venezuela, and other countries, not assigned, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to those countries. CONSULAR BUREAU. Correspondence with consulates, and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. There are three divisions, A, B, and C, with certain countries allotted to each, as in the Diplomatic Bureau. BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS. Custody and disbursement of appropriations under direction of the Department; charged with custody of indemnity funds and bonds; care of the building and property of the Depart ment. |