POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT-(Continued). Supt. of System of Postal Finance-C. Howard Buckler (1902), Md., $2,250, Superintendent of Registry System $2,500. (-). (----), General Superintendent Free Delivery System$1,000. Superintendent Free Delivery ServiceH. Conquest Clarke (1902), D. C., $3,000. Superintendent City Delivery Service-→ $3,000. (---). General Superintendent Salaries and Al(---), lowances $4,000. Chief Postoffice Inspector-William E. Cochran (1898), Kan., $3,000, NAVY DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY Bureau, Navigation. Equipment.. WILLIAM H. MOODY (1902), Mass., $8,000 .CHARLES H. DARLING (1902), Vt., $4,500 ...B. F. PETERS (1897), Penn., $3,000 BUREAU CHIEFS AND DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Ordnance. Nov. 4, 1901 Superintendent Naval Observatory. Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester.. President Naval Retiring Board.... Rear Admiral John C. Watson.. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR..ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK, (1899). Mo., $8,000 .THOMAS RYAN (1897), Kan., $6,000 Chief Clerk-Edward M. Dawson (1897), Md., $3,000. Commissioner of General Land OfficeWilliam A. Richards (1903), Wyo., $5.000. Assistant Commissioner General of Land Office--John H. Fimple (1903), Ohio, $3,500. Commissioner of Pensions-Eugene F. Ware (1902), Kan., $5,000. First Deputy Commissioner of Pensions ---James L. Davenport (1897), N. H., $3,600. Second Deputy Commissioner of Pensions-Leverett M. Kelley (1897), Assistant Commissioner of Patents-Ed- Director of Geological Survey--Charles Superintendent of Capitol Building and Grounds--Elliott Woods (1902), Ind., $4,500. OF AGRICULTURE. ..JAMES WILSON (1897), Iowa, $8,000 Chief Clerk-Sylvester R. Burch (1903), $2,500. Chief of Weather Bureau-Willis L. Moore (1895), Ohio, $5,000. Assistant Chief of Weather BureauHenry E. Williams (1903), Penn., $3,000. Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry-D. E. Salmon (1884), N. C., $4,500. Chief of Bureau of Plant Industry-B. T. Galloway (1901), Mo., $4,000. Chief of Bureau of Soils---Milton Whitney (1901), Md.,, $3,500. Chief of Division of Publications-Geo. Wm. Hill (1895), Minn., $3,000. Chief of Bureau of Statistics--John Hyde (1903), Neb., $3.500. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR..G. B. CORTELYOU (1903), N. Y., $8,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY.. Chief Clerk-Frank H. Hitchcock (1903), D. C., $3,000. Commissioner of Corporations--James R. Garfield (1903), Ohio, $5,000. Deputy Commissioner of CorporationsHerbert Knox Smith (1903), Conn., $3,500. Commissioner of Labor-Carroll Wright (1888), Mass., $5,000. D. Commissioner of Navigation--Eugene T. Chamberlain (1893), N. Y., $3,600. (--), $5,000 Director of the Census-3. N. D. North (1903), Mass., $6,000. Commissioner of Fish and FisheriesGeorge M. Bowers (1897), W. Va., $5,000. Commissioner General of ImmigrationFrank P. Sargent (1902), Ill., $5,000. Commissioners at Ports-William Williams 1902), New-York, $5.000; Louis T. Weis (1902), Baltimore, Md., $3,000; George B. Billings (1897), Boston, $2,500; John J. S. *Rank of rear admiral while chief of bureau. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR-(Continued). Rogers (1895), Philadelphia, $2,500; Hart Supervising Inspector General of Steam Chief of the Bureau of Statistics-Oscar P. Austin (1898), D. C., $4,000. Chief of the Bureau of Manufactures(-), $4,000. Lighthouse Board-President of board, George B. Cortelyou; chairman, Rear Admiral John J. Read, U. S. N.; members, Col. Walter S. Franklin, Col. Alexander Mackenzie, U. S. A.; Henry S. Pritchett, Capt. George C. Reiter, U. S. N.; Col. Amos Stickney, U. S. A. INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS AND OFFICES. Chief Examiner-Frank M. Kiggins (1903), Tenn.. $3,000. Secretary-John T. Doyle (1880), N. Y., Civil Service Commission. Commissioners-Henry F. Greene (1903), Minn.; Alvord W. Cooley (1903), N. Y.; ( ), ; each $3,500. $2,000. Government Printing Office. Public Printer-Frank W. Palmer (1897), III., $1,500. Library of Congress. Librarian Herbert Putnam (1899), R. Spofford Assistant Librarian-A. (1897), Ohio, $4,000. THE UNITED STATES ARMY. The actual strength of the army on October 15, 1903, was 3,081 officers and 55,500 enlisted men. There were lost to the army in the year ended June 30, 1933, 29,279 men, as follows: One hundred and thirty-eight officers, of whom 25 were killed in action or died from wounds or disease; 28,141 enlisted -men, of whom 837 were killed in action or died of wounds or disease. the remainder representing men discharged for expiration of term of service, for disability, by sentence of court martial, desertions and retirements. GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SAMUEL B. M. YOUNG, Chief of Staff. Major General Adna R. Chaffee. Brigadier General William H. Carter. Brigadier General Wallace F. Randolph. Colonels. Alexander Mackenzie, Corps of Engineers. Lieutenant Colonels. Henry P. McCain, Adjutant General's Department. James T. Kerr, Adjutant General's De- Frederick A. Smith, U. S. Infantry, In- Charles Shaler, Ordnance Department. Majors. John G. D. Knight, Corps of Engineers. William A. Mann, 14th U. S. Infantry. William D. Beach, 10th U. S. Cavalry, William W. Gibson, Ordnance Department. Dennis E. Nolan, 30th U. S. Infantry. STAFF OF ARMY WAR COLLEGE. Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, president; Colonel Alexander Mackenzie, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Shaler, Major W. D. Beach, Major M. M. Macomb and Major George W. Goethals; Major Samuel Reber, secretary. MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.-Consisting of the Departments of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Headquarters, Manila, Luzon, P. I. Commander, Major General James F. Wade. DEPARTMENT OF LUZON.-Includes all that portion of the Philippine Archipelago lying north of a line passing southeastwardly through the West Pass of Apo, or Mindoro Strait, to the twelfth parallel of north latitude, thence east along said parallel to the 124th degree 10 minutes east of Greenwich, but including the entire Island of Masbate; thence north to San Bernardino Straits. Headquarters, Manila, P, I. Commander, Brigadier General G. M. Randall. DEPARTMENT OF THE VISAYAS.-Includes all islands south of the southern line of the Department of Luzon and east of longitude 121 degrees 45 minutes east of Greenwich and north of the ninth parallel of latitude, excepting the islands of Mindanao, Paragua, and all islands east of the Straits of Surigao. Headquarters, Iloilo, P. I. Commander, Brigadier General Theodore J. Wint. DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO.-Includes all the remaining islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Headquarters, Zamboanga, P. I. Commander, Major General Leonard Wood. DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA.-States of California and Nevada, Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies. Headquarters, San Francisco, Cal Commander, Major General Arthur MacArthur. DEPARTMENT OF THE COLORADO.-States of Wyoming (except so much thereof as is embraced in the Yellowstone National Park), Colorado and Utah, and the Territories of Arizona and New-Mexico. Headquarters, Denver, Col. Commander, Brigadier General Frank D. Baldwin. DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA.-States of Washington, Oregon and Idaho and the Territory of Alaska (except so much of Idaho as is embraced in the Yellowstone National Park). Headquarters, Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Commander, Brigadier General Frederick Funston. DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA.-States of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and so much of Wyoming and Idaho as is embraced in the Yellowstone National Park. Headquarters, St. Paul, Minn. Commander, Brig. Gen. Wm. A. Kobbe. DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.-New-England States, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, the Island of Porto Rico and the islands and keys adjacent thereto. Headquarters, Governor's Island, New-York. Commander, Major General Henry C. Corbin. DEPARTMENT OF THE LAKES.-States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Headquarters, Chicago, Ill. Commander, Major General John C. Bates, DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI.-States of Iowa. Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Headquarters Omaha, Neb. Commander, Major General Samuel S. Sumner. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS.-State of Texas. Commander, Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant. Headquarters, San Antonio, Tex. THE ARMY. GENERAL. MAJOR GENERALS. Date of retirement. April 14, 1906 Feb. 4, 1901 .Feb. 5, 1901 July 15, 1902 April 13, 1903 .July 26, 1903 James F. Wade. George M. Randall. William H. Carter.. Tasker H. Bliss.. Joseph P. Sanger. Francis Moore P. C. Hains... Camillo C. C. Carr.. Thomas H. Barry. .June 9, 1902 CHIEF OFFICERS OF STAFF CORPS. Mar. 23, 1906 Officers marked thus are detailed from the line, under Section 26, act of Feb. 2, 1901. Name. Name. Date app't'd. Simpson, W. A... Aug. 18, 03 Lieutenant Colonels. McCain, H. P...June 30, 01 Name. Date app't'd. Name. Name. Date app't'd. Date app't'd. Kerr, James T...Apr. 15, 02*Sharpe, Alfred C. Feb. 2, 01*Frederick, D. A..Jan. 31, 02 Hoyt, Ralph W..May 28, 02 *Evans, Robert K. Feb. 2, 01*Liggett, Hunter... May 5, 02 *Parker, James...Apr. 19, 03 *Evans, Wm. P... Feb. 2, 01 Williams, J. R...June 18, 02 Hills, E. R......July 28. 03 *Wilder, W. E... Feb. 19, 01*Swift, Eben.......Jan. 24, 03 Taylor, S. W....July 31. 03 *Finley, W. L... Feb. 28, 01 Dunning, S. W..Mar. 19, 03 *Pettit, James S. Aug. 11, 03*Starr, Chas. G...Mar. 4, 01*White, John V....Aug. 3, 03 Majors. *Davis, Edward...July 1, 01) *McClernand, E. J. Feb. 2, 01[*Waltz, M. F.....July 5, 01 INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. GEORGE H. BURTON, inspector general (rank of brigadier general)... April 12, 1903 Colonels. *Smith, F. A. (gen. *Bailey, H. K.....Feb. 2, 01 Garlington, E. A..Mar. 1, 01| staff) .July 14, 02|*Lovering, L. A....Feb. 2, 01 Heyl, Chas. A....July 23, 02 West, Frank.....Mar. 2, 03 Febiger, Lea.....Feb. 28, 01 Mills, Stephen C..Apr. 12, 03] Majors. *Hoskins, J. D. C..July 1, 01 Lieutenant Colonels. *Tutherly, H. E... Feb. 2, 01 Adams, Thos. R..Aug. 1, 01 Chamberlain, J. L. Mar. 1, 01 *Irons, J. A. (gen. *Nichols, Wm. A...Oct. 5, 01 Williams, C. A..June 28, 02 staff .Feb. 2, 01*Gale, Geo. H. G..Dec. 6, 01 JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. GEO. B. DAVIS, judge advocate general (rank of brigadier general).....May 24, 1901 Colonels. Carbaugh, H. C..Dec. 18. 021 Porter, John B....May 27, 01 Hunter, Edward.. May 21, 01 Hull, John A.....Apr. 16, 03 Goodier, Lewis E. June 18, 01 Crowder, E.H. (g.s.) Ap. 16,03| Majors. Morrow, Henry M.Jan. 27, 03 Lieutenant Colonels. Dunn, George M..Feb. 2, 01 Bethel, W. A......July 15, 03 Dudley Edgar S..May 21, 01 Dodds, Frank L.. May 22, 01 Winship, Blanton..Dec. 2, 03 QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. CHAS. F. HUMPHREY, quartermaster general (rank of brigadier gen.). April 12, 1903 Colonels. True, Theo. E...Feb. 24. 03 Bellinger, J. B.....Feb. 2, 01 Marshall, J. M...Feb. 2, 01 Hyde, J. McE....Apr. 12, 03 French, J. T., jr...Feb. 2, 01 McCauley, C. A.H. Feb. 24, 02 Ruhlen, Geo......Aug. 2. 03 Aleshire, J. B.....Feb. 2, 01 Hathaway, F. H.Apr. 12, 03 Miller, Wm. H..Aug. 15, 03 Littell, Isaac W...Oct. 26, 01 Jacobs, J. W.....Aug. 2, 03 Jones, S. R......Aug. 17, 03 Bingham, G. S....Oct. 26, 01 Clem, John L...Aug. 15, 03 Devol, Carroll A...May 5, 02 Patten, Wm. S. Aug. 17, 03 Robinson, W.W., jr.Nov.14 00 Cruse, Thomas.....July 5, 02 Lieutenant Colonels. Martin, M. C.....Feb. 2, 01 McCarthy, D. E....Oct. 2, 02 Pond, Geo. E....Oct. 26, 01 Long, Oscar F....Feb. 2. 01 Knight, John T... Feb. 24, 03 Pullman, J. W....May 5, 02 Von Schrader, F..Feb. 2, 01 Carson, J. M., jr..Apr. 12. 03 Pope, J. W. .July 5, 02 Sawyer. J. E.....Feb. 2, 01 Palmer, A. M.....Aug. 2, 03 Miller, C. P. (gen. Stevens. R. R.....Feb. 2. 01 Baxter, J. E.....Aug. 15, 03 staff) .Oct. 2, 02 Hodgson, F. G....Feb. 2, 01 Zalinski, M. G....Aug. 17, 03 SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. Majors. JOHN F. WESTON, commissary general (rank of brigadier general). ......Dec. 6, 1900 ROBERT M. O'REILLY, surgeon general (rank of brigadier general)... .Sept. 7, 1902 PAY DEPARTMENT. ALFRED E. BATES, paymaster general (rank of brigadier general).....July 12, 1899 Colonels. Name. Date app't'd. F.... Feb. 2, 01 C.....May 3, 01 B.... May 3, 01 B...Nov. 12, 01 M.. Feb. 20, 02 Name. Date app'td. Name. Date app't'd. Smith, Geo. R.....July 5, 82] Downey, Geo. Coxe, Frank M....Feb. 1, 99] Halford, E. W...Jan. 10, 93 Goodman, T. Towar, Albert S... Feb. 2, 01 Bullis, John L...Jan. 20, 97 Houston, Jas. Sniffen, Culver C..May 3, 01 Rogers, Harry L.. May 2, 98 Ray, Beecher Lieutenant Colonels. Watrous, J. A...June 15, 98] Lord, Herbert Dodge, F. S......Feb. 2, 01 Gilbert Wm. W... Nov. 3, 98 Rochester, W. B., jr. Whipple, C. H....May 3, 01 Rees, Harry L....Mar. 3, 99 Comegys, W. H...Feb. 20, 02 Vinson, Webster...Apr. 3, 991 Smith, Robert S... Feb. 19, 03 Tucker, Wm. F.. Feb. 19, 03 Wallace, H. S....Sept. 9, 99 Howell, Seymour..June 25, 03 Majors. Payson, F. L.....Mar. 5, 00 Holloway, G. T... Nov. 30, 03 CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Muhlenberg, J. C. Mar. 20, 82 Colonels. Suter, Chas. R...Oct. 12, 95 July 24, 02 GEORGE L. GILLESPIE, chief of engineers (rank of brigadier general).. May 3, 1901 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM CROZIER, chief of ordnance (rank of brigadier general)..... Nov. 22, 1901 SIGNAL CORPS. ADOLPHUS W. GREELY, chief signal officer (rank of brigadier gen.)..March 3, 1887 Rank of Colonel. Wood, Edward E..Oct. 1, 921 Edgerton, W. P....Oct. 7, 98 Larned, Chas. W.July 25, 76 Rank Lieutenant Colonel. Gordon, Wm. B..Mar. 27, 01 Tillman, S. E....Dec. 21, 80| Fiebeger, G. J.... May 4, 96] CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE LINE. CAVALRY. Colonels. Schuyler, W. S..Feb. 17, 03 Tutherly, H. E.... Feb. 2, 01 Lebo, T. C...... Feb. 19, 01 Woodward, S. L. Feb. 22, 03 Jones, T. W....... Feb. 2, 01 Wallace, W. M...Mar. 1, 01| Kingsbury, H. P. Feb. 25, 03| Hardie, F. H......Feb. 2, 01 Godfrey, E. S...June 26, 01 West, F.. ...Mar. 2, 03 Hunter, G. K......Feb. 2, 01 Augur, J. A......June 9, 021 Chase, G. F.....Apr. 15, 03 O'Connor, C. M.... Feb. 2, 01 Smith, A.. .June 28, 02 Beck, W. H. Apr. 15, 03 Wilder, W. E..... Feb. 19, 01 Edgerly, W. S... Feb. 17, 03 Bomus, P. S.....Apr. 18, 03 Guilfoyle, J. F... .Feb. 28, 01 Morton, C. ..Feb. 25, 03 Parker, J........Apr. 19, 03 Watts, C. H... Feb. 28, 01 Hatfield, C. A. P..Mar. 2, 03 Garrard, J.......Apr. 22, 03 Edwards, F. A.. . Feb. 28, 01 Kerr, J. B.......Mar. 30, 03 Robinson, F. U..May 25, 03 Day, M. W ..Feb. 28, 01 Dorst, J. H......Apr. 15, 03 Hein, O. L... Aug. 5, 03 Finley, W. L.....Feb. 28, 01 Anderson, G. S...Apr. 18, 03 Paddock, G. H..Aug. 16, 03 Scott, G. L.. .Mar. 1, 01 Thomas, E. D....Apr. 19. 03 Fountain, S. W..Aug. 26, 03 Kendall, H. F....Mar. 24, 01 Hughes, M. B....Aug. 5. 03) Ayres, C. G.......Apr. 29, 01 Stedman, C. A..Aug. 16, 03 Pearson, D. C....Feb. 2, 01 Fuller, E. B......May 31, 01 Steever, E. Z.. .Aug. 17, 03 Dodd, G. A.......Feb. 2, 01] Gresham, J. C....Sept. 17, 01 Lieutenant Colonels. Hickey, J. B......Feb. 2, 01 Gale, G. H. Stanton, W... Sept. 13, 02 McClernand, E. J.Feb. 2, 01| Pitcher, J. Godwin, E. A....Jan. 16, 03 Hunt, L. P....... .Feb. 2, 01 Taylor, C. W.. Ward, F. K......Jan. 24, 03 Murray, C. H..... .Feb. 2, 01 Beach, W. D.... ..June 9, 02 Rodgers, A.......Jan. 30, 03 Varnum, C. A....Feb. 2. 01 Shunk, W. A.....June 28, 02 Majors. G....Dec. 6, 01 |