volve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the VicePresident shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as VicePresident shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. ARTICLE XIII.-(Proposed by Congress February 1, 1865; ratification announced by Secretary of State, December 16, 1865.) Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place Amendments Following Civil War. subject to their jurisdiction Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ARTICLE XIV.-(Proposed by Congress June 16, 1866; ratification announced by Secretary of State, July 25, 1868.) Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twentyone years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state. Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President or Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United states, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath as member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; but Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability. (Note. On June 7, 1898, President McKinley approved of an act of Congress which declared that "the disabilities imposed by Section 3, Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, heretofore incurred, are hereby removed.") Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing the insurrection or rebellion shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. ARTICLE XV.-(Proposed by Congress February 27, 1869; ratification announced by Secretary of State, March 30, 1870.) Section 1. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION LAW. The Presidential succession is fixed by Chapter 1 of the acts of the 49th Congress, first session. In case of the removal, death, resignation or inability of both the President and Vice-President, then the Secretary of State shall act as President until the disability of the President or Vice-President is removeď or a President is elected. If there be no Secretary of State, then the Secretary of the Treasury will act, and the remainder of the order of succession is as follows: The Secretary of War, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Interior. The Acting President must, upon taking office, convene Congress, if not at the time in session, in extraordinary session, giving twenty days' notice. This act applies only to such Cabinet officers as shall have been appointed by the advice and consent of the Senate, and are eligible under the Constitution to the Presidency The act of Congress raising the Department of Agriculture to the rank of an execuilve department and giving its head a seat in the President's Cabinet and the act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor were both passed subsequently to the Presidential succession act. By intention or inadvertence Congress did not extend the provisions of the succession act to these two additional Cabinet officers. There is no warrant for considering the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor as in the line of succession. But no judicial interpretation has yet been made of the provisions of the succession law and of the acts creating the eighth and ninth executive departments. THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. THE EXECUTIVE. PRESIDENT..... VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. SECRETARY OF WAR.. ATTORNEY GENERAL.. POSTMASTER GENERAL.. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.. WILLIAM H. TAFT. of Ohio ...JAMES S. SHERMAN, of New York .FRED W. CARPENTER, of California CABINET. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.....RICHARD A. BALLINGER, of Washington .PHILANDER C. KNOX, of Pennsylvania ....FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, of Illinois ....JACOB M. DICKINSON, of Tennessee .GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM, of New York .... FRANK H. HITCHCOCK, of Massachusetts .GEORGE VON L. MEYER. of Massachusetts SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE... ...JAMES WILSON, of Iowa SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR......CHARLES NAGEL, of Missouri [The salary of the President is $75,000 a year; the salary of the Vice-President and of each of the members of the Cabiret is $12,000 a year, except the salary of the Secretary of State, which, until March 4, 1911, is $8,000 a year; the Secretary to the President receives $6,000 a year.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE. SECRETARY OF STATE.. Solicitor-James Brown Scott (1906), Cal., $5,000. PHILANDER C. KNOX (1909), Penn., $8,000 Assistant Solicitors-William C. Dennis (1906), Ind.; Joshua R. Clark, jr. (1907), Utah; C. F. Wilson (1909), D. C., $3,000. Chief Clerk-William McNeir (1909), Mich., $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 Pureau 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 LibraryJohn A. Tonner (1909), Ohio, $2,100. Chief of Bureau of Trade RelationsJohn B. Osborne (1905), Penn., $2,100. Court of Appeals at Alexandria-Somerville P. Tuck (1908), N. Y. Court of First Instance at Cairo-Wm. G. Van Horne (1902), Utah. Court of First Instance at MansourahWalter V. R. Berry (1908), D. С. Bureau of American Republics. Director-John Barrett (1906), Ore., $5,000. Chief Clerk-Franklin Adams, acting, $2.000. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY....FRANKLIN MACVEAGH (1909), 111., $12,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY.. Auditor for State Department-Caleb R. Layton (1906), Del., $4,000. Auditor for Treasury Department-Willlam E. Andrews (1897), Neb., $4,000. Auditor for War Department-Benj. F. Harper (1905), Ind., $5,000. Auditor for Postoffice DepartmentMerritt O. Chance (1908), 111., $4,000. Auditor for Navy Department-Ralph W. Tvler (1907), Ohio, $4.000. Auditor for Interior Department-Howard C. Shober (1909), S. Dak., $4.000. Treasurer of United States-Lee Mc- Controller of the Currency-Lawrence O. Murray (1908), 111., $5,000. Deputy Controller of the CurrencyWillis J. Fowler (1908), Ind., $3,000. Commissioner of Internal RevenueRoyal E. Cabell (1909), Va., $6,000. Deputy Commissioners of Internal Revenue-Robert Williams, jr. (1899), La., $4,000; J. C. Wheeler (1900), Mich., $3,600. Director of the Mint-A. Platt Andrew (1909), Mass., $4,500. Chief of Secret Service Division-John E. Wilkie (1897), 111., $4,000. Assistant Chief of Secret Service Division-W. H. Moran (1907), D. C., $3,000. Surgeon General of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service-Walter Wyman (1891). Mo., $5,000. Supervising Architect-James K. Taylor (1897), Penn., $5,000. Director Bureau of Engraving and Print- | De Vries (1900), Cal., president; H. м. Board of General Appraisers-Marion lain (1908), Iowa; each $9,000. SECRETARY OF WAR.... WAR DEPARTMENT. ...JACOB M. DICKINSON (1909), Tenn., $12,000 ROBERT SHAW OLIVER (1903), N. Y., $5,000 ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK........JOHN C. SCOFIELD (1899), Ga., $4,000 Chief of Engineers. Chief of Ordnance. Judge Advocate General. Chief Signal Officer... Major General Fred C. Ainsworth... April 23, 1904 .Oct. 12, 1905 Brig. Gen. Charles H. Whipple.....Jan. 1, 1908 May 3, 1901 May 24, 1901 .Brig. Gen. James Allen.... Feb. 10, 1906 Oct. 1, 1906 .Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray. .. Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards... June 30, 1906 BATTLEFIELD PARK COMMISSIONS. Gettysburg National Military ParkCommissioners John P. Nicholson, Penn.; Lunsford L. Lomax, Va.; C. A. Rich ardson. N. Y.; compensation, $10 a day. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park-Commissioners, Ezra A. Carman, D. C.; Col. John Tweedale (retired), U. S. A.; Joseph B. Cumming, Ga.; compensation, $300 a month. Shiloh National Military Park-Commissloners, Cornelius Cadle, Ala.; James H. Ashcraft, Ky. Basil Duke, Ky.; compensation, $250 a month. Vicksburg National Military ParkCommissioners, William T. Rigby, Iowa; Louis Guion, La.; James G. Everest, Ill.; compensation, $300 a month. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. ATTORNEY GENERAL.......GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM (1909), N. Y., $12,000 ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL..WADE H. ELLIS (1908), Ohio, $7,000 SOLICITOR GENERAL.... ...LLOYD W. BOWERS (1909), 111., $7,500 Assistant Attorneys General-John G. Thompson (1897), Ill.; Charles W. Russell (1905), W. Va.; Wm. Wallace Brown (1907), Penn.; James A. Fowler (1908), Tenn.; John Q. Thompson (1907). Kan.; William R. Harr (1909), D. C.; $5,000. Assistant Attorney General, Interior Department Oscar Lawler (1909), Cal., $5,000. Assistant Attorney General, Postoffice Department-Russel P. Goodwin (1904), Ill., $5,000. Solicitor of Internal Revenue-Fletcher Maddox (1908), Mont., $5,000. Chief Clerk-Orin J. Field (1903), Kan., $3,000. Law Clerk and Examiner of TitlesR. T. Strickland (1907), N. Y., $2,700. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. POSTMASTER GENERAL... FRANK H. HITCHCOCK (1909), Mass., $12,000 FIRST ASST. POSTMASTER GENERAL... $5,000 SECOND ASST. POSTMASTER GENERAL.. JOSEPH STEWART (1908), Mo., $5,000 THIRD ASST. POSTMASTER GENERAL.... A. L. LAWSHE (1907), Ind.... $5,000 FOURTH ASST. POSTMASTER GENERAL, Chief Clerk-Richard P. Covert (1909), Wis., $3,000. Superintendent of Foreign Mails-Basil Miles (1908), Penn., $3,000. Superintendent of Money Order System -Edward F. Kimball (1903), Mass., $3,500. Superintendent of System of Postal Finance-Harry H. Thompson (1906), $2.250. Superintendent of Registry SystemC. Howard Buckler (1906), D. C., $2.500. Superintendent Rural Delivery Service W. R. Spilman (1903). Kan., $3.000. General Superintendent of Railway Mail Service-Alex. Grant (1907), Mich., $4,000. PETER V. DE GRAW (1905), Penn., $5,000 Supt. Division of Classification-Harwood M. Bacon (1903), Mich., $2,750. Superintendent City Delivery Service- NAVY DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY... GEORGE VON L. MEYER (1909), Mass., $12,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Bureau. Navigation.. BUREAU Equipment..... Ordnance... BEEKMAN WINTHROP (1909), N. Y., $5,000 .........F. S. CURTIS (1907), Ohio, $3,000 CHIEFS AND DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Medicine and Surgery Rear Admiral R. F. Nicholson. Dec. 2, 1909 .. May 14, 1909 Chief Constructor Washington L. Capps. Nov. 1, 1903 Aids to the Secretary-Rear Admiral William Swift, material; Rear Admiral William DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. RICHARD A. BALLINGER (1909), Wash., $12,000 FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Commissioner of General Land Office Fred Dennett (1908), N. D., $5,000. Assistant Commissioner-Samuel V. Proudfit (1908), Iowa, $3,500. First Deputy Commissioner - Leander Second Deputy Commissioner--Leverett M. Kelley (1897), III., $3,600. Commissioner of Patents-Edward B. Moore (1907), D. C., $5,000. DEPARTMENT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE... ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Chief Clerk-Sylvester R. Burch (1903), Kan., $2,500. Solicitor-George P. McCabe (1908), D. C., $4,500. Chief of Weather Bureau-Willis Moore (1895), Ohio, $6,000. L. FRANK PIERCE (1907), Utah, $5,000 JESSE E. WILSON (1905). Ind., $4,500 First Assistant Commissioner of Patents-Cornelius C. Billings (1907), Vt., $4,500. Commissioner of Education-Elmer E. OF AGRICULTURE. Chief of Bureau of Animal IndustryAlonzo 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 (1893), Ind., $5,000. DEPARTMENT OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY... Chief Clerk-Frank H. Bowen (1905), Mass., $3,000. Chief of Bureau of Entomology-L. O. Howard (1894), 111., $4,000. Chief of Bureau of Biological SurveyC. Hart Merriam (1886). N. Y., $3,000. Director of Office of Experiment Stations-A. C. True (1893), Conn., $4,000. Chief of Division of Publications-Joseph A. Arnold (1909), Ind., $3,000. Director of Office of Public RoadsLogan W. Page (1905), Mass., $3,000. Chief of Bureau of Statistics-Victor H. Olmstead (1906), D. C., $3,500. COMMERCE AND LABOR. LABOR..CHARLES NAGEL (1909), Mo., $12,000 ....BENJAMIN S. CABLE (1909), 111., $5,000 Weis (1902), Baltimore, Md., $4,000; George B. Billings (1907), Boston, $4,000; John S. R. Rodgers (1895), Philadelphia, $4,000; Hart H. North (1895), San Francisco, $4,000; John H. Clark (1905), Montreal, $4,000; Ellis de Bruler (1909), Seattle; Graham L. Rice (1904), San Juan, Porto Rico, $3,000. Commissioner of Corporations-Herbert Knox Smith (1907), Conn., $5,000. Deputy Commissioner of CorporationsLuther Conant, jr. (1909), N. Y., $3,500. Commissioner of Labor-Charles P. Neill (1904), D. C., $5,000. Commissioner General of Immigration and Naturalization Daniel J. Keefe (1908), Mich., $5,000. Assistant Commissioner of Immigration -Frank J. Larned (1907), Md., $3,500. Chief Division of Naturalization-Richard K. Campbell (1906), Va., $3,500. Chief Division of Information-Terence V. Powderly (1907). Penn., $3.500. Commissioners of Ports-William Williams (1909), N. Y., $6,500; Louis T. Supervising Inspector General of Steam Vessels-George Uhler (1903), Penn., 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 of ManufacturesJohn M. Carson (1905), Penn., $4,000. Lighthouse Board-President, Secretary of Commerce and Labor; chairman, Rear Admiral Adolph Marix, U. S. N.; mem bers, Colonel Walter S. Franklin, U. S. A.; Colonel William T. Rossell, U. S. A.; Henry S. Pritchett, Rear Admiral Kossuth Niles, U. S. N.; Major James B. Cavanaugh, U. S. A.; Captain W. B. Caperton, U. S. N., naval secretary; Colonel Thomas L. Casey, U. S. A., engineer secretary. *INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS AND OFFICES. 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), 111.; each, $10,000. Secretary-Edward A. Moseley (1887), Chief Examiner - George R. Wales (1908), Vt., $3,000. Secretary-John T. Doyle (1880), N. Y., $2,500. Tariff Board. Commissioners (appointed by the President without specific terms, compensation fixed by him) - Henry C. Emery (1909), Conn.; James B. Reynolds (1909), Mass.; Alvin H. Sanders (1909), 111. Government Printing Office. (1907), Md., $3,600. Library of Congress. Librarian - Herbert Putnam (1899), Assistant Librarian-Appleton P. С. Griffin (1908), D. C., $4,000. THE UNITED STATES ARMY. The actual strength of the army on June 30, 1909, including the Porto Rico Regiment and the Philippine Scouts was 4,232 officers and 77,341 enlisted men-total, 81,573. There were lost to the army in the year ended June 30, 1909, 167 officers and 26,564 enlisted men. There were two enlisted men of the regular army and one enlisted man of the Philippine Scouts killed in action, and one man of the regular army fatally wounded in the year ended June 30, 1909. There were in the Porto Rico Regiment on June 20, 1909, 24 officers and 551 enlisted men, and in the Philippine Scouts 160 officers and 5,586 enlisted men. The Hospital Corps (Medical Department) contains 3,461 enlisted men not included in the above totals. GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY. Brigadier General Arthur Murray. Major General Thomas H. Barry. Colonels. George S. Anderson, 9th Cavalry. tillery. Samuel D. Sturgis, 1st Field Artillery. ARMY WAR COLLEGE. Brigadier General William W. Wotherspoon, president; Major H. D. Todd, secretary. *For Philippine and Panama Canal Strip Commissions, see under "Insular Dependencies." |