WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT SOCIETY. (Organized 1833; chartered 1859; acts of Congress Aug. 2, 1876, Oct. 2, 1888.) Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, president ex officio. Mr. Justice Joseph R. Lamar, first vice president, 1751 New Hampshire Avenue. Hon. William A. Maury, second vice president, 1769 Massachusetts Avenue. Theodore W. Noyes, treasurer, 1730 New Hampshire Avenue. Frederick L. Harvey, secretary, 2146 Florida Avenue. (Phone, North 5977.) Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy; Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, United States Army (retired); Charles C. Glover; Surg. Gen. Francis M. Gunnell, United States Navy (retired); Charles D. Walcott; Edward M. Gallaudet; Henry B. F. Macfarland; Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, D. D.; Thomas Nelson Page; Herbert Putnam; William Corcoran Eustis; Frederick B. McGuire. ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER COMMISSION. (Office, Lemon Building, 1729 New York Avenue. Phone, Main 1460.) Chairman.-Lindley M. Garrison, Secretary of War, 1830 Connecticut Avenue. Elliott Woods, Superintendent United States Capitol Building and Grounds, Ivory G. Kimball, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, 620 North Carolina Avenue SE. 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. Secretary.-W. R. Pedigo, 1354 Quincy Street. Executive and disbursing officer.-Col. William W. Harts, United States Army, 1842 Mintwood Place. Chief clerk.-John F. Bethune, Falls Church, Va. THE CONGRESSIONAL CLUB. (Corner New Hampshire Avenue and U Street. Phone, North 3607.) (Incorporated by act of Congress approved May 30, 1908. Membership composed of women in official life.) OFFICERS 1915-1916-1917. President.-Mrs. Atlee Pomerene, of Ohio. Vice presidents. Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, of Tennessee; Mrs. George W. Fairchild, of Recording secretary.—Mrs. Henry G. Danforth, of New York. Chairmen of standing committees.-Membership, Mrs. James A. Reed, of Missouri; entertainment, Mrs. John F. Shafroth, of Colorado; house, Mrs. H. S. Reeside, of the District of Columbia; finance, Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana; press and printing, Mrs. Edward Keating, of Colorado; book, Mrs. William C. Redfield, of New York. NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. Southern, Branches.-Central, Dayton, Ohio; Northwestern, Milwaukee, Wis.; Hampton, Va.; Eastern, Togus, Me.; Western, Leavenworth, Kans.; Marion, Marion, Ind.; Pacific, Santa Monica, Cal.; 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 officios, Washington, D. C.; Col. Frederick J. Close, president, Commerce Building, Kansas City, Mo.; Col. Henry H. Markham, first vice president, Pasadena, Cal.; Capt. Thomas S. Bridgham, second vice president, Buckfield, Me.; Gen. George H. Wood, secretary, Dayton, Ohio; Maj. James W. Wadsworth, Geneseo, N. Y.; James S. Catherwood, Esq., Hoopeston, Ill.; Capt. John C. Nelson, Logansport, Ind. General treasurer.-Col. C. W. Wadsworth. Inspector general and chief surgeon.-Col. James E. Miller. SOLDIERS' HOME. (Regular Army.) BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. (Office, Room 221, War Department, west wing. Phone, Main 2570.) Lieut. Gen. S. B. M. Young (retired), governor of the home. Maj. Gen. James B. Aleshire, Quartermaster General. Brig. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, Quartermaster Corps. OFFICERS OF THE HOME. (Residing at the home. Phone, Columbia, 750.) Governor.-Lieut. Gen. S. B. M. Young (retired). Deputy governor.-Maj. P. W. West (retired). Secretary and treasurer.-Col. William T. Wood (retired). Attending surgeon.-Lieut. Col. James D. Glennan, Medical Corps. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF. (Kendall Green. Phone, Lincoln 2450.) Patron ex officio.-Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. Directors. John F. Shafroth, Senator from Colorado; John E. Raker, Representative. from California; William E. Humphrey, Representative from Washington State; Edward M. Gallaudet, citizen of Connecticut; Francis M. Cockrell, ex-Senator from Missouri; John W. Foster, Theodore W. Noyes, citizens of Washington, D. C.; John B. Wight, citizen of New York. Secretary.-Charles S. Bradley, 1722 N Street. Treasurer.-George X. McLanahan, 2031 Q Street. Emeritus president and professor of moral and political science, Gallaudet College.- President and professor of applied mathematics and pedagogy.-Percival Hall. Professor in charge department of articulation and normal training.—Percival Hall. Supervisor of domestic department and disbursing officer.-Louis L. Hooper. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. (Howard Place and Georgia Avenue. Phone, North 1660.) Patron ex officio.-Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior. President board of trustees.—Ex-Chief Justice Stanton J. Peelle, LL. D., Irving Street and Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. President. Stephen M. Newman, A. M., D. D. Executive committee.-President Stephen M. Newman, chairman; William V. Cox, Dean of faculty of school of theology.'-Isaac Clark, D. D. Dean of faculty of school of medicine.-Edward A. Balloch, A. M., M. D. Secretary and treasurer school of medicine.-W. C. McNeill, M. D. Secretary school of law.-George F. Collins. Dean of the college of arts and sciences.-Kelly Miller, A. M. Dean of the commercial college.-George William Cook, A. M., LL. M. Director of the school of manual arts and applied sciences.-H. D. Hatfield. GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. (St. Elizabeth, Nichols Avenue, beyond Anacostia. Phone, Lincoln 1426.) Board of visitors.-Mrs. Kate Morgan Sharpe, 1713 M Street; Lewis E. Smoot, 2007 Wyoming Avenue; Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, 1826 Massachusetts Avenue; Rear Admiral William C. Braisted, Surgeon General United States Navy, Mills Building; Dr. Walter S. Harban, 2101 Wyoming Avenue; John W. Yerkes, Union Trust Building; Dr. Rupert Blue, Surgeon General Public Health Service; Brig. Gen. William C. Gorgas, Surgeon General United States Army, War Department. Superintendent.-William A. White, M. D. First assistant physician.-George H. Schwinn, M. D. Senior assistant physicians.-Mary O'Malley, M. D.; Alfred Glascock, M. D.; Bernard Assistant physicians.-John A. F. Pfeiffer, M. D.; D. G. O'Neil, M. D.; Louis Wen- Clinical director. Histopathologist.— Junior assistant physicians.-Hagop Davidian, M. D.; John R. Earnst, M. D.; Joseph L. Garriss, M. D.; Joseph Nack, M. D.; Mildred E. Sheets, M. D. Scientific director.-S. I. Franz, A. B., Ph. D. Medical internes. Chief of training school for nurses.-Alice Vaughn. Dental interne.-Neal A. Harper. Ophthalmologist-Arthur H. Kimball, M. D. Matron. Mrs. H. O'Brien. Chief clerk.-Frank M. Finotti. 1 This department is undenominational and wholly supported by endowment and personal benefactions. 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. COUNSELOR. The Counselor 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 all 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 of the Consular Service 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. DIPLOMATIC BUREAU. Diplomatic correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. DIVISION OF LATIN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Diplomatic and consular correspondence, on matters other than those of an administrative character, in relation to Central America, Panama, South America, and the West Indies. DIVISION OF MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Diplomatic and consular correspondence, on matters other than those of an administrative character, in relation to Mexico. DIVISION OF FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS. Diplomatic and consular correspondence, on matters other than those of an administrative character, in relation to Japan, China, and leased territories, Siberia, Hongkong, French Indo-China, Siam, Straits Settlements, Borneo, East Indies, India, and in general the Far East. DIVISION OF NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS. Diplomatic and consular correspondence, on matters other than those of an administrative character, in relation to Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Roumania, Servia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Abyssinia, Persia, Egypt, and colonies belonging to countries of this series. 268 DIVISION OF WESTERN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. Diplomatic and consular correspondence, on matters other than those of an administrative character, in relation to Great Britain (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and British colonies not elsewhere enumerated), Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Belgium, the Kongo, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Denmark, and Liberia. CONSULAR BUREAU. Consular correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS. Custody of the great seal and applications for office, and the preparations of commissions, exequaturs, warrants of extradition, Departmental Register, diplomatic and consular lists, and consular bonds; correspondence and other matters regarding entrance examinations for the foreign service. BUREAU OF CITIZENSHIP. Examination of applications for passports, issuance of passports and authentications; receiving and filing duplicates of evidence, registration, etc., under act of March 2, 1907, in reference to expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad; keeping of necessary records thereunder; conduct of correspondence in relation to the foregoing. BUREAU OF INDEXES AND ARCHIVES. Recording and indexing the general correspondence of the department; charge of the archives. BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS. Custody and disbursement of appropriations and indemnity funds, and correspondence relating thereto. BUREAU OF ROLLS AND LIBRARY. Custody of the rolls, treaties, etc.; promulgation of the laws, treaties, Executive orders and proclamations; care and superintendence of the library and public documents; care of papers relating to international commissions. DIVISION OF INFORMATION. The preparation and distribution to the foreign service of diplomatic, commercial, and other correspondence and documents important to their information upon foreign relations; editing "Foreign Relations" of the United States. OFFICE OF THE LAW CLERK. Editing and indexing the laws, resolutions, public treaties, and proclamations for publication in the Statutes at Large. SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING. The superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Building is the executive officer of the commission created by Congress, consisting of the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, for the government of this building. He has charge of, care, preservation, repairing, warming, ventilating, lighting, and cleaning of the building, grounds, and approaches, and disburses the special appropriations for this purpose; he has charge of all the employees of the building proper, and appoints them by direction of the Secretaries. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. The Secretary of the Treasury is charged by law with the management of the national finances. He prepares plans for the improvement of the revenue and for the support of the public credit; superintends the collection of the revenue, and directs the forms of keeping and rendering public accounts and of making returns; grants warrants for all moneys drawn from the Treasury in pursuance of appropriations made by law, and for the payment of moneys into the Treasury; and annually submits to Congress estimates of the probable revenues and disbursements of the Government. He controls the construction and maintenance of public buildings; the coinage and printing of money; the administration of the Coast Guard and the Public Health branches of the public service, and furnishes generally such information as may be required by either branch of Congress on all matters pertaining to the |