ROCK CREEK AND POTOMAC PARKWAY COMMISSION. (Created by sec. 22 of the public buildings act of Mar. 4, 1913.) (Lemon Building, 1729 New York Avenue. Phone, Main 1460.) Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue. John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, 2100 Sixteenth Street. Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, The Highlands. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, executive and disbursing officer, 1839 California UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. Chairman.-Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Department of Agriculture. Secretary.-Charles S. Sloane, geographer, Census Bureau, Department of Commerce. Chairman executive committee.-Frank Bond, chief clerk General Land Office, Department of the Interior. Will C. Barnes, Assistant Forester, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. Goodwin D. Ellsworth, superintendent Division of Post Office Service, Post Office J. N. B. Hewitt, ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Insti- J. H. Robinson, topographer, Post Office Department. James McCormick, editor of maps, Geological Survey. James W. McGuire, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. William McNeir, Chief Bureau of Accounts, Department of State. John S. Mills, editor and assistant chief of division, Department of the Treasury. George R. Putnam, Commissioner Bureau of Lighthouses, Department of Commerce. THE COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS. (Lemon Building, 1729 New York Avenue. Phone, Main 1460, Branch 5.) Chairman.-Charles Moore, of Detroit, Mich. Vice chairman.—John Russell Pope, New York City. James L. Greenleaf, New York City. James E. Fraser, New York City. Henry Bacon, New York City. Louis Ayres, New York City. H. Siddons Mowbrey, Washington, Conn. Secretary and executive officer.-Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, Corps of Engineers, 1839 California Street. Assistant to the secretary.-H. P. Caemmerer, 943 L Street. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT SOCIETY. (Organized 1833; chartered 1859; acts of Congress Aug. 2, 1876, Oct. 2, 1888.) Hon. Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, president ex officio. The governors of the several States, vice presidents ex officio. Hon. Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, first vice president. Charles C. Glover, second vice president. Theodore W. Noyes, treasurer, 1730 New Hampshire Avenue. Frederick L. Harvey, secretary, 2146 Florida Avenue. (Phone, North 5977.) Surg. Gen. Francis M. Gunnell, United States Navy (retired); Charles D. Walcott; Of Du Ju ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER COMMISSION. (Office, Lemon Building, 1729 New York Avenue. Phone, Main 1460.) Chairman. John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, 2100 Sixteenth Street. Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy, 1845 Q Street. Elliott Woods, Architect of the Capitol, Stoneleigh Court. John McElroy, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, 1412 Sixteenth Street. Fred. Beall, commander Camp No. 171, United Confederate Veterans of the District of Columbia, 1130 Columbia Road. Charles W. Newton, representing the United Spanish War Veterans, Hartford, Conn. Executive and disbursing officer.-Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, United States Army, 1839 California Street. THE CONGRESSIONAL CLUB. (Corner New Hampshire Avenue and U Street. Phone, North 9804.) (Incorporated by act of Congress approved May 30, 1908. Membership composed of women in official life.) OFFICERS. President.-Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot, of Wisconsin. First vice president.-Mrs. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey. Second vice president.-Mrs. Wallace H. White, of Maine. Third vice president.-Mrs. James E. Watson, of Indiana. Fourth vice president.-Mrs. Homer Hoch, of Kansas. Fifth vice president.-Mrs. Gordon Lee, of Georgia. Recording secretary.-Mrs. M. Clyde Kelly, of Pennsylvania. Membership committee.-Mrs. Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado. PECUNIARY CLAIMS ARBITRATION COMMISSION. (Under agreement of Aug. 18, 1910, between the United States and Great Britain.) Arbitrator.-Chandler P. Anderson, of New York. Counsel and joint secretary.—Marshall Morgan, of Tennessee. NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. (Headquarters office, National Military Home, Ohio.) Branches. Central, Dayton, Ohio; Northwestern, Milwaukee, Wis.; Eastern, Togus, Me.; Western, Leavenworth, Kans.; Marion, Marion, Ind.; Pacific, Santa Monica, Calif.; Danville, Danville, Ill.; Mountain, Johnson City, Tenn.; Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, S. Dak. Managers.-The President of the United States, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of War (ex officio), Washington, D. C.; Gen. George H. Wood, president National Military Home, Dayton, Ohio: Capt. John C. Nelson, first vice president, Logansport, Ind.; Maj. James W. Wadsworth, second vice president, Geneseo, N. Y.; Hon. James S. Catherwood, secretary, Hoopeston, Ill.; Col. Henry H. Markham, Pasadena, Calif.; Hon. Menander Dennett, Lewiston, Me. General treasurer.-Col. C. W. Wadsworth. Inspector general and chief surgeon.-Col. James A. Mattison. Assistant inspector general.—Col. O. K. Marshall. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME. (Regular Army.) BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. (United States Soldiers' Home. Phone, Columbia 750.) Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss (retired), governor of the home. Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, Chief of Engineers. OFFICERS OF THE HOME. (Residing at the home. Phone, Columbia 750.) Governor.-Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss (retired). Deputy governor.-Maj. P. W. West (retired). Secretary and treasurer.-Brig. Gen. I. W. Littell (retired). COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF. (Kendall Green. Phone, Lincoln 2450.) Patron ex officio.-Warren G. Harding, President of the United States. Directors.-Atlee Pomerene, Senator from Ohio; John E. Raker, Representative from Secretary.-Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, 1748 Lamont Street. UNITED STATES INTERDEPARTMENTAL SOCIAL HYGIENE BOARD. (Phone, Main 6274.) Chairman.-Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland, Surgeon General of the Army. INTERNATIONAL SANITARY BUREAU. (Pan American Building, Seventeenth between B and C Streets. Phone, Main 6638.) Honorary director.-Dr. Pablo García Medina, Bogota, Colombia. Director. Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming, United States Public Health Service, Vice director.-Asst. Surg. Gen. J. H. White, United States Public Health Service, Secretary.—Dr. Julio Bianchi, minister of Guatemala, Washington, D. C. OFFICIAL DUTIES. 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. UNDERSECRETARY. The Undersecretary becomes the Acting Secretary of State in the absence of the Secretary. He is charged with the supervision of such matters and the preparation of such correspondence as may be assigned to him by the Secretary. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE. Under the organization of the department the Assistant Secretary, Second Assistant Secretary, and Third Assistant Secretary are charged with the supervision of 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. DIRECTOR OF THE CONSULAR SERVICE. The Director of the Consular Service is charged with the general supervision and direction of the Consular Service, all correspondence in regard to consular affairs, and such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Secretary. CHIEF CLERK. The chief clerk has general supervision of the clerks and employees and of departmental matters; charge of the property of the department. FOREIGN TRADE ADVISER. General supervision of foreign trade matters; diplomatic and consular correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. DIPLOMATIC BUREAU. Diplomatic correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. DIVISION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The preparation of news items for the press; receiving and answering inquiries from newspaper correspondents; censorship and control of departmental publicity under the direction of the Secretary; the dissemination of information to diplomatic and consular officers and of information for publication abroad; telegraphic news service to diplomatic missions abroad; furnishing to officers of the department of 35405°-67-1-1ST ED-21 305 |