Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915-Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Salaries of Employees, Public Buildings and Grounds For I superintendent, $3,000; 1 assistant and chief clerk, $2,400; 1 clerk of class 4, $1,800; 1 For foremen, gardeners, mechanics, and laborers employed in the public grounds (same act). For second sergeant of park police, at $900 (see explanation below) (same act). For day privates of park police (see explanation below) as follows: One in Franklin Park and Contingent Expenses, Public Buildings and Grounds $16, 140. 00 17, 640. 00 15, 960. 00 300.00 $83,090. 00 $83,090.00 For contingent and incidental expenses, including printing and binding, purchase of professional and scientific books and periodicals, books of reference, blank books, photographs, and maps (act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, pp. 766, 767, sec. 1).... 700.00 For purchase and repair of bicycles and revolvers for park police (see explanation below) and for purchase of ammunition (same act). 400.00 For purchasing and supplying uniforms to park police (see explanation below) and to Monument and bridge watchmen (same act) . NOTE.-The reason for the change of designation proposed in the above estimate for the next fiscal year is explained in the statement following: Explanation of estimates for appropriations for salaries of employees and for contingent expenses, public buildings and grounds, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. It is recommended that the designation "park watchmen" be changed to "park police," in order that it may conform to the duties actually performed by the members of the force. When it was first organized and named, the men's duties were purely those of watchmen, as they took care of the parks, watered the plants, etc., and performed no police duties, those being in the hands of the Metropolitan police of the city. Later the park watchmen were by act of Congress given the same powers and duties as the Metropolitan police. They are now clad in police uniforms, make frequent arrests, quell disturbances, and patrol some of the worst districts in the city. They are no longer watchmen, but policemen in every sense of the word. If their designation is changed accordingly, it is believed it will result in an increased authority in their dealings with the public, and will facilitate the securing of a better class of men from the civil service, as many of the eligibles on the civil-service lists for watchmen are utterly unfitted to perform the duties of policemen. The foregoing estimates are the same as the appropriations made in the legislative, executive, and judicial act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. Experience has shown that all of these items are absolutely essential to the proper maintenance of the public grounds under the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds.—Wm. T. Rossell, Chief of Engineers, United States Army. Total, War Department. NAVY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Salaries, Office of the Secretary Assistant Secretary of the Navy (acts July 11, 1890, vol. 26, p. 254, sec. 1; Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1)...... Secretary of the Navy (R. S., p. 70, sec. 415; acts Feb. 26, 1907, vol. 34, p. 993, sec. 4; Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1). 12,000.00 Chief clerk (increase of $500 submitted) (R. S., p. 70, sec. 416; act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1).... 5,000.00 Clerk to Secretary (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167-169; act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1). Appointment clerk (in lieu of 1 clerk of class 4) (submitted). Private secretary to Secretary (acts July 11, 1890, vol. 26, p. 254, sec. 1; Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1). 3,500.00 2,500.00 2,250.00 2,500.00 2,000.00 2,250.00 2,000.00 1,944, 718. 00 1,949, 648.00 Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915—Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. Salaries, Office of the Secretary-Continued. Two of class 4 (2 dropped, as above) (same acts). Two of class 3 (same acts). Four of class 2 (same acts) Five of class 1 (same acts). One clerk (same acts).. Four clerks, at $1,000 each (same acts). Stenographer (same acts).... Telegraph operator (same acts).. Two copyists, at $900 each (same acts) Carpenter (same acts)... Four messengers, at $840 each (same acts). Four assistant messengers, at $720 each (same acts). Three laborers, at $660 each (same acts)....... Three messenger boys, at $600 each (same acts). Messenger boy (same acts). Stenographer (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167-169; act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1).. Messenger boy (same acts). 400.00 Telephone switchboard operator (same acts). 720.00 Assistant telephone switchboard operator (same acts).. 600.00 $76, 460.00 NOTE. In the event of the abolishment of the Bureau of Equipment the following employees (transferred from that bureau) should be appropriated for under the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, making the total for "Salaries, Office of the Secretary of the Navy, 1915," $83,580. $75, 060.00 Salaries, Office of Solicitor, Navy Department Solicitor (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167-169; acts May 22, 1908, vol. 35, p. 218, sec. 1; Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 766, sec. 1).. Law clerk (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167-169; act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 766, sec. 1). Law clerk (same acts). Clerk, class 4 (same acts). Law clerk (same acts). NOTE.-The combination of Library and Naval War Records is recommended for the purpose of completing the serial publication "The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion;" including the general index; the continuation of the important work of collecting the departmental records of the Navy; the continuance of the work on the records of the Volunteer Navy and Navy rolls from 1798 to 1842; the collection of naval records of the Revolutionary War required by act approved March 2, 1913; the collection and preservation of the naval records of wars approved under acts of April 27, 1904, and April 29, 1906: the care, administration, and preservation of the rolls and records of the Confederate States Navy and of naval historical papers deposited in the Navy Department; and the development and administration of the Library of the Navy Department. The appropriations for salaries for the combined offices should be as follows: 4,000. 00 2,500.00 2,250.00 2,000.00 1,800. 00 1,600.00 1, 400. 00 1,400. 00 720.00 660.00 Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915—Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. Salaries, Office of Naval Records of the Rebellion— Chief clerk (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167-169; act of Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1)...... Clerk of class 3 (indexer) (same acts). Three clerks of class 2 (same acts). Three clerks of class 1 (same acts). Two clerks, at $1,000 each (same acts). Copyist (same acts). Copyist (same acts). Assistant messenger (same acts). $2,000.00 1,800.00 1,600.00 4, 200.00 3, 600.00 2,000.00 Necessary traveling expenses for the collection of records (same acts). Printing and Binding Naval Records of the Rebellion [For continuing the publication of an edition of 11,000 copies of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, in accordance with the plan approved by the Secretary of the Navy under the act of Congress approved July 31, 1894, and for the purpose of making such maps and illustrations as relate to the work, $10,500 (act of Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 767, sec. 1)......... OFFICE OF JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL. Salaries, Office of the Judge Advocate General, United States Navy— Law clerk (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167–169; act of Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 768, sec. 1). 2,200.00 Chief clerk, at $2,250 (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167–169; R. S., p. 70, sec. 416; act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 768, sec. 1).. Clerks: Clerks: One of class 4 (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167–169; act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 768, sec. 1). 1,800.00 One of class 3 (same acts). 1,600.00 Chief clerk (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167–169; R. S., p. 70, sec. 416; act Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 768, sec. 1). 2,250.00 Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915-Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. The services of draftsmen and such other technical services as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary may be employed only in the Bureau of Equipment, and at rates of compensation not exceeding those paid hereunder prior to Jan. 1, [1912] 1913, to carry into effect the various appropriations for "Increase of the Navy" and "Equipment of vessels," to the paid from the appropriation "Equipment of vessels": Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year [1914] 1915 shall not exceed $9,500. A statement of the persons employed hereunder, their duties, and the compensation paid to each shall be made to Congress each year in the annual estimates. Statement of persons employed as draftsmen and for other technical purposes, and compensation paid to each as required by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved Mar. 4, 1913. NOTE.-In the event of the abolishment of the Bureau of Equipment, the proviso under "Bureau of Steam Engineering," for the payment of draftsmen and other technical employees should be amended by increasing the limit therein fixed, i. e., $37,000, by $9,500. NOTE. In accordance with the requirements of section 2 of the act approved July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., 268), it is reported that there are no employees under this bureau who are below a fair standard of efficiency. NOTE. The following distribution of employees of the Bureau of Equipment has been made in accordance with authority granted the Secretary of the Navy in the naval act approved Mar. 4, 1913: $1,800.00 4,800.00 1,400.00 1,300.00 2, 400. 00 1,200.00 1,800.00 720.00 600.00 720.00 360.00 1,320. 00 Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915-Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE. Hydrographic engineer (R. S., p. 27, secs. 167-169; acts Aug. 5, 1882, vol. 22, p. 245, sec. 1; Salaries, Hydrographic Office Mar. 4, 1913, vol. 37, p. 768, sec. 1)... Copyists: Three, at $900 each (same acts).. Two, at $720 each (same acts). Compiler (same acts). Editor of Notice to Mariners (same acts) Computer (same acts)....... Four, at $1,800 each (same acts). Apprentice draftsmen: Three, at $700 each (same acts).. Engravers: Chief (same acts).. Two, at $1,800 each (same acts). Six, at $1,200 each (same acts). Two, at $1,000 each (same acts). Apprentice engravers: One (same acts). Plate printers: Chief (same acts). One (same acts) One (same acts) Two, at $900 each (same acts). One (same acts). Apprentice plate printers: One (same acts). One (same acts). Chief lithographer (same acts)... Two, at $1,000 each (same acts)....... Two, at $1,000 each (same acts). Apprentice lithographer (same acts). Press feeders: Two, at $480 each (same acts). Electrotyper and chart-plate maker (same acts).. Assistant messenger (same acts).... Laborers: $3,000.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 1,800. 00 1,800.00 3, 600.00 3,000.00 1,400.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 2, 700.00 1, 800.00 7, 200.00 10, 000. 00 2,000.00 3, 600.00 4,800.00 1,400.00 7,200.00 2,000.00 720.00 800.00 700.00 1, 400.00 1,200.00 1,000.00 1,800.00 800.00 700.00 600.00 1,800.00 1,600.00 1,400.00 1,400. 00 1,200.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 700.00 960.00 1,200.00 720.00 2,640.00 1,440. 00 1,320.00 One (same acts). One (same acts) 600.00 One (same acts). 480.00 $123, 460.00 $123, 460.00 NOTE.-To carry out the provisions of the second section of the act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stat. L., p. 268), the |