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 law arising in the administration of their respective offices; he exercises a general superintendence and direction over United States attorneys and marshals in all judicial districts in the States and Territories, and provides special counsel for the United States whenever required by any department of the Government.

Solicitor-General.—John K. Richards.

Assistant Attorneys-General.—James Edmund Boyd, John G. Thompson, Louis A. Pradt, Henry M. Hoyt, Willis Van Devanter (for Department of the Interior), and James N. Tyner (for Post Office Department).

Solicitor of Internal Revenue (Treasury Department).—George M. Thomas.

Solicitor for Department of State.—William L. Penfield.

Solicitor of the Treasury.—Maurice D. O'Connell.

Chief Clerk.—Cecil Clay.

Disbursing Clerk.—Henry Rechtin.

The Solicitor-General and the Assistant Attorneys-General assist the Attorney-General, and those assigned to the different Departments, as designated above, act with especial reference to those Departments. The Solicitor of the Treasury, although attached to the Department of Justice, takes cognizance of all frauds or attempted frauds on the customs revenue.

5. Postmaster-General.—Charles Emory Smith, of Pennsylvania, born in Connecticut in 1842; Minister to Russia in 1890; has been editor of the Albany Express, Albany Evening Journal, and Philadelphia Press; appointed Postmaster-General April 21, 1898.

The Postmaster-General has the direction and management of the general postal business of the Government; he appoints officers and employees of the Department, except the four Assistant Postmasters-General, who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; appoints all postmasters whose compensation does not exceed $1000; makes postal treaties with foreign governments, by and with the advice and consent of the President, and directs the management of the domestic and foreign mail service.

First Assistant Postmaster-General.—Perry S. Heath. Has charge of the Divisions of Salary and Allowance, Free Delivery, Post-Office Supplies, Money-Order, Correspondence, and Dead-Letter Office.

Second Assistant Postmaster-General.—W. S. Shallenberger. Has charge of the transportation of mails; his office embraces four divisions — Inspection, Railway Adjustment, Mail Equipment, contract — and the Office of Railway Mail Service and the Office of Foreign Mails.

Third Assistant Postmaster-General.—John A. Merritt. Has charge of the finances of the Department, working under five divisions — Finance, Postage Stamps and Stamped Envelopes, Registered Letters, Mail Classification, and Files, Mails, etc.

Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General.—Joseph L. Bristow. Duties comprehend the Divisions of Appointments, Bonds and Commissions, and Post-Office Inspectors and Mail Depredations.

Chief Clerk.—Blain W. Taylor. Has general supervision of clerks and employees and of business of the Department.

Disbursing Clerk.—Rufus B. Merchant. Pays salaries of clerks and employees and settles accounts against Department.

6. Secretary of the Navy.—John Davis Long, of Massachusetts, born in Maine Oct. 27, 1838; lawyer by profession; member of Massachusetts legislature, 1875-78; Speaker Massachusetts House of Representatives,