M. I. as Davis Gen.-Brig.-Gen. Quartermaster-General-Brig.-Gen. Ludington 5,500 Commissary-Gen.-Brig.-Gen. J. F. Weston. 5,500 Surgeon-Gen-Brig.-Gen. G. M. Sternberg.. 5,500 Paymaster-Gen.-Brig.-Gen. A. E. Bates... 5,500 Chief of Engineers-Brig.-Gen. Geo. L. Gilespie 5,500 Record and Pension Office Chief-Brig.- 5.500 5,500 C. 3,000 The Secretary of the Navy performs such duties the President of the United States, who is Commander-in-Chief, may assign him, and has the general superintendence of construction, manning, armament, equipment and employment of vessels Hydrographer-Lieut.-Commander Wm. H. 3,500 3,000 Chief Intelligence Officer, Office of Naval Intelligence-Capt. Chas. D. Sigsbee.......... 3,500 United States Navy Yards, Naval Stations, and Commandants. Portsmouth, N. H.-Rear Ad. John J. Read. Boston, Mass.-Rear Ad. Mortimer L. Johnson. New York, N. Y.-Rear Ad. Albert S. Barker. Newport, R. I.-Capt. French E. Chadwick, Pres. Naval War College. Capt. John J. Hunker, Commanding Naval Training Ship and Station. Comdr. Newton E. Mason, Inspector in Charge, Torpedo Station. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.-Comdr. Richard Wainwright, Supt. League Island-Rear Admiral George W. Sumner. Washington, D. C.-Rear Ad. Silas W. Terry. Port Royal, S. C.-Rear Ad. Edwin M. Shepard. Norfolk, Va.-Rear Ad. Chas. S. Cotton. Pensacola, Fla.-Rear Ad. Frank Wildes. Key West-Captain Abraham B. H. Lillie. Mare Island, Cal-Rear Ad. Merrill Miller. San Francisco-Rear Ad. Henry Glass, manding Training Ship and Station. Com Puget Sound (Bremerton), Wash.-Capt. Wm. T. Burwell. Havana, Cuba--Lieut.-Comdr. Lucien Young. Post Office Department. The Postmaster-General has the direction and management of the Post Office Department. He appoints all officers and employees of the Department, except the four Assistant Postmasters-General, who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; appoints all postmasters whose compensation does not exceed one thousand dollars, makes postal treaties with foreign governments, by and with the advice and consent of the President, awards and executes contracts, and directs the management of the domestic and foreign mail service. Salary. Rear Admirals Judge-Advocate-General-Capt. Samuel C. Lemly, N. C..... 4,500 Brigadier-General Commandant of Marine Corps-Charles Heywood, N. Y. 5.500 Admiral-George Dewey .13,500 Postmaster-General-Henry C. Payne, Wis...$8.000 (Pay, first nine, $7,500 on sea duty, $6,375 on shore; second nine, $5,500 sea duty, $4.675 on shore.) John A. Howell, Pres. Retiring Board. George C. Remey, Commanding Asiatic Station. Norman H. Farquhar, Ch'n Lighthouse Board. John C. Watson, Pres. Examining Board. Silas Casey, Commanding Pacific Station. Wm. T. Sampson, waiting orders (will retire for age, Feb. 9, 1902). Bartlett J. Cromwell, Com. European Station. Francis J. Higginson, Commanding North Atlantic Station. Frederick Rodgers, Senior Squadron Commander, Asiatic Station. Louis Kempff, Junior Squadron Commander Asiatic Station. George W. Sumner, Commanding League Island (Pa.) Navy Yard. Albert S. Barker, Commanding N. Y. Navy Yard. Silas W. Terry, Com. Washington Navy Yard. Department of Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is charged with the supervision of public business relating to patents for inventions, pensions and bounty lands, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, railroads, the Geological Survey, the census. Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and the Yosemite, Sequoia and Gen. Grant Parks, California, and certain hospitals and eleemosynary institutions in the District of Columbia; distribution of appropriations for agricultural and mechanical colleges in the States and Territories, the custody and distribution of certain public documents. He also exercises certain powers and duties in relation to the Territories of the United States. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-EXECUTIVE-Continued. Salary. 4,500 4,000 3,000 5,000 Secretary-Ethan A. Hitchcock, Mo... The Attorney-General is the head of the Department of Justice and the chief law officer of the Government. He represents the U. S. in matters involving legal questions; gives his advice and opinion on questions of law, when they are required by the President or by heads of other Executive Departments, on questions of law arising upon the administration of their respective Departments; exercises a general superintendence and direction over United States Attorneys and Marshals in all judicial districts in the States and Territories, and provides special counsel for the U. S. whenever required by any Department of the Government. .$8,000 Interstate Commerce Commission. Judson C. Clements, Ga...... Edw. A. Moseley, Mass., Secretary; salary..$3,500 Public Printer. Atty.-Gen-Philander C. Knox, Pa... Asst. Attys.-Gen.-Louis A. Pradt, Wis.; 5,000 4.500 Asst. Atty. -Gen., Post Office Dept.-James Asst. Atty. in Charge of Dockets-Sinclair 2,300 2,400 2,500 1,600 U. S. Fish Commissioner. $5,000 .$4.500 ..$5,000 Bureau of the American Republics. Director-W. W. Rockhill, Md........ ..........$5,000 *Term expired Dec. 11, 1901. Not yet reappointed. The United States Military Academy at The Dist. of Columbia is entitled to have one cadet at Each Congressional District and Territory and the Academy. Ten are at large. (except those at large) are made by Sec. of War at Appointments request of Representative in Congress from the District or Territory; and persons appointed must be an actual resident of the District from which appointment is made. Appointments at large are Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the placed upon register that it may be furnished to made by the President. Applications can be made to the Sec. of War to have name of applicant supervision of all public business relating to the proper Representative when vacancy occurs. agricultural industry. and employes of the Department, with the excep- permanent abode of applicant, with number of He appoints all the officers application must exhibit full name, date of birth, tion of the Assistant Secretary and the Chief of Congressional District in which he resides. the Weather Bureau, who are appointed by the pointments are made one year in advance of date President, and directs the management of all the of admission, except in cases which cannot be prodivisions and sections and the bureaus embraced vided for by such appointment in advance. These Apin the Department. vision over agricultural experiment stations deriv-examination. The Representative in Congress may He exercises advisory super- vacancies are filled in time for the next annual ing support from the national Treasury, has control of quarantine stations for imported cattle, and nominate a second candidate, to be designated of interstate quarantine rendered the alternate. contagious cattle diseases. necessary by The alternate will receive from the War. Dept. a letter of appointment, and will be Secretary-James Wilson, Iowa examined with regular appointee, and, if qualified. Salary. will be admitted to the Academy in event of failAssistant Sec.-Joseph H. Brigham, Ohio.... 4.500 port at time designated in his letter of appoint.$8.000 ure of principal to pass. Chief Clerk-Andrew Geddes, Iowa. The alternate must reAppointment Clerk-J. B. Bennett, Wis.... 2.000 for mental and physical examination before Boards 2.500 ment. Candidates selected are instructed to appear Chief Weather Bureau-W. L. Moore, Ill... 5.000 of Army Officers, on March 1 annually (except on Chief Clerk of the Weather Bureau-Henry E. Williams, Conn..... Sunday, in which Professors of Meteorology-Cleveland Abbe, Successful ones are admitted following June. Cancase on following Tuesday). N. Y., $3.000; Frank H. Bigelow, Mass., didates selected to fill vacancies unprovided for at $3,000; Alfred J. Henry, Pa., $2,500; Chas. the March examinations report at West Point for F. Marvin, O., $3,000: E. B. Garriott, Mo., examination early in June. $2,500. Chiefs of Divisions-Daniel J. Caramined at any other time, unless prevented by No candidate is exroll, D. C., $2,000; Jas. Berry, Md., $2,000; good cause, in which case he is examined during John P. Church, O... last week in August. No one is admitted under 17 Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry-D. E. or over 22 years of age, or less than 5 ft. 3 in. in Salmon, N. C.. height, or is deformed or afflicted with any disease 4,000 or infirmity. Candidates must be unmarried. They 3.000 must be well versed in reading, writing, including Conn. 3.000 grammar, descriptive geography, history of United 3.000 orthography, arithmetic, elements of 2,500 States. English The pay of a cadet is $540 per year, commencing with his admission. candidate, prior to admission, is about $10. ImmeThe expenses of a diately after being admitted the cost of uniform is $90, making a total of $100. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-Continued. THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. Senate of Fifty-seventh Congress. FIRST SESSION. Term. NEVADA. Members. 1903 John P. Jones, R.... President, pro tem........ Wm. P. Frye, of Maine Secretary ..Chas. G. Bennett, of New York Sergeant-at-arms-Daniel N. Ransdall, of Indiana 1903 1907 Home address. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Jacob H. Gallinger, R... Henry E. Burnham, R.. NEW JERSEY. Home address. .Gold Hill Virginia City . Concord Manchester Elizabeth Owego New York Raleigh Madison 1903 Stephen R. Mallery, D. 1905 James P. Taliaferro, D...........Jacksonville 1905 RHODE ISLAND. Blackfoot 1907 Benjamin R. Tillman, D... .Lewiston 1903 John L. McLaurin D... SOUTH DAKOTA. Springfield †A. B. Kittredge, R... ...Chicago 1907 Robert J. Gamble, R.. TENNESSEE. 1907 Edward W. Carmack, D.. Indianapolis Cleveland ...Cincinnati Portland Portland Philadelphia ......Beaver ..Providence Newport Trenton Bennettsville Sioux Falls Yankton Memphis Nashville Gainesville ......Dallas .Salt Lake City Salt Lake City 1903 Samuel D. McEnery, D..........New Orleans 1907 MAINE. 1905 Eugene Hale, R.... 1907 William P. Frye, R. MARYLAND. 1905 Louis E. McComas, R... Redfield Proctor, R... VIRGINIA. WASHINGTON. Worcester 1903 John C. Spooner, R.... Kalamazoo WYOMING. ...Detroit 1907 Francis E. Warren, R.. 1905 Clarence D. Clark, R... St. Paul .Alexandria Republicans Democrats Carrollton All others Brandon Warrensburg .Kansas City Butte ..Great Falls Vacancies Total... SUMMARY. Proctor Waterbury Lynchburg ..Scottsville Tacoma ..Spokane Elkins Wheeling Milwaukee Madison Cheyenne ..Evanston 55 30 2 90 Salaries of U. S. Senators and Representatives. $5,000 a year, and mileage. *Temporary appointment to fill vacany resulting from death of Senator John H. Gear. Omaha Temporary appointment to fill vacancy caused .Hastings by death of Senator Jas. H. Kyle. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-NATIONAL LEGISLATURE-Continued. House of Representatives, Fifty-seventh Congress. ALABAMA. * For members of Fifty-sixth Congress, House of Representatives, see EAGLE ALMANAC for 1900. NOTE. The number of the Congressional District corresponds with the number of the line. Those marked * served in the Fifty-sixth Congress. D., Dem.; R., Rep.; † for Fusionist, Populist and Silverite. Jas. E. Watson.* R.......Rushville | Edgar Weeks,* R..Mount Clemens G. W. Taylor, D.......Demopolis Jesse Overstreet,* R..Indianapolis J. W. Fordney,* R.. ...Saginaw A. A. Wiley, D.......Montgomery George W. Cromer, R.....Muncie Roswell P. Bishop, R... Ludington Henry D. Clayton,* D. Eufaula Charles B. Landis,* R. Delphi H. P. Aplin, R. .Bay City Sidney J. Bowie, D... .Talladega E. D. Crumpacker,* R. Valparaiso A. B. Darragh, R .St. Louis Charles W. Thompson, D.Tuskegee George W. Steele,* R......Marion Carlos D. Shelden,* R...Houghton John H. Bankhead, D....Fayette Jas. M. Robinson, D... Ft. Wayne MINNESOTA. John L. Burnett,* D.. ...Gadsden A. L. Brick,* R .South Bend James A. Tawney,* R..... Winona William Richardson, D. Huntsville James T. McCleary, R. Mankato O. W. Underwood,* D. Birmingham Joel P. Heatwole, R...Northfield F. C. Stevens,* R.. Loren Fletcher,* R. Page Morris,* R. Frank M. Eddy,* R.. ARKANSAS. P. D. McCulloch,* D.....Marianna F. L. Coombs, R.. COLORADO. CONNECTICUT. Denver E. Stevens Henry,* R....Rockville DELAWARE. Montezuma IOWA. Thomas Hedge, R... .Burlington Charles F. Scott, R (at large)..Iola KENTUCKY. LOUISIANA. ..St. Paul Minneapolis .Duluth .Glenwood ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ. Ripley Vicksburg Westpoint Marshall St. Louis Perryville Neosho Bozeman Lincoln .Omaha .Aurora MISSISSIPPI. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., D..Corinth Thomas Spight,* D. Patrick Henry, D. A. F. Fox,* D. John S. Williams,* D....... Yazoo Frank A. McLain,* D..... Gloster Charles E. Hooker, D.....Jackson MISSOURI. James T. Lloyd, D....Shelbyville W. W. Rucker, D......Keytesville John T. Dougherty, D. Liberty Charles F. Cochran, D.St. Joseph Wm. S. Cowherd,* D..Kansas City David A. DeArmond,* D....Butler James Cooney,* D.. Charles K. Wheeler,* D..Paducah D. W.Shackleford, D. Jefferson City Henry D. Allen, D.... Morganfield Champ Clark,* D...Bowling Green John S. Rhea,* D... Russellville Richard Bartholdt,* R...St. Louis David H. Smith,* D.. Hodgensville Charles F. Joy,* R ......St. Louis H. S. Irwin, R.................. ..........Louisville James J. Butler, D. D. L. Gooch, D.. ...Covington Edward Robb,* D South Trimble, D... .Frankfort W.D.Vandiver, D. Cape Girardeau G. G. Gilbert,* D.. .Shelbyville M. E. Benton, D. GEORGIA. James N. Kehoe, R......Maysville Rufus E. Lester,* D.....Savannah | John B. White, D.. James M. Griggs,* D......Dawson Vincent Boreing,* R.. E. B. Lewis,* D. W. C. Adamson,* D.....Carrollton Adolph Meyer,* D... New Orleans Leonidas F. Livingston * D..Kings Robert C. Davey, D. New Orleans Chas. L. Bartlett,* D... Macon Robt. F. Broussard,* D. New Iberia John W. Maddox,* D........Rome Phanor Breazeale,*D. Natchitoches W. M. Howard,* D. Lexington J. E. Ransdell. D. Lake Providence F. C. Tate,* D...... ...Jasper S. M. Robertson,* D.. Baton Rouge W. H. Fleming,* D, Augusta MAINE. W. G. Brantley, D.....Brunswick Amos L. Allen, R.. Alfred Chas. E. Littlefield, R....Rockland Montpelier Edwin C. Burleigh,* R Augusta Llewellyn Powers, R. ..Houlton Chicago MARYLAND. .Chicago W. H. Jackson, R. Salisbury ..Chicago Albert A. Blakeney, R. Franklinville James McAndrews, D.....Chicago Frank C. Wachter,* R... Baltimore William F. Mahoney, D...Chicago C. R. Schirm, R. .Baltimore Henry S. Boutell,* R......Chicago Sydney E. Mudd,* R.. La Plata George E. Foss, R.. ....Chicago George A. Pearre,* R. Cumberland Albert J. Hopkins, R.....Aurora MASSACHUSETTS. Robert R. Hitt,* R Mount Morris Geo. P. Lawrence,* R... N. Adams George W. Prince,* R...Galesburg Fred H. Gillett,* D.. .Springfield Walter Reeves,* R.. Streator John R. Thayer,* D....Worcester Joseph G. Cannon, R.... Danville C. Q. Tirrell, R. Natick Vespasian Warner, R.....Clinton Wm. S. Kuox,* R .Lawrence Joseph V. Graff,* R.. .Pekin Wm. H. Moody,* R... Haverhill J. Ross Mickey, D Macomb Ernest W. Roberts,* R....Chelsea T. J. Selby, D... .... Hardin Samuel W. McCall,* R. Winchester Benj. F. Calwell, D. Chatham J. A. Conry, D.. .Boston Thomas M. Jett,* D.....Hillsboro Henry N. Naphen,* D...... Boston Joseph B. Crowley.* D..Robinson Samuel L. Powers, R......Newton Jas. R. Williams,* D Carmi W. C. Lovering,* Ř............. .Taunton Frederick J. Kern, D..... Belleville William S. Greene,* R..Fall River Geo. W. Smith.* R... Murphysboro MICHIGAN. INDIANA. North Platte E. J. Burkett,* R. .Reno H. C. Loudenslager, R. Paulsboro Thomas J. Creamer, D..N. Y. City Gonzales . Cuero .San Antonio Vernon UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-FIFTY SEVENTH CONGRESS-Continued. George N. Southwick, R....Albany NORTH DAKOTA. Meadville Beaufort WASHINGTON. W. L. Jones,*R (at large). Yakima WISCONSIN. Racine RHODE ISLAND. Melville Bull,* R.......Middletown Adin B. Capron,* R... .Smithfield SOUTH CAROLINA. Wm. B. Shattuc,* R.... Cincinnati William Elliott, D.... Jacob H. Bromwell, R. Cincinnati W. Jasper Talbert, D..Parksville Robert N. Nevin, R.. Dayton Asbury C. Latimer, D.....Belton St. Marys Joseph T. Johnson, D.Spartanburg Henry A. Cooper,* R.... R. B. Gordon,* D John S. Snook, D. Paulding D. E. Finley,* D.... Yorkville Herman B. Dahle,* R... Mt. Horeb J. W. Babcock,* R.. Chas.Q.Hildebrant, R. Wilmington R. B. Scarborough, D A. F. Lever, D.... Theobold Otjen,* R.. S. S. Barney,* R. J. H. Davidson, R........ Oshkosh Edw'd S. Minor,* R.. Sturgeon Bay John J. Esch,* R... La Crosse .Troy Thomas S. Kyle, R. ....Conway SOUTH DAKOTA. E. W. Martin, R. (at large) Deadwood Charles H. Grosvenor,* R..Athens OREGON Lisbon Cleveland Thomas H. Tongue,* R.. Hillsboro Necedah Milwaukee West Bend J. J. Jenkins, R..Chippewa Falls Tucson F.W.Mondell,*R (at l'ge) Newcastle Albuquerque OKLAHOMA. TEXAS. PENNSYLVANIA. G.A. Grow,* R(at large)..Glenwood R.H.Foederer, Jr.,R(at large) Phila H. H. Bingham,* R... Philadelphia Robt. Adams, Jr., R. Philadelphia Henry Burke, R...... Philadelphia S. W. T. Lanham,* D. Weatherford James R. Young,* R.. Philadelphia | A. S. Burleson,* D.. 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