in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of th person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President s President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of e and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest nu the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the pur of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority o ber shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of th ARTICLE XIII.-(Proposed by Congress February 1, 1865 nounced by Secretary of State, December 16, Amendments Fol- Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, ex lowing Civil War. ment for crime, whereof the party shall hav victed, shall exist within the United States,

ject to their jurisdiction.

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Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appr ARTICLE XIV. (Proposed by Congress June 16, 1866; ratifi by Secretary of State, July 25, 1868.) Section 1. All persons bo in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof United States, and of the State wherein they reside. No Stat enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunit the United States, nor shall any State deprive any person of life erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person within it equal protection of the laws.

Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the sever ing to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vot for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of t Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers o members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the ma such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the Un any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion whic male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens tw age in such State.

Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Co of President or Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or mil United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken a ber of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any S the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in in bellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enem Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such (Note. On June 7, 1898, President McKinley approved of an which declared that "the disabilities imposed by Section 3, XIVtl the Constitution, heretofore incurred, are hereby removed.")

Sec. 4.-The validity of the public debt of the United State law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bountie suppressing the insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or ob in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or a loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations be held illegal and void.

Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by approp the provisions of this article.

ARTICLE XV.-(Proposed by Congress February 27, 1869; nounced by Secretary of State, March 30, 1870.) Section 1. The r zens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridge States or by any State on account of race, color or previous condit Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appro THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION LAW. The Presidential succession is fixed by Chapter 1 of the acts Congress, first session. In case of the removal, death, resignation both the President and Vice-President, then the Secretary of St President until the disability of the President or Vice-President President is elected. If there be no Secretary of State, then the Treasury will act, and the remainder of the order of successio The Secretary of War, Attorney-General, Postmaster-General, S Navy and Secretary of the Interior. The Acting President mu office, convene Congress, if not at the time in session, in extrac giving twenty days' notice. This act applies only to such Cabinet have been appointed by the advice and consent of the Senate, under the Constitution to the Presidency.

The act of Congress raising the Department of Agriculture to executive department and giving its head a seat in the Presiden the act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor were b sequently to the Presidential succession act. By intention or in gress did not extend the provisions of the succession act to these Cabinet officers. There is no warrant for considering the Secretar and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor as in the line of suc judicial interpretation has yet been made of the provisions of the and of the acts creating the eighth and ninth executive departments

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nited States, authori and bounties for servi questioned. But neithe debt or obligation in tates, or any claim f obligations and claims

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
THE EXECUTIVE.

.THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New-Y
..CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, of Indi
WILLIAM LOEB, Jr., of New-Y

CABINET.
.ELIHU ROOT, of New Y
1GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, of New Y
.WILLIAM H. TAFT, of C

. CHARLES J. BONAPARTE, of Maryl .2GEORGE VON L. MEYER, of Massachus VICTOR H. METCALF, of Califor .3JAMES R. GARFIELD, of C .JAMES WILSON, of Io

POSTMASTER GENERAL..
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR......OSCAR S. STRAUS, of New Y
[The salary of the President is $50,000 a year; the salary of the Vice-President
of each of the members of the Cabinet is $12,000 a year; the Secretary to the Pr
dent receives $6,000 a year.]

DEPARTMENT

SECRETARY OF STATE.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY..
SECOND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
THIRD ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

Solicitor-James Brown Scott (1906),
Cal., $4,500.

Assistant Solicitors-Joshua R. Clark, Jr.
(1906), Utah; William C. Dennis (1906),
Ind., $3,000.

Chief Clerk-Wilbur J. Carr (1907), N.
Y., $3,000.

Chief of Diplomatic Bureau-Sidney Y.
Smith (1897), D. C., $2,250.

Chief of Consular Bureau-Herbert C.
Hengstler (1907), Ohio, $2,250.

Chief of Bureau of Indexes and Archives
-John R. Buck (1906), Mo., $2,100.

Chief of Bureau of Accounts-Thomas
Morrison (1900), N. Y., $2,300.

Chief of Bureau of Rolls and Library-
William McNier (1905), Mich., $2,100.

Chief of Bureau of Trade Relations-
John B. Osborne (1905), Penn., $2,100.
TREASURY

OF STATE.

..ELIHU ROOT (1905), N. Y., $12, .ROBERT BACON (1905), N. Y., $4, ALVEY A. ADEE (1886), D. C., $4, .HUNTINGTON WILSON (1906), Ill., $4,

Chief of Bureau of Appointments Charles Ray Dean (1905), D. C., $2,100 Chief of Bureau of Citizenship-Ga lard Hunt (1903), Va., $2,100.

U.

S. Representatives on Internation
Tribunals of Egypt.

Court of Appeals at Alexandria-Geo.
Batcheller, N. Y. (1902).

Court of First Instance at Cairo-W G. Van Horne, Utah (1902).

Court of First Instance at Mansourah
Somerville P. Tuck, N. Y. (1894).

Bureau of American Republics.
Director-John Barrett (1906), Or
Chief Clerk-W. C. Wells (1905), D.
$2,000.

$5,000.

DEPARTMENT.

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY..GEORGE B. CORTLEYOU (1907), N. Y., $12,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

by appropriate legis ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

27, 1869; ratification on 1. The right of the or abridged by the vious condition of ser cle by appropriate legis IN LAW.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

JOHN H. EDWARDS (1906), Ohio, $4, .JAMES B. REYNOLDS (1905), Mass., $4, BEEKMAN WINTHROP (1907), N. Y., $4,

Chief Clerk-Walter W. Ludlow (1905), | Assistant Treasurer-James F. Meli
Minn., $3,000.

Chief of Division of Appointments-
Charles Lyman (1898), Conn., $2,750.
Controller-Robert J. Tracewell (1897),

Assistant
Mitchell (1897), Ind., $4,500.
Auditor for State Department-Caleb
R. Layton (1906), Del., $4,000.
Auditor for Treasury Department-Will-
lam E. Andrews (1897), Neb., $4,000.
Auditor for War Department-Benj. F.
Harper (1905), Ind., $4,000.

(1893), Ohio, $3,600.

Deputy Assistant Treasurer-Gideon Bantz (1901), Md.. $3,200.

Register of the Treasury-W. T. V non (1906), Kansas, $4,000.

Controller of the Currency-Wm. Ridgely (1901), Ill., $5,000.

the

Currency

Deputy Controller of
Thomas P. Kane (1899), D. C., $3,500.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers (1907), S. C., $6,000. Deputy Commissioners of Internal Re Auditor for Postoffice Department-enue-Robert Williams (1899), La., $4,00 Ernest G. Timme (1906), Wis., $4,000. J. C. Wheeler (1900), Mich., $3,600. Director of the Mint-Frank A. Lea (1907), Cal., $4,500.

of the acts of the X resignation or inabi etary of State shall -President is removed then the Secretary f succession is as fo General, Secretary d esident must, upon , in extraordinary ch Cabinet officers & he Senate, and are riculture to the rank he President's Cabine bor were both passed ntion or inadvertence act to these two add he Secretary of Agric succession. B Successio

Auditor for Navy Department-Ralph
W. Tyler (1907), Ohio, $4,000.

Auditor for Interior Department-R. A.
Person (1901). S. Dak.. $4,000.

Treasurer of United States-Charles H.
Treat (1905), N. Y., $6,000.

Chief of Secret Service Division-Jol E. Wilkie (1897), Ill., $4,000.

Assistant Chief of Secret Service I vision-W. H. Moran (1907), D. C., $3,00

1Took office March 4, 1907, succeeding Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa. 2Took off March 4, 1907, succeeding George B. Cortelyou, of New York. 3Took office March 1907, succeeding Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri.

Surgeon General of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service-Walter Wyman (1891), Mo.. $5,000.

Supervising Architect-James K. Taylor (1897), Penn., $4,500.

Director Bureau of Engraving and Printing-Thos. J. Sullivan (1906), Ill., $4,500. General Superintendent of Life Saving Service S. I. Kimball (1878), Me., $4,500.

SECRETARY OF WAR.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
CHIEF CLERK..

Adjutant-General.

Inspector General.

Quartermaster General..

Assistant General Super M. Maxam (1905), D. C. Board of General Ap De Vries (1900). Cal., p Somerville (1890), Ala.; (1890), Md.: W. F. Lun Israel F. Fischer (1900), Waite (1902), Mich.; F (1903), Minn.; Charles (1903), N. Y.: each $7,000

WAR DEPARTMENT.

WILLIAM H. TAFT (190 .ROBERT SHAW OLIVER (1903 .JOHN C. SCOFIELD (1) DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS.

Commissary Gen. of Subsistence.

Surgeon General...

Paymaster General..

Chief of Engineers.

Chief of Ordnance.

Judge Advocate General.
Chief Signal Officer.

Major General Fred C. Ainsworth
.Brig. Gen. Ernest A. Garlington..
Brig. Gen. James B. Aleshire..
.. Brig. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe.
Brig. Gen. Robert M. O'Reilly.
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Whipple.
..Brig. Gen. Alexander Mackenzie.
Brig. Gen. William Crozier...
Brig. Gen. George B. Davis.....
..Brig. Gen. James Allen..

Supt. Public Build'ngs and Grounds.. Col. Charles S. Bromwell.
Bureau of Insular Affairs.....

Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards..
BATTLEFIELD PARK COMMISSIONS.
Gettysburg National Military Park- Shiloh National Military
Commissioners John P. Nicholson, Penn.;
Lunsford L. Lomax, Va.; C. A. Rich-
ardson, N. Y.; compensation, $10 a day.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military
Park-Commissioners, Ezra A. Carman,
D. C.; Alexander P. Stewart, Tenn.; Brig.
Gen. Frank G. Smith (retired), U. S. A.;
compensation, $300 a month.

sioners, Cornelius Cadle, Ashcraft, Ky.; Basil D pensation, $250 a month. Vicksburg National Mili missioners, William T. Stephen D. Lee, Miss.; Ja Ill.; compensation, $300 a

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

CHARLES J. BONAPARTE (19

ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,

SOLICITOR GENERAL..

G.

Assistant Attorneys General-John Thompson (1897), Ill.; Charles W. Russell (1905), W. Va.; Alford W. Cooley (1906), N. Y.; Edward T. Sandford (1907), Tenn., Wm. Wallace Brown (1907), Penn.; each $5,000.

Assistant Attorney General, Interior Department-Geo. W. Woodruff (1907), Penn.,

$5,000.

MILTON D. PURDY (190
..HENRY H. HOYT (190
merce and Labor-Charl
D. C., $4,500.

Solicitor of the Treas
O'Connell (1897), Iowa, $
Assistant Solicitor of
Felix A. Reeve (1897), Te
Solicitor of Internal
Hayes (1903), Utah, $4,50
Chief Clerk-Orin J. Fi
$3,000.

Assistant Attorney General, Postoffice Department-Russel P. Goodwin (1904), Law Clerk and Exam Ill., $4.500. Reeves T. Strickland

Solicitor of the Department of Com- $2,700.

POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. POSTMASTER GENERAL..........GEORGE VON L. MYER (1907 FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL,

FRANK H. HITCHCOCK (190

SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL,

JAMES T. M'CLEARY (1907

THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL....A. L. LAWSHE (1 FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL,

Chief Clerk-Merritt O. Chance (1904), D. C., $3,000.

Superintendent of Foreign Mails--Newton M. Brooks (1890), Va., $3,000.

Superintendent of Money Order System -Edward F. Kimball (1903), Mass., $3,500. Supt. of System of Postal FinanceHarry H. Thompson (1906), $2,250.

Superintendent of Registry System

PETER V. DE GRAW (190
C. Howard Buckler (1906
Superintendent Rural D
W. R. Spilman (1903), K
General Superintendent
Service-Alex. Grant (190
Superintendent of Dead
James R. Young (1905), H
Superintendent of Rail
-Joseph Stewart (1907).

3.

ral Superintendent-0 ), D. C., $2,500. eral Appraisers-M Cal., president; H ), Ala.; T. S. Sharre F. Lunt (1901), N. r (1900), N. Y.; Byr Mich.; Eugene G. E Charles P. McClel ach $7,000.

AFT (1904), Ohio, $12 VER (1903), N. Y., FIELD (1899), Ga.,

shire..

irpe.

Reilly.

hipple.

¡er.

Edwards....

al Military Park-Co ius Cadle, Ala.; Jame

Basil Duke, Ky: a month. ational Military ParkWilliam T.

Rigby, e, Miss.; James G. E tion, $300 a month.

PARTE (1906), Md.,

URDY (1905), Minn., HOYT (1903), Penn, abor-Charles Earle

the Treasury-Mauric 97), Iowa, $4,500. Solicitor of the Treas e (1897), Tenn., $3,000 I Internal Revenue-A Utah, $4,500,

-Orin J. Field (1903),

and Examiner of T (1907), N. Strickland

ENT.

MYER (1907), Mass., HCOCK (1905), D. C, EARY (1907), Min, LAWSHE (1907), Ind

CGRAW (1905), Penn, Buckler (1906), D. C dent Rural Delivery Se (1903), Kan., $3,000 dent of Railwa

an

Mic

General Supt. Salaries and Allowanc -C. M. Waters (1903), Col., $4,000. Chief Postoffice Inspector-William Vickery (1904), D. C., $4,000.

Date appointe

1, 15

1, 19

Assistant Commissioner of Patents-C nelius C. Billings (1907), Vt., $3,000. Brown (1906), Cal., $3,500. Commissioner of Education-Elmer

Commissioner of Indian Affairs-Fra cis E. Leupp (1905), D. C., $5,000.

Director of Geological Survey-Geo
Otis Smith (1907), Me., $6,000.

First Deputy Commissioner of Pensions
-Jas. L. Davenport (1897), N. H., $3,600.
Second Deputy Commissioner of Pen-
sions-Leverett M. Kelley (1897), Ill.,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Director of Reclamation Service-Fr erick H. Newell (1904), Penn., $6,000. Superintendent of Capitol Building a Grounds-Elliott Woods (1902), Ind., $5,0

Chief Clerk-Sylvester R. Burch (1903),
Kan., $2,500.

Chief of Weather Bureau-Willis L.
Moore (1895), Ohio, $5,000.

Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry-
Alonzo D. Melvin (1906), $5,000.
Chief of Bureau of Plant Industry-B.
T. Galloway (1901), Mo., $5,000.
Chief of Bureau of Forestry-Gifford
Pinchot (1898), N. Y., $5,000.

Chief of Bureau of Chemistry-Harvey
W. Wiley (1898), Ind., $5,000.

Chief of Bureau of Soils-Milton Whit-
ney (1894), Md., $3,500.

Chief of Bureau of Entomology-L. Howard (1894), Ill., $3,250.

Chief of Bureau of Biological Surve

C. Hart Merriam (1886), N. Y., $3,000.

Director of Office of Experiment S tions-A. C. True (1893), Conn., $3,500

Chief of Division of Publications-G Wm. Hill (1895), Minn., $3,000.

Director of Office of Public Road Logan W. Page (1905), Mass., $2,750.

Chief of Bureau of Statistics-Vic H. Olmstead (1906), D. C., $3,500.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR.
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR..OSCAR S. STRAUS (1906), N. Y.,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

Chief Clerk-Frank H. Bowen (1905),
Mass, $3,000.

$12

.LAWRENCE O. MURRAY (1903), Ill., $5
Chief Division of Information-Tere
V. Powderly (1907), Penn., $3,500.

Commissioner of Corporations-Herbert
Knox Smith (1907), Conn., $5,000.
Deputy Commissioner of Corporations
Edward Dana Durand (1907), Cal., $3,500.
Commissioner of Labor-Charles
Neill (1904), D. C., $5,000.
Commissioner General of Immigration
and Naturalization-Frank P. Sargent
(1902), 111., $5,000.

P.

sistant Commissioner of Immigration

Jank J. Larned (1907). Md.. $3.000.

Commissioners at Ports-Robert Wat orn (1905), New York, $6,500; Louis Weis (1902), Baltimore, George B. Billings (1897), Boston, $4, Md., $4,00 John J. S. Rodgers (1895), Philadelp cisco, $4,000; John H. Clark (1905), M $4,000; Hart H. North (1895), San Fr treal, $4,000; Graham L. Rice (1904), Juan, Porto Rico, $3,000.

Supervising Inspector General of Ste

Director of the Bureau of StandardsSamuel W. Stratton (1901), Ill., $5,000. Commissioner of Navigation-Eugene T. Chamberlain (1893), N. Y., $4,000.

Director of the Census-S. N. D. North (1903), Mass., $6,000.

Commissioner of Fish and FisheriesGeorge M. Bowers (1897), W. Va., $5,000. Superintendent U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey O. H. Tittman (1900), Mo., $6,000.

Chief of the Bureau of Statistics-Oscar P. Austin (1898), D. C., $4,000.

Chief of the Bureau o John M. Carson (1905), F

Lighthouse Board-Pre of Commerce and Labor tain Adolph Marix, U. Col. Walter S. Franklin D. W. Lockwood, U. Pritchett, Captain Samu S. N.; Lieut. Col. Harr S. A.; Commander James N., naval secretary; Li L. Casey, U. S. A., eng AND OFFICE Chief Examiner-Fran (1903), Tenn., $3,000. Secretary-John T. Doy

*INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS

Interstate Commerce Commission. Commissioners-Martin A. Knapp (1891), N. Y., chairman; Judson C. Clements (1892), Ga.; Charles A. Prouty (1896), Vt.; Francis M. Cockrell (1905), Mo.; Franklin K. Lane (1906), Cal.; Edward E. Clark (1906), Iowa; James S. Harlan (1906), Ill.; each, $10,000.

Secretary-Edward A. Moseley (1887), Mass., $5,000.

Civil Service Commission. Commissioners-John C. Black (1904), Ill.; Henry F. Greene (1903), Minn.; John A. McIlhenny (1906), La.; each, $4,000.

$2,500.

Government Printi

Public Printer-Charle (1905), Mass., $5,500. Deputy Public Printer(1907), Md., $3,600.

Library of Con Librarian - Herbert Mass., $6,000.

Assistant Librarian-A (1897), Ohio, $4,000.

THE UNITED STATES ARM

The actual strength of the army on June 30, 1907, including the ment and the Philippine Scouts, was 3,797 officers and 59,827 enl 63,624. There were lost to the army in the year ended June 30, 1907 27,286 enlisted men. Of the officers 16 were killed in action or di or disease. Of the men 417 were killed in action or died from wo the remainder representing men discharged for expiration of term of ability, by sentence of court martial, desertions and retirements. TH Porto Rico Regiment on June 30, 1907, 25 officers and 524 enlisted Philippine Scouts, 116 officers and 4,989 enlisted men.

GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY. Major General J. Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff. Major General William P. Duvall. Brigadier General Arthur Murray. Brigadier General William W Samuel D. Sturgis, 1st Fie

Colonels.

Stephen C. Mills, Inspector General's Dept. C. DeW. Willcox, Coast A George S. Anderson, 1st Cavalry.

Joseph W. Duncan, 6th Infantry.

Ramsey D. Potts, 5th Field Artillery.

Lieutenant Colonels.

G. A. Dodd, 10th Cavalry.

Thaddeus W. Jones. 3d Cavalry.
Albert Todd, Coast Artillery.
Millard F. Waltz, 27th Infantry.
Robert K. Evans, 5th Infantry.
William P. Evans, 11th Infantry,

Majors.

Carroll A. Devol, Quartermaster's
Eben Swift, 12th Cavalry.
Henry L. Ripley, 8th Cavalry.
Francis J. Kernan, 25th Infantry.
Charles J. Bailey, Coast Artillery.
Robert L. Hirst. 29th Infantry.
John F. Morrison, 20th Infantry.
Charles Lynch, Medical Department.
Henry C. Cabell, 14th Infantry.
William P. Burnham, 7th Infantry.

Captains.

Stephen L'H. Slocum, 8th William M. Wright, 2d Inf James H. McRae. 3d Infa Julius H. Penn, 7th Infan M. J. Lenihan, 25th Infant George W. Reed, 9th Cava Grote Hutcheson, 6th Cava Peter C. Harris, 9th Infan F. W. Sladen, 14th Infantr Milton F. Davis, 10th Cav Dept. John W. Furlong, 6th Cav Ralph H. Van Deman, 21s Frank S. Cocheu, 12th Infa George H. Shelton, 11th In William Chamberlaine, Coa Joseph P. Tracy, Coast Art Samuel C. Vostal, Coast A Fox Conner, 1st Field Arti S. A. Cheney, Engineer Cor Walter H. Gordon, 18th Infa

STAFF OF ARMY WAR COLLEGE.

Brigadier General W. W. Wotherspoon, president;

DIVISION AND DEPARTMENTS.

The Philippines Division.-Embracing the Department of Lazor of the Visayas and Department of Mindanao. Headquarters, Manila mander, Major General John F. Weston.