ffi)rKu t .i. u1tin PUBLISHED D.&LY under order of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STRTES by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC INFORM.&TION GEORGE CREEL, Chairman * * * COMPLETE Record of U. X. GOVERNMENT .qctivities

VOL. 2 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. No. 495 U.S. COLLEGES WILL CONTINUE FOOD ADMINISTRATION REVOKES 109 U.S. AIRMEN KILLED, MILITARY TRAINING COURSES PUBLIC EATING PLACE ORDERS 103 WOUNDED, 200 MISSING, WITH RESERVE OFFICERS CORPS Specific Regulations Replaced by a General Request for All to 37 PRISONERS, 3 INTERNED, WILL SPECIALIZE IN ALL Bl4NCHES Observe Conservation. CASUALTY LIST INFRANCE Equipment of Students Corps to Be As a further step.in the replacement of Utilized Under the Aew Plan. specific food regulations by a general 845 ENEMY MACHINES About 300 InstitutionsExpected to appeal for increased conservation of all FELLED BY OUR MEN foods, the United States*Food Adminis- Take up the Work at Once. tration has rescinded the twelve " Gen- About 271 Planes and 45 eral Orders " for public eating places, at The War Department authorizes the following: the same time eimphasizing the need for Balloons Loston Our Side, T'yith the demobilization of the Stu- continued care in the use of food in order Preliminary Report by dents' Army Training Corps, the colleges that the United States may meet its of the United States will not give up their pledge to relieve, to the capacity of our Major General Harbord connection with military training, but in- ports, the world famine conditions stead will turn their attention to the Re- abroad. The order rescinding the general Sa'ys--Total Air Strength serve Officers' Training Corps. Before orders becomes effective to-day. 6,861 Officers and 51,:29 the war there were about 115 units of In notifying the hotel chairmen on the the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in staffs of the Federal food administrators Men-Number of Planes the various colleges. About 100 of these of the decision to rescind the present reg- are now being reestablished and applica- ulations, the hotel division of the Food Received and in Service. tion's have been received for about 200 Administration asked that they hold new units. Hence something like three- themselves in readiness to assist in put- The War Department authorizes the fifths of the 500 institutions in the Stu- ting into effect any specific measures following: dents' Army Training Corps will start at which public eating places, through de- once with units of the Reserve Officers' A brief review of operations of the v'elpments in world relief, may in the American Air Service in France, up to Training Corps. future be called upon to carry out. One important change in the organiza- November 12, is contained in a cable from tion of the Reserve Officers' Training Maj. Gen. Harbord to the Director of the Corps is now being worked out. This Surplus Government Air Service, dated December 15, 1918. change in regulations swill allow the units There were in operation on the front to specialize in training officer material Trucks and Passenger on November 11, 39 American aero squad- for the various corps of the Army, such as rons, distributed us follows: 20 pursuit, the Field Artillery, Engineer, Signal Automobiles Will Not 1 night bombardment, 6 day bombard- Corps, Coast Artillery, Ordnance, Medi- ment, 5 Army observation, 12 corps ob- cal Corps, and Military Aeronautics, in- Be Put on Sale at,Once servation, 1 night observation. stead of the uniform training for In- Enemy planes brought down by Ameri- fantry, which was the rule before the wr. The War Department authorizes the can flyers included 491 confirmed and 354 In addition to--the collegiate units, following: unconfirmed, making a total of 845. A total of 82 enemy balloons are reported plans are now under way -t& establish The Director of Munitions hereby con- junior units in secondary sch5ts. City as destroyed, of which 57 were confirmed. tradicts the statement in the newspapers During the activities of the American High School Corps are already estab- to the effect that the Government intends lished in Boston, Chicago, Denver, and a Air Service the United States lost 271 to -puton sale at once all trucks and motor planes and 45 balloons. large number of other cities. passenger cars that are not being used in Equipment Made Available. the service. The fact is that all trucks Total of 442 Casualties. owned by the Government will be needed The change from the Students' Army Concerning commissioned personnel cas- in the service for some time to come. In ualties, the cable reports 109 killed, 103 1raining Corps to the Reserve Officers' the disposal of surplus property every Training Corps is being made so rapidly wounded, 200 missing, 27 prisoners, and care will be taken to see that it is sold 3 interned, making a total of 442. that a large part of the equipment used in a manner best adapted to cause as in the various institutions for the Stu- The Air Service included In the zone little disturbance to the trade as pos- of advance 2,161 officers and 22,351 sol- dents' Army Training Corps will be kept sible. on hand to be used for the Reserve Offi- diers, a total of 24,512 at the actual cers' Training Corps. The administration front. There were also 4,643 officers and of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 28,353 soldiers in the service of supply. has been placed in thf hands of the Com- With the French armies there were de- inittee on Education and Special Train- No Issue of the Bulletin tailed 8 American flying officers and with ing, which operates under the training the British expeditionary forces there and instruction branch of the War Plans On December 24 and 25 were 49 officers and 525 soldiers. The Division of the General Staff. The com- total personnel in France consisted of mittee will attempt to make available a Owing to the fact that the Gov- 6,861 officers and 51,229 soldiers, a total large amount of scientific and technical ernment Printing Office will be air strength of 58,000. . Air Service me- material which has been developed by the closed to-morrow, Tuesday, Decem- chanies regiments with the French army experience of the war, and in all units of ber 24, and on Christmas Day, there inclided 109 officers and 4,744 soldiers. the Reserve Officers' Training Corps spe- will be no issue of the Officill U. S. The flying personnel underinstruction cial emphasis will be placed on physical Bulletin on those days. on November 11 included 1.323 pilcts training and mass athletics. assigned as follows: Preliminary, 126; 2 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. nadvanced, 29; pursuit, 850; observation, 140; day bombing, 77; night bombing, EXTRA HEAVY CHRISTMAS MAIL RIJNDAM WITH 3,022 TROOPS 101. Observers in training included 563 ar- BUT NO CONGESTION ANYWHERE, DUE AT NEWPORT NEWS, JAN. 1 tillery 65 day bombing,' and 61 night bombing, a total of 689 officers. This POST OFFICE REPORTS INDICATE The Chief of Staff authorizes publi- made the aggregate in training 2.012. cation of the following: The flying personnel awaiting instrue- PARCELS MOVE ON SCHEDULE TIME Transport Rijndum sailed from France tion included 155 pilots and 59 observ- December 19 and will probably dock at Newport News ers. Graduat'ons up to November 11, Prompt about January 1, with 1918, included 6,069 pilots divided as fol- Deliveries Reported from All the following troops: Casual Company No. 404, District No. 1, lows: Preliminary, 1,573; advanced. 2,- Cities, the Result of General Ob- 3 officers, 150 men. 359; pursuit, 1,160; observation, 723; Casual Company No. 111, District No. 2, day bombing, 329; night bombing 25. servance of Department's Advice 2 officers, 129 men. total of 2.045 observers divided as Thirty-second Brigade Headquarters, Coast A "Mail Early." Artillery Corps, 100 per ccnt, Key West, Fla., follows: Pursuit, 88; artillery, 1.425; to the Public to 7 officers, 63 men. day bomb ng, 390; night bombing, 142. Thirteenth Anti-Aircraft Sector, 65 per Telegraphic reports received by the cent, Fort Totte, N. Y., 35 per cent, Jeffer- A total of 159 individuals is reported son Barracks, Mo., 7 officers, 155 men. as being killed in training. Post Office Department from the post Ninth Anti-Aircraft Sector, 62 per cent offices throughout the country under date Portland, Me., 38 per cent Fort Caswell, South- Planes Received from All Sources. of December 20 indicate early mailing port, N. C., 8 officers, 196 men. One hundred and fourteenth Ammunition The number of planes, by type, re- of Christmas packages and show a very Train, 67 per cent Camp Beauregard, 20 per ceived from all sources by the American large increase in the volume of mail over ecnt Camp Zachary Taylor, 7 per cent Camp Expeditionary Force between Septem- that of the corresponding period last year. Plike, 33 officers, 1.103 men. Thirty-one Casual officers classified as fol- her 12, 1917, and November 16, 1918, is Realizing the difficulties in the handling lows: as follows: Pursuit, for service, 3.337, of the mail which would arise from the Brig. Gen. Charles Zimmerman. Motor for schools. 90; observation, for service, absence Traisport Corps 1, Cavalry 1, Engineers 1, of postal employees on account Air Service 23, Infantry 4 including 2 aides- 3.421, for schools, 664; day hombing, for of the influenza and the number engaged decamp to Brig. Gen. Charles Zimmerman; service, 421, for schools, 85; n ght re- in military service, the department took other Casuals, 1 onlisted man. 1 Y. M1. C. A. connaissance, 31. civilian, and 1 K. of C. civilian; sick and measures at an early date to prepare for wounded as follows: Bedridden 74, tubercu Other planes received included 2.285 the Christmas mail, and though the vol- lar, 10; requiring no special attention 985; training planes, 30 experimental planes, nine up to date is greater than ever be- afttndants, 3 officers and 60 men. Total, and 108 miscellaneous, mak ng a total fore, and notwithstanding the congestion 3,022. of 6,472. of general traffic at this season, the re- . Eight Schools in France. ports all show that the Christmas mail Further Relaxation of Eight different schools under American is being handled with extraordinary Restrictions on Exports control were established in France and promptness. de4igned for training 3,800 officers and " No Congestion at All." The War 11.700 Trade Board announces in a men, a- follows: new ruling (W. T. B. R. 442) (supple- Tours.-Observers: 916 officers, 2,121 The reports show there is no congestion at all, and that the mail everywhere is be- nenting W. T. B. R. 339, Nov. 22, 1918; soldiers. W. T. B. R. 368, Dec. 9, 1918; and W. T. Issoudun.-General flying: 2,175 offi- ing handled " up to the minute." The re- port of the Washington past office says B. R. 410, Dec. 18, 1918) that it will no cers. 6.100 soldiers. longer require exporters to file the fol- Clermont-Ferrand.-Bombardment: 120 that the incoming parcel mail is exceed- officers, 60 soldiers. ingly heavy but is being delivered as it lowing supplemental information sheets: X-3. Leather, hides, etc. St. Jean-de-Monte.----Aerial gunners: 92 is received. The New York post office re- ports that the postage sales for the first X-4. Tin plate. oflicers. 1.500 soldiers. X-22. Fla% packing to Canada, New- Soa.-.Artillery firing point: 259 offi- 17 days of December show an increase of $108.000 over the corresponding period foundland, Mexico, etc. cer,. 750 soldiers. X-24. 1loving pictures (United King- Coetquidan.-Artillery firing point: 25 of 1917, and that the mails are being dis- officei, 120 soldiers. tributed, dispatched, and delivered dom, etc.). lucon.-Artillery firing point: 20 of1l- promptly. Philadelplia shows an in- cers, 110 soldiers. crease of 7 per cent in the Christmas mail, mento reports an enormous increase In Chatillon-sur-Seine. -Observers: 204 which is being handled promptly. A 12 the dispatch of foreign mail and a slight officer4, 333 soldiers. per cent greater volume is being handled reduction in the volume of domestic mail, at Indianapolis without congestion. New- with everything moving on schedule. The ark, N. J., reports that packages are outgoing Christmas mail at Hartford, MR. CLARKSON CHOSEN DIRECTOR larger and more heavily insured and reg- Conn., is 10 per cent lighter and the in- istered mails greatly increased, and that coming 20 per ceit heavier, with no de- OF NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL there is no congestion there. lays. The postmaster at Chicago reports Pittsburgh and the West. that the Christmas mail is much heavier At a meeting of the Council of Na- than lIst year, but that the mail-arder tional Defense, composed The postmaster at Pittsburgh says that of the Secre- the increase there is 9 per cent in parcel- output is lighter on account of unavoid- taries of War, Navy, Interior, Agricul- able delays in filling orders, which will re- ture, Commerce, and Labor, Grosvenor post outgoing, and an increase of 20 per cent in the volume of mail for city deliv- sult in a great increase of volume later B. Clarkson was elected director of the ery. on. No congestion or delays. have oe- council to succeed W. S. Gifford. now The mail is being delivered on sched- ule time, and five 3-ton Army trucks are curred. Dayton, Ohio. shows an increase comptroller of the American Telephone of 25 per cent over last year. to be immediately placed in service, and and Telegraph Co. Mr. Clarkson is a Heavy at New Orleans. New York business man the railroad facilities are greatly im- who has been proved over last secretary of the council and its ad- year. Cincinnati reports New Orleans reports the volume of visory commission throughout the prompt handling of Christmas mail mail for Christmas as extremely heavy, the war. and a general improvement le was formerly one of the workinz of conditions far in excess of last year. Up to date heads of the Committee on Industrial over last year. Brooklyn reports a simi- there has been a slght decrease of the in- Preparedness of the Naval Consulting lar promptness in delivery, and a very coming mail at St. Louis, and a marked Board, which made the first inventory of large increase in insured parcels. Buffalo increase of the outgoing mail. Deliveries American industries for military use. reports 20 per cent increase and no delay. are made without delay or interruptions. Los Angeles reports 25 per cent more Jacksonville reports " appreciable in- mail received and 95 per -cent as much crease of parcel-post outgoing." The sale 10,000 BOLSHEVIKI ON NAIBVA FRONT. letter mail and 75 per cent na much parcel of stamps amounted to $3,800 daily dur- Reports from Helsingfors say that the mail dispatched, all deliveries being ing the past week. as against $3.500 last bolsheviki have an army of 10,000 on the prompt. Portland, Oreg., reports an ade- year, despite the 50 per cent decrease at Narva front. and that the situation in quate supply of good-tempered help and Camp Johnston. All mail has been dis- Esthonin is very serious because of lack the prompt delivery of mail, 13 per cent tributed and dispatched by 8.80 each of arms. ltrger in volume than last year. Sacra- night. THE OFFICIAL TJ. *S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 3 FINAL PROGRAM FOR REVIEW OF THE RETURNING U.S. FLEET Distinguished Service Medals INNEW YORK HARBOR, DEC.26 Awarded to 28 Allied Officers ANNOUNCED BY SECRETARY DANIELS Official Communique from Gen. Per- Maj. Gen. Gerard, commanding eighth Invitations Issued to Members of the shing, No. 1998. army. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FoRGEs, Maj. Gen. Berthelot, commanding the December 20. French forces in Orient. Cabinet and Wives, Governors of Mhj. Gen. Guillaumat, commanding the States and Congress Committee- Pursuant to authority granted me by Fifth Army. cablegram, I have awarded, in the name Maj. Gen. Humbert, commanding the men-Press Boat Plans-Parade of the President, the distinguished serv- Third Army. ice medal to the allied officers, for excep- Maj. Gen. Weygand, Chief of Staff to of Sailors. tionally meritorious and distinguished Marshal Foch. services rendered to the A. E. F. and to Maj. Gen. Buat, Chief of Staff to Mar- Secretary Daniels authorizes the fol- the cause in wxhich we have been en- slial Petain. lowing announcement as to the grange- gaged: ments made for the review of the fleet FRENCH ARMY. BRITISH ARMY. Lieut. Gen. Horne, commanding First at New York next Thursday, December Maj. Gen. De Curieres de Castelnau, 26, to welcome the battleships returning Army. commanding the group of the armies of Gen. Plumer, commanding Second from service in European waters: the East. Invitations have been issued to the Army. members of the Cabinet and their wives, Maj. Gen. Franchert D. Esperey, com- Gen. Byng, commanding Third Army. to the governors of all the States, to the mander in chief of the allied armies of Gen. Rawlinson, commanding Fourth the Naval Affairs Commit- the Orient. Army. members of the tees of the Senate and House of Repre- Maj. Gen. Favolle, commanding Gen. Bird-Wood, commanding Fifth sentatives, to the military and naval rep- group of armies of reserve. Army. resentatives of the allied nations who are Maj. Gen. Maistre, commanding-the Lieut, Gen. Currie, commanding Cana- stationed in Washington, and to the wives group of armies of the center. dian Corps, of the admirals and captains returning Maj. Gen. Debeney, commanding the Lieut. Gen. Lawrence, Chief of Staff. first army. from Europe, to Vice Admiral and Mrs. BELGIAN ARMY. and Rear Admiral and Mrs. Maj. Gen. Hirschauer, commanding the Gleaves Lieut. Gen. Ruquoy, commanding Usher. second army. ' commanding the Fifth Corps. Review from Mayflower. Maj. Gen. Gouraud, fourth army. Lieut. Gen. Jacques, commanding The Mayflower, from which the Secre- Maj. Gen. Degoutte, commanding the '2hird Corps. Iary will review the fleet' will reach New group of the armies of the Flanders. ITALIAN ARMY. York December 25, and will anchor near at the foot of Ninety- Maj. Gen. Baucheron de Boissoudy, Lieut. Gen. Badoglio, Subehief of-Staff. the boat landing French Army of Bel- seventh Street. Those on the Mayflowver commanding the Maj. Gen. Sciploni, Third Chief of for the review, in addition to the Secre- Staff. iary and Mrs. Daniels, will include the Maj. Gen. Mangin, commanding the His Royal Highness Duke of Aosta, Cabinet members, the senior naval at- tenth army. commanding the Thihd Army. tache of each of the allied nations, the wives of the returning admirals and cap- tains, Vice Admiral and Mrs. Gleaves, river. They will anchor near the Statue VIe Admiral Grant will be in charge and Rear Admiral and Mrs. Usher. * of Liberty and review the fleet as it comes of the movements of all shipping in the Following the Mayflower will be a con- into the harbor. The mayor and the harbor of New York in connection with verted yacht. Hon. Franklin D. Roose- mayor's committee of New York will be the naval review. velt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, on board a boat provided by the city of Officers will be detailed for duty on the w ith the governors, the members of the New York. After the fleet has anchored dock at the foot of Ninety-seventh Street House and Senate Naval Affairs Com- in the North River the Mlayflower will to direct the guests to the proper boats, mittee, and the members of the Naval steam around to an anchorage near the with instructions to admit only those per- Consulting Board, will be aboard this landing at Ninety-seventli Street. After sons having cards signed by the Secre- ship. In addition to the regular officers, luncheon the guests on board the Nay- tary of the Navy or Commander Foote, Rear Admiral Burrage will be on board flower and attending ships will go ashore aid to the Secretary. in charge of the congressional party and to view the parade. One hundred and Rear Admiral W. S. Smith will be with fifty seats have been reserved in the re- 3 More Sections of War the Naval Consulting Board. viewing stand at Twenty-third Street and Another converted yacht has been de- Fifth Avende for use of the Secretary of Industries Board Disband tailed by Admiral Usher for the allied the Navy and his invited guests, and military and naval representatives. Admiral Usher has arranged with the The War Industries Board authorizes Woman's Motor Corps for transportation the following: Press Boat Arrangements, of guests from Ninety-seventh Street to For the representatives of the press the the reviewing stand. The followng sections of the 1ar In- U. . S. Xarifa, a converted yacht, has dustries Board were to-day formily dis- been detailed. Mr. John Wilber Jenkins, Formation of Paiade. banded: press representative of the Navy Depprt- Only those from the returning ships Cotton goods section, Spencer Turner, ment, will be in charge. Tickets for the will march in the parade. The returning chief. Mr. Turner at the time of. his press boat will be issued by Mr. Jenkins admirals and captains of the ships will appointment, November 26, 1917, was a at the Navy Recruiting Bureau at 318 march with the nen of their respective. member of the firm of Turner, Hibsey West Thirty-ninth Street, New York, ships. Eighty per cent of the members Co., New York. where the arrangements for the press of the crews and as many of the officers Rubber section, Harry T. Dunn, chief. boat will be announced. as possible from the home-coming ships Mr. Dunn was appointed August 6, 1918, Both the ships will be anchored near will take part in the parade. It is in- being at that time president of the Fisk the Mayfloiwer at the foot of Ninety-sev- tended to send the U. S. S. ewo Merxico, Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Mas., and enth Street, North River, and the gue-ts U. S. S. Missi&sippi, and a number of the Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wis. are invited to go on board-at 8 a. m. destroyers under command of Rear Ad- Cotton ind cotton linteras section, miral Williams to meet the fleet some- George It. Jamnes, chief. Mr. James was Start at 8 O'Clock. where near Fire Island Light Ship. In appointed April 4, 1918. At that time he Promptly at 8 o'clock the Mayfloicer addition, a number of naval aircraft will was president of th- William II. Moore and the other ships will start down the be part of the naval spectacle. Dry Goods Co., at Memphis, Tenn. 4 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918.

@oflital ?A &*TI6ulle0tin Honors Paid First Three U. S. Soldiers Published Every Week Day, Except Legal Holidays, Under Order of the President of the United States and Who Died in Battle on French Soil by Authority of Congress. The first three American soldiers to States took up the insulting defiance of Oflice: Continental Trust Building, die on French soil fell in the little village Germany these American volunteers, al- Fourteenth and H Streets NW., Washington, D. C. , Tel. Main A0. of Bethelemont, about 12 miles east of ready veterans, took their places in their Nancy. national army-and presented to France Copies of THE OrriCIAL U. S. ifLLDTIN Will The population of this region decided this fing which so proudly they had borne be furnished without charge to every post office in the United States Ito be posted daily, for to erect a monument comnlemoriating through numerous battles, and tile the benefit of the public, under order of the their sacrificing and a replica of this French reverently deposited it at the Posimaster General) ; to legiblative and execu- proposed monument was sent to Presi- Invaides. tive oflicers of the United States Government, dent Wilson by Ambassador Sharp, at and to diplomatic representatives of all foreign Met the German " Test." Governments.-EDWARD S. RocussTER, Editor. Paris. a few months ago at the request of those in charge of the project. Origi- A few days after the first Americans RATES BY MAIL nally It was the- intention to hold the entered the trenches the Huns desired to One year ------$5. 00 Six months ------3. 10 ceremony of dedication in the very vil- test the worth of their new enemy. They One gear, postage prepaid to lage of Bethelemont, where the three directed an attack agains the sector. foreign countries _--a-g 8.00 given their lives for Valianttly did the American soldiers sup- Daily.. Six months, postage prepaid to . oung heroes had foreign countries ------4.50 freedom, but the community was situated port their baptismal fire. They did not Back numbers and extra so near the firing line that the ceremony yield one inch of their positions. The copies ------each- .01 had to be held at Nancy. Ambassador enemy who had penetrated for a mo- Make all checks, money orders, and drafts Sharp has sent to the State Department ment into their trenches withdrew, leav- S BULLETIN payable to Tan OrriciAL U. a graphic report on the subject, of which ing nunierous dead. Three Americans the following is an abstract: were killed in the French lines, one Story of the Dedication. pierced by a revolver shot, the other two AMENDED SPECIFICATIONS stabbed with poniards. They were in- A large crowd of distinguished people terred in a field below the hill on which FOR ILLUMINATING OILS were present at the dedication exercises are clustered the houses of the village in the large council chamber of the city of Bathelemont. It was decided that the Specifications for illuminating oils hall, which was decorated on all sides by names of these three first victims should have been so amended as to allow these flags and other emblems testifying to the be inscribed on stone, and although the products to be made from any satisfac- people's regard for the United States. project could not be given dimensions in tory crude petroleum, It is announced by Full accounts of the ceremonies were keeping with the importance of the his- the United States Fuel Administration. published in all the French papers. M. toric fact to be commemorated, the de- A decision to that effect, just reached Mirman. the prefect of the district of sign Is artistic and was drawn by Louis by the committee on standardization of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, the senator of Majorelle. The cross and the thistle of petroleum specifications, will mean the that district, the minister of blockade, Lorraine are entwined with the stars of saving not only of unnecessary rail trans- and Ambassador Sharp made remarks America. The inscription on one side portation but also will make the oil availo appropriate to the occasion. reads: able at less cost at points of consump- A day or two before the ceremony Ger- tion. man air machines again bombarded the " Lorraine to the United States." Specifications Heretofore. city, killing a number of people and seri- That on the other side: Specifications which heretofore have ously wounding many more; children Here were paralyzed and soldiers blinded by been used by the different departments of - in Lorraine territory the Government, including the United the injuries received on that occasion. repose States Railroad Administration, have at Enemy machines were flying constantly the three first times been so drawn that they could be over the city planning for additional American soldiers met only when the illuminating oil was raids, while below little white flakes of killed by the enemy manufactured from the crude oil from smoke from many antiaircraft guns indi- on November 3, 1917, cated the vain endeavor to bring down some particular section of the United CORPORAL JAMES B. GRESHAM States, notwithstanding the fact that oils the enemy. (of Evansville), his address before a from other distrigts could produce an M. Mirman, in PRIVATE TfoMAs F. ENRIGHT illuminating oil equally desirable. - huze assembly at Nancy, emphasized the (of Pittsburgh), fact that the three young heroes in whose Cost under Former System. PRIVATE MERLE D. HAY honor the monument had been erected (of Glidden), The committee on standardization of were not, indeed, the first Americans as worthy sons of their great battle fields of petroleum specifications early recognized whose blood had tinged the and noble Nation they have that the former system France. Young men from the United resulted in in- fought for Justice, Liberty, creased cost, not only to the Government, States. impatient to fight, had enrolled and Civilization against but to the railroads, when they purchased voluntarily in the French and English German Imperialism, oils in one part of the country and trans- armies and already in 1916 their number the scourge of the human race. ported them ti another part when a per- exceeded 20.000. fectly satisfactory THEY DIED ON THE B&TTLE FIELD. product could have . Our Flag Near Their Hearts. been obtained much nearer the point of Thus it is that on the face of this mon- consumption. A very touching incident illustrates the ument is engraved in enduring letters Wit* the adoption of the new form of patriotism of those Americans who had the fact that in Lorraine territory repose specifications has come the adoption also joined the Frenih Foreign Legion before the first three fallen American soldiers. of methods of test and specifications on the United States entered the war. Not being able to fight openly under the Star the commodities in the different illumi- SHRIMPS FROM MAZATLAN, MEXICO. nating oils, water-white kerosene, long- Spangled Banner they procured an time burning oil, 3000 mineral seal oil, American flag and decided that enc of The War Trade Board announces in a and signal oil. them, In turn, should carry it wrapped new ruling (W. T. B. R. 449) that as an around his breast. In this way our flag exception to item 103. List of Restricted FUEL EEGULATIONS CONTINUE. was present in all those numerous com- Imports No. 2. applications for licenses bats in which the colors of the Foreign to import shrimps from the port of Ma- Maximum Price and Zone Rules Will Legion participated. Twice it Ats pierced zatlan, Mexico, will now be considered. with the blood of Not Be Removed Before February 1. by bullets and stained TL War Trade Board announces in wounds. Once he who carried it fell, the a new ruling (W. T. B. R. 437) that all Maxinmum prices on coal and zone regu- Amertcan volunteers searched the field restrictions on the importation of coco- lations will not be removed before Febru- and found their (lead comrade, took from nut meat, shredded, desiccated. or pre- ary 1, 1919, United States Fuel Adminis- his boly the well-beloved colors, and, pared, have been removed. There is now trator Harry A. Garfield announced Sat- armed with tills emblem, they went for- no restriction on the importation of coco- urday. ward to new exploits. When the United nut meat or copra in any form. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 5 CARGO SPACE SOON BRIEFLY TOLD AVAILABLE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONGRESS FOR GODS TO SOUTH AMERICA SENATE. afternoon, carrying a total of $26.936,344. Cargo space for all goods awaiting By votes along party lines all provi- General debate on the measure began this shipment to South America will soon be sions of the section of the war revenue morning. Mr. Frear, of Wisconsin, Re- available, in all probability, the War bill fixing the unr tax levies for the fiscal publican, submitted a minority report op- Trade Board announces. year 1920 - ere agreed to Saturday after- posing the omnibus'bill and demanding Dutch shipping amounting to 50,000 noon and the way thus paved for prompt retrenchment on public improvements at tons, less bunker space, already Is avail- passage of the entire mea sure. The the present time. Mr. Frear urged that able in United States ports or on the Note was 37 to 31. The tax levy is thus the appropriations be confined to projects Snay here and other ships are being as- fixed at $4,000,000,000 for the next fiscal now under way. signed. year. Various efforts were made by Re- Chairman Dent, of the Military Com- In addition to six Dutch ships already publican opponents of this section to mittee, introduced a bill to authorize the in American ports, Holland recently sent amend it in certain particulars, but In issuance of eminent - service medals to five ships, the Brunswryk, Delta, Minere, each case the proposals were rejected. civilians who served with the Army, and Moerdyk and Terschelling in the expecta- An amendment by Senator Jones, of New another to create a chaplain corps, with tion of lifting cargoes of grain in the Mexico, to continue war profits taxes one chaplain to each 1,200 men. United States. But due to the congestion throughout the next fiscal year was re- Plans were comhleted in both Houses of grain-loading facilities, It has been jected by a vote of 44 to 15. The dis- for the usual holiday recess until Janu- decided by Holland to send these ships cussion throughout all of Saturday was ary 2. It will be accomplished through to South America for grain and the War devoted to the committee action fixing an agreement to take three-day recesses, Trade Board has facilitated the move- the rates for 1920, the principal speech with nothing but routine business to come ment by the granting of bunker coal, not In opposition being made by Senator before either House on the days it is in only for the trip to South America, but Penrose, ranking Republican member of session. for the return journey. With the allot- the Finance Committee. Senator Smith, ment of other tonpage, the merchants in of Georgia, defended the action of the Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and other conmittee, as did Chairman Simmons, of Location in France Given South American points will be able to the Finance Committee. secure without further delay the goods Senator Lodge, Republican, of Massa- Of U. S. Army Divisions which have been purchased and stored chusetts, ranking minority member of the here and other goods which are now on Foreign Relations Committee, addressed As of Date November 28, order. the Senate in a prepared speech on Presi- With Names of Generals depit Wilson's fourteen points, contending RETAIL PRICE OF OOD. that several of them should not be con- the peace conference at the The retail price of food for the United sidered by The War Department authorizes pub- month present time. States increased 1 per cent in the of Nebraska, intro- lication, for the information of the press, from October 15 to November 15. and Senator Norris, November, the Senate adopted a resolu- of the following statement giving loca- 18 per cent in the year from duced and 1917, to November, 1918, according to re- tion calling upon the Secretary ofWar tion of divisions in Frince as of Novem- concerning the surplus ports received from retail dealers by the for information ber 28, 1918, with name of commanding Sta- supply in the Army of clothing, boots, United States Bureau of Labor shoes, leather, wool and cotton, and food general: tistics. supplies, and for details as to what plans Combat Division 1.-Canach, Luxem- have been made for their disposition. bourg, Maj. Gen. E. F. McGlachlin. A resolution was submitted by Sena- Combat Division 2.-Modernach, Lux- Combat Division 77-Les Vignettes, tor Jones, of Washington, for an appro- embourg, Maj. Gen. John A. Le Jeune. Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander. priation of $200,000 with which to com- Combat Division 3.-Remich, Luxem- Combat Division 78-Semur, Maj. Gen. bat influenza in Alaska. The author of bourg, Maj. Gen. Robert L. Howze. James H. McRae. the resolution stated that hundreds of na- Combat Division 4.-Hayange, Ger- Combat Division 79-Vacherauville, tives are suffering from the disease and many, Maj. Gen. Mark L. Hersey. Maj. Gen. Jos. E. Kuhn. that Red Cross funds in the Territory Combat Division 5.-Longuyon, France, Combat Division SO-Ancy-le-Franc, have been exhausted. Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely. Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis. In a resolution introduced by Senator Combat Division 6.-Ancerviller, Maj. Combat Division 81-Wassy, Maj. King, Democrat, of Utah, the proposed Gen. Walter H. Gordon. Gen. Charles J. Bailey. sinking of the German warships was op- Combat Divison 7.-Euvezin, Maj. Combat Division 82-Prauthoy, Maj. posed and the proposal set fprth that Gen. Edmund Wittenmeyer. Gen. George P. Dunean. these vessels should be distributed among Combat Division 26.-Montigny-le-Rol, Combat Division 84-Le Mans. the allied countries on an equitable basis Maj. Gen. Harry C. Hale. Combat Division 86-Le Mans, Maj. for such uses as may be determined upon. Combat Division 27.-Corbie, Maj. Gen. Gen Charles G. Ballou. Secretary of the Treasury Glass recom- John F. O'Ryan. Combat Division 87-Foulain. mended to Congress an appropriation of Combat Division 28.-Heudicourt, Maj. Combat Division 88-Lagny, Maj. Gen. $4,227,500 for the completion of a number Gen. William H. Hay. William Weigel. of post - office buildings throughout the Combat Division 29.-Bourbonne - les-, Combat Division 80-Dampicourt, new construction was in- Bains, Maj. Gen. C. C. Morton. Brig. Gen. Frank L. Winn. country. No Maj. cluded in the request. Combat Division 30.-Le Mans, Maj. Combat Division 90-Marville, Alfred L. Becker, deputy attorney gen- Gen. Edward H. Lewis. Gen. LeRoy S. Lyon. eral of New York, continued his testi- Combat Division 31.-Le Mans. Combat Division 91-Denterghem, nony before the judiciary subcommittee Combat Division 32.-Consdorf. Lux- Bplgium, Maj. Gen, Win. H. Johnston. investigating German propaganda in this embourg, Maj. Gen. William Lassiter. Combat Division 92-Marbache, Maj. country. Without havinu concluded with Combat Division 33.-Troyon, Maj. Gen. Charles H. Martin. this witness the committee- took a recess Gen. George Bell, Jr. Depot Division 41-St. Aignan, Brig. until after the holidays. Combat Division 34.-Le Mans, Maj. Gen. Eli Cole. Secretary Baker, in a letter to Vice Gen. Charles D. Rhodes. Depot Division 83-Le Mans, Maj. President Marshall and Speaker Clark, Combat Division 35.-Lerauville, Maj. Gen. E. F. Glenn. urged immediate legislation to permit the Gen. Peter E. Traub. Depot Division 76-St. Nazaire, Maj. department to pay in full soldiers re- Combat Division 36.-Tronchoy, Maj. Gen. Harry F. Hodges. turning from overseas for hospital treat- Gen. W. R. Snith. Depot Division 85-Toul, Maj. Gen. ment. Combat Division 37.- Oostroosebeke, Chase W. Kennedy. Belgium, Maj. Gen. Chas. S. Farnsworth. Depot Division 39-iSt. Florent, Maj. HOUSE. Combat Division 38.-Le Mans. Gen. Henry C. Hodges, jr. The rive s ana harbors apigropriation Combat Division 42.-Mersch, Luxem- Depot Division 40-Revigay, Maj. bill was reported to the House Saturday bourg, Maj. Gen. Clement A. F. Flagler. Gen. F. S. Strong. 71*-18-2 6 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. PROCEDURE GOVERNING EXPORTS RELAXATION OF IMPORT RESTRICTIONS TO BELGIUM AND BELGIAN CONGO ON VARIOUS COMMODITIES ANNOUNCED ANNOUNCED BY WAR TRADE BOARD INNEW RULINGS BY WAR TRADE BOARD A SPECIAL LICENSE IS GRANTED The War Trade Board announces in a Importation of Chinese Foodstuffs. Customs Service and the Post Office new ruling (W. T. B. R. 456) that re- The War Trade Board announces, in strictions upon the quantity of balata, a new ruling (W. T. B. R. 450), that ap- Department Authorized to Permit gutta-percha, gutta joolatong, and gutta plications for licenses to import the fol- siak which may be imported from over- lowing commodities from China vill now Shipments of Commodities Not on seas have been removed. Licenses when be considered: Conservation List. granted will still provide that the bills of j Thick soy, manufactured (list 1, Item lading be indorsed to the Rubber Associa- 77). tion of America (Inc.). Thin PROCEDuRE GovRNING EXPORTS TO BEL- soy, sauce (list 1, item 77). It is also announced that the War Prepared fruits (list 1, item 34). GIUM AND THE BELGIAN CONGO. SPECIAL Trade Board withdraw the Government ExronR LICENsE RAG 65. Prepared vegetables (list 1, item 77). option prices and will require no further Bean curd (list 1, item 77). The War Trade Board announces in a undertaking relative to maximum prices. Bean sauce (list 1, item 77). new ruling (W. T. B. R. 455) that a This relaxation, however, does not Prepared soy beans (list 1, item 77). special export license, effective imme- authorize the importation of any ship- Salt cabbage (list 1, item 77). diately, No. RAC 65, has been granted to ments of balata, gutta-percha, gutta joola- Olives (list 1, item 34). the Customs Service and to the Post tong, and gutta siak from any country Water chestnuts (list 1, item 35). Office Department, authorizing the ex- other than the primary or overseas mar- Dried lily root (list 1, item 77), portation, without individual export kets. Applications for import licenses Vermicelli (list 1, item 8). license, of any commodity destined to for shipments now in countries other than Paper sticks (list 2, item 141). Belgium, and the Belgian Congo, except the primary or overseas markets will not Dried vegetables (list 1, item 77)., those commodities Included in the War be considered until after March 19, 1919. Oysters (list 2, item 103). Trade Board Export Conservation List The same policy will be applied to appli- Flat fish (list 2, item 106). as It now stands or as it may hereafter cations for licenses to import shipments Almonds (list 1, Item 35). of balata, gutta-percha, be amended from time to time. gutta joolatong, Dried mushrooms (list 1, item 77, Shippers should note that it is un- and gutta siak now in the United States necessary to apply to the War Trade which have been made in violation of the Board for permission to ship under regulations. Importation of Samples. special export license RAG 65, and no The War Trade Board announces in a special document issued by the War Exportation of Tin and Tin Plate. new ruling (W. T. B. R. 451) that appli- Trade Board Is necessary in connection ctions will now be considered for the with such shipments. It is necessary The War Trade Board announces in importation of samples of any article. only to note on the package, if the ship- a new ruling (W. T. B. R. 446) that the In the case of articles the importation ment is made through the mails, or on restrictions hitherto existing on the ex- of which is restricted, an affidavit will the export declaration, if the shipment portation of tin and tin plate have been be required, stating that the goods to be is made by express or freight, the removed, as the necessity for strict con- licensed will be used as samples only, following: servation of tin and its products no and will not be placed on sale. (1) " Shipped under special export longer exists. If, therefore, applicants The War Trade Board announces in a license RAC 65." will refile applications for which licenses new ruling (WV.T. B. R. 448) that appli- (2) The name and address of shipper. have been hitherto refused, these will be cations for licenses to import dyewoods (3) The name and address of con- given immediate consideration. and other natural dyestuffs, including signee. logwood, fustic, gambler, catch, nut galls, (4) A statement of contents. and mangrove bark extract, will now be In Applying for Licenses. will be considered by the War Trade considered. Board in accordance with its Rules and The War Trade Board further an- For the convenience of exporters, the Regulations. nounces that the restrictions upon the following is published as the procedure importation of sumac, ground or un- hereafter to be followed in applying for Belgian Import Requirements. ground, under item 18 of List of Re- licenses to export commodities to the Exporters should be very careful be- stricted Imports No. 1, and synthetic above destinations: fore shipping to acquaint themselves Indigo under item 137, List of Restricted (1) To export any commodities that thoroughly with the import requirements Imports No. 2, are removed. do not appear upon the Export Conserva- of the Belgian Government, and their tion List, no individual license is re- special attention is hereby called to the Importations from Dutch East Indies. quired and shipment can be made by fact that authority to ship under RAO 65 The War Trade Board announces in mail, freight, or express under Special or under individual license does not Export License RAG 65. a new ruling (W. T. B. R. 444) that li- carry with it any assurance that the censes for the importation of all commod- (2) To export any commodities that goods will be admitted into Belgian ter- ities except tin from the Dutch East In- do appear upon the Export Conservation ritory unless importation has been li- dies, will now be considered. List, applications for licenses must in- censed by the Belgian authorities. Licenses for the importation of coffee clude one of each of the following papers, Information as to Belgian Import re- from the Dutch East Indies will be is- properly executed: strictions may be obtained by applying sued only to cover shipments consigned (A) Application for Export License, to The Belgian Commission, Room 202, to the United States -Sugar Equalization Form X. Council National Defense Building, Board (Inc.), or its nominees. (B) Such Supplemental Information Washington, D. C. Applications for licenses to import Sheets as may be required by the Rules Exporters should also be careful to sugar will be considered only upon the and Regulations of the War Trade Board make the necessary freight arrange- execution of a guarantee providing for to be used In connection with shipments ments before moving goods to seaboard. conformance with the regulations of the of certain commodities. The' shortage of shipping will still pre- Food Administration. On Form X the applicant should enter vent prompt exportation from the United The War Trade Board announces in at a point immediately to the left of his States to the country named, and the a new ruling (W. T. B. R. 447) that Item signature the number of the import cer- fact that an individual license is no 58 of List of Restricted Imports No. 1, tificate or permit required by the Govern- longer required for any commodities ex- has been amended so as to permit the ment of Belgium. Individual applica- cept those named on the export conser- importation of old disk records for tions for the exportation of foodstuffs, vation list should not be taken by ex- phonographs, and that applications for fodders, or feeds, will be referred to the porters as an assurance that shipping import uienses therefore will now be United States Food Administration and space can or will be provided. considered. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 7

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD'S .* Removals from Export Conservation List WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT Announced By the War Trade Board Large withdrawals of Government de- The War Trade Board announces in a Oils, as follows :-Continued. posits, accompanied by substantial liqui- Naphtha. dation of war paper and other discounts, new ruling (W. T. B. R. 424) the re- Paraffin. also of paper bought in open market, are moval of the following commodities from Petroleum. Reserve Board's the export conservation list, effective De- Ortbonitrotoluol (Nitrotoluol, Paranitrotol- indicated by the Federal uol.) weekly bank statement issued as at close cember 23, 1918: Orthotoluidine (Paratoluidine, Toluidine). of business on December 20, 1918. Alloys, steel. Paraamidophenol (Amidophenol). Investin en ts.-War paper holdings of Amidoazobenzol. Paraffin. Ar idophenol (paraamidophenol). Paraffin oils. all the banks, except Minneapolis, show Anliine oil. Paranitranillne. considerable decreases, the New York Aniline salts. Paranitroacetanilide (Nitroacetanilide). Bank alone reporting a reduction of 90.2 Axle and other mineral oil greases. Paranitrochlorbenzol (Nitrochlorbenzol). millions. Other discounts on hand fell Benzine (from petroleum). Paranitrophekol (Nitrophenol). Billets, steel. Paranitrotoluol (Nitrotoluol, Orthonitrotol- off 58.8 millions, all the banks without Blooms, steel. uol). exception reporting $maller totals than Cabtor beans. Paratoluidine (Toluidine, Orthotoluidine). show a Caustic potash. Petroleum. the week before. Acceptances Celluloid and articles manufactured there- Picric acid. reduction of 23.8 millions, the New York from, where celluloid is the chief constitu- Pig iron. and Chicago banks reporting the largest ent. Plates, as follows: decreases. Of the total Increase of 213.6 Chlorbenzol (monochlorbenzol), All classes, iron and steel, j of an IAch Chloride of ammonia. thick and heavier and wider than 6 millions in Government short-term secur- Chocolate. inches, or over 6 inches in diameter. ities 211 millions represent temporary Coal-tar derivatives. Postage stamps, canceled and uncanceled. advances to the Government pending the Cocoa. Potash and its compounds. Cod-liver oil. Potassium and its compounds. receipt of funds, largely from depositary Codeine and its salts. Rails, over 50 pounds per yard. institutions. The remainder of the in- Cornstarch. Revenue stamps, canceled and uncanceled. crease represents further investments in Crude oil. Reclaimed rubber. Cylinder oil. Rubber, reclaimed and scrap. 2 per cent certificates to secure Federal Degras. Salmon, canned. Reserve bank note circulation. Total Dimethylanillne. Salts, as follows: earning assets show a reduction for the Dinitrobenzol (metadinitrobenol), Aniline. Dinitroeblorbenzol. Codeine. week of 55.7 millions. Dinitrophenol. Tolidin. Deposits.-Government deposits show Diphenylamine. Dyestukt intermediates. Scrap iron and steel. a decline of 122.9 millions. Members' Dyegtuff s. Scrap rubber reserve deposits increased 74.5 millions, Scrap tin. Engine oil. Seedlan. while net deposits, partly because of the Extracts, as follows: Shapes, 3 inches and larger, Iron and steel increase in the " float," declined about All for tanning hides (except chestnut (plain, 1. e., not punched or formed), in- 123 millions. and quebracho). cluding angles, channels, beams, tees, and Sumac. sees. Reserves.-Gold reserves show a gain Ferrocyanlde of potash. Sheet bars, steel. of about one-half million, while other Ferrosilicon. Shellac. declined 1.1 millions. The fish, as follows: Slabs, steel. cash reserve Salmon, canned. Spiegeleisen (frequently described as " spec banks' reserve percentage, because of the Greases, as follows t- ular iron" and "mirror iron " (see Fed- large reduction in deposit liabilities, Axle and other mineral oil greases. roalloys). shows a rise from 49.9 to 50.6 per cent. Degras. Stamps, canceled and uneanceled, as follows 3 Gum lac. Postage. Note circulation.- Federal Reserve Hand-lantern oil. Revenue. Agents show an increase of 50.t millions Ingots, as follows: Stamps of similar character. net In Federal Reserve notes outstand- Steel. Starch, corn. Iron and steel, as follows ( Sumac extracts. Ing. The banks report a total of 2,663.7 Billets. Tanning extracts, all (except chestnut and millions of Federal Reserve notes in Blooms. quebracho). an increase for the Perrosilicon. Tetranitroaniline. actual circulation, Ingots. Tetranitromethylanillne. week of 59.1 millions. Their aggregate Pig iron. Tetranitroethylaniline. liabilities on Federal Reserve bank notes Plates (all classes, I of an inch thick aid Tin, as follows: are given as 111.9 millions, heavier and wider than 6' Inches or Metallic pipe. in circulation over 6 inches in diameter). Scrap. or 9.7 millions larger than the week Rails, over 50 pounds per yard. Tolidin and Its salts. before. Scrap. Toluidine (Orthotoluidine, Paratoluldine). Capital.-During the week the banks' Shapes, 8 Inches or larger (plain, 1. e., Trinitropbenol. not punched or formed), including Trinitrotoluol. paid-in capital increased by $93,000, angles, channels, beams, tees, and zees. largely as'the result of payment for Fed- Sheet bars. Shippers are renined that individual eral Reserve bank stock by newly ad- Slabs. licenses for shipments to Canada or Spiegeleisen (frequently described as mitted members in the New York, Phila- "specular Iron " and " mirror Iron "). Newfoundland of items not on the Ex- delphia, and San Francisco districts. Jaborandi. port Conservation List are not required. Condition of Member Banks December Jalap. Additional Removals. 13, 1918. Lae and all varieties thereof. Lantern oil. The board announces, in a new ruling of Government de- Linseed oil. Large withdrawals Lubricating oils. (W. T. B. R. 452), the removal of dex- ppsits, accompanied by slightly larger Malt,'-barley. trine from the export conservation list, gains of other demand deposits, also Metadinitrobenzol (dinitrobenzol). effective December 26, 1918. in some volume of Liberty Mirror Iron (frequently described as "spec- liquidation tacular iron" and splegeleisen"). 'It is also announced that the following bonds and war paper, are indicated in Molybdenite. commodities- will be removed from the the board's weekly statement showing Monazite. export conservation list, effective January on December 13 of 755 member Monochlorbenzol (chlorbenzol). condition Naphtha. 15, 1919: Glucose, sirups, as follows: banks in leading cities. Nickel, chemical compounds thereof. Beet, cane, corn, invert sugar, maple. Certificates of indebtedness on hand Oils, as follows: Aniline. In addition to the foregoing, it should show an increase of about 20 millions, Axle and other mineral-ol greases. be noted that after January 15, 1919, of which 11.7 millions represents the gain Benzine (from petroleum). gly cerin substitutes, glypho, malt sirup, at the central reserve city banks, and Cod-liver. nulomoline, refiners' sirup, and syrline no at the banks in Crude. 11.2 millions the gain Cylinder. longer should be considered as included Greater New York. Holdings of United Engine. in the export conservation list. States bonds, other than circulation Fuel. Shippers are advised that the various largely out- Gas. bonds, fell off 11.2 millions, Gasoline. lards are still on the export conservation side the centyal reserve cities, the de- Iand-lantern. list and were not included in the removal crease reflecting in a measure amounts Keroqene. of animal fats. the week with customers Lantern. placed during Linweed. upon receipt of final installment pay- I nbricating. ments. Mineral. Contribute to the Red Cross fund. 8 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918.

48. Mars sur Allier (N). 49. Alilerey (N). 50. Mesves Bulcy (N). 51. Toul (A). POST OFFICES AND BASE HOSPITALS 52. Rimaneurt (A). 53. Langres (A). 54. Mesves Buicy (N). OF THE U. S. EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 55. Toul (A). 56. Allery (N). Vittel (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 881, 38th Division. 57. Paris (P). The War Department publishes the fol- IU. S. A. P. O. No. 901, via A. P. 0. 702 Mi- 58. Rimaucourt (A). lowing list of post offices of the A. E. F.: lano, Italy. 59. iimaucoiurt (A). T. S. A. P. 0. No. 902, Bourges. 60. Bazoilles (A) U. S. A. P. 0. No. 701, St. Nazaire. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 903, Vitrey. 01. Beame (A U. S. A. P. 0. No. 702, Paris. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 904, 39th Division. 62. Mars sur Allier (N). 1'. . A. P. 0. No. 703, Gondrecourt. U. 8. A. P. 0. No. 90 84th Division. 63. Caon (Br). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 704, Valdahon. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 906, 87th Division. 64. Rimaucourt (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 705, Bordeaux. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 907, Bar le Due. 65. Kerhoun (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 706, Chaumont. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 908, Sougy. 66. Keufehateau (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 707, Mailly. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 909, Beaune. 67. Mesves Bulcy (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 708, Nevers. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 910, Chateau dn Loir. 68. Mars sur Aler (N). - U. S. A. P. 0. No. 700, 26th Division. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 911, Libourne. 69. Savenay (1) ; England, in transit (3). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 710 2d Division. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 912 34th Division. 70. Allerey (N). U. 8 A. P. 0. No. 711: Coetquian. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 913: Bar sur Aube. 71. Brest, in transit (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 712, Is-sur-Tille. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 914, Heippes. 72. Havre, in transit (4) ; England (3). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 713, Gierres. U. S. A. P. O. No. 915, Nancy. 76. Vichy (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 713-A, Romorantin. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 916, 86th Division. 77. Beaune (A). 5. S. A. P. 0. No. 714, Langres. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 917, Chatenay sur Seine. 78. Toni (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 715, 42d Division. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 918, 2d Army. 79. Bazoilles (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 716, Brest. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 919, ilimaucourt. 80. Beaune (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 717, Tours. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 920, Chalons-sur-Marne. 81. Bazoilles (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 718, Saumur. T. S. A. P. 0. No. 754, via A. P. 0. 712, 3d 82. Toui (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 719, Haussimont. Corps. 83. Revigny sur Meuse (A). IU. S. A. P. 0. No. 720, Bourbonne-les-Bains. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 755, 78th Division. 84. Perigueur (2). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 721, Dijon. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 756, 80th Division. 85. Paris (P). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 722, La Courtine. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 757, Nogent on Bassigny. 86. Mesves Bulecy (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 723, Clermont Ferrand. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 758, Liffol le Grand. 87. Toni (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 723-A, Chatel Guyon. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 759, 1st Corps. 88 Langres (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 724, Issoudun. U. S. A. P. O. No. 760, (Base Section No. 4), 89. Mesves (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 723, St. Maixent. Havre. 90. Havre, in transit (4). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 726, Blois. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 761, 89th Division. 91. Havre, in transit (4). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 727, 41st Division (De- U. S. A. P. 0. No. 762, 830 Division. 92. Kerhoun (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 763, 37th Divion. 93. Montdore (N). A. P. 0. No. 728, 1st Army Artillery. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 921, St. Dizier. 94. Pruniers (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 729, 1st Division. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 922, Angoneme. 95. Brest-In transit (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 730, Chatillon-sur-Seine. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 923, Grenoble. 96. Havre-In transit (4). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 731, Neuchateau. U. S. A. P. O. No. 924, Le Blanc. 97. Harre-In transit (4). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 731-A, Colombey-les- U. S. A. P. 0. No. 925, Cour Chevarny. 98. Brest-In transit (5). Belles. U. S. A. P. O. No. 927, 3d Army. 99. Hyeres (6). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 732, Vittel. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 928, La Valbonne 100. Savenay (1). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 733, Angers. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 930, Advance Genera 101. England-In transit (3) ; St. Nazaire (1). T. S. A. P. 0. No. 734, via A. P. 0. No. 712, Headquarters. 102. Vincenzia, Italy. 32d Division. U. S. A. P. O. No. 981, 8hCrs 103. England. U. S. A. P. 0. No. 734-A, Champlitte. T. S. A. P. 0. No. 932, 9th Corps. 104. Beau Desert (2). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 735, La Rochelle. 105. Kerhoun (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 735-A, Rochefort. BASE HOSPITALS. England (3). IT. S. A. P. 0. No. 736, Aix les Bains. 106. Bean Desert (2). U. S. A. P. O. No. 737, Cosne. The War Department publishes the 107. Mars sur Allier (N). U. S. A. P. O. No. 738, Chateauroux. following list Of base hospitals in Ameri- 1,08. Mesves (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 739, 77th Division. can Expeditionary Forces: 109. Savenay (Vichy) (N). U. S. A. P. O. No. 740, 3d Division. 110. Brest-In transit (5). U. S. A P. 0. No. 741, Mehun. Explanation of abbreviations: (P) Paris 111. Brest-In transit (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 742, 82d Division. Section, (A) Advance SOS, (N) Intermediate 112. Brest-In transit (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 743 35th Division. SOS, (1) Base Section No. 1, (2) Base Sec- 118. Brest-In transit (5). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 744, via A. P. 0. No. 712, tlon No. 2, (3) Base Section No. 3, (4) Base 114. Beau Desert (2). 28th Division. Section No. 4, (5) Base Section No. 5, (6) 115. Vieby (Alipi) (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 745,5th Division. Base Section No. 6, (Br) with the British. 116. Bazoilles (A). U. 8. A. P. 0. No. 746, 4th Division: 1. Vichy (N). 117. La Fauche (A). U. S. A. 1. 0. No. 747, Sorcy. 2. Etretat (Br). 118-. In transit-England (3). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 748, 27th Division. 3. Montport (2). 119. Savenay (1). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 749, 30th Division. 4. RoGen (Brr. 120. Brest-in transit (5). T. S. A. P. 0. No. 751, Boulogne. 5. BouLogne (Bar). 121. In transit-England (3). IT. S. A. P. O. No. 752, Marsellle. 6. Talence (2). 123. In transit-England (3). U. S, A. P. 0. No. 750, 33d Division. J7. Jone las Touirs, I-iq. SOS. 131. Mars sur Alher (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 753, Limoges. 8. Savenay (1). 136. Brest-in transit (5). IT. S. A. P. 0. No. 764, Epinal. 9. Chatea8rotox (N). 204. Hursley Park, England (3). U7.S. A. P. 0. No. 765, 29th Division. 10. L arreport (Br). 202. Orleans (N). I'. S. A.P. 0. No. 766 92d Division. 1an Nantes(1). 206. Romorantin (N). 1'. S. A. P. 0. No. 767, Nantes. 2. Danmies-Camiers (12). 208. Autun (N). T. S. A. P. 0. No. 768, Cherbourg. 13. Limoges (2). 210. Toni (A). 1. 4. A. P. 0. No. 769, 5th Army Corps. 14. Mars stir Allier (N). 214. Savenay (1). 1. 8. A. P. O. No. 770, 90th Division. 15. Chanmont (A). 216. Nantes (1). 1. S. A. P. 0. No. 771, 79th Division. 17. Dijon (A). 220. Bordeaux (2). I . . A. P. O. No. 772, Verneuil. 18. Bazolles (A). 222. Paris (P). 1. R. A. P. 0. No. 773, 76th Division (depot). 19. Vichy (N). 224. Paris (P). '. S. A. P. 0. No. 774, 1st Army. 20. Chatel Gyon (N). 226. Villiers -ur Marne (A). V. S A. P. O. No. 775, 4th Corps. 21. Rouen (Br). 230. Paris (P). '. N. A. P. 0. No. 776, 91st Division. 22. BeaunDesert (2). 232. ParIs (P). T. S. A. P. 0. No. 777, 6th Division. 23. Vittel (A). 234. Paris (P). I'. S. A. P. O. No. 778, Le Courneau. 24. Limoges (2). 236. Quiberon (1). 1. S. A. P. 0. No. 779, Mencon. 25. Alerey (N). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 780, Mars sur Allier. 26. Allerey (N). U. S. A. P. O. No. 781, Vichy. 27. Angers (1). PRINCE FUSHIMI ON PACIFIC. '. S. A. P. 0. No. 782, Chateau Thierry. 28. Limoges (2). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 783, 6th Corps. 29. Tottenham, London. Prince Yorihito Higashi Fushimi and U. S. A. P. 0. No. 784, Toul. 30. Chyat (N). his party, who were extended formal U. S. A. P. 0. No. 785, Allerey. 31. Contraxeville (A). courtesies by the - Government from the U. S. A. P. O. No. 786, Clamecy. 32. Contrexvllie (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 787, Azeraillies. 3. Portsmouth, England. time of their arrival at New York on De- U. S. A. P. 0. No. 788, 40th Division. 34. Nantes (1). cember 7, are now on the Pacific on their U. S. A. P. 0. No. 789, 85th Division. 35. Mars str Allier (N). way home. The State Department re- U. S. A. P. 0. No. 790, 2d Army Corps. 36. Vittel (A). 7U S. A. P. 0. No. 791, 81st Division. 37. Dariford,England (3). ceived a report to-day stating that a fare- -. S. A. P. O. No. 792, 7th Corps. 38. Nantes (1). well dinaer was tendered the prince on T. S. A. P. 0. No. 793, 7th DivIsion. 40. Sarlbry Cotrt, England. Friday evening by the United States Gov- U. S. A. P. 0. No. 794, Perigueux. 41. St. Den s (P). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 795, 88th Division. 42. Bazolles (A). ernment officials accompanying him, Mr. U. S. A. P. 0. No, 796, 36th Division. 43. Blois (N). Norman Armour, on behalf of the latter, U. S. A. P. 0. No. 797, Orleans. 44. Pongres-les-Eatx (N). reading messages from Vice President U. S. A. P. 0. No. 798, Mesves sur Loire. 43. Toni (A). U. S. A. P. 0. No. 799, St. Male. 46. Nazoilles (A). Marshall and Acting Secretary of State U. S. A. P. 0. No. 827, 31st Division. 47. Beaune (A). Polk. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN:1MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. Full Text of Report on Hog Island Shipyard Inquiry; No Fraud Disclosed But Accounts in Chaotic Condition And Plant Cost Is Held to be Above "Reasonable Need" Following is the full text of the report cost $1,650,000 each. The " B " ships On May 7, 1918, the Fleet Corporation of the investigation of the Hog Island were to be 50 feet longer than the "A" placed another order for 60 more "A" Shipyard and other correspondence re- ships; this required longer ways and ships, estimated to cost $1,423,000 each. lating to the same: piers, and also additional shop and stor- The 180 ships are all to be completed age capacity. by August 4, 1919. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, On November 27 the agent revised its The agent's compensation for building OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, estimate of the cost of the yard by ad- both the yard and the ships was fixed at Washington, September 21, 1918. ding thereto $2,750,000 on account of the a percentage of the estimated cost of the DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I inclose herewith changes due to "B " ships, and the fur- ships, with premiums for early deliver- a letter from Mr. Todd and Mr. Hyman ther sum of $3,250,000 on account of un- ies or savings In cost and with penalties which should be attached to their report favorable subsoil conditions, costly labor, for delayed deliveries or increased cost. on the Hog Island Shipyard now in your and certain necessary extensions of the There were, however, fixed minimums hands. The letter was suggested by plant, which detailed study during two and maximums for the agent's fees, ex- statements which have appeared in the and a half months of actual operations cepting that on the first 50 "A" ships the press within the last day or two to the had disclosed. This brought the total agent was entitled to one-third of any effect that the building program at Hog estimated cost of the yard as of the end savings in cost, irrespective of the maxi- Island is falling behind schedule. The of November to $27,000,000. mum fee. A schedule of fees follows: statement In the report of Mr. Todd and Mr. Hyman to the effect that the Ship- Estimated Minimum Normal Maximum building Corporation was substantially cost. fee. fee. fee. complying with its contract in regard to the progress of the work was based on when the Yard...... $27,000,000 ...... conditions as they appeared 50 "A" ships...... 055,000,000 $2,050,000 $2,750,000 $3,450,000 taking of testimony in the investigation 70 "B"ships...... 11,500,000 4,550,000 5,775,000 7,000,000 closed, namely, early in July. 0 "A" ships...... 05,500,000 2,310,000 3,150,000 3,000,000 Sincerely, yours, T. W. GREGORY, Total...... 283, 000, 000 8,910,000 11,675,000 14,440,000 Attorney General. THE PRESIDENT, The contract In terms was made with Third, the shipbuilding skill and experi- The White House. the American International Corporation, ence of the New York Shipbuilding Cor- but there was an unwritten obligation, poration, controlled by the American In- I. THE CONTRACT. publicly admitted by all parties, to con- ternational Corporation through stock sider Stone & Webster and New York ownership. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Shipbuilding Washington, September 12, 1918. Corporation as jointly in- On the other hand, the entire resources terested in the benefits and burdens of and agencies of the Government were The ATTORNEY GENERAL, the contract; and contracts have been made available for this enterprise. The Washington. made between these three organizations War Industries Board brought piling, SiR: -On September 13, 1917, after four to carry this obligation into effect. lumber, ties, and rails to the enterprise months' preliminary negotiations, a con- A separate corporation, the American with wonderful dispatch, and with like tract was made between American Inter- International Shipbuilding Corporation, speed the Priorities Board and the public national Corporation of New York, as was organized with capital stock of $2,000 carriers moved the freight to Hog Island. agent, and the United States Shipping as the agency through which the yard The best engineers and naval architects Board Emergency Fleet Corporation of and ships were to be built; without, how- and purchasing officers of the Fleet Cor- the District of Columbia (herein called ever, releasing the real contracting par- poration were at the constant disposal of Fleet Corporation) " representing the ties. the enterprise. Manuufacturers through- United States of America." While the contract was in terms be- out the country offered freely their facili- The contract required the agent to buy tween two corporations, the Fleet Corpo- ties on the theory of aiding a war-time at a cost of $1,706,000 a tract of 846 acres ration, as owner, and the American Inter- Government project. on the Delaware River at Hog Island, national Corporation, as agent, yet the Thus, the achievement at Hog Island near Philadelphia, which was to be uti- shipyard was essentially a governmental is not that of any single organization, but lized for the purposes of the contract project; the Government owned -the en- the collective achievement of the entire upon a 6 per cent rental basis. On this tire capital stock of the Fleet Corpora- country. tract the agent was obligated to build a tion; the Government supplied in ad- shipyard of 50 ways with funds supplied vance the funds for all payments and had II. STATUS OF THE SHIPYARD. In advance by the Fleet Corporation, and the right to exclusive use of the shipyard to construct with funds from the same when constructed. * The American Inter- At present, less than a year after the source 50 or more steel cargo ships. national Corporation was employed as date of the contract, the shipyard is sub- Upon the completion of the ships the agent because it offered three facilities: stantially completed, and 40 ships are in Fleet Corporation may purchase the land First, adequate resources to purchase process of simultaneous building; the at cost; falling which the agent may pur- the land and to stand minor items of ex- first launching occurred August 5 and chase the plant at a value to be fixed by pense that could not be charged in the launchings are expected to continue with appraisal; falling which the plant is to first instance against the Government reasonable regularity at the rate of two be scrapped and removed by the Fleet funds. [Revised Statutes, section 355, ships a week. Corporation on its own account and risk. prohibits the purchase of land by the On September 13, 1917. Hog Island was The rough estimated cost of constructing United States without the Attorney Gen- 846 acres of swampy marshland, 8 miles the shipyard Was $21,000,000, which was eral's opinion of the validity of the title from Philadelphia, and without railroad confirmed by a detailed estimate dated and without the consent of the legislature transportation facilities. One year later Octobed 11. The ships were to be built of the State where the land is situated. it will be a complete industrial city of of fabricated steel, each of 7,500 tons Revised Statutes. section 3736, prohibits 30,000 men, served by two trunk lines of dead-weight capacity (called "A" ships), such purchase " except under a law au- railroad, with 80 miles of yard trackage at an estimated cost of $1,100,000 apiece. thorizing such purchase."] of its own, with its own waterworks, On October 23, 1917, the Fleet Cor- Second, the strong engineering organi- filtration plant, sewage-disposal plant, poration placed with the agent an ad- zation of Stone & Webster, controlled by fire protection and police systems, with ditional order for 70 ships of 8,000 tons Mr. Stone, a member of that firm and fully equipped shipways, shops, ware- dead-weight capacity and of increased also president of the American Interna- houses, engineering, administrative, and speed (called " B " ships), estimated to tional Corporation. -elfare buildings, and equipped to deliver 711-18-3 1( THE OFFICIAL U. 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to the Government two completed 7,500- and contemporaneous notes, involving examined. Many witnesses suggested in ton steel cargo vessels each week. alone over 200,000 documents; the perti- the course of these examinations and in- The yard at present impreses one as nent files of the American International terviews were interrogated when avail- well ordered and devised not only for the Corporation and its officers in New York; able. N-ork to be done but i1so from the stand- the pertinent files of Stone & Webster Many of the active officials and repre- point of the welfare of the large force of in Boston, and of the New York Ship- sentatives of the Fleet Corporation, espe- employees. building Corporation at Camden; the per- cially such thereof as were in intimate The agent has substantially complied tinent files of all of the important sub- daily contact with Hog Island conditions, with its contract in regard to the dates for contractors and of many of the important were examined by us both as to facts the launching of the vessels. The con- vendors of materials. within their knowledge, and as to rumors troversy hinges not so much upon the Our accountants examined checks, and suspicions of criminal misconduct. question of accomplishment, but upon vouchers, and supporting papers for each The leading officials of the agent were means, methods, and expenditures. and every disbursement made by the likewise examined, and also the leading III. ORIGIN OF CONTROVERSY. agent up to March 1 (the end of the cru- officials of the important subcontractors. On December 21, 1917, pursuant to Sen- cial period), and also made a general On technical subjects we had as advis- ate resolution No. 170, the Senate Com- but less detailed study of the accounts ors, by assignment of the Secretary of mittee on Commerce began a series of up to May 1. the Navy, Archibald L. Parsons, civil en- hearings into the shipping program. At We examined the lists of directors of gineer, United States Navy, and S. M. an early stage the criticisms of Hog all corporations whose transactions with Henry, naval constructor, United States Island became the storm center and filled the agent aggregated $10,000 or more, Navy, to whom we stand greatly indebted a substantial part of the 2,500 pages of and in addition examined the lists of for their assistance and counsel. printed testimony. From the evidence so stockholders of all the important sub- V. CONCLUSION AS TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY. adduced, from the reports of its resident contractors and made special examina- engineers and representatives, from the tions where there were indications of In response to the question submitted reports of special representatives, interlocking interests. In addition we by the President, our conclusion is that from the facts personal examinations, and from a series examined the holdings in industrial cor- do not justify criminal process; of conferences in or about Philadelphia porations by American International Cor- that no fraud or secret profits on the part and Washington, the Fleet Corporation poration, American International Ship- of the officials of either the agent or the determined on February 1 to intervene, building Corporation, New York Ship- Fleet Corporation has been established; and for that purpose sent Admiral Fran- building Corporation, Stone & Webster, that while there were some minor frauds cis T. Bowles to Philadelphia to assume and the individual petrtners thereof. We on the pay roll, which have been prose- control of the situation on behalf of the also obtained from all the officers, direc- cuted, the laborers, laborers' timekeepers, Fleet Corporation with full powers. He tors, and heads of departments of each and pay-roll supervisors were In the main immediately began an investigation into of these four concerns a statement of honest. the operations of the agent. all industrial concerns with which they One of the accountants employed by On February 12 Chairman Hurley of were connected as officers, directors, or our chief accountant criticized the lat- the Shipping Board wrote to the Presi- heads of departments, or in which they ter's methods as inadequate. These criti- dent, to the Attorney General, and to Ad- exercised any voice in the management, cisms were submitted to two leading miral Bowles that there was serious dis- and a statement of whether they were firms of certified public accountants- organization and negligence at Hog Interested through commissions, royal- Messrs. Hfaskins & Sells and Messrs. Island, and that he desired the aid of the ties, stock ownership, or otherwise in Touche, Niven & Co.-who reported in Attorney General in investigating condi- any Hog Island contract or subcontract. writing that the criticisms were unfound- tions. We examined In detail all of the data ed and that the methods and scope of the On February 13 the President requested relating to orders let on competitive bids accounting, taken in conjunction with the Department of Justice to get into con- for material involving the sum of $10,000 the other lines of inquiry, " were so laid sultation with Mr. Hurley about the whole or more (a matter of some 240 special out as to bring to light extravagances matter, with a view to instituting crimi- examinations), and followed this up with and irregularities if any such existed." This investigation was conducted by nal process in case the facts justify it. questionnaires to all unsuccessful bid- The Attorney General thereupon in- ders and with personal interviews and us in the midst of other official labors. structed us to undertake the investiga- examination of files in many cases of It was given precedence until we were tion requested by the President. both successful and unsuccessful bidders. satisfied that excepting certain minor We prepared a questionnaire to go to frauds no grounds existed for criminal IV. SCOPE OF INQUIRY. all large vendors of material, requiring process and that there would probably We directed our efforts first to ascer- them to state the details of their negotla- be no delay In the delivery of the ships taining whether there were any grounds tions and to furnish proof of delivery of if steel and labor were forthcoming. for criminal process, that being the pri- the various Items for which they had Those being the vital points we reported mary and specific duty with which Wve been paid. We obtained reports from orally our conclusions with regard to wNere charged. To that end we asked many of these vendors, showing the them, and thereafter proceeded in nor- the head of the Shipping Board and profits received or expected from their mal course to consider the remaining is- Fleet Corporation for a specification of Hog Island transactions and showing also sues of fact and of law involved in this charges. He replied that he knew of how their prices compared with current complicated record. no specific facts -or irregularities of a prices received from other purchasers. VI. ALLEGED WASTE AND MISMANAGEMENW. criminal nature. Admiral Bowles like- Our special agents had personal inter- wise stated that he had "not found any views with some 250 separate timekeep- In the course of our inquiries for the Irregularities by the management which ers, superintendents, foremen, and time purpose of ascertaining whether grognds would call 'for criminal investigation." checkers to determine the actual operat- exist for criminal process evidence was The absence of specific charges necessi- ing conditions at Iog Island, and In adduced which raised the question tated a blanket investigation-In the na- search for clues that might lead to evi- whether there has not been waste and ture of things laborious and protracted- dence of criminal acts. mismanagement in the prosecution of into all of the Hog Island activities, If With like purpose our special agents this work. Tlme criticisms of the opera- the question of criminality was to be and also a large force delegated by the tions will be' first summarized in the definitely determined. Philadelphia branch of the American Pro- form of a series of charges, each charge This we proceeded to make. Special tective League interviewed some 150 sep- being based upon oral or documentary agents of the Department of Justice un- arate truck and jitney drivers who, by evidence. The answer by the agent and der our supervision read and considered reason of their circulation among all its witnesses to these charges will be next the complete files of the Fleet Corpora- classes at Hog Island, might be in posses- summarized. We have not undertaken tion relating directly or indireetly to sion of facts or even rumors relating to to'pass final judgment on the issues thus Hog Island; the entire files of the agent criminality. raised, because it was not necessary to do at Philadelphia, Hog Island, and Cam- All of the testimony before the Senate so in order to determine the question of den, embracing not only letters to and committee was read. A few letters of criminality, and, besides, they Involve in from the agent but also intercompany complaint were received by the Attorney large part engineering and construction communications, memoranda, diaries, General, and all of these were carefully problems which can be authoritatively THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 11 Full Text of Report on Hog Island Shipyard Investigation determined only by experts in those lines. weeks when the weather was good the in September and October, 1917, at an We think it our duty, however, to make a agent sought thereafter to make up for average of $5,879 each, an increase of specific stqtement of the issues which the lost time by jamming the work 50 per cent.], and that this was typical have arisen in this regard and to suggest through the six or seven weeks of un- of its attitude toward salaries in gen- a course for the protection of the rights usual cold, when It was impossible to eral; and that this overloading of the of the Government. make progress commensurate with the ef- salaries at the top would naturally im- It is charged against the agent that fort or expense, often trying to work pede the progress of the work by creat, although it was to be paid a very sub- night shifts, overtime, and holidays at ing dissatisfaction as to wages through- stantial fee for furnishing the "know enormous increase in pay rolls, to do out the whole force of labor. how," yet it so miscalculated the under- work that could be done in a fraction of It is further charged that the agent's taking that it allowed the first six or the time i proper construction weather, attitude toward expenditures is reflected seven weeks to pass before making any and much of which could have been post- in the method by which it supervised the rational provision for the handling of poned without detriment to the program receipt and distribution of materials; the transportation features of the enter- as a whole; and similarly, that large that no adequate check was made thereof, prise; that at the very inception of the quantities of construction and floating and that huge amounts of materials were job orders were placed almost simulta- equipment were brought to the island and scattered all.over the yard, giving an im- neously for some 11,000 carloads of held Idle during these weeks at rentals of pression of laxity in management which freight under rush priority orders; that 5 per cent a month; that as a result of could not fail to affect actual operations. this freight started rolling In in the these conditions labor became so disor- It is charged that in consequence of this month of October when there were no ganized, men were so shifted from job to condition of disorganization Government yard facilities on Hog Island to receive job, and were hired and quit so frequently money was spent without using the well- or handle it; that this resulted in con- that the labor turnover was from 50 to recognized safeguards covering commer- gestion of the railroads and of all avail- 100 per cent a week; that is, 15 to 20 men cial operations, and without adhering to able railroad sidings not only in and would be working part time during a the accounting system provided in the abdut Philadelphia, but extending as far- week on the job of 10 men; that this ef- contract, with the result that at no stage south as Norfolk, Va., and possibly far- fort at speed under these Impossible con- of the work has It been possible to de- ther; and that in spite of formal wara- ditions involved the abandonment of termine the cost of any part nor to de- ings from the Fleet Corporation and tbh most forms of machine digging and dredg- termine whether the subcontractors' or railroads early in October that more ing and the substitution of hand picking agent's superintendents were keeping freight was being ordered than could be and hand shoveling, often accompanied within their several budgets, or whether handled at Hog Island, nevertheless the with blasting or thawing frozen ground, they were making progress commensurate agent disregarded these warnings and and involved a sudden and horizontal in- with the expenditures, or whether par- took the position that it was responsible crease in the number of laborers needed ticular expenditures were avoidable or for the job and would properly handle without adequate time to build up the su- unavoidable. the situation. pervising force. It is charged that as a result of this It is charged that as a result of this It is charged that the method of organi- breakdown in the accounting methods, congestion the railroads were forced in zation was inherently defective; that in the agent was uninformed as to what November to put an embargo against all a large and speedy constrfiction job, with the plant was going to cost, because as shipments to Hog Island; that when the numerous subcontractors and numerous late as March 27 one of the experts of- agent became alive to the situation and separate operations proceeding simulta- fered by the agent before the Senate Com- wanted to construct storage yards at Hog neously, the situation changes very rap- mittee on Commerce testified that the ex- Island it found that the materials for that Idly and requires many prompt decisions pected cost of the yard was between purpose were so tied up in the general on relative priorities of the several units $35,000,000 and $40,000,000; whereas as mass of freight that it was impossible to of work and relative jurisdiction of the of April 1 the engineers for the agent move theib to the Island and thus relieve operating officials, and requires prompt finally worked out an estimate showing Zonditions; that the necessary lumber And advice and prompt access to the records; the expected cost of the yard at $55,000,- piling were similarly tied up; that cars that with the overhead and directing 000 (since increased by $6,000,000 addi- had to be moved to the island to get rid of managers located in Philadelphia it was tional work authorized by the Fleet Cor- them whether their contents were needed impossible to get prompt coordination be- poration). then or later; that the agent had to em- tween departments and prompt decisions It is charged, in summary of the whole ploy numerous trucks of all character to on conflicts between the several superin- situation, that comparing this work with go to distant points to transship the con- tendents, and thus the several superin- similar work at Bristol and Newark Bay, tents of freight cars and also had to pur- tendents and subcontractors were in a done under like and simultaneous con- chase large amounts of materials in or constant scramble to obtain labor or ma- tracts and under identical conditions of about Philadelphia at high prices which terials and to obtain priority for their weather and speed, the cost per shipway could be transported by truck; that this work; and that in the case of the stores at Hog Island was two or three times in turn created such a congestion upon department it was impossible to get from greater than at the other yards, which the road from Philadelphia and upon the the Philadelphia office in time for use have finished their construction in equal Internal roads on the Island that trucks - the invoices and records necessary to or better time. Were tied up for hours trying to move know what materials were expected to On June 5 we addressed a letter to the from one part of the Island to another. arrive or had arrived, and thus no ade- agent offering it an opportunity to be It is charged that owing to this dis- quate check upon materials was possible; heard on the questions involved in this organization In receiving material the and, conversely, that the accounting de- investigation. The agent, together with whole system of checking and recording partment in Philadelphia was never able its counsel and its chief officials, pre- the receipt and distribution of materials to get from the stores or labor records sented themselves and gave the statement broke down, with the result that it was at Hog Island adequate reports on the of their position in regard to these impossible to determine from the records- receipt and distribution of labor or mate- charges. of the company what material was re- rials. They took the ground that we were ceived or what was done with it when re- It is charged that the excessive en- essentially misinformed by the witnesses ceived or what was on hand; that large penditures during the winter months we had heard; that they conceded that crews of men were held idle gwaiting the were merely one phase of the agent's it was a matter of prime importance to arrival of materials that were tied up general attitude toward the expenditure provide transportation facilities for a somewhere in the jam; that this in turn of Government funds; that at the very job of this sort; that this was axiomatic; resulted In a disorganization of the Inception of the job the agent adopted a that of course they did make provision morale and efficiency of the labor forces false standard for the work by bringing a and expected to have 10 miles of tracks and held back the essential pier and large number of Stone & Webster men constructed on the yard by the end of foundation work from the fine weather of upon the Hog Island pay roll at largely October; that in this they were disap- October, November, and part of Decem- increased salaries. [Our accountant re- pointed as they had only 1.3 miles so ber and threw it into the severe winter of ports that 37 men who were on the Stone constructed; that they expected the the end of December and. January. & Webster pay rolls on July 1, 1917, at railroad companies to practically act as It is charged that having failed to make average salaries of $3,973 each were their storage yards during the early adequate progress during the first 12 transferred to the Hog Island pay rolls stages of the enterprise by storing the 12 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. Full Text of Report on Hog Islend Shipyard Investigation extra cars in their own yards; that the thoroughly familigr with the enterprise, sary to the enterprise. The very status freight moved to destination faster on and that thereafter the railroad conges- of agency involves a position of trust; this job than at any time during their tion and one of the severest winters in hence, an agent at any time can be held experience and moved in such quantities history developed, throwing all estimates to account for the reasonableness and that the railroads couid not provide the out of line; that the substantial fact was necessity of expenses and transactions storage facilities and could not move in- that all of the material for which the under the agency, even though the agency dividunl cars as requcsted but had to Government paid was received on Hog is allowed to continue. move any car that was available in order Island, and protected by fences and 3. The order of May 7 does not waive to clear the jam; that as a result their guards, so necessarily all of it was either past breaches. The law does not favor track material was delyed fron a month used in the construction or is on hand implied waivers; if a waiver had been to six weeks in arriving and that there available for use; that of the $55,000,000 in the minds of the parties, the new con- more certain weak spots in the railroad estimate of April 1, $31,809,428 was for tract would have so stated expressly. sFystems themselves which prevented the material and rentals of equipment, which 4. Only within very definite limits is it prompt movement of the freight and that necessarily were all used on the job; true that an undertaking of this nature the railroad companies were slow in in- that the overhead charges of $5,416,856, is to be judged not by its costs, but by its creasing their own facilities; that in the or 10 per cent of the total cost, is a very accomplishments, since the contract re- main, considering the nature of the un- small pereentage of overhead; that the quired the agent to proceed with due re- dortaking, the severe winter, and the labor cost of $17,773,716, less thatn one- gard to economy. necessity for great sneed, there was no third of the total cost, is a lower per- that to centage than would be expected on a job VII. CONCLUSION AS TO ALLEGED WASTE AND disorganization; that it is true MI1SMANAGEMENT. an outsider the job might have appeared of this sort, which is usually figured 35 to as " an organized riot " but that at all 40 per cent for labor; that the April esti- In what we have next to say we do times the managers of the enterprise mate furnishes perfect proof that the No- not wish to minimize the boldness of the knew what they nero doing and knew vember estimate w-s Inaccurate, and that plan of the agent and the courage and that progress was being made in an in fact nobody at that time with a job of success of the undertaking, but we are orderly fashion; that they supervised such. unknown magnitude and with un- not able to find affirmatively that the the receipt and distribution of materials known winter conditions could have made agent has satisfactorily accounted in the as well as could possibly be done on a any estimate that would be at all reliable hearings before us for the reasonable job of this magnitude, and that they su- as a basis for a judgment. necessity for the expenditure of so large pervised labor equally as well; that all of The agent maintains that the Govern- a sum of money in the construction of the men in charge of their several divi- ment is in no position to urge waste, mis- this plant. sions were men of reputation and stand- management, or excessive expenditures; Waiving all minor questions of con- ing in the engineering world who had all its witnesses and its counsel state: troversy, the outstanding fact is that the been actively in charge of undertakings 1. That each substantial act of the agent agentfs summer and fall estimates of of the first magnitude and that probably was approved, eNressly or impliedly, by the $21.000,000 and its November 27 estimate Fli et Corporation or its representatives. no more experienced and efficient engi- 2. That if the Fleet Corporation was is- of $27,0000 have been so far exceeded neers were ever gathered together in a satisfied with the management its remedy im- that the probable cost of the yard will single organization; that the job is-the der the contract was to terminate the agoncy; be about $61,000,000. [This includes that it could not have the benefits of the $,6,000,000 for recent additions made by greatest in magnitude of any undertaken agent's continuous management and at the in modern times, involving the construe- same time charge the agent with mismanage- crder of the Fleet Corporation.] Such tion of the largest industrial plant in the mn at. a discrepancy must be due to some fun- and the largest shipyard in the l. That the Fleet Corporation in placing 0amental 'miscalculation in the original country an additional order with the agent on May world in a periodl of eight months; that 7. 1018. with full knowledge of past condi estimate, to supervening conditions, in- by the end of January they had passed tioi's. waited any charges of waste and mis- cluding enlargement of the plan, to mis- management and admitted by its conduct that the peak load of their difficulties, having the agent was worthy of its agency and en- management in operation, or to a comn- b3 that time a complete system of stor- titled to receive additional trust and respon- bination of these factors. A discrepancy age tards on the island, better ware- sibility. of'this magnitude would seem to call fto! 4. That when all is said and done this was a clear explanation from the agent, but house facilities, and better working a war job where speed was of the essence, forces and more teamwork; so that when and that an undertaking of such a nature is this has not been furnished. Admiral Bowles came to Philadelphia to be judged not by its costs but by its accom- The first estimat of $21,000,000 was he did no more than they themselves plishmsents. the prime basis of the contract, as suffi- would have done had they been let alone, While the allegations of waiver and ciently appears from the letter of Ad- namely, reexamine their entire program ratification are serious, we do not regard miral Capps,, then general manager of and put it on a more ordered basis; them as conclusive. the Fleet Corporation, dated August 21, that in fact the directions of Admiral 1. There was no general approval of 1917, as follows: Bowles to suspend all work not of im- tile acts of the agent by the Fleet Cor- With your letter of July 23 to Gen. Gee- while it may have re- poration. On the contrary, it continu- thals, you inclosed "preliminary memoran- mediate necessity, dum of the probable cost of a ship-assembling lieved the pressure, did delay the con- ously protested against the conduct of the plant at Hog Island," amounting to $21,- struction somewhat; that even if the agent, as set forth above; but the agent 000.000. * * * not be justified for a took the position that it was responsible * * * before becoming committed to expenditures could any such large expenditures as this plant en- commercial enterprise they can be justi- for its method of managing the undertak- tails, it will be necessary to be assured within fied for a war job where speed was so ing. In some cases the agent first did the reasonable limits of the maximum cost in- to get the ships so act or permitted the dangerous situation volved, and as to whether for the purposes of Important in order this corporation all of this expenditure can urgently needed; that a month's saving to arise, and thus left the Fleet Corpora- be justified as regards standards of con- in time would mean $9,000,000 when tion no alternative but to acquiesce in a struction. measured by the charter value of 50 past event, which is entirely different This was followed on October 11, 1917, ships for one mouth; and that when all from approving a forthcoming event. with a detailed estimate by the agent was said and done they were employed Other acts of so-called approval were likewise showing a total of $21,000,000, to build ships with unheard-of speed and merely ministerial acts, such as signing which estimate was formally approved on are actually building them according to checks to pay bills. Other such acts were November 5 by the Fleet Corporation in schedule. by local representatives whose functions a letter to its resident engineer, as fol- The agent stated further that the first were to see and report and who had no lows: estimate of $21.000,000 for the cost of the authority to waive essential conditions of I beg to advise that the general plan of yard was no more than a guess, because the agency. The contract itself provides the shipyard and thn general outline together had not been examined that no inspector's certificate and no pay- with the cstimate of cost as regards the total actual conditions of $21.000,000 are approved and you may ad- and there was no adequate time for mak- ment " shall be conclusive evidence of the vis- the American International Shipbulding ing a real estimate; that to a lesser ex- performance of this contract in whole or Corporation accordingly and proceed in gen- tent the same thing was true of their in part." (Art. XV.) eral accordance therewith. estimate of S27.000.000 of November 27; 2. The agent can be called to account This estimate was also the basis for that this estimate, though dated Novem- at any time and his accounts can be the allotment by the Fleet Corporation ber 27. was in fact prepared in the very questioned if the proofs show that the to the Hog Island yard of $21.191.096 early part of November before they were expenditures were not reasonably neces- from its appropriation of October 6, 1917, THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 13 Full Text of Report on Hog Island Shipyard Investigation "for the acquisition or establishment of lotment," and thereupon Admiral Capps mate, although the final quantities are ;an- doubtedly in certain cases greater than in plants suitable for shipbuilding or of wrote that "he would like to have revised that estimate. [In this the chief engineer of materials essential thereto." (40 Stat. estimate; * * * would prefer to know the agent substantially agrees.] 345, c. 79.) the facts as to cost before final action." From the data available it does not appear to us that the increase of the estimate frons The attitude of the parties in regard The estimate of November 27 resulted. $27,000,000 of Novelmber 27 to the final esti- to this estimate of October 11 is sufll- The importance of this estimate lay in mate of $55,000,000 can be accounted for by clently indicated by the memorandum of the fact that the Fleet Corporation was the expansion of the plant subsequent to November 27. LIn this the chief engineer of Admiral Rousseau, of the Fleet Corpora- conisidering a reduction In the size of the the agent substantially agrees.] tion, dated November 12, 1917: yard so as to keep substantially within While it is our opinion that the plant as The original estimate of the American In- the appropriation. Hence the agent finally built, could' not have been produced ternational Shipbuilding Corporation, I un- knew that upon the basis of Its November within the original estimate, It also appears derstand, based on 50 ways for 7,500-ton ves- that the final cost will be considerably in ex- sels, was $21,000,000, including about 7 per estimate action would be predicated and cess of the figure that might reasonably be cent for contingencies. This estimate, it is taken. expected from consideration of the fluished understood, was nade before the contract was Considerable effort has been made by plan, and this conclusion would seem to De signed. On October 11 they submitted a re- substantiated by a comparison of the costs of vised estimate, which they term a "prelim- the agent in the hearings before us to the elements of this plant with those of the inary" estimate, amounting to $21,000,000 as stultify its own estimates by claiming two other fabricating yards. The total cost before, including 2 per cent for contingencies, that they were mere guesses that nobody of the Hog Island plant will approximate including also an allowance of $405,000 for $1,100,000 per slip as compared with $00,000 "living quarters." This estimate was similarly could rely upon. But the Fleet Corpora- for Bristol and $300.000 for Newark Bay. based on the 7,500-ton vessels. Mr. Muhlfeld, tion rid rely upon them, and there is no [One of the leading engineering officials of the in presenting this estimate, stated orally that contemporaneous evidence justifying the agent has stated that these other plants, con- In the absence of the completion of detailed structed under substantially Identical circin- plans and also in view of the very unstable agent's present position. The letter of stances, form a proper basis of comparison if condition of the material and labor market, the agent transmitting the revised esti- differences in their essential features are given he could not claim that this was a close es- mate of November 27, made after two proper weight.] timate, and could not tell what the work would There are sufficient differences in the three actually cost. I took It that this statement and a half months' actual contact with plants to raise a question of doubt as to any referred more to the possible variation in the the work, in nowise foreshadows any- conclusions drawn from an absolute compari- individual items than to the total estimate thing except the- normal variations in son between the costs of the plants. In gen- itself. oral, it appears that, as compared with the cost, which might be expected in a job Bristol plant, the Hog Island plant is a much On October 23 the Fleet Corporation, of this magnitude. I less complete plant, and its Construction is of pursuant to its option contained in the In a full coriference held with the chief a less permanent character, and It would be contract, directed the building of certain expoeted from a comparison of the two plants, engineer of the agent, together with our- that the cost per slip at Hog Island would be additional ships of 50 . feet increased technical advisers from the Navy, the materially less than at Bristol. length. This required the lengthening of impression made upon all of us was that In comparing the Hog Island and Newark some of the building ways and piers and Bay plants, they appear to be generally similar, any explanation of the Increase in the the provision of shops and storehouses at the enlargement of the shop and storage estimate fromt $27,000,000 on November Hog Island being somewhat more complete capacity. Thereupon the agent made its 27 to $55,000,000 on April 1 (later by than at Newark Bay, and the entire plant be- revised estimate of November 27 of ing laid out for vessels considerably larger. additions to the work increased to These differences, however, would not appear $27,000 000, stating in Its letter of trans- $61,000,000) must be found elsewhere to account for the difference in cost per slip mission of November 30: between $1,100,000 and $390,000. than in any supposed gross miscalcula- We are of the opinion that the November 27 Of the difference between the two estimates, tion in making the earlier estimate. approximately $2,750.000 Is due to the con- estimate for the Hog Island project was Insuf- struction of two types of ships in the same Throughout the hearings before the flcient for a plant contemplating provision for 50 building-ways; that a portion of the high yard at the same time, Instead of one type Senate Committee on Commerce, lasting cost is due to the unfavorable weather condi- as contemplated in the original plan. * * * 5, no Indica- ($3,250,000) Is the from December 21 to April tions, to the difficulties inherent in the con- The remaining difference tion was given by the agent or its officials centration of such a huge volume of work in result of a more detailed study of field con- one location, where pped Is of great Impor- ditions, which showed, for instance, that the or experts as to the actual probable cost tance, to the increaned cost of labor, and to the subsoil conditions were more unfavorable thdn of the yard. As late as March 27 the large area of plant provided per slip; and could have been anticipated at the time the agent presented before the committee- finally that after making allowance for these first estimate was made; of a labor survey conditions, the cost will be higher than we are which showed that labor would be more in- as their expert Mr. John R. Freeman, able to account f6r by the. data that have been effielent and costly than could have reasonably of Providence, with the Introduction that been expected; of some items underestimated; before us. and also In a large measure Is due to the. he "is an engineer who has been con- necessary extensions of the plan which fol- sulted on practically all of the large and We have examined with great care the lowed further detailed study. important, engineering works of the daily and weekly contemporaneous re- These two estimates being the basis country, including the Isthmian Canal," ports of the Fleet Corporation's plant upon which tile work was authorized by who testified that the plant would cost and resident engineers; also the daily the Fleet Corporation and by Congress, it somewhere between $35,000,000 and diaries of many of the operating officials becomes Important to remember that by $40,000,000, and that that would probably of the agent; arso the reports of special the end of November the agent had been be the whole cost, and that "tthe price examinations made bV the higher officials studying the project for six months and has been. high." (Pp. 2368, 2381.) of the Fleet Corporation or by engineers had been actually in operation under the The estimate of the agent as of four specially sent to Hog Island for that pur- contract for two and a half months; that days later was $55,000,000, which will be pose. We have read the statements, prac- the estimate was in detail and gave unit the probable cost of the yard with the ex- tically contemporaneous, of witnesses he- and also have prices; that the estimate in regard to ceDtion of some $6,000,000 additional con- fore the Senate committee, such important items as the shipways struction work ordered since April 1. had interviewed hundreds of intelligent was confirmed by the independent esti- From the inception of our investigation employees, contractors, and their repre- Wates of the subcontractors, and that we have attempted to obtain from the sentatives. the chief engineer of the agent stated to agent a statement of the factors which We could not examine this array of evi- us that the estimates were worked out caused the Increased cost, with a state- dence without coming to the conclusion with great care and with the best engi- ment of the amounts to be properly allo- that prior to February 1 there existed at neering talent procurable. Under these cated to the several items of increase. Hog Island a condition which, superfi- circumstances the Fleet Corporation..was When the April 1 estimate first came to cially at least. aWould impress anyone as justified in relying upon the November our attention, showing a probable cost an " organized riot," " tangled mass," or estimate. of some $20,000,000 higher than had been "state of chaos." The memorandum of Admiral Rous- stated a few days before in the testi- The most significant single fact ipli- seau of November 16, together with Ad- mony, we pressed our request with con- cating the point of view at Hog Island miral Capps's reply. show the great im- siderable insistence, but the officials of was that bills for. inaterialN. largely lums- portance which the Fleet Corporation at- the agent have definitely taken the posi- ber, were prepaid (and properly prepaid) tached to the November estimate. When tion that no such allocation is possible. to the extent of over $10,000,000, but the officials of the agent called and stated Our technical advisers from the Navy no effort was made by the auent until that the new type of vessels (" B " ships) report as follows regarding this phase of our investigation to prove whether the 'would increase the cost of the yard, the matter: prepaid bills were in fact followed by the Admiral Rousseau " advised them orally actual receipt of the material paid for. So far as the data before us shows, the gen- that there were no funds from which this eral scope of the plan has not been very ma- Another fact of strong significance is corporation could make an additional al- terially changed since the November 27 esti- that while the contract provided In ex- 71'-18 - 14 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. Full Text of Report on Hog Island Shipyard Investigation press terms that the agent should keep being the reasonableness of the expendi- Lincoln R. Clark-September 10, 1918: Memorandum on various legal questions, a detailed plant cost account and con- tures, a board of experts would be a 62 pages. tained very careful provisions defining more suitable tribunal, we think, than a F. I). Simmons: cost, yet the agent at an early date took court or a court and a jury. We refer Report on files of Emergency Fleet Corpo- ration, 720 pages. the positlon that since the Government to Article XXII of the contract, providing Iald for everything that went into Hog that any dispute as to the manner of do- ing the work, etc., shall be referred to Island it was unnecessary to comply with DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, this provision. Hence, at no stage of the general manager of the Fleet Corpora- Washington, September 21, 1918. the work since last December could it tion, and his decision shall be final and be determined what any unit of plant binding, except that after the shipyard The ATTORNEY GENERAL, construction cost. Thus, it was never is constructed the agent may appeal to a Washington. possible for the agent, and the agent board of arbitration consisting of three SIR: In the course of our comimunica- never attempted to supervise either its disinterested naval architects, to be se- tion to you dated September 12, report- own work or the work of its subcontrac- lected one by the Fleet Corporation, one ing the results of our investigation of tors from the point of view of what the by the agent, and one by the two. the Hog Island Shipyard for the ptrpose work was costing. In our judgment, the shipyard being in of ascertaining whether any grounds It was certainly possible to supervise the main completed, the board of arbitra- exist for criminal process, we stated that the undertaking from the standpoint of tion should be established, and the ques- the Shipbuilding Corporation was sub- cost without detriment to speed. In tion should be definitely submitted to stantially complying with it contract in February, Admiral Bowles was sent to them as to whether under the proper in- regard to the progress of the work. Hav- Hog Island to exercise the full power of terpretation of the contract the expendi- Ing noticed statements in the press within the Fleet Corporation in the matter of tures for the plant construction at Hog the last day or two to the effect that the direction and supervision; he was able Island were reasonably necessary. In program at Hog Island is falling behind to increase the efficiency of the work, and making their determination they must schedule, we desire to say, in order to yet eliminate unnecessary salaries in have in mind not only the proper interpre- avoid any possibility of confusion, that three departments, and rental charged tation of the contract, but also the fact the statement in our report was based on for unnecessary equipment, thereby ef- that the burden of proof is upon the agent conditions as they appeared when the fecting a saving of several thousand dol- to satisfy the tribunal as to the reason- taking of testimony in the investigation lars a day. A similar reorganization in able necessity for the expenditures. If closed, which was early in July. other departments is under way. the tribunal reports that the expenditures Respectfully, In substance the agent has taken the were reasonably necessary, then we would G. CARROLL TODD, position that since this was not a com- recommend closing the proceedings ex- Assistant to the Attorney General. mercial job, but a war job in which speed cept as to matters which are now or may MARK HYMAN, was of the essence, therefore, in the ab- hereafter be in issue between the agent Special Assistant to the Attorney General. sence of positive misconduct or crimi- and the Fleet Corporation; if, on the nality, -the question of (6st was of minor contrary, they find that the expenditures importance. were in excess of reasonable necessity "Whitney" and "Dobbin" In our opinion thfis is not the correct they should state their judgment as to view of the contract. Speed, of course, the extent of the excess, and payment Names of New U. S. Tenders was of high importance, and something thereof should be demanded of the agent. additional in the way of cost must be Respectfully submitted. Secretary Daniels announces that de- allowed for it, and we have to assume G. CARROLL TODD, stroyer tender No. 3 is assigned the name was allowed by the agent in its estimate Assistant to the Attorney General. Whitney, in memory of the late Hon. of November 27, because the necessity AMARK HYMAN, for speed was as apparent then as later. Special Assistant to the Attorney General. William Collins Whitney, who was Secre- But speed is not promoted by disregard- tary of the Navy from 1885 to 1889. ing the ordinary safeguards for control- APPENDix. Born in Conway, Mass., July 5, 1841, he ling costs. Both the contemporaneous was educated at Yale and Harvard and record evidence and the contract itself All of the reports of the special agents settled in New York, where he was ad- indicate a rigid desire on the part of are oi file in the department. In addi- mitted to the bar. He was an ardent the Fleet Corporation to have the ex- tion, the informal conferences which we advocate -of naval expansion, and under penditures kept within the narrowest held with representatives of the agent his administration great progress was practicable limits and to have the ex- and of the Emergency Fleet Corporation made in building the "New Navy." Mr. penditures closely checked by a careful and of some of the contractors have been Whitney changed the Washington Navy system of cost accounting; in addition, made matters of record in correspondence Yard to the " Naval Gun Factory," con- the contract required the agent to pro- between us. Also many questions were fining its duties to the manufacture of tect and subserve the interests of the taken up by correspondence with either ordnance. He died in New York Febru- Fleet Corporation, fixed bonuses for sav- the agent or the Emergency Fleet Corpo- ary 2, 1904. ings in cost on the vessels and penalties ration, and this correspondence is like- Destroyer tender No. 4 is assigned the for exceeding the estimated cost, pro- wise on file. Also the answers of the va- name Dobbin in memory of the late Hon. vided for calling upon the aid of the rious vendors of materials to the ques- James Cochrane Dobbin, who was Secre- Fleet Corporation itself in order to make tionnaire letters are on file. tary of the Navy from 1853 to 1857. He purchases "at the minimum cost con- The formal hearings before us were was born in Fayetteville, N. C., in 1814, sistent with the existing conditions," and perpetuated by stenographic minutes em- was a graduate of the University of North provided that "excessive and unusual bracing five volumes. Carolina, and was admitted to the bar salaries or emoluments shall not be paid The more important summaries made in 1835. He was a Member of Congress by the agent or charged as a part of the by our attorneys and special agents, on from 1845 to 1847 and also of the North actual cost." file in the department, are as follows: Carolina Legislature from 1848 to 1852. If then the agent has adopted a stand- George W. Storek-June 8, 1918: He was an advocate of increase of naval nrd of conduct for the work which is Accountants' report, 81 pages and 384 pages of exhibits. strength, and during his administration not the standard fixed by the contract Walter L. Furbershaw-July 19, 1918: there were built 18 of the finest ships of it can not acquit itself of responsibility Summary of reports of special agents, 89 their class that were in the world. He by merely showing that it has actually pages. June 10, 1918: Summary of correspond- instituted the present apprentice system, expended some $61,00000 in building ence and files of American International inaugurated the retired list for officers this plait; it must go furthQr and ac- Shipbuilding Corporation, 137 pages. June 29, 1918: Summaries of investiga- unable to perform active duty, and the count not only for actual expenditures law for increased pay to seamen and hon- of the tions concerning operations of 11 prin- but for the reasonable necessity cipal subcontractors, 278 pages. orable discharge for good conduct. Un- expenditures under a proper construe- Rilsh Williams: der hi auspices the Perry Expedition tion of the contract. Report on Interrelation between agent and subcontractors or vendors of mate- was sent to-Japan and the treaty negoti- VIL1. RECOMMENDATION. rials. 125 pages. ated which brought Japan in touch with A. F. Myers-August 80, 1918: A bill in equity for an accounting Report on investigation of purchase or- the outside world. Mr. Dobbin died at might be brought. But the main question ders, 28 pages. Fayetteville, N. C., August 4, 1857. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 15

LIST OF CASUALTIES REPORTED AMONG THE UNITED STATES FORCES OVERSEAS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1918. ROEDIGER, William Edward. Mrs. Loutha PAUL, Andrew R. Mrs. Sophie Paul, R. F. Roediger, 4028 Cottage Avenue, St. Louis, D. 1, Milladore, Wis. The following casualties are reported Mo. PILARSKI, Alexander. Stephen Czerwinski, ROSELL, Ernest. Mrs. Sophia Rosell, 335 324 Russell Street, Detroit, Mich. by the commanding general of the Ameri- Reed Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah. PONDER, i1arry. Mrs. Tobithe J. Ponder, can ExpeditionAry Forces: RUDTKISKIE, Joseph. Frank Rudtkiskie, 9 R F D. 1. Lacenter, Wash. East Avenue, Erie, Pa. POWELL, Tom. Mrs. Eliza F. Powell, R. F. Killed in action ------54 SEDLOWSKI, John. Toni Povaleites, ITihm- D. 5, Cochran, Ga. pell, Me. RAULS, William F. Mrs. Josephine Rauls, SA HILL, Aloysius F. Mrs. Thomas Ska- Hornersville, Mo. Killed in Action. hill, 196 West Eighth Street, Dubuque, RAUSER, William G. August G. Rauser, LIEUTENANT. Iowa. 1013 Hillen Street, Baltimore, Md. SWEET. Raymond C. Albert J. Sweet, Divi- REDDY Edward F. Miss Elizabeth Reddy, FULLER, Benjamin W. Benjamin R. Fuller, slon Street, Waseca, Minn. 1014 B3ranch Avenue, Providence, R. 1. 60 Washington Street, East Milton, Mass. WATnFLL. William F. George Waddell, STUDLIEN, Eugene V. Edwin 0. Studlien, CORPORALS. PleasanttIlle, Pa. Moorhead, Minn. WAh-, wiluam E. Mrs. Leila Ward, 104 SUGAREK, Eddie M. Charlie Sugarek, sr., GUSLER, Paul P. Simon A. Gusler, Havlland, Grand Avenue East, Grand Rapids, Mich. Boeville, Tex. Ohio. WILSON, Stafford C. Mrs. David H. Wilson, TRANDLE, William F. Miss Hilda Trandle, WELLS, Anderson C. Mrs. Georgia A. Wells, 370 Central Park West, New York, N. Y. R. v. D. 1, Kingston, N. J. Balkans, Ky, WOJNOWSKI, Vincent I. Ignatz Wojn6wskd, TRIGGIANO, Onofrio. Steve Trigglano, 1221 PRIVATES. 1010 Twelfth Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. West Grand Avenue, Chicago, l11. ALBRIGHT, Elmer. Mrs. Victoria Glover, WOODS, Robert F. Mrs. Bertha Woods, 935 TUFTS, Charles J. Mrs. Divine Tufts, 155 R. F. D. 4. McKenzie, Tenn. Fifty-second Street, Los Angeles, Cal. Spring Street, Muskegon, Mich. BABUREK, Charles. Mrs. John Cichy, 1627 YOPN IN Joln A. Mrs. Barbara Younkin, WAITE, John A. Mrs. Sarah M. Waite, South Morgan Street Chicago, Ill. Grantsville, Md. einonix Street, Bellefonte, Pa. BAKER, ZALIEWASKI, John. William Zallewaski, 508 WENGER, Irvin. Serrinus Wenger, 645 Fre- Joseph W. 4. W. Baker, Sparta, Perry Street, Buffalo, N. Y. mont Avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich. Tenn. WINTERS, BENSON, Walter W. Mrs. Anna Cornwell, Courtlin. Mrs. Fannie Winters, Wetmore, McNeil, Ark. Kans. SECTION 1, DECEMBE1R 23. ANDERSON, Oscar P. Mrs. Thorson, Elbow CANNON, Edward F. Mrs. Elizabeth Cannon, Lake, Minn. 50 Prospect Place, New York, N. Y. The following casualties are reported BAMMANN, Fred W. Herman Bammann, COWAN, Earl. Robert M. Cowan, Benford, 428 by the commanding general of the Ameri- Fourteenth Street, Oshkosh, Wis. N. Dak. BOGAN, Charles J. D. J. Bogan, 25 Bicker- CRISTOFFERSEN, Thomas H. Nat J. can Expeditionary Forces: staff Street, Boston, Ryhan, Morris, Minn. Mass. Killed in action ------55 CARLO, Michael. John Carlo, 200' Prospect CUPUST, August John. Mrs. Frusina Kres- Street, Brookiy, N. Y. zanieny, box 31, Burnside, Conn. Died of wounds ------37 COUTURIER, Bernerd. David Couturier, DIEMER, Sylvester Joseph, Lizzie Diemer, Died of accident and other Provamont, Mich. Holgate, Ohio. causes ------DOWLING, William H. Mrs. Beeann Dow- DINARD Ferdinando. Mary Dicosmo, 150 13 ling, Western Port, Md. Third ktreet, Old Forge, la. Died of disease ------72 DUNWOOD, Roland. Miss Efter May Dun- FOX, Patrick J. Mrs. Bridget Fez, 534 Mon- Missing in action ------167 wood, 228 West College Street, Bainbridge, mouth Street, Jersey City, N. J. Ga. GOUGER, Patrick A. Alphonse Gouger, 42 DUPIS, Rene. Joseph Dupls, 30 Oak Street, Taft Street, North Adams, Mass. Total ------344 Fairhaven, Mass. GRAVES, Arthur T. Mrs. Georgiana Graves, RAWKINS, Raymond. James 0. Hawkins, Quitman, Mo. Dove City, N. -C. GRIMES, Michael .. Miss Sarah Moran, 1021 Killed in Action. HAYES, 1urias Charles. Mrs. Mary Hayes, Avenue A, New York, N. Y. R. F. D. 2 York, Pa. HENDY, Joseph C. James H1. Aendy, 204 PRIVATES. MICHELL, &rl H. E. August F. Jahnko, First Street, Troy, N. Y. ANDERSON, Jake C. Mrs. Charles Steen, R. F. D. 1, Emmitt, Ark. HORN, Harold A. Mrs. Annie I. Horn, 1074 Cave City, Ky. POLK, Walter. Mrs. Lula B. Polk, R. F. D. Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. BAILEY, Samuel 11. Samuel L. Bailey, Quan- 1, Princess Anne, Md. 4TENKINS, William Dennis. W. A. Gafford, tico, Md. 8LOOTMAKER, Adrian C. John Slootmaker, East Masonville N Y. BENEDETTI, Alfredo. Carlo Soldi, East Wolverine Motor Works, Bridgeport, Conn. JONES, Aubrey P. Mrs. Frank A. Baker, Belle Vernon, Pa. STREETER. George. Mrs. Eliza Streeter, 430 260 North Eighteenth Street, Salem, Oreg. BRIMLEY, William R. Mrs. Flora Brimley, Park Avenue Vicksburg, Misq. KOUNTAKIS, Konstantinos. Emanuel G. Perry, Mich. WILLIAMS, Frank. Mell Fredlick, 109 Kountakis, box 684, Hopewell, Va. BRUNST, Otto. Mrs. Paullue Radde Brunst, Market Street, Piqua, Ohio. LASINSKI, Michael T. Mrs. Elizabeth La- 9630 Stoughton Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. sinaski, Bronson Branch, Mich. CARROLL, Gilbert L. Mrs. Martha J. Wil- Died of Wounds.. LUCY, Ralph C. Mrs. Thula Lucy, Wash- iams. Craig, Colo. CORPORALS. tuena, Wash. CHRISTENSEN. Alfred, Mrs. Trena Peter- BEARD, Charles S. Everett Miner, Warren, McCLENTICK, V. Mrs. Florence Fulton, 208 son Lents, Oreg. Ind. Trail Street, West Jackson, Mich. CLEMENS, Raymond C. Mrs. Mary Clemens, MATON, Peter James. Mrs. Ellen Flynn, BLAISDELL, Edward R. George H. Blaisdell, 751 R. F D. 1, St. Joseph, llch. box 01, West Side Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. DOUGAN, Francis B. Mrs. William Kelly, 27 Oakland, Me. MAHONEY, Cornelius J. Daniel J. Mahoney, East Street. Dorchester, Mass. BURKE, Frank J. Mrs. Mary Burke, 1681 2 Decher Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass. EDBERG. Harvey A, Mrs. Mary Edberg, 706 Carlyon Road, East Cleveland, Ohio. CASSIN, Frank J. Mrs. Catherine Cassin, MIKELSON, Stephen. George Mikelson, East Third Street south. Virginia, Minn. 2300 West Street, Stillwater, N. Y. ESTES, Cephes. Mrs. Rachel Hitt, route 4, Oak Street, Louisville, Ky. MILLER, William W. William E. Miller, 142 Advance Mo. COONAN, Walter F. Mrs. Thomas J. Coonan, South Avenue, Mariners Harber, ' Staten FITZPATRICK, Harold. Mrs. A. E. 0. Sul- 63 Gates Street, Worcester, Mass. Island, N. Y. livan 3440 Broadway, New York, N. Y. COVEY, William B. Earl W. Covey, Big MOENKHOUSE, Ernest J. G. W. Moenkhouse, FOSTER, John. Mrs. Elizabeth Foster, 162 Moose, N. Y. R. F. D. 2, La Grande, Oreg. Cooper Street, Brooklyn N. Y. PRIVATES. MORRISON, McKee D. Mrs. Charles C. Mor- CASPER, Lee. Mrs. Mollie Casper, R. F. D. ANDERSON. Bryan. Lindsey W. Anderson, rison, 31 East Forty-ninth Street, New York, 1 Chesaning, Mich. Liberty, Miss. N. Y. HENRY, John K. Mrs. Agnes T. Campion, ANNA, George H. George Anna Galena, Ill. NATIONS, Walter I. W. H. Nations, Pitts- Angus, Minn. DEMOREST, James. John G. bemorest, R. boro, Miss. JONES, David 0. Mrs. Millie K. Sweeney, F. D. 1, Necedah, Wis. NEWMARK, Gabriel. Fred Newmark, 234 Urichville. Ohio. DERDOWSKI, Omer. Mrs. Mary Derdowski, Fourth Street, Newark, N. J. KASAL, Edward H. Frank Kasal, R. F. D. 1, 1411 'Marsac Street, Bay City, Mich. NOMELAND, Jim J. Halvor Nomeland, Gry- Chelsea. Iowa. DUTLER, Emil H. David Dutler, R. F. D. gla Minn. KENDHAMMER, Frank. John Kendhammer, 2, Laporte City, Iowa. NORRIS, Joseph P. William H. Jones, Je- R. F D. 1, La Crosse, Wis. EICKMEIER, George H. Joseph H. Eick. rome, Pa. LECOMPTE, Albert Herbert. Mrs. Melina meier, R. F D. 7, Princeton, Ill. NORTON, Gus Anthony. Gus Norton, sr., Lecompte, 602 South Main Street, Water- FERRAT\D, Charles E. Charles R. Ferrand, Silex, Mo. bury, Conn. R. F. D. 2, Columbia, La. PIERCE, Henry Harrison.: Mrs. Mary Pierce, MCORAY. Samuel W. Mrs. Samuel MeCray, GOETZ, Edward A. Mrs. Sophia Goets, Twenty-fourth and South Streets, Lexing- Thompsonville, Conn. Lawndale, Ohio. ton, Mo. McGEE Charles N. Mrs. Mary J. McGee, GREINER, Charles D. Mrs. M. Darnroth, POTIS, Harry P. Miss Ida Poths, box 326, Moreland, Ga. 1960 Webster Avenue, New York, N. Y. Amboy, Ill. MAY Martin J. Martin May, Avis, Pa. HOPE, Charles E. F. L. Hope, Wichita Falls, REYNOLDS, Ward A. J. B. Reynolds, 1302 MILL.ER Samuel W. Mrs. Lizzie Miller, Vi- Tex. North Forty-ninth Street. Seattle. Wash. borg, Minn. KIESELHORST, Elmer. Mrs. Mary Kiesel- RISING. Joseph. Mrs. M. Rising, R. F. D. 1, OATLUND, Andrew J. Mrs. Hilda Gustaf- burst, 925 Fifteenth Street, Manitowoo, Columbia Falls, Mont. son. 803 Battle Avenue, Cleveland. Ohio. Wis. ROBERTS, Ivie. John R. Roberts, R. F. D. PARETTI. Lawrence J. Mrs. Venegeni Lul- KNOZVICH, Fred. *Nick Lozovich, Globe, 1, Hopewell, Ala. gla, Grantola Mesenzens, Italy. Ariz. 16 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GEN. PERSHING LOVIN, Fred S. Brant Lovin, Osburne, N. C. NORRIS, Roy. Mrs. Dora Rennard, New- PROFIT, Leanis. Mrs. Sarah Profit, Clintony McKIE, Don Albro. Mrs. Helen McKie, R. F. comerst6wn, Ohio. La. D. 3, Webberville. Mich. PADILLA, Elisic. Mrs. Mauelita Padilla, TURNER, Edward W. Mrs. Mary Turner, McNAIR, Earl W. Mrs. Mollie McNair, Mount Magdalena, N. MAex. Walton, Ky. Olive, Miss. PASSMORE, Joseph B. Mrs. Ella J. Pass- VILES, Alson Leon. Mrs. Jennie VileS, Muse MEIGS, Bert W. Mrs. Albea Maines, 402 more, Row, Pa. cotah, Kans. Seventh Street, Fort Dodge, Iowa. POLLEY, William Leroy. John A. Polley, WARD, Albert. John W. Ward, Crowville, La. MERCER, Clarpoece C. Bert M. Mercer, Bay- Auburn, Wash. ard, Iowa. QUADROZZI Joseph. James Quadrozzi, De- Missing in Action. NEILSON, Peter. Mrs. Mary Neilson, Anita, pew, N. Y. Pa. RECKNAGEL, Ernest L. Rudolph Recknagel, PRIVATES. PARIS, Lawrence D. Walker D. Paris, R. F. R. F. D. 2, Troy Center, Wis. KITCHEN, Harry H. Albert H. Kitchen, D. 1, Stapleton, Va. ROGERS, Jackson S. E. William T. Rogers, R. F. D. 1, Edom, Ohio. PECORONI, Angelo. Castellani Riccardo, Lone Grove, Tex. KLIPSTEIN, Albert C. Mrs. Emma Klip- 751 Roebling Avenue, Trenton, N. J. ROMES, Louis. Mrs. Jeanie H. romes, 3519 stein, 1410 West Fifteenth Street, Quincy, PETERSON, Judson. Mrs. Laura Peterson, Zinsle Avenue, Kennedy, Ohio. Ill. Cochranton, Pa. ROSS, Ben. Mrs. Carrie Macking, Kings RAFFERTY, Edward A. Mrs. Nancy Raf- Mountain, N. C. KLUESNER, John. Ben Kluesner, Celestine, ferty, R. F. D. 1, Grampian, Pa. SAVAGE, Carroll. Mrs. Martha Savage, 27 Ind. RUSS, Robert E. Mrs. B. E. Mitchell, Or- County Street, Peabody, Mass. KUHL, Paul H. Mrs. Wilhelmine Kuhl, 346 chard Street, Newbury, Mass. SCARBERRY, William. Mrs. Lib Scarberry, East Forty-second Street, Portland, Oreg. SOLOMON, William. William Solomon, 371 Glenwood W Va LEPLEY, William C. Millard Lepley, Bos- Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. SIMONS, Ellis. Sam L. Simmons, Leechville, well, Pa. SPONDLY, Karl M. Miss Electa M. Spon- N. C. LIVENGOOD, John H. Mrs. Mary M. Liven- dly, Augusta, Wis. SLAUGHTER, Albert H. Mrs. Georginla good, R. F. D. 1, Mount Pleasant Mills, Pa. UTLEY, Raymond. William Utley, Albion, Slaughter, 10 Wylonsing Street, Montrose, McCANN, Ferman H. William F. McCann, Pa. Paxton, Tex. WATTS, Wilburn F. Robert Lee Watts, Red SMITH, George. Mrs. Annie Smith, Bucks, MAcDONALD, Allan D. Stephen MacDon- Springs, Tex. Ala. aid, 120 Guirado Street, Los Angeles, Cal. WELLIVER, Delbert Marshall. Mrs. Annie SORDON, Armydis. Mrs. Little Sordon, 18 MARTIN, Carl. Mrs. E. L. Martin, 2518 Hayes 1133 Thirty-fifth Street, Rock Is- Beach Street, Moorestown, N. J. Prospect Street, Indianapolis, Ind. land. Ill METZGER, Harry A. Mrs. Mary A. Metzger, SOULE, George N. Charles L. Soule, F.' F. D. 100 East Garfield Street, Philadelphia, Pa. WENTKER, Bernard G. Miss Catherine 1, Moorepark, Mich. - Wentker, 329 Liberty Street, Burlington, SPICER, William C. Mrs. Lizzie Kinney, 108 MORIALE, John J. C. Moriale, 126 West Wis. Park Street, Zanesville, Ohio. Jackson Avenue, Corona, N. Y. WEST, Frank C. Mrs. Anna M. West, Groton STIRGUS, Cleveland. Jeff Stirgus, care of MOSSER, Edwin J. Jacob H. Mosser, Brein. Street, Pepperell, Mass. L. T. Ventress, Woodville, Miss. Igsville, Pa. WOZILESKY, Daniel. Mrs. Anna Rosko, 65 WELCH, Aaron M. Mrs. Anna Welch, gen- MURPHY, Dellbert L. Ollie M. Murphy, Lin. Richardson Street, Winchester, Mass. eral delivery, Meadowbrook, Pa. wood, Ga. WILLIAMSON, Hampton. Miss Julia Wick- NEATEROUR, Loy H. Mrs. John Neaterour, Died of Disease. man, 111 North Prince Street, Patriot, Ind. Tioga, Ill. WORTHY, William G. James Worthy, Phoe- NEWMAN, Albert P. William M. Newman, PRIVATES. nix, Ala. Huddlestone, Va. CRICKS; Edward Francis. Mrs. Bessie PRIVATES. O'BRIEN, John F. Mrs. T. O'DrIen, 489 Walsh, 523 Ridge Avenue, New Kensington, Hudson Avenue Brooklyn, N. Y. Pa. ANCEAU, Lucien E. Mrs. Adele Aubin, 2 O'BRIEN John Mrs.i. Catherine O'Brien, CROSSER, Oscar R. William A. Crosser, R. East Forty-fifth Street, New York, N. Y. 1221 Theriot Avenue, New York, N. Y. F. D. 2, Poscasset, Okla. ANDERSON, Harry W. Miss Ida Mallon, OCCHINZZI, Francesco. Mrs. Mary Caruso, DANCY, John. Mrs. 113 West Oxford Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Cetraro Province, Cosenza, Italy. Mary Dancy, R. F. D. 2, ANDERSON, John W. Brie Anderson, R. F. OLIVER, Albert. Mrs. Ase, 1224 North box 128, Greensboro, Va. Haute, 'Ind. DAVIS, Samuel. Mrs. Eliza McDonald, Lo- D. 3 Madrid, Iowa. Eleventh Street, Terre cust Gap, Pa. BAINSTER, Randolph. Mrs. Jennie Banister, PACIELLO, Charles B. John Paciello, 101 FERRITER, Millwood, Va. East Fourth Street, Bridgeport, Pa. Joseph. Miss Ella Ferriter, 618 BATHKE, Paul L. Hermann Bathke, R. F. PARAVAN, Louis, Joseph Bevelagua, 2354 East Ontario Street. Philadelphia, Pa. " FISH, Alexander. Mrs. Bertha Fish, 316 D. 1, Petoskey, Mich. South Oakley Avenue, Chicago, Ill. West BELL, Herbert. Tom W. Bell, R. F. D. 2, PARIS, Frank. Miss Helen Paris, 54 Jeffer- One hundred and ninth Place, Chi- Christina Tenn. son Street, Yonkers, N. Y. cago, Ill. Emanuel. Harlambos Pat- FOXWORTHY, William. Mrs. Lula M. Fox- BERRY, Freeman. Charley Luedeke, 1201 PATEROULAKIS worthy, Harrison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. eroulakis, 73 1Vechanic Street, Freeport, Ill. R. F. D. 1, Wallfugford, Ky. BOYD, William H. Mrs. Mary E. Boyd, Ma- PEDERSON, John. Carl Pederson, R. F. D. 4, FRALIX, Monroe C. Mrs. Permilia Fralix, R. coma, Ill. Volga, S. Dak. F. D. 1, Lodge, S. C. BRADY, William J. William E. Brady, R. F. PEIFER, Fred W. Daniel K. Peifer, 230 FRY, Absalom. Daniel Fry, R. F. D. 3, War- D. 2, Conception Junction, Mo. Scott Avenue, Bloomsburg, Pa. saw, Ohio. CALE, Alex F. Mrs. M. E. Cale, R. F. D. 2, PERRY, Samuel E. Everett 0. Perry, R. I" GALETTA, Mario. Mario Galleta, care of Cloud, Minn. Guarini Cande La Bancheri, 23-25 New Marion, Va. D. 2, St. Bowery. New York_ N. Y. CALDWELL, Ellis. Robert A. Caldwell, PERSINGER, Andrew. Charles A. Persinger, Fruitland, Mo. R. F. D. 5, Campbellsburg, Ind. GERLOFF, Frederick. Mrs. Clara Gerloff, 131 PETERS, Valentine R. Mrs. Emma Peters, Second Avenue, North Pelham, N. Y. CAMP, Henry C. Winiam Camp, Sonoma, Cal. 3605 Avenue B, Galveston, Tex. GOLUBIEWSKI, Alexander. Andrew Golu- PETERSON, Robert V. Mrs. Hannah Peter- biewski, Central Avenue, Sewaren, N. J. CARLSON, Otto H. Miss Alma Carlson, 114 son, Hauto, Pa. GILLINGHAM, Arthur J. Mrs. Laura Mes- Roberts Street, Fargo, N. Dak. PETROFSKY, Guss. Paul Glockty, 6 Goreck ser, Newport, N. H. CASON, Ed. Mrs. Arelia Cason, R. F. D. 3, Street, New York, N. Y. GRIEGORY, Will. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Gregory, Metter, Ga. PICARDI, Alfonso. Nickola Picardi, 126 Lex- South Greenwood, S. C. CHRISTY, Foster T. Mrs. Gertrude Christy, ington Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. GRIFFIN, John J. Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin, Hillsboro, Ohio. PIGG. William L. John L. Pigg, Yellow CO0Lafayette Street, Sharon, Pa. CLARK, Dee, Mrs. Sallie Irvin. Hanna, La. Tacket. Colo. EIATWAN, Charlie. John A. K. Hatwan, R. COCCIA. Alphonso. Dunttanciils Coccla, 738 PITTS, Grady B. Augustus A. Pitts, Harvey, F. D. 1. Tabor, S. Dak. Earp Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Ark. HENDERSON, Dewey. Mrs. Sarah 0. Hen- COLES, Ezekiel. Royal Coles, Clarkton, Va. drson, Del Rio, Tex. COLE, Elmer E. Benjamin Cole, 511 Ogden REVNIK, Markey. Frank Revnik, 06 Julian HICKS, Melvin. Mrs. Sarah Hicks, Rolling Street, Clearfield, Pa. Street, Providence, R. I. Hill, Va. COSBY, Glenford-Elend. Mrs. Fannie Cosby, RIGGLES, Daniel L. Mrs. Ruth A. Riggles, HILGART. Frank. Mike Hilgart, box 94, 362 Bute Street, Norfolk, Va. Hyner, Pa. Park Falls, Wis. CRICKS, Edward Francis. Mrs. Bessie RIVARA, Lucco. John Rivara, 24 Walcott HOLLOMAN. George A. Mrs. -Eva L. Hollo- Walsh, 523 Ridge Avenue, New Kensington, Avenue. Rockaway Beach, N. Y. man. Myrtle. Va. Pa. ROBERTSON. Edward II. Angus Robertson, BUGHES. Eugene. Aaron D. Hughes, R. F. Veblin, S. Dak. D. 3, Kimbelton, Ohio. Died of Accident and Other Causes. ROMPOLSKIE, Frank. Mrs. Catherine Rom- JACKSON, Andrew. Wade Jackson, Waller, polskle, 213 North Walnut Street, Mount Tex. PRIVATES. Carmel, Pa. KING, Wilfred. Hal B. Nesbitt, Hood River, BAILEY, Delbert. Mrs._Mary E. Bailey, R. F. RUSS, Edward. Mrs. Barbara Russ, 3069 (reg. D. 1, Miletus, W. Va. Otaker Street, Cleveland. Ohio. KLIMISHIN, Alexander P. Sam Klimishin, BURCHETTE, Grade. William Burchette, RUTTER. Lawrence M. Mrs. Virginia Rut- 3938 Sheridan Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. Prestonbury, Ky. ter, 118 Morgantown Street. Uniontown, Pa. KURTZ, Charles. Mrs. May Kurtz, East- COLLINS, Harold J. James H. Collins, 55 RYAN, Raphael. Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan, 825 wood, Ky. Willard Street, Pontiac, Oakland County, Dodge Street, Dubuque, Iowa. LANGAN, William Joseph. Mrs. Mary F. Mich. ST. JOHNS, Erving W. E. C. St. John, angan, 4150 Ridge Avenue. hiladelphia, CROSS, Albert B. Mrs. John Parsons, 246 3014 Russel Avenue, MinneapolIs, Minn. Pa.OP East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. SCHELLER, Fred. August Scheller, R. P. D. LAWRENCE, William T. Charles S. Law- HALL, Charlie. Mrs. Arzona Hall, More- 10. Franksville, Wis. rence, R. F. D. 2, Lowry City, Mo. house, Mo. SCHLESSER. Howard L. (No address given.) LTERA, Basttista. Quirico Lucern, 1135 HAPDAY, Joseph C. Mrs. Sophia Hapday, SCHULTZ, Louis F. Charles H. Atkison, Last Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 2340 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Ill. Brookings, S. Dak. LiNGER, William C. Clarence E. Lunger, 3 HAYDEN, John S. Christopher Hayden, 716 SHAW, John Edward. Mrs. Hanah Shaw, First Street, Sharon, Mercer County, Pa. ' Second Avenue, New York, N. Y. 12 Beckett Street. Portland, Me. MOAK, Newton E. Wilmer S. Moak, 63 West KATKOSKI, Enoch. Joe Katkoski, R. F. D. SMITH, Homer E. Mrs. Jane Smith, Jackson, Twenty-first Street, Portland, Oreg. 1. Paxinos, Pa. Ohio. NELSON, Henry J. James Nelson, R. F. D. KLOTH, William F. William H. Kloth, 1581 SMITH, John H. Mrs. Cassie Smith, 42 1, Clements, Minn. East Fourteenth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Kiondyke Avenue, Sistersville, W. Va. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 17 CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GEN. PERSHING STEWARD, Lawrence J. Mrs. Anna Steward, ,KAYLOR. Roy E. Hugh L. Kaylor, Spring SARRAT, Earnest. Mrs. Elzeg Slouate, Kil- R. F. D. 4, N9isonville, Ohio. Gap. W0. Va. lana, La. STOKES, Henry B. Mrs. Cloves L. Lafluer, * KELLY, Samuel. Tom Kelly, R. F. D. 11, SCHWALLIE, Clem J. Ambrose Schwallie, Oakhurst, Tex. Griswoldville, Ga. 486 Sharon Avenue, Zanesville, Ohio. STRAHL, Benjamin L. Mrs. James McClure, KENNEDY, George F. Rhtph Hutchinson, SEVERINO, Antonio. Gioseppe Severino, Greenfield, Ind. Whitebear, Minn. Aqua Vella Selermo, Italy. SWEET, Edwin J. Miss -May E. Adams, East KESHNAKOX, Andrew. Mrs. Akulina Kesh- SIPLEY, Thomas. Mrs. Ellen Shipley, Side, Bridgeport, Conn. nakox, Vilna Viloka, Koloveshi, Russia. Chimney Rock, Mont. KING, Frank. Peter L. King, Shamrock, Tex. TAILLEFER, Arthur P. L. Taillefer, 65 TATE, Edward. Mrs. Callie Worley, Wyn- Kinkel, Mill- dale, Va. KINKEL, Edward. Mrs. Sophia Twelfth Street, North Minneapolis, Minn. THOMA, Otto J. Thoma Bros., R. F. D. 9, stadt, Ill. VEAU, John A. Mrs. Salvadore Veau, 2312 box 54, Watertown, Wis. KIRCHNER, Herman L. Miss Olive M. Ursellne Street, New Orleans, La. THOMPSON, Albert M. Mrs. Ellen Thomp- Kirchner, 943 James Street, Webster City, VERNUM, Murts. Jacob Vernum, Cornwall, son, 14 Clark Street, Somerville, Mass. Iowa. Mo. THOMPSON, James A. Willie 1. Thompson, TROY, John II. Miss Catherine Troy, 45 WHITE, Ed. Nelson White, Smithers, W. Va. 1810 La Salle Street, Racine, Wis. Fuller Street, Brockton, Mass. WILLIAMSON, William. Samuel William- THOMPSON, Milton. Mrs. Carrie Thompson, TERANO, Umelo. None given. son, R. F. D. 1, Newport, Tenn. 2305 Twenty-third Avenue South, Minne- TYRE, Lee Roy. Mrs. Sarah Tyre. general ZDRAJEWSKI, Vincent. Frank Zdrajewski, apolis, Minn. delivery, Abo, Mo. 12 East Central Street, Toledo, Ohio. ALBRECHT, Albion Albert. Mrs. Fred Al- VAN METER, Delbert Green. John William LANE, Sam. Sam Devlin, box 129, Bolivar, brecht, 129 Koons Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Van Meter, Orrick, Mo. Pa. ALEXA, Frank L. Frank Alexa, sr., 424 WARFORD, Joseph G. Monroe H. Warford, Webster Street, Ranshaw, Pa. R. F. D. 5, Abilene, Tex. SECTION 2, DECEMBER 23. BARNES, Robert H. John Sturrock, 1542 WAYMAN, William C. Mrs. Ella Wayman, New Brighton, Staten 900 South Canal Street, Beardstown, Ill. Forest Avenue, West WEBSTER, Orville C. Miss Lucinda Smith, 25 The following casualties are reported Island, N. Y. North Seventh Street, Zanesville, Ohio. by the commanding general of the Ameri- BEAL, Horace W. William Beal, Riverton, Utah. WOIDILLA, Stanley. Frank Woidilla, Kovna can Expeditionary Forces: Alexander. Mrs. Mary Beau- Gul, Recceine Nezda, Mankuan, Walacti, BEAUDETTE, Russia. Killed in action ------55 dette, 1104 East Third Street, Sioux Falls, ZAPARANO, Frank. Michael Zafarano, 103 S. Dak. Moore Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Died of wounds ------28 BECKER, Henry. Mrs. II. J. Becker, 1273 ZANIS, Peter. Theodore K. Zanis, Minte- Missing in action ------49 Seavie Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. log11 Patron, Patras, Greece. DELLAND, John H. Lewis Belland, Labor ZASOFSKY, Benjamin. Morris Zasofsky, 323 Road, North St. Paul, Minn. Woodvale Avenue, Johnstown, Pa. Total ------132 BENNETT, Rupert C. Mrs. Minnie Bennett, ZIPPERER, Frank. Frank Zipperer, sr., R.- Nashville, Ark. F. D. 1, Cato, Wis. BLANDANO, Rosario. Nick Blandano, Men- ANDERSON, Ray L. Albert E. Anderson, Killed in Action. tagnoreale, Italy. star route, Craig, Colo. LIEUTENANTS. BOLBUIS, Harm, Sabo Bolbuls, general de- BOYD, John E. Robert Boyd, Port Lavaca, livery, Stout, Iowa. Tex. CHANDLER, William H. Mrs. W. H. Chana- BRACCO, Nicole. Antonio Bracco, 32 Cor- BULLION, Benjamin P. Mrs. Lou Bullion, ler, 1436 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. nela Street, New York, N. Y. Eden, Tex. CUFF, Francis W. Mrs. Erma Cuff, Rio, BURG, Albert. Mrs. Mary Burg, 2515 Cole- BURDETT, Dolphus M. James B. Burdett, Wis. man Street, St. Louis, Mo. R. F. D. 3, Pendleton, S. C. LONG, John A. Mrs. Julia P. Long, 3510 BURGOYNE, Roy. (No address given.) CARLSON, Iver H Mrs. Mary Carlson, 723 Juniata Street, St. Louis, Mo. BURNETT, Lannon. Mrs. Alice Burnett, West State Street, Geneva, Ill. MULLOY, William A. Mrs. B. F. Mulloy, Winding Gulf, W. Va. I. Bush, R. F. D. 4, CARNEY, Frank J. Mrs. Ellen Carney, 24 Cheraw, S. C. BUSH, Elba A. William Adams Street, Berea, Ohio. SERGEANTS. Franklin, Ind. CELESTE, Michael. Joseph Celeste, Milford, BUUCK, Henry C. Miss Henna Buuck, R. F. Mass. BLACK, Sam. J. A. Black, New Decatur, D. 7. Hale Avenue, Fort Wayne, Ind. CESTONE, Lewis. Mrs. Antonel Cestone, 357 Ala. BYRNES, James J. (No address given.) Ventral Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. FRANKLIN, Manly W. Mitchel Franklin, CAGE, Robert E. Mrs. Dora Cage, R. F. D. 5, CHAMBLESS. Robert B. V. Mrs. Mary J. Allegheny, N. C. Tipton, Ind. Chambless, Dimond, Tex LEWIS, Peter. Mrs. Daisy Lewis, R. F. D. CHEMELLO, Gluseppe. Joe Bagglo, Mount CHRIST, Everett E. J. M. Christ, Hudnall, 1. Waterbury, Conn. Carmel, Pa. W. Va. MOCK, Oliver P. David Mock, 1120 Mag- CLARK, Benjamin F. Mrs. S. A. Clark, Mon- CROSS, Omer. Abe Cross, route 2, Moss, nolia Street, Alexandria, La. ticello, Minn. Tenn. MRASKO, Steve. Mrs. Mary Mrasko, 5 COLLIER, Arthur J. Mrs. Nellie Collier, 271 DIEDICK, Andrew. Mrs. Erena Kustrow, 3 Wordin Court, Bridgeport, Conn. Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Park, N. Y. West Ontario Street, Oswego, N. Y. REILLY, John A. Thomas M. Reilly, 917 COMADOLL, James. Danie Comadoll, R. F. FARST, Leroy. Mrs. Jennie Farst, New Mad- Osborne Avenue, Springfield, Ill. D. 2, Cecil, Ohio. ison. Ohio. SCOTT, Edward W. Mrs. John F. Scott, CONNELL, Francis H. Mrs. Catherine A. FORMICA, Richard. Mrs. Marie Formica, Country Club Grounds, Westchester, N. Y. Connell, 3977 Fulton Street, Woodhaven, 228 De Graw Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. SHRODER, Robert. Mrs. Clara T. Shroder, N.Y. GILBRIDE, Lawrence S. James Glibride, 438 Rockdale Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. COOKE, Henry G. John T. Cooke, Cedarville, Syenford, County Mayo, Ireland. CORPORALS. Md. HEIDEL, Harold. Mrs. Jennie Swingle, 238 CRANE, Guy. Mrs. Effie C. Crane, Valley Courtdele Avenue, Courtdale, Pa. DUERWAERDER, Alberic Joseph. Mrs. Ma- Point, W. Va. HENRY, Harvey. Mrs. Alice Stewart, 1708 rie Van Horn, Cheboygan, Mich. DAMMES, John T. (No address given.) Lincoln Avenue, Fort Worth, Tex. ENGLISH, Robert B. Mrs. Ellen English, 27 1)IETRICH, Fred E. Mrs. Clara A. Dietrich, HOLT, Edgar R. Mrs. Alice N. Holt, Ohio- Rockland Street, Abington, Mass. 1305 Crown Avenue, Scranton, Pa. pyle, Pa. FOX, Murray S. Charles W. Fox, 39 Thorn- DORIS, Frank, jr. Frank Doris, sr., 810 Elm- ROSTER, Reuben. Mrs. William Spatz, Mohn- ton Avenue, Venice, Cal. wood Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. ton, Pa. LILLER, Guy P. Mrs. Ida M. Liller, 10 ENBERG, Arthur. Mrs. Amanda Enberg, 212 JENSON, Johannes C. Lauritz Jenson, Skjor- Arch Street, Cumberland, Md. South Fifty-seventh Street West, Duluth, ring, Galmen, Jylland, Denmark. LONGDEN, James W. Frederick Longden, Minn. KELLEY, Charles D. Bertha Kelley, Amy- R. F. D. 1, Upper Middletown, Pa. FOGGIO, Tony. Mrs. Vienna Kopollo, Bising- Ville, Pa. POWER, Basil. Miss Elizabeth Power, 1 nas, Italy. KRZYNOCK, Bolestow. Julian Krzynock, 45 Holly Terrace, Cortland, N. Y. FOX, Albert. Christ Hartman, Elm Grove, Polk Street, East Hampton, Mass. SARD, Thomas C. Mrs. Annie L. Said, 2425 W. Va. KUBATSKI. George. Tony Kubatski, 1326 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Md. GEARY, Edward. Mrs. Susie Criggs Georg, German Street, Erie. Pa. ZILKEY, Frank. Mrs. J. J. Carr, Roy, Idaho. 75 Blaine Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio. KUGLER, Alfred B. N. Mrs. J. B. Kugler, PRIVATES. GREEN, Robert C. Mrs. Josephine Green, Frenchtown, N. J. 202 Talmadge Avenue, Bound Brook, N. J. KUNDE, Reinhardt H. August Kunde, 568 AHERN, William D. Mrs. Catherine Ahern, HORNE, Joseph R. Mrs. Mary Horne, 250 North Avenue, Aurora, Ill. 42 Westland Street, Hartford, Conn. Thirty-eighth Street, Pittsburgh. Pa. LEAkRY, Mathew. Mrs. Susan Keliher, 189 AMUNDSON, Martin. Mrs. Margaret Amund- HOUBERG. Ole. Miss Tillie Houberg, Fergus Havre Street. East Boston, Mass. son, 401 High Street. Decorah, Iowa. Falls. Minn. McCARTHY, William A. Miss Margaret Mc- BIJEKO, Stanley A. John Kulych, 7 Church IMLER. Charles D. Leander Imler, R. P. D. Carthy. 8 Oak Circle, Cambridge, Mass. Street, Seymour, Conn. 4. Brooksille. Ohio. MORGANTI. Felice. Mrs. C. Morganti, De- BLAIR, Elmer. Mrs. Elmer Blair, R. F. D. JACKSON, Jay M. Miss Myrtle M. Carl, caina, Italy. 5, box 99, Brazil, Ind. Leolyn, Pa. MEE, Jesse. Frank Mee, Bristow, KY. BOLKOWSKI, Edward. Frank Bolkowski, JANAWIERE, Jonas. Mrs. Ella Shuman, MILANA, Rosario. Joseph Milana, 382 Ham- 3675 East Sixty-first Street, Cleveland, Capron, Ill. burg Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ohio. JENKINS. William. Mrs. Lee Green, Colo- MOELLER. Fred W. Mrs. Kate Moeller, BROWN, David A. Randolph A. Brown, R. rado, Tex. 1036 Railroad Street, Ironton. Ohio. F. D. 1, Union, Miss. JOHNSON, Henry. Ole J. Johnson, Drake. MOXON, Theodore R. Mrs. J. W. Moxom, BROWN, larold II. Charles Loeffler, 120 N. Dak. 6210 Lee Street, Kansas City, Mo. Battery Street, Los Angeles, Cal. MYERS, Layne D. Mrs. Ann Louise Myers, BROWN, Orley. Edward M. Brown, 825 New. JOHNSON. Martin G. Chriss Johnson, R. F. hall Street, Milwaukee, Wis. D. box 90. Brush, Colo. 1010 Capitol Street, Jackson, Miss. PORTESI, Raffeaele. Gaetano Portesl, 125 BUELTEMAN, Louis F. Mrs. Margaret JONES. Charles A Jerome Jones, 217 Oak Buelteman, R. F. D. 1, Menominee, Mich. Street. Atlanta, Ga. Thames Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. REOGON, Roy. Mrs. Myrtle Reogon, 3405 BURKE, Christopher J. Mrs. Mary Burke, KAPUSTA, Tony Mrs. Frances Kuvant, R. Chicago, Ill. F. D. 5. West Rutland. Vt. Texas Avenue, Houston, Tex. 5618 South Ashland Avenue, NAVATSKI, Joseph. Mike Kavatski, 3017 RIEMER, Charles H. Mrs. Mary K. Riemer, CAMPBELL, Ernest J. Mrs. White Camp- MeHenry Street, Chicago. Ill. 2711 Fait Avenue, Baltimore, Md. bell, Sewanee, Tenn. 18 I THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: -MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GEN. PERSHING CARMELO, Chiesa. Lulgi Chiesa Carmelo, SILLS, Charles W. Al Sills, Benton Harbor, SUNESON, Victor. D. F. Pneson, Orleans, 530 Twelfth Avenue, Sunset, San Fran- Mich. Miss. cisco, Cal. I UNDERWOOD, Alvia. Mrs. I. H. Moore, TOMLIN, Jesse M. James T. Tomlin, Arling. CLAUSEN, Guy M. L. H. Dyer, 121 Mercer 1530 Grand Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. ton, Tex. Street, Seattle, Wash. WILLIAMS, Leo D. Mrs. Bertha M. Wil- TRADUP, Charles W. John Tradup, Re. P. D. COTTRELL, Roy W. Mrs. Eva Cottrell, Lam. 11ams, R. F. D. 1, Lime City, Ohio. 5, Uniontown, Pa. bert, Mont. WATTS, James L. W. B. Watts, Huntsville, DREIBELBIS, Harry 0. Samuel C. Dreibel- Missing in Action. Mo. ' his, 303 Pennsylvania Avenue, Charleston, W. Va. LIEUTENANTS. ERICKbON, Arthur. Mrs. Margaret Erick- BRADFORD, Alford J. Mrs. Madeline C. MARINE CORPS. eon, R. F. D. 2, Valley Springs, S. Dak. Bradford, 1011 East Third Street, Duluth, FAUST, John W. William W. Faust, Hico, Minn. Summary of Casualties to-Date. Tex. COATES, Dana Edmund. Mrs. A. B. Coates, GARCIA, Andres. Jesus Garcia, Chaperto, N. 27 West Thirteenth Avenue, Denver, Colo. Offeers: Mex. FLIPPEN, Eric B. Robert F. Flippen, Cam- GIRTMAN, Goy T. Otto Girtman, Emery, den, Miss. Deaths ------90 Ark. KRINSKY, Samuel E. Morris Krinsky, 1156 Wounded ------101 GIVENS, Curtis. Mrs. Alice Givens, 614 East Union Street, Brookl, N. Y. Missing ------1 Eleventh Street, Chattanooga, Tenn. LEIDL, Louis. W. Leidi, Glenwood, Wash. GORDON, James. P. Gordon, 104 East Ninetieth Street, New York, N, Y. SERGEANTS. Total ------192 HANNINOAN, Thomas F. Miss Margaret CLAYTON, John F. Mrs. Ica Farmer, Craig, Hamningan, Hotel Albert, Eleventh Street Saskatchewan, Canada. Enlisted men: and University Place, New York, N. Y. GALLUS, John Albert. Frank Gallus, Inde- Deaths ------1, 908 HILDENBRAND, CarL Jacob Hildenbrand, pendence, Wis. Ashley, N. Dak. PELLEY, James C. George Pelley, Dunn- Wounded ------2,792 KELLY, James I. .Tames C. Kelly, 422 Fourth ville, Ky. In hands of enemy ------75 Street, Renovo, Pa. RIEZUCK, Peter. Theodore Rlezuck, Lipo- Missing ------313 LEONARD, Hewitt. William F. Leonard, vitz, Kiev, Russia. Stithton, Ky. WALTERS Charles F. Mrs. P. Walters, 176 LEROSE, Albert. Ernest Lerose, 26 Mechanic Ten Eyck Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Total------5,088 Street, Attleboro, Mass. LINDSKOG, Elmer F. Mangus Lindskog, conPoAnTs. Richland, Wash. BALGOOYEN, Gerald Clarkance. Mrs. John Grand total ------5, 280 LITTLETON, Ole. Sers Littleton, Sandre Balgooyen, 10 South Sixth Street, Grand Buzen Husamp, Vassestranden, Norway. Haven, Mich. McFEETURE, Carter F. Solomon McFeeture, DEERINGHOFF, Ferdinand E. Mrs. Verena The following casualties are reported Wolf Creek, Tenn. Deeringhoff, box 131, Moxee City, Wash. by the commanding general of the Ameri- MEADOWS Cam B. Miss Josie Meadows, JOHNSTON, Fred M. Mrs. Mary Johnston, can Expeditionary Forces (included in Talcott, §ummers County, W. Va. box 464 Baudette, Minn. MILLER, Alfred IL. Mrs. Josephine Miller, LANE, James S. Simon M. Lane, Rock Cove, above total) : il North Fourth Street, Martins Ferry, W. Va. Killed in action ------29 Ohio. OUKREP, Theodore A. Albert Oukrep, Dick- Died of wounds received in ac- PACKARD, William L. Mrs. T. Packard, 6 Inson, N. Dak. Street, Corona, N. Y. tion ------Forty-second PRIVATEs. 5 WHITE, Kelly M. Miss Agnes Hudson, Rock- Died of disease ------5 dale, Tex. ADAMS, James C. James W. Adams, Mexico, WHITISH, George D. Sam Whitish, route 5, Mo. Missing in action ------27 Fennimore, Wis. AKERS, Roscoe, W, Mrs. Jessie Akers, Gard- WILSON, Alexander E. Mrs. Annie Wilson, ner. W. Va. Total ------6 11. F. D. 2, Woodsville, N. H. AMEIIENO, Dominico. Mrs. Annie Amereno, 87 Rewitt Street, Bridgeport, Conn. Died of Wounds. ANDERSON, Gust W. Frank Anderson, box Killed in Action. 123, Dunnell, Minn. PRIVATES. ARCHAMBEAU, Harold A. Paul Archam- GUNNERY SERGEANT. ABRAMOWITZ Leo. Mrs. Sarah AbTramo- beau, q1 Locust Street, Detroit, Mich. BELL, Jesse J. Mrs. Jesse J. Bell, 1155 witz, 283 1 est One bundred and Forty- ASHCRAFT, Frank. J. F. Asheraft, RIson, Twelfth Street, San Diego, Cal. eighth Street, New York, N. Y. Ark. ACHENBACH, Max. Miss Emlie Achenbach, BLESSITT, James A. John S. Blessitt, R. F. SEGELaTrS. 171 Vane Street, Revere, Mass. D. 1 Flovilla, Ga. CROSSEN, Vernon J. John Crossen, Dalt ARANT, Benjamin F. Ben D. Amuat, Belle- BRESEMANN, Frederick W. Mrs. Greotil Hotel, San Francisco, Cal. ville, Ala. Bresemann, 1006 South Vine Street, Marsh- EARLY, George T. Annie Early, 276 Wash- BEATTY, Eugene E Mrs. Idell Beatty, La- deld, Wis. ington Avenue, Newark N J fayette, 0-1o. CARRON, Tom. William Carson, Gilmore SLUSSER, Glen D. LyAla E. Slusser, Co- BLASENGAME, Joe J. Mrs. Mattle C. Blas- Station, W. Va. lumbus Grove, Ohio. engame, R.-F. D. 1, Musella, Ga. CATLOW, Clarence U. John Catlow,-Barring- BRUSETH, Joseph E. Miss Eliza Bruseth, ton ITL CORORALS. 4115 Rucker Avenue, Everett, Wash. CIUST, Jack. Alfred Chust, Lakeland, La. EMPEY, Hollia E. Charles Empey, rural CANUTESON, Otto W. Canute Canuteson. COLLITMS. Dempsey ". J. F. Collums, route No. 1, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Sterline, Mich, Honlka, Miss. S)ITZ, Frederick W. Emma Sets, general CARLSON, Carl John. Carl 9. Carlson, R. F. COOK. Charlie. John Cook, R. F. D. 5, Frank delivery, Pomeroy, Ohio. D. 12, Sioneboro, Pa. lin, Tenn. PrIVATES. 8042 CARTAN, Richard F. John T. Cartan, DIPALMO, Gaetano. Frederick Dipalmo, ASPROOTH, Oscar M. Selma South Throop Street, Chicago, Ill. Pro'-ince of Salermo, Italy. Asprowth, 018 F. D. Third Avenue, Rockford, Ill. COFFIN, Almon B. J. W. Coffin, R. FRECHELS. Roman. Mrs. Mary Frechels, BALDWIN, Raymond H. Victoria Baldwin, 3, Yelva, N. Dak. S11o, Hwailovea, St. Kiminee, Podalst, Rus- Patsy. Phillpo Desantis, 2001 10532 Earle Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. DESANTIS, sin. BLACKWOOD, Win. D. Kittle E. Black- Jackson Street, Vimber, Pa. HOLT, James 0. J. B. Holt, 008 Front Street, Racakie- wood, 195 State Street, Pontiac Mich GARBACZEWSKI, Walter. Julius Newport, Ark. COLE, Howard W. Peter F. Cole, general witz. 208 Water Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. HOOVER, Sam D. William M. Hoover, 2202 F. H. Harper, delivery, Spring Valley, Ill. HARPhR, Charles A. Mrs. Clifton Avenue, Fort Worth, Tex. COOK, George F. Florence Cook, 507 East 705 Glass Avenue. Spokane, Wash. HOPKINS, John H William F. Hopkins, 713 North Sherman Street, Portland, Ore. IHDE, Walter E. Mrs. Emma Ibde, Manning, Tex. DAVIDIAN Dickran T. Mesrope Davidlan, Douty Street, Hanford, Cal. LANTI. Enrico. Giuseppe Lanti, 23 Marzo route J, box 403, Fresno, Cal. JARO, Luther F. Mrs. Fred Labounty, Chi- Via, Novara, Italy.- DEVLIN, Bernard J. Francis A. Devlin, 635 cago JunctIon, Ohio. LARSON, John M. Ole Gedestad, Petersburg, Venango %treet, Philadelphia. Pa. LACOUR, Louis L. Mrs. Ella R. Lacour, N. Dak. Moreauville, FENNEN, Timothy F. Johanna Fennen, 16 La. MASTORAS, Spiro. Mrs. Polixene Mastoras, Oak Street, Cohoes, N. Y. LAWERNCE, Isaac W. John T. Lawernce, Dervekista Trihonias. Greece. FORD, William L. Adelaide Ford, 1212 Eckerty, Ind. MFFKS, William C William L. Meeks, 313 Scott Street, Laredo, Tex. LEONARD, James Frank. Mrs. Mildred North Eighth Street, New Philadelphia, GRAHAM, Charles D. Mattle Graham, R. Leonard, Hudson Street, Farmingdale, N. Y. Ohio. F. D. 5, Abilene, Tex. O'NEILL, Lewis E. G. Mrs. Adelaide E. NARRANCE, Oscar. C. A. Narrance, R. F. D. HAZZARD, John C. Annie Hasard, Riddle- O'Neill, 2340 East Aquedect Avenue, New 1, Alma, Mich. ton. Tenn. York, N. Y. NEUSTEL, John C., Jr. John G. Neustel, Bob- McSWEENEY, Gerard F. Mary McSweeney, PACORA, Alforso. Angelo Pacora, 250 Wayne inson, N. Dak. 175 Blaine Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Street, Jersey City, N. J. NFWMAN, Lewis B. Charls -B. Newman, MOFFETT, Robert G. Robert G. Moffett, PICKLESIMER, Samuel D. Mrs. Callie S. Milton, N. C. 3215 Commerce Street, Dallas, Tex. Picklesimer, 212 Aubrey Street, East Chat- NOMELLI, Claudido. Domenico Zanbianki, OPHEIM, Irving M. Lester S. N. Opbeim, tanooga, Tenn. Blono Pavia, Italy. Williamsburg, Va. ROBINSON, Thomas. Mrs. Bessie Robinson, OLCHIK, Alexandrine. John Kapec, 1305 PRATT, Jesse L. Cannie Crook, general de- 1116 Pine Street, Wilmington, Del. Dubois Street, Detroit, Mich. livery, Tangier, Okla. ROPER, Parley F. Robert A. Roper, Mineral PALn. Lodise Rocco. Mrs. Marie Pal, Carife PRICE, Iva L. Cora V. Price, 2021 East Bluff, Ga. Province, dI Dvelleno, Italy. Fourth Street, Long Beach, Cal. SCHAWOLT, William. Michael SChawolt, PAULL, Frank Wesley. Charles W. Paull, R. PROSS, Gustav A. Helen Pross, 50 Oak Moon Run, Pa. F. D. 2, Unlontown, Pa. Street, Gloversville, N. Y. SHANAHAN, Paul R. Mrs. Margarite Shan- ROZICH, Baldo J. Ivan Rozich, Ston Ces- KELLY, 'Willam S. Margaret Kelley, 28 Jef- ahan, Preston, Minn. vinlea Dalmacla, Austria. ferson Street, Albany, N. Y. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 19

CHRISTOPULOS, George, private. George Chaldis uncle box 795, East Moline, Ill. OVERSEAS CASUALTY LIST IIOFFMA , Eddie J., private. Edward Hoff- man father Castell, Okia. KELSh8Y, Carl D., private (well). Mrs. Anna STINE, Fay E. Charles Stine, New Hamp- FOSTER, Patrick. Mary Foster, 80 Wittman Ralph, grandmother, 3101 Denison Avenue, ton, Iowa. Street, Pittsburgh Pa San Pedro, Cal. TAYLOR, Albert L. Maggie E. Taylor, Fay, GEER, Whiting. M11a S. Geer, Warehouse POPELIER, Otto, corporal. Ino Lemmens, Point, Conn. friend, 844 Twentieth Avenue. Moline. Ill. TI3 IdW, Ammon. James T. Turnbow, GOLDMEIER, Herbert M. M. L. Goldmeter, BELILES Homes, sergeant. Willie M. Beliles, Stephenville, Tex. 5848 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. father, Leetown, Ky. WAISS, Fred A. Nellie P. Johnson, Kiowa, GRAY, Grover C. Lucy P. Gray, Gad, Nicho- STEIFEL, Charles corporal. Mrs. Elmira Colo. las County, W. Va. Steifel, mother, Preemansburg, Pa. WHITE, Charles E. No next of kin. HANES, Francis R. France Hanes, 106 Ha- DOBBERMAN Harry, private. Charles Dob- zel Street, Detroit, Mich. berman, father, 5730 South Wells Street, Died of Wounds. HOFFMAN, Errol H. Carolina Hoffman, Gor- Chicago, Ill. PRIVATES. don, Pa. RAINWATER, Thomas W., private. Mrs. LAVENAT, Paul A. Anna Lavenau, 1534 DOLLARD, Harry T. Margaret Dollard, 1052 Florence L. Rainwater, wife, Detroit, Tek. Clarence Avenue, Chicago, Ill, HOBUSCH, Alfred, private. Mrs. Ethel Ho- Twenty-first Street, Bay City, Mich. Poirler, 283 EAST, Cheetle B. Cora L. Buren, 786 Lee POIRIER, Daniel. Thomas busch, mother, 5110 Patterson Avenue, St. Rindge Avenue North Cambridge, Mass. Louis, Mo. Street, Danville, Va. RANDOLPH John. Theresa G. Randolph, Bur- KUDELL, Ernest C. Emma Kons, Tenth and BURMAN, Lawrence, private. Ezra S. Newport, Ky. 303 West 12uclid Avenue, Pittsburg, Kans. man, father, R. F. D. No. 2, Fort Jennings, Monroe Streets, ROTTMAYER, Herman; Christana Rott- Ohio. PETERS, Anthony. Anthony Mestrople, 86 mayer, Knowles Okla Laura Mechanicsville, N. Y. THOMAS, Earl H., private. Mrs. Hulin Street, RYRIE, James W. Jennie Ryrie, 525 West Thomas, wife, Cowen, W. Va. Died of Disease. Prospect Street, Seattle, Wash. WILSON, Frank H., corporal. Samuel Wilson, SCHAUB, William J. John Schaub, 258 Bou- father, Cambridge, Ill. SERGEANT. levard, Rockaway Beach, N. Y. JYLHA, Arthur, sergeant (not wounded). ROSENFELD, Emil. Lola 0. Rosenfeld, 604 SEWARD, Wallace A. Martha 0. Seward, St. Mrs. Amilia Jyiha, mother, box 269, Ely, Cordova Avenue, Miami, Fla. Ignace, Mich. Minn. TOMPKINS, Jesse G. James G. Tompkins, CAMP RASTATT. PRIVATES. Shepherd Tex. BEDFORD, George C. Serena Bedford, care WILLHOIT, Louis J. Robert Willholt, 1425 [The prison camp at Rastatt, Germany, Is of W. A. Owen, Neola, Iowa. Spring Street, Covrngton, Ky. reported to have been evacuated, all prisoners BELL, Arthur B. Frank D. Bell, 12 Orange YARBR UGH, Harry . Maggie Bugenhagen, being transferred to France.] Street, Charleston, S. C. Stewartson, Ill. WHILE Thomas J private. Richard While, WARE, Harold B. Dr. H. B. Ware, Scran- Pa. ton, Pa. Reported father, Windber, *omerset, Died of Wounds, Previously McCLUTAN, Howard S., private. Joseph S. WIEN, Frank. Fannie Wien, 1510 South Wounded. Street, Pitts- Lawndale Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Severely McCluan, brother, 1837 Grette PRIVATE. burgh, Pa, Missing in Action. KELLY, Edgar J., private. Ed. Kelly, father, STAHL, Frank R. Catherine Stahl, geueral Elmo, W. Va. CORPORALS. delivery, Barnesville, Minn. HARNEY, Joseph F., private (first class). GRUBE, Vincent B. F. W. Grube, care of Mrs. Jennie M. Martin, mother, Lexington, Berry Bros., 331 North Fourth Street, Phila- In Hospital, Previously Reported Killed. Mo. delphia, Pa. PRIVATE. HUGHES, James, private. Mrs. Daniel Cough- DOBART, Albert E. Albert Schweiger, 1721 lin, 958 Grant Street, Bronx, N. Y. North Collington Street, Baltimore, Md. CITARTIER, Louis E. Louise Chartler, 3525 STEPHENSON, Alfred, private. Charles Wil- TRUMPETER. Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Ill. liam Stephenson, father, 1409 Chase Street, THOMAS, Frank E. Frank Thomas, 176 In Hospital, Previously Reported Kissing. Cincinnati, Ohio. Westminster Road, Rochester, N. Y. ZURLA, Marius, sergeant. Modesto Zurla, PRIVATE. father, box 95, New lilford, N. J PRIVATES. ERAZOWAKI, Adolph, private. William Or- APPLE Felix. Herman Apple, 605 West MURPHY, John Willia. Mamie Murphy, lowski, brother, 610 George Street, Throop, One hundred and eighty-first Street, New 1334 Laurel Street, New Orleans, La. Pa. York, N. Y. Returned to France, Previously Reported NUNZIATTA, Carmen, private. Antonia Nun- ATKINSON, Louis D. J. M. Atkinson, Har- ziatta, father, Carbunate, Dinola, Province lem, Ga. Prisoner in Germany. Di Caserta, Italy. BEAVERS, Albert A. William Beavers, Black- PRIVATE. ROLFSENG, John P., corporal. Hans Iloven, wells Ga friend, Webster, Minn. CARSO9, Nathan B. Nathan B. Carson, Kis- MURPHY, Felix Patrick. Celia Murphy, 1823 SCHRINER. Gideon II., corporal. Mrs. Arlie simmee, Fla. West Fifty-eighth Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Beaman, friend, Danesville, N. Y. CLARK, Clarence L. Clarence L. Clark, Present for Duty, Previously Reported BRADFORD. Walter L., private. W. P. Brad- Weedsport,-N. Y. ford, father, Atkins, Ark. ERWAY, Julian B. Ira D. Erway, general Missing. HANCOCK, Vesley Elwood, private. Samuel delivery, McGtew, N. Y. Hancock, father, R. F. D. No. 1, Wabash, FERGUSON, Orville C. Cora Ferguson, box PRIVATES. Ind. 119, Mitchell Ind. CRANDALL, Harry H. James B. Crandall, Mrs. Florence Fa- FLANAGAN, Charles M. Lemuella A. Flana- Mankato, Minn. FASULA, Edw. M., private. gan, 3228 Hiatt Place NW., Washington, GOULD, Leon W. Max Gould, 215 Koscusko sula, mother, 30 Factory Street, Newark, D. C. Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. N. J. RODRIQUES, Manuel, pilvate. Miss Rose Rodriques, sister, 270 Mulberry Street, Fall River, Mass. WESTON, Edwin, private. William Weston, father 211 Scotland Street, Orange, N. J. IiUTCHINSON, William J., private. Samuel Additional List of American Prisoners B. Hlutchinson, father, Gladys, Ark. SHEMALIA, Isaac, private. Mrs. Wilbemina Shemella, mother, R. F. D., Mount Holly, And the Camps Where They Were Held N. J. WHELAN, James, corporal. Mrs. Margaret C. Gaskill, mother, 335 Clarkson Street, Bur- lington, N. J. The War Department authorizes publi- MORGAN, James B., lieutenant. James H. Morgan, father, Walnut Street, Greenville, COOPER, Oscar, private. Mrs. Lenora Cooper, cation of the following list of soldiers Tex. mother, Bush, La. been reported prisoners of war private. Mrs. Maria DENTON, Paul, private. John N. Denton, who have DONDIEGO, Vincenzo, father, R. F. D. No. 5, Hickory, N. C. in Germany: G. Dondiego, mother, 109 Mott Street, New York, N. Y. KAMINSKI, Charles, private (first class). CAMP ZEpBST. WILLIAMSON, Robert, private. Mrs. Ester Charles Kaminski, father, 137 Summer PEFERCENI, Angelo, private. Angelo Ercu- Williamson, mother, Lawndale, N. C. Street, North Tonowanda, N. Y. private. Herman FISHER Frank L, private (first class). lione, uncle, Tunnell Hill, Pa. IEIKKINEN, Herman, Mrs. Agnes Olsen, mother, Alden, Minn. RESERVE ILOSPITAL KREUZENBACII, SAARBRUECK. Heikkinen, father, box 427, Atlantic XMine, MARCINKIEWICZ, John, private. Mrs. LEAVER, Leonard, private. Mrs. Joseph Mich. Alexandria Marcinkiewicz, mothe5, 1626 Leaver, mother, 164 Weehawken Street, JERNIGAN, Henry, private (up and around). West Division Street, Chicago, IlI. West Hoboken, N. J. William H. Jernigan, father, R. F. D. No. 1, STINE, James, private. Mrs. Myrtle Stine, box 19, Buckhorn, Va. OFFENBURG HOSPITAL AT VILLINGEN. wife. Star Route, Octava, Okla. .OOTH, Hiram, private. Sam Booth, father, ROBBINS, Delos A., corporal. Mrs. Minerva GRAHAM, James G., lieutenant. Dr. James Lefiore, Okla. A. Robbins, mother, Lawton, Okla. W. Graham, father, 15221 Twelfth Strer WALLACE, Rufus C., private. Mrs. Effie 'IDWELL, Hugh, corporal. Mrs. Rebecca NW., Washington, D. C. Wallace, mother, box 254, Somerville, Tex. Tidwell, mother, Whitney, Texas. HOSPITAL AT METZ (WOUNDED). JONES, Marion V., private (well). Mrs. Bes- COBERLY. Clifford, private. Jap Coberly, REM1Y, Clarence M., private. Victor P. Remy, sie Jones, mother, Harrit, Tex. father, Winnewood, Okla. father, 34 Reis Street, Dubuque, Iowa. SMITH, Edw. D private Mrs. Isabel Smith, DUNNAWAY, Leonidas A., private. Mrs. PHILLIPS, Thomas It., corporal. Robert L. mother. Columbus N. c. Sarah Ann Dunnaway, mother, McKinney, Phillips, brother, 11054 Elm Street, Dallas, STANLEY, Robert B., private. George Stan- Texas. Tex. lay, father, route No. 2, box 114, Charlotte, KREPPS, Joseph R., private. Not known. STRANDGARD, Richard, private. Mrs. Henry N. C. KANNE, William, private. Mrs. Fannie Phillepsen, aunt, 315 Seventeenth Avenue, FORD, Harry, private. Mrs. Mary Ford, Kanne. mother, 640 O'Brien Street, Chi- East Moline, Ill. mother, Gravette, Ark. cago, Ill. 20 THE OFFIGIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. American Prisoners and Camps in Germany Where They Were Held

VILLANO, Ralph D.. private. John Villano, VALENTINE, James T., corporal. Mrs. Jen- DINE, Thomas L., private. Mrs. Annie Dine, father, 1307 Twenty-second Avenue, Mel- nie Feeney, 1430 Orange Street, Berwick, mother, 888 North Forty-ninth Street, Phila- rose Park, 111. Pa. delphia, Pa. WYLIE, John J., corporal. 4homas Wylie, 'DEAN, Clark M., corporal. Mrs. Sue M. Dean, father, 6707 Leeds Street, West Phila- mother, 125 West Forty-ninth Street, New The following are reported-to have died in delphla, Pa. York N. Y. Germany : WILLIAMS, Harry E., private. Mrs. Lilly B. FAALAiND, Christian, corporal. Karl Faa- GLOVER, John J., private. Mrs. Matl Williams, mother, 2019 North Third Street, land, brother. East Fourth Street and F, Glover, 1713 Third Avenue, Beaver Falls, St. Joseph, Me. Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pa. WILLINGER, Isadoze corporal. Samuel PEARCY, John, corporal. Horace M. Pearcy, SHAFFER. William II., private, first class. Willinger, father, 244 East Seventh Street, father, Robersonville, N. C. Mrs. William Shaffer, mother, R. F. D. No. New York, N. Y. ROSS, Elmer William, private. Mrs. Anna G. 3, Dubois, Pa. SPERRY, William L., sergeant. Charles A. Ro"s, mother, 18 Curtis Street, RocheSter, ROLIL, Max James, private. Mrs. Rose Bie- Sperry, father, Box 205 B, R. F. D. No. 2, N. Y. Ink. cousin, 2223 Ash Street, Erie, Pa. Tampa, Fla. KREKLOW, Arthur, private. William J. Krek- SCHMALING, Victor II., private. William REITER, George P., corporal. Mrs. Rebecca low, father, R. P. D. No. 4, Fort Atkinson, Schmaling, father, R. P. D. No. 4, Appleton, Reiter, mother, 240 Williams Street, Fair- Wis. Wis. haven, Pa. STEPHENSON, Wayne B.. lieutenant. Eugene BUTTS, John, private. Sebastian Butts, The following are reported to have died in father, 7011 Berdello Avenue, Cleveland, FPrance: E. Stephenson, father, box 998, Bakersfield, Ohio. GLENCE, Gev. P., lieutenant. Anna Blanche Cal. BOWERS, Milton H.. private (first class). Glenn, box 233, Ponta Gorda, Fla. (Be- BARNICK, William H., private. August Bar- Mrs. Nicolene Dowers, wife, Hopwood. Pa. leved to be Identical with Lieut. Aviator nick, father, Petersburg, 111. YOWLER, 'Charles E, private. Mrs. Nora George P. Glenn.) RICO, Jim H., private. W. J. Rico, father, Yowler, wife, R. F. D. No. 2, Uniontown, FRAZER, Edward P., corporal. Mrs. Jennie Durant, Okla. Pa. Frazer, 1237 North Twenty-seventh Street, KINGERY, James R., lieutenant. Mrs. Nan- AIAMS, Robert Elmer. private. J. G. Adams, Philadelphia, Pa. nie Kingery, mother, Summit, Ga. father, West Elizabeth, Pa. ANDERSON, Ernest S., private. Jacob Ander- son. father, Rossiter. Pa. I BREWER, Jacob Albert, private. Mrs. Mary Brea Cr, mother, 33 North Fourth Street, Dugiesne, Pa. AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR REPORTED DESTEFANO, Mark, private, first class. Frank Destefano, friend, Locust Street, Tur- tle Creek, Pa. AS HAVING ARRIVED AT LEITH, SCOTLAND, CAPIUANO. Guiseppe, private. Patsey Ca- pnano. fatler R. F. D. No. 1, Butler, Ra. FRANCISCO, Secondo C., private. John INENGLAND AND FRANCE, FROM GERMANY Francisco, brother, R. F. D. No: 1, Vander- bilt, Pa Following-named American prisoners SMITH, John C., corporal. Hanford Smith. AB BATANCELO. Rosco, private. Guiseppe brother, Do Macchio, brother-in-law, 962 Duquesne of war and civilians, released from Ger- Princeton, Ind. Avenue. Duquesne, Pa. BERNARDINI, Pavolo, private, first class. BOALO, Peter Win., private. Mrs. Margaret man prison camps, have arrived at Leith, Nick Pavola, father, St. Marie, Empire, Boalo. rother, 115 Woodlawn Avenue, Car- Scotland: Italy. rick Pa. PRESTTA, Pietro, private. Miss Mary Pres- Mrs. J. J. Hun- LESIHNICK..Jack L., private. Ben Lesbnick, HUNTER, P. W., lieutenant. tun, sister, 163 Humboldt Street, Brook- uncle, 557 Pine Street, St. Paul, Minn. ter, York, S. C. lyn, N. Y. PANNELL, Jack, lieutenant. Mr. Pannell, Markiewiez, Wiadslow, private. Joe Markie CAMP LIMBURG. father, 401 Smith Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. wics, 1060 Moran Street, Detroit, Mich. BANTA, Lester M. lieutenant. Frank Banta, DALLAS, John, private. KOLLENBORN, Henry S., private. Mrs. 139 Hopkinson Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. J. Dallas, 90 Hattie C. Kollenborn, wife, Grandview, HART, Thomas, lieutenant. Mrs. Delta Hart, Vark Street. Yonkers, N. Y. Idaho. CLEARY, James W., private. Mrs. Ellen mother, 1 Union Street, Hartford, Conn. Cleary. mother, 317 West Sixth Street, New CAMP FURSTENFLBRICEK. BEAVER, Samuel F., lieutenant. Mrs. Clara York, N. Y. Kemerer, sister, Republic, Pa. LEHMAN, Oscar, sergeant. Mrs. Marie Leh- BAE, Paul E., lieutenant. Mr< Emma Baer SNELSON, John J., private. Mrs. Leeonora man, mother, 1214 Taney Street, Philadel- Dyer 1304 Maud Street, Fort Wayne, Ind. Snelson, wife, Wirt, Okla. phia, Pa. STA dERS, William L., lieutenant R. J. SPOHR, Ernest C., private. Mrs. Charles Staggers, father, Benton, Lowndes County, Spohr, I. F. D. No. 5, Ottawa, Ill. RESERVE HOSPITAS 1, INGOL'ADT. Ala. BROWN, Robert W., private. Mrs. Mary GOLDBERG, Irving, corporal. Isreal Gold- FEY, Carl, private. Mrs. Lottle Troup, Browp, Logan, Mont. berg, father, 174 Canal Street, New York, mother, 314 Canal Street, Schuylkill Haven, HETTINGER, William, private, Mrs. Mary N. Y. Pa. Hettinger, mother, 3@1 West Fortieth CAMP DARMSTADT. JONES, John W., private. Mrs. Mary Jones, Street, New York, N. Y. mother, 1014 Church Street, Oxford, Ala. MfARTINELLI, Anthony, private. Pietro CORNELL, Charles E. (?). iram A. Cor- Martinelli, brother, 120 Fifteenth nell, father, Shannock. R. I. ROTH, August, civilian, fireman. Street, SMITHI, Charles, civilian. Brooklyn, N. Y. ESERVEi HOSPITAL 3, STITTGART. WHALEN, John L., private. Mrs. Thomas AUEBACH John, civilian, laborer. A. Whalen, mother, 59 Congreve Street, DONNELLY, James . private. Mrs. Maud Da HURT6N, Joseph, civilian. Roslindale, Mass. Donnelly, mother, Denasmore, Hans. MATTSON. Mike, civilian, seaman. SALA, Daniel E., private (first class). C. VAILLANT, William, civilian. Rala, father, We.t Wareham, Mass. CAMP UNXNOWN. HAXTON, F. G., civilian. STEWART, Randolph S., private. Alfred MAY, Joseph A., private. Mrs. Fraces M. JOHNSTON, J. J., sergeant. Samuel S. Johns-, Stewart, father, 227 West Maid Street, May mother, post-office box 284, Connells- ton, father, 1984 West Fifth Street, Brook- Plainville, Conn. ville. Pa. lyn, N. Y. SEXTON, James, private Mrs. M. F. Burke, KAUFFMAN, 4 Clayton D., private (first class). Arrived in England. sister, El Fairview Street, Brattleboro, Vt. Mrs. Annie C. Kauffman, R. F. D. No. 0, SEFTON, William H.. private. Mrs. Amy Carlisle. Pa. LOCKWOOD, Homer W., private. T. W. Lock- Sefton, mother. 1729 Smith Street, North LUMPKIN, Charles M., corporal. Mrs. M. A. wood. father, 2212 Massachusetts Avenue, Pro idence, R. I. Lumpkin, mother, 47 Spring Street, Ash- Washington, D. C. STURGEON, Chas. F., private. Mrs. Bertha ville, N. C. LOCkE, Charles B., private, first class. Mrs. Sturgeon, mother, 2 Mill Street, Bristol, HANSON, Lars, private. Enders Hanson, Lucy Locke, mother, 306 West Seventh Corn. father. New Hartford, Iowa. Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. OUELLETTE, Oliver J.. private (first class). WALKER, Ioble A. Fan Wlker, wife, Weaver PRESTON, Charles W., private. Charles W. Alfred Ouellette, father, LyndonvilIe, Vt. Ford, N. C. Preston, sr., father, 51 Manor Road, Wynne- SWEENEY, William C.. private. Mrs. Mary PERRY, William, private (first class). B. H. wood, Pa. Sweeney, mother, 376 Athens Street, South Perry, father, East Durham, N. C. THORPE, Harry F., private. Mrs. Harriet B. Boston. Mass. STEPANUCK, Hawrial, private. Mike 01- ,Thorpe, 224 Hillside Avenue, Waterbury, ceebtek friend 1237 Central Avenue, SUTCLIFFE, Frank, private. Joseph Sut- Youngstown, Ohio. Conn. cliffe, brother, Faithaven, Mass. APY, Martin T., sergeant. Mrs. Marie Apy, PERLMUTTER, Lawrence, private. Mrs. NEILSON, John, private. Mrs. Mary McIn- 78 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. tyre, sister, Anita, Pa. Lena Permutter, mother, 61 East One bun- NOVIK, Adam, private. Jack Bolikovitch, dred and third Street, New York, N. Y. brother, Jerome, Pa. Arrived in France. LAMB, Harry E., private. Henry B. Lamb, BMJTH, Benjamin H.'private. Andrew Smith, ELDON, John F., private. James Eldon, father Chillicothe, Mo. father. Hammond, Ky. father, 421 Cleary Street, Pontiac. IlL PECCERILO, Louis, private. B. Pecerilo, ARCHER, Harry, private. George S. Archer, BlREWER, Davil L., private. Mrs. Emily brother, 15 Auburn Street, New Haven, father. R. F. b. No. 2, Sarcoxie, Mo. Brewer, mother, ChiltonvIlle, Mass. Conn. SMITH, Perley V., private. Elridge M. Smith. LEWIS, Samuela M., private. Vernon Ford, STEFANOWSKY. William. private. William father. Lebanon. Grafton County, N. H. friend, 70119 Paulin Street, Chicago, Ill. - Stefanowsky, Kieff Russia. BURNATTO, Porter, private. George Bur- NIERMAN, Harry L., private. William Nier- JAMES. Holton, civilian. natto, father, 18 Cooper Street, Middleville, man, father, R. F. D. box 24, Indianapolis, O'CONNELL, John P.. private. Mrs. James Mont. Ind. Lyneh. cousin, 304 Ferry Street, New Ha- CASE, Axel H., private. Ross Case, father, SMITH, Ralph D., wagoner. David Cook yen, Conn. Marion, Kans. Smith, father. R. F. D. box 91, Madero, Cal. MCDONALD, George J., private. Mrs. Ra- hUGGER, .Tosiah H., private. J. F. Dugger, HURST, John/W., private. Mrs. fl. H. Hurst, chael McDonald, 2558 Washington Street, father, Culleoka, Tenn. Garden City, Mo. Roxbury, Mass. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAYADECEMBER 23, 1918. 21 AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR REPORTED 'ARRIVED IN FRANCE PROSSER, Emmitt J., corporal. Mrs. Martha EAST, Arthur R, corporal. Mrs. Clara East THALER Herman C. privat. Rilas Thaler, M. Prosser, 209 North Sheridan Street, mother, Worden, Ill. father, 190 Powell Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Minneapolis. Kans. ELLIOTT, Elisha H., private, J. S. Elliott, TIMBROOK, Lawrence V., private. Sidney KRAKTISZESKI, Alexander, private (first father, R. F. D. No. 6, Fayetteville, N. C. Timbrook, 427 State Street. Emporia, Kans. class). Stanley Krakuszeskl, Dobre, Po- HEALEY, Leroy M., private, Mrs. M. lealev, VALENTINE, Charles A., private. Mrs. Dor- land. mother, 311 Colorado Avenue, Chicago, III. othy G. Valentine, wife, 3040 -Thirty-third MARTIN, John II., private. E. K. Bryan, HOFFMAN, Frank, private. August Hoff- Street, Sacramento, Cal, Walton, Fla. man, la'her, Holt, Minn. WALLER, William, private. Mrs. Sarah Wal- STANLEY. Joe W., private (first class). Mrs. LOPAZ, Thomas B., corporal. Mrs. Bertha ler, mother, 915 Victor Street, Pittsburgh, E. C. Woodside, mother, Palmetto, Fla. Buck, sister, 4000 Rawlins Street, Dallas, Pa. REED Benjamin M., private. Mrs. Jane Tex. WILLIAMS, Earl S., corporal. Mrs. Emma L. Reed, mother. Pocassett, Okla. MAGNUSON, Ernest W., private. Charles E. Williams, mother, Lincoln, Mo. GUENTHER, Frederick C., private. Mrs. Patterson, uncle, 11 Peterson Street, James- SWITZER, Henry W., private. Mrs. Minnie Hattie C. Guenther, mother, R. F. D. No. town, N. Y. Switzer, mother, Vredenburgh, Ala. 2, Stratford. Wis. PABE, Michael C., private. William Rabe, TICE. Frederick, private. Mrs. F. E, Tice, NICHOLS, Harry, corporal. Mrs. Anna V. father, Bemidji, Minn. wife, Wayland Spring, Tenn. Nichols, mother, 838 Main Street, Windber, LAITEY, Thomas G., private. Mrs. Annie TUMASZ, Frank, private. John Mizula, Pa. Lahey, mother, 513 South James Street, friend, 3142 Felton Street, Philadelphia, Pa. KELLEN, Win. A., private. William Kellen, Rome, N. Y. TUCKER, Harry, private. Miss Kate F. father, LeMars, Iowa. STEEN, Carl F., private. Mrs. Carrie Steen, Tucker, 1040 East Fifteenth Street, Brook- ASTIENGEN, James C., lieutenant. E. H. mother, 235 West Fifty-second Place, Los lyn, N, Y. Ashengen, father, 1123 Albion Avenue, Chi- Angeles. Cal. Vauble, Norvel H., private. Julia House John- cago, Ill. TVEIT, Gilbert, private. John Tveit, brother, son, mother, Stratford, Iowa. FTLLER, Thomas, J. D., lieutenant. Mrs. Windsor, Wis. ULTATOWSKI, Marion V, private, first class. T. J. D. Fuller, jr., wife, 15 Elmwood WAHLGREN, George II., corporal. August H. Stanley Sywert, cousin, 806 La Salle Street, Avenue, Cambridge, Mass. Wabigren, father, Hickley, Ill. South Bend, Ind. BROOKIIART, Virgil, lieutenant. Francis M. COMER, Henry G., private. Dan B. Comer, VEIT, Fred W., private. Mrs. Rosey Veit Rat- Brookhart, father, Wyacondia, Mo. father, route No. 8, Austin, Tex. fuf sister, Leavenworth, Kans. GUNSTEN, George, private. Bergeth Gunsten, McCLAIN, William E., private. Mrs. Mar- WOJEZYNSKI, Roman A., private. Stans- 638 Forty-eighth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. garet Jane McClain, mother, 253 Frankfort laws Wojezynski, 1121 Shackamezon Street, HIPP, Joseph J., private, John H. Hipp, Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. father, 238 South Indiana Street, St. Clair, SHAFFER. Charles M., private. Mrs. Minnie COOP4'R, Luther A., private. Mrs. Fred Pa. Shaffer Phipps, sister, Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Cooper, mother, Roseville, Ohio. BRUNO, Vincenzo, corporal. Miss Sussle THRASHER, Eugene, private. Mrs. Lela PAULSON, Oscar, private. Adolph Blan- Bruno, sister, Ravena, Italy. Schanks, sister, 805 West Conant Street, quart, cousin, 809 North Linn Street, Bay BLAVIS, Solon, private. John Hynes, friend, Portage, Wis. City, Mich. 2 Getty Square, Yonkers, N. Y. TANGLUM1, Olaf H., private. Carl Olsen, WEST, Harry, private. Mrs. Sarah West, DONOVAN, John, private. John Donovan, uncle, 1434 North Avers Avenue, Chicago, mother, Winsper, Idaho. father, Glasgow, Mo. Ill. MONK, Clarence W., private. Miss Rose HARTMAN, Carl C., mechanic. Henry C. ALLEN, Charles, private. Mrs. Mary Allen, Monk, sister, 57 New Street, Hudson, Pa. Hartman, father, R. F. D. P, box 295, In- mother, Jefferson Avenue, Jermyn, Pa. PEARL, Max, private. Nathan Pearl, father, dianapolis, Ind. BLACK, Homer E., private. Percilla Black 748 East Ninth Street, New York, N. Y. TOURNEAUX, John B., private. Mrs. Louise Jennings, s 'ter, Leneas, Iowa. PECK, Charles, private. Mrs. Anna Hackle, Tourneaux mother, Atoko, Okla. BULLOCK, Floyd, private. Edwin D. Bullock, sister, 1318 Third Street, New Kensington, CARNEY, William A., private. Mrs. Mary Galva, Iowa. Pa. Carney, wife, 217 East Tenth Street, New CIFALIA, John, private. Demetrio Cfalia, VAN AMSTEL, Adrian P., private. Gerardes York, N. Y. father, 423 Carpenter Street, Philadelphia, Ploos Van Amstel, father, Ellburg, Holland. KOVINCIK, Kasantin. private. Nicholas Mar- Pa. POLLIO, Louis G., private. Joseph G. Pollio, tinik, friend, 220 Sharp Street, Baltimore, COUNLEY, William, private. Mrs. Elizabeth father, 72 President Street, Brooklyn, N. V. Md. Hamilton Counley, mother, Lehigh, Iowa. POOLE, Spurgeon F., private. Mattie Re- LILLE, Albert E., private. Mrs. Lena L. COURTNEY, Charles C., private. Jin Court- hecca Poole, route No. 1, Burke, Ala. Lille, mother, R. F. D. No. 1, Mapleton, ney, father, R. F. D. No. 2, box 52, Russel- PORTER, William F., private. J. H. Porter, Iowa. vill. Tenn. ' father. route No. 3, Winfield Ala. CRAWFORD, Michael J., private. James Blum, MACCOPMACK, Robert S., sergeant. Mrs. Craviford, father, R. F. D. No. 1, Barnum, RAISBERG, Ben, private. Prances Mary 1l. MacCormack, mother, 302 Rattroad Iowa. friend, 542 Knickerbocker Avenue. Brook- Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. lyn. N. Y. DARDZINSKI, Joseph, private. Alex Dard- RANDALL. Marvin, private. Margaret Ran- McDONALD, , Herbert D, private. Mrs. zinski, father, 1238 Loomis Avenue, Scran- Josephine S. McDonald, 16 Montank Avenue, dall, mother, Emberville, Tenn. ton, Pa. RICH, Orrin R., cook. Washington W. Rich, New London, Conn. DODD, Louis. private. Mrs. Maggie Dodd, MARTIN, William P., private. Mrs. Della brother, Fort Greene, Fla. mother, 1736 Cambell Street, Kansas City, ROGAN, Martin, mother, R. F. D. No. 1, Bonnis, Ill. Mo. Dave, private. Mrs. B. Rogan, M1ARTINUK, John, pirvate. Mrs. Paroskeva mother, 891 East One hundred and Seventy- EATON, Fred T., private. Mrs. Jennie Eaton, second Street, New York, N. Y. Martinuk, mother, Ufemskaia, Gubernia, mother, 341 Anrapher Avenue, Marion, Ohio. lerdselo, Chuvaske Kubowo, Russia. SCHNAGL, Joseph F., private. Anna P. ERICKSON, Axel G., private. Ernest Gaskson, SehnAgl, sister, Mantorville, Minn. OAKLEY, David H., private. Mrs. Ella Al- friend, R. F. D. No. 2, Shaler, Iowa. visa Oakley, mother, Jermyn, Pa. SERKOWAKI, Felix T., private. Mrs. Felix FETCHO, John, private. Joseph Fetcho, Serkowaki, mother, 1418 Victoria Street, PHILLIPS, Joseph L., private. Albert Lot brother. 333 Emmett Street, Scranton, Pa. Chicago, III. Phillips, father, R. F. D. No. 2, Zenio, III. GLEICHMAN, Fred H., private. Mrs. Lizzle SHANNON, Valentine, private. William POTTSCHMIDT, Albert C. W., private. Gleichman, mother, 518 William Street, Dun- Shannon, father, 1436 Greene Street, Brook- Henry Pottsclimidt, father, R. F. D. No. 1. more Pa. lyn. N. Y. Brownstown, Ind. HOLDKN, John P., private. Marguerite SCHILLINGER, Max, private. Robert Schill- SAUER, Elmer E., private. Mrs. P. Sauer, Holden, mother, 211 Buckley Street, Bristel, inger, brother, 891 Fox Street, New York, mother, 228 West Sixth Street, Davenport, Pa. N. Y. Iowa. JOHNSON, Edward, private. Mrs. Mary John- SIELARI, John, private. Dominik Slelarl, son, stepmother, Fairmount Springs, Pa. SIGFORD, Richard A., private. Retta brother, 96 Green Street, New Haven, Conn. Schweig, friend, 1819 Lyndale Avenue SPINELLI. Antonio. private. Vincenzo Spi- South, Minneapolis, Minn. SPILMAN, Josee W., private. Mrs. Elizabeth nelli, father, 105 President Street, Brooklyn, E. Spilman, mother rural route 1, Pierce N. Y. SMITH, Edgar W., private. Mrs. Elizabeth City, Mo. Smith. mother, rural route No. 3, Bluff VOLENO, Rocco MAT.,private. Frank A. Vo- City, Tenn. STIGALL, Joe, private. Mrs. Anna Stigall, leno, father, 230 Mott Street, New York, SMITH, Frank W., private. Mrs. Mary J. mother, Tateville, Ky. N. Y. Smith mother, 406 Northland Avenue, Buf- FOX, Benjamin, private. Benjamin Fooksan, WARD, Harry, private. Mrs. Grace Ward falo, N. Y. brother, 198 Burnett Street, New Bruns- Coon, sister, 92 East Miller Avenue, Akron, WILLIAMS, George F., private. Mrs. Lizzie wick, N. J. Ohio. WNliams, mother, Kirby, Mont. HALLENBECK. Lafrence V., private. Mrs. WEBBER, Albert W., private. Mrs. Annie L. GAMBLE, Edward D., private. Mrs. Bessie Anna Iallenback, mother, 130 Bradford Webber. mother, Greers Mills. Greers, S. C. Gamble, mother, box 55, Wallace, Idaho. Street. Albany. N. Y. REILLY, Peter, private. Miss Kate Donnelly, GONNELLA, Arthur F., private (first class). HITEFIELD, Elzie, private, Amos Hitefield, friend, 1705 Anthony Avenue, New York, Mrs. Janetta Gonnella, mother, 649 Huron father, Elizabethtown. Ohio. N. Y. Street, Minneapolis, Minn. KASSIK. Frank J._ private, Frank J. Kasslk, SMITH, Charles A.. sergeant. J. E. Dunn, 25 ROCK, Altrie. private. Wilfred Rondeau, sr.. father, 632 Nepperhan-Avenue, Yonkers, Second Avenue, West Duluth, Minn. uncle, 519 Manville Road, Woonsocket, R. I. N. Y. ANDERSON, John A.. private. Mrs. Helen VAN HENKELOM, Henry C., private. Henry OKUN, Samuel R., private. Oscar Okun, Jergensen. friend, 1214 Seventh Street, Su- C. Van Henkelom, father, Torrington, Wyo. uncle, 39 West Street, Newark, N. J. perior, Wis. BONEY, Willie, private. J. Hi. Boney, father, BAXTER, Merwether, lieutenant. Mrs. M. L. BUTLER, William I., private. Mrs. Della R. F. D. 1, Delway, Sampson County, S. C. Baxter, wife, 1415 Ninth Street, Nashville, Butler, mother, Fort Collins, Colo. BREIT, Joseph, private. Joseph Brelt, senior, Tenn. GILBERT. Beauford D.- private. Mrs. Mary father, R. R. 12, Caledonia, Wis. PIERSON, Truitt B., sergeant. J. L. Pierson, A. Gilbert, mother, Main Street, Newberry, BRYANT, Albert A., private. Johnson Byrant, R. D. No. 1, Terrell, Tex. S. C. father, R. F. D. 1, Chestnut Mount, Tenn. FREDENlERG. Ralph E., private. Sarah A. HANSEN, Otto W.. private. Mrs. Caren Han- CLANCY, John J.. private. Mrs. Anna Clan- Fredenberg, wife, Limestone, N. Y. sen, mother, 3083 North Twenty-second cy, mother, 548 Henry Street, Brooklyn, MULLIN, Joceph A., corporal. Mrs. Cath- Streat. Kansas City, Kans. N. Y. erine Mullin, mother, 29 Harvard Place, HOLTZ. Fred J., private. Mrs. Mary Holtz, CLARE, William H., private. Mrs. Margaret Brooklyn, N. Y. mother, 253 Morgan Street, Elgin, Ill. Clare, mother, 250 East One hundred and SPILLANE, John L.,-.private. Miss Anna McHENRY, Charles W.. private. Mrs. Ella forty-second Street, New York, N. Y. Spillane, sister, 72 Wellington Hill Street, McHenry, mother, 037 North Elm Street, FELT, Harry, private. Mrs. Anna Mareneda, Dorchester. Mass. Conshohocken, Pa. mother, Benisenvilie, 11L 23, 1918. 22 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR REPORTED ARRIVED IN FRANCE Eliza- JOHNSON, Edward A., private. Mrs. Cather- MURRAY, Edward J., private. Mrs. GIBBONS, William E., private. Clem R. Gib- 11 Strongs Avenue, beth Murray, mother, 24 Berline Avenue, bons, R. F. D. 3, Alamo, Tenn. ine Johnson, mother, Sonthington, Conn.. L., private. Mrs. Ida Rutland, Vt. class). Mrs. HALEY, Ebenezer JONES, Frank M., private. Sarah Hudson BRAYER, Mike, private (first Haley, Atheistant, Wis. Jones, 809 Washington Avenue, Montgom- Anna Ethel Brayer, wife, 87 Oxford Street, HAWGLEY, Ira G., corporal. Mrs. Tap Jen- East Youngstown, Ohio. Shelby Avenue, Nashville, cry, Ala. BROMANDER Carl R., private. Charles Gus- nings, sister, 408 JONES, Thomas, private. Daniel E. Jones, Tenn. father, Chestnut Ridge, Pa. tay Bromander, father, I. F. D. No. 1, JANIAK, Leon, private. Urs. Marcian Jan- Sloan, Iowa. Ave- KATH, Otto, private. Mrs. Emma Kath, ink, mother, 2901 North Central Park mother, 351 Jefferson Street, Valparaiso, SHEARS, Otis H. private. Ralph Shears, nue, Chicago, Ill. Ind. brother, Grant, Mlrich. JOHNSON, Albert M., private. Henry John- KASTNER, Henry, private. Clara Mae Kast- BALL, Ernest T., private. John T. Ball, son, father, Greenville, Minn. ner, mother, 605 Broad Street, Corlatodt, father, R. F. D. No. 2, Milton, W. Va. JURGENSEN, inat C., private. Mrs. Maren N. J, BAST, Clarence R., private. John A. Bast, Nelson, mother R. 2, Forest City, Iowa. KELLY, Fred N., private. Fred Kelly, father, father, 2628 Holland Street, Erie, Pa. KIEHN, Herman H., private. John N. Kiehn, Festus Mo. BROWN, Edward R., private. Mrs. G. brother, R. F. D. 1, Bijou Hills, S. Dak. KRAMER, Henry, private. Henry Kramer, Brown, mother, Ireton, Iowa. KOZLOW Phillip, private. Mrs. Annie Fid- KELTON, Elihu Howard, lieutenant. Geo. N. Y. father, Burton, Tex. ler, 10 Madison Street New York, KURAS, William, private. Mrs. Mary Post, H. Kelton, father, Hubbardston, Mass. LAY, Everett, private. 6alvin Ozias Lay, mother, 587 Broad Street, Bridgeport, Conn. PRUNIER, Edward W., private (first class). father, R. F. D. 2, Pioneer, Tenn. LESAGE, Benedik, private. Stanley Tara- Albert H. Prunier, brother, 248 West Hazel LLOYD, Ivan C., private. Paul C. Lloyd, asawye, 4 Eleventh Street, Braddock, Pa. Street, New Haven, Conn. father, R. F. D. 3, Chapel Hill, N. C. LOCKBAUM, Charles, corporal. Mrs. Mary PROBST Louis B., private (first class). McKNIGHT, Albert A., private. John H. Lockbaum, mother, 32 East 147th Street, Mrs. Caroline Probst, mother, 413 South McKuight, father, R. F. D. 22, Fayette, Pa. New York, N. Y. Second Street, Louisville, Ky. McPARTLAND, Michael J., private. Miss LYONS, James B., corporal. Mrs. L. P. Lyons, ALDWORTH, Richard T., lieutenant. Agnes Mary MePartland, sister, 347j West Seven- Neuton Center, Mass. Q. Aldworth, 108 Pereida Street, San An- teenth Street, New York, N. Y. MENY, Joseph, private. Mrs. Barbara Meny, tonio, Tex. MARTIN, Abraham, private. Max Martin, mother, 1032 Brandywine Street, Philadel- FOURAKER, Leroy L., lieutenant. J. D. father, 910 Union Avenue, New York, N, Y. p hia, Pa. Fouraker, father, Scollard Building, Dallas, MITCHELL, John, private. James Flynn, MORRISON, Patrick D., private. John Morri- Tex. friend, 13 Bowery, New York, N. Y. son, father, Parkhill, Ontario, Canada. HURLEY, Chas. J., lieutenant. Dr. D. J. MITCHELL, Louis, corporal. Mrs. Nancy NELLIS, Walter T., private. Mrs. Ida Nellis, Hurley, 118 Border Street, Dedlham, Mags. Mitchell, mother, Dark Ridge, N. C. mother, 3111 Murdock Avenue, -Cincinnati, MURACHVER, Harry, private. Ruvon Mu, BARTON, Ernest N., private. Mrs. Emma Ohio. rachver, father, Rebultza Padoll Gub., Rus. Barton, mother, R. D. 2, Royal, Ga. OHANISIAN, Ohants, private. Sarkis Mos- ala. BROESMA, George, private. Ida Simon, sis- hagian, friend, 8 North Sixteenth Street, MIKELKEWICZ, Waclow, private. Mrs. ter, R D, 3, St. Paul, Minn. East St. Louis, IlL Helen Mikelkewicz, 124 Catherine Street, COLLINS, Hugh C., private. John H. Collins, OSTRANDER, Charles, private. Mrs. Mag- Philadelphia, Pa. father, Longspur, Va. gie F. Ostrander, wife, R. F. D. No. 2, Twin. JARTINEZ, Antonio, private. Juan Martinez DEAL, Robert D,, private. J. W. Deal, father, ning, Mich. Jaranvillo, father, Pintada, N. Mex. R. F. D. 3, Missouri Valley, Iowa. PENWRIGHT, John T. private. Mrs. F. J. LANDSKROM, Louis R. J., private. Mrs. HELLER, Victor H., private. Mrs. Elizabeth Penwright, route 2, alumet, Okla. Louise Landskrom, mother, 402 Garfield Weber, grandmother, R. F. D. No. 1, box 110, PERUSEK, Victor, private. George Perusek, Avenue, Manasha, Wis. Freehold, N. J. father, Panfello, Petral a,- Pratala Deliqua, KING, John Andrews, lieutenant. Mrs. J. A. KEMP, Charles D., private. Millard F. Kemp, Italy. King. wife, 1524 Astor Street, Chicago, Ill. father, Saco, Mo. POTTIER, Olnesime, private. Mrs. Linie Pot- ZUCKERMAN, Harry, private. Mrs. Fanny McCOMBS, Aldus, private. George McCombs, tier, aunt, post office box 103, Hookset, N. Hf. Zuckerman, mother, 32 East Seventh Street, rather, Monon, Ind. PORTER, Milton A., private. C. M. Porter, New York, N. Y. NAKOS, James S., private. George Nakos, father, Malta, Mont. FERRIERA, Demas C., private. Frank C. brother, Gimexe, Greece. REESE, Carl H., private. Milton V. Reese, Ferriera, father, box 636, Hayward, Cal. GIRULI, Sava A, private. Olga P. Morkatos, father, Olin er, Va. GILBERT, Woolsey T., engineer. Mrs. Thomas sister, 81 Madison Street, New York, N. Y. REFSDAL, Nels, private. Oluf Treland, W. Gilbert, mother, 4911 Chancellor Street, SHARP, Presley, private, Albert Sharp, friend, R. F. D. No. 1, Hayword, Wis. Philadelphia, Pa. brother, R F. D. No. 2, Paughburn, Ark. ROWE, Harry C., private. Mrs. J. B. Rowe, BOWER, John W., corporal. Bryon M. Bower, TAPPENBECK, Paul C., private. Mrs. Emma mother, R. F. D. No. 4, Pulaski, Tenn. father, Mansfield, Ill. Jordan, sister, 742 North Lawndale Avenue, SAIGEON, Bennie M., private. Mrs. Mary HOWTON, Santford R., private. Joe M. How- Chicago, Ill. Salgeon, mother, general delivery, Decker, ton, father, R. P. D. No. 1, Adger, Ala. LUECK, William J., lieutenant. Mary 3. Mich, KNAACK, Fred C., private. Charles Knaack, Lueek, R. F. D. " D," Aikin, Minn. SHIPLEY, Milton, private. Mrs. Mary Ship- father, 3575 Independence Road, Cleveland, MOCHRIE, Robert, lieutenant. R. F. Mochrie, ley, mother, Woodbine, Md. Ohio. father, 409 West Two hundred and sixty- SIMPSON, Reuben L., private. Milton L. WELLS, George C., corporal. George Wells, frst Street, New York, N. Y. Simpson, father, Snyder, Tex. father, 201 West MeGaffer Street, Roswell, WYGANT, John R., private. Martha Willet SNYDER, George W, private. W. H1. Snyder, N. Mex. Walker, 493 East Exchange Street, Syca- father, Greenville Pa. HECKMAN, Blair C., corporal. Mrs. Mar, more. Ill. SONA, Frederick F., private (1st class). garet Heckman, mother, Avis, Pa. DONALD, Harold F private. Thomas Dolan, Mrs. Anna M. Young, mother, 179 Emmett STINSON, Buster L., private. F. C. Stinson, father, 35 Valley Street, New Haven, Conn. Street Newark, N. J. brother, Choctaw, Okla. GRACE, Win. A., corporal. Michael T. Grace, TAMASAUSKA, Rokis, private. Tony Tama- WARD, James G., private. Michael J. Ward, 67 Java Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. sauska, brother, Windslock, Conn. father, 45 Montgomery Street, Newark, CRUM, Edward rivate. Lewis Crum, father, UNGLAUB, Charles, private. Mrs. Amelia N. J. Glenwood, W. Va. Unglaub, mother, 604 South Orange Ave- HEJDAK, Boleslaus, private. Mrs. Franc-s COLLVER, George C. private. Mrs. Alice nue, Newark, N. J. Hejdak, mother, 100 Seventh Avenue, Mil- Collver, mother, 893 Grand Ave., New WILKINS, Bray, private. C. H. Wilkins, waukee, Wis. Haven, Conn. father, R. F. D. No. 3, Coribon, Me. KRONENBERG, Max, private. H. Eckman, YEGELWEL, Israel, private. Myer Yegewel, uncle, 2132 Daly Avenue, New York, N. Y. COLLINS, Elijah C, private. R. F. Collins, brother, 18 Twenty-first Avenue, New KURTZ, Leonard P., private. Miss Louise father, Warwick, R. I. York, N. Y. Kurtz, sister, 33 South Second Street, Lake CARDELL, Win., private. Mrs. Mary Cardell, BEATTY, Robert H., private. Miss Fannie P. View Heights, Paterson, N. J. mother, 19 Homestead Avenue, Granston, Beatty, sister, 130 Avenue C, Brooklyn, PEIA. Louis, private. Ernest Pela, father, R. 1. N. Y. 18 Mohawk Avenue, Paterson, N. J. GUIDISE, Edw. A., private. Mrs. 3. Serapino, DIONNE, Joseph E., private. Joseph Dionne, PELOSO, Pasquale, private. Lulgi Palombi, mother 34 Second Street, Haverstram, N. Y. father, 14 Merrimac, Newbury, Mass. friend, 11 Orchard Street, Sidney, N. Y. MIL AN, iohn J., private, first class. Mrs. M. YOUNG, Ellis M., private (1st class). Dr. WFATRUP, Edward G. Fred Westrup, Milan, mother 025 East Broadway, South E. W. Young, uncle, 640 Broadway, Everett, brother, 4191 Twenty-sixth Street, San Fran- Boston, Mass. Mass. cisco, Cal. WATTIA, Tony, private. Justine Mattla, SMITH, Evelyn J., private. Mrs. Ysidra Smith, mother, Oroville, Cal. The following are reported to have ar- father, 263 North Simpson Street, Phila- J. Mul- delphia Pa MULDOON, James N., private. W. to Winchester, doon, father, 10 Bigelow Street, Brighton, rived in London en route KNIDSONq, Albert, corporal. Mrs. Katherine England: Knudson, mother, 322 Fifty-second Street, Mass. Brooklyn, N. Y. CHAPMAN, Augustus H., mechanician. L. H. WHITEHEAD, Lee M., corporal. P. W. Chapman, father, Colchester, Conn. . Whitehead, father, Jeffrey, Ky. BRETSCIINEIDER, Frank D., private. Anton GESNER, Alfred Vf. private. Mrs. A. M. James R., private. Mrs. Bretschneider, brother, 1612 Loomis Street, Gesner, Hadlyme, Conn. PETOCHELLI. Chicago, Ill. Louise PetocheIli, mother, 20 Brown Avenue, OWEN, Harold, private. Mrs. Owen, mother, Pawtucket. R. 1. DOHERTY, Edward J., private first class. 48 Elliott Street, New Hlaven, Conn. private. 'Miss Anna Clarence, private (1st class). LILLY, William John, Mrs. J. Doherty, mother, 12531 Center St., NEWTON, Kelly, friend, 250 Bristol Street, Southing- Newton Center, Mass. Mrs. Barbara Newton, mother, 226 Sixty- ton, Conn. BASSO, Angelo. Mrs. Josephine Basso, ninth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. mother 52 South Elm Street, Bristol, Conn. SANDLER, Lewis. Moris Sandler, father, Reported have arrived in Liverpool, HART, joseph F. private. Mrs. Joseph H. 2211 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Hart, 97 Eleventh Street, Milwaukee, Wis. DOUGHERTY, Owen, private (first class). England: MILLER, Ivey D., private. Jefferson D. Mrs. Roger Dougherty, mother, 722 Seville AIITZ, John W., lieutenant. Mrs. W. P. Artz, Miller, father, Ratton, La. Avenue. Chester, Pa. mother, Old Fort, N. C. WARD, Allen H., private. Mrs. William Ward, MEYER, Frank J., private (first class). John mother, Toronto, Ohio. Meyer, father, 321 Douwalter Street, Read- Reported to have arrived at Berne, DUBE. Romuald, private. Louis Dube, father, Ing, Ohio. in good health and spirits: N. H. James, private (first class). Switzerland, 95 Orange Street, Manchester, PUNTILLO, Belle FITZER, John R., private. Rosnma Steiger, Joseph Bangenajo, uncle, 103 High Street, ROBERTS, Edward M., private. Mrs. aunt, R. F. D. No. 2, Lancaster, Ohio. Newark, N. J. Roberts, mother, Iroquois, S. Dak. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 23 LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS I The following is a list of contracts National Grocery Co., Seattle, Wash., soda. National Tube Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., steel Mill & Mine Supply C o., Seattle, Wash., pipe. placed by the various Government de- wire rope. R. C. Hoffman & Co., Baltimore, Md., rods Ipartments and divisions thereof as in- Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., Portland, and beams. dicated below: Oreg., chairs. C. D. Pruden -Co., Baltimore, Md., fire door American Mariie Paint Co., Seattle, Wash,, and windows. copper paint. R. J. Taylor Co., Baltimore, Md., deck sup- John Finn Metal Works, Seattle, Wash., plies. babbitt. Muth Bros, & Co Baltimore, Md., potash. Crane Co., Seattle, Wash., pipe and plugs. John C. Knipp k Sons, Baltimore, Md., EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION Pacific Coast Bngineering Co., Seattle, linen and pantry supplies. Wash., lumber, pipe Attings, electrical sup- Sparrow's Point btore Co., Baltimore, Md., plies, paint, and hardware. deck supplies, engine and refrigeration room Following is a list of purchases by the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredge Co., Seattle, tools. Wash , hexagonal nuts, olls, flanges, and cop- Standard Oil Co., Baltimore, Md., oil. United States Shipping Board Emergency per pipe. John E. Hand & Sons, Baltimore, Md., Fleet Corporation: D. W. Hartzell (Inc.), Winslow, Wash., nautical instruments. electrical fixtures and nails. William H. Stiegler, Baltimore, Md., oil C. J. Hendry, San Francisco, Cal., davit C. C. Moore & Co.. Tacoma, Wash., iron heater. sockets, galvanized thimbles, signal halyards, bark, pipe fittings, globe valves, nuts, bolts, Lee Electric Co., Baltimore, Md., electrical steel hawsers, and blocks. and tanks. supplies. Western Electric Co., San Francisco, Cal., Benjamin Electrical Manufacturing Co., Charles C. Hutchinson, Boston, Mass., log wire. Chicago, Ill., electrical fixtures. book, clock, and dividers. C. W. Daht & Son, San Francisco, Cal., con- *Heffernan Engine Works, Seattie, Wash., Pettingell-Andrews Co., Boston, Mass., duits, switches, and box olls. steam gauges, pipe, bolts, nuts, screws, grat- cable. Golden State & Miners' Works, San Fran- ings, oil,, paints, brackets, and electrical fix- L. M. Ham Co., Boston, Mass., rolling stays. cisco, Cal., bronze bolts. tures. Durable Wire Rope Co., Boston, Mass., rope W. S. Ray Manufacturing Co., San Fran- Hendricks Manufacturing Co., Seattle, and wire cable. csco, Cal., crockery. Wash., cross stop valves. Worthington Pump & Machinery Co., IlolX- M. Greenberg's Sons, San Francisco, Cal., Buxham Electric Co., Seattle, Wash., chart oke, Mass., piston ring. condenser ferrules. table and log book fixtures. Boston Forge Co., Boston, Mass., steel. Crane Co., San Francisco, Cal., gate valves, Seattle Plumbing Supply Co., Seattle, Wash., A. C. Harvey Co., Boston, Mass., iron and pipe, and pipe fittings. angle stop valves. steel. Oscar Krenz Copper Works, San Francisco, Seaborn Shipyards Co., Tacoma, Wash., New England Screw Co., Boston, Mass., Cal., flanges. cement, gravel, bolts, screws, flanges, and screws. De Lano Bros., San Francisco, Cal., mega- trolley wheels. Butts & Ordway Co., Boston, Mass., lag phone mouthpieces. Fraser Pattern Works, Seattle, Wash., pat- screws. American Marine Paint Co., San Francisco, tern for sea chest. Walworth Manufacturing Co., Boston, Cal., paint. Washington Iron Works, Seattle, Wash., Mass., gaskets. Pacific Coast Rubber Co., San Francisco, Wadsworth Howland Co., Boston, Mass., main steam castings. paint. Cal., fire hose. Ehrlich Harrison & Co., Seattle, Wash., General Machinery & Supply Co., San Fran- United States Rubber Co., Boston, Mass., lumber. gaskets. Cisco, twist drills. Seattle Copper Works, Seattle, Wash., cop- Pyrene Manufacturing Co., San Francisco, Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co., Boston, per expansion joints. Mass., globe valve. Cal., ax brackets. Pafic Coast Coal Co., Seattle, Wash., steam Ferry Drug Co., San Francisco, Cal., medi- coal. Western Electric Co., Boston, Mass., paiste cine chest. taplets. Marshall-Wells Co., Portland, Oreg., lanips, Charles E. Babbitt Co., Portland, Me., .T. & W. Wilson, San Francisco, Cal., marlin chain, steel, tubing, and engineer's supplies. bronze castings and drums. spikes.' Oscar M. Schwarz, Portland, Oreg., adjust- Main Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal., name W. L. Blake & Co., Portland, Me., tees, ing compass. ells, rubber plates. Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Co., Port- plugs, garlock packing, flanges, Mangrum & Otter, San cloth insertion, valves and pipe. Francisco, Cal., land, Oreg., machine bolts and lag screws. Charles S. Chase do., Portland, Me., ce- steward's equipment. Portland Marine Supply Co., Portland, & Hanford Co., Seattle, Wash., ment. Lowman Oreg., deck equipment, chain blocks, engine- B Corey & Co., Portland, Me., lag screws charts, room stores, flags, log book, and cargo hooks. Forge Co., Seattle, Wash., anchor, andi machine steel. Aene The Beebe Co., Portland, Oreg., nautical Edwards & Walker, Portland, Me., rivets, chain holsts, and shaklos. equipment. Wash., pilot machine screws and miscellaneous hardware. Augustine & Kyer, Seattle, Service Film Supply Co., Portland, Oreg., Emery Waterhouse Co., Portland, Me., bread. ctrbons. Seattle, Wash., wire strap hinges, hexagonal nuts, wood blocks, Foattle Htardware Co., E. L. Taylor & Co., Portland, Oreg., tube paint, shovels, axe handles, brooms, tar paper, cloth and hardware. handles. and hardware. Steam Supply & Rubber Co., Seattle, Wash., Powers & Estes, Portland, Oreg., medicine W. S. Dyer & Co., Portland, Me cut gears. solder, couplings, (leck hose, thermometers, chests. Charles washers, waste, and rags. Guptill & Co., Portland, Ve, oakum ' Pacific States Electric Co., Portland, Oreg., and manila rope. Max Kuner Co., Seattle, Wash., nautical electrical equipment. R. K. Jordan & Co., Westbrook, Me., instruments. flanges. Suande & D'evers Co.. Seattle, Wash., shack- Fobes Supply Co., Portland, Oreg., condu- lots and electrical equipment. John J. Lappin & Co., Portland, Me., hay. les, nails, and ship chandlery. Thomas Laughlin .T. Bornstein Sons (Inc.), Seattle, Wash., Honeyman Hardware Co., Portland, Oreg., & Co., Portland, Me., iron spikes, nails, and engineer's tools. blocks, stuffing boxes, fron sheaves, and gal'ey supply and steward's equipment. shackles. Wells Butcher Supply Co., Seattle, Wash., Olds. Wortman & King, Portland, Oreg., cur- tains. McDonald Manufacturing.Co., Portland, Me., butcher block. lumber. Grote-Rankin Co., Seattle, Wash., rugs. Crane Co., Portland, Oreg., flanges, gate Megquier & Jones, Portland, Me., hangers United States Rubber Co., Seattle, Wash., valves, and boilers. and steel iron. hose. The Peerless Pacific Co., Portland, Oreg., Misnus Motor Works, Portland, Me., ball Whiton Hardware Co., Seattle, Wash., hard- valves. bearing thrust. ware. Meier & Frank Co., Portland, Oreg., Portland Rubber Co., Portland, Me., sheet Portland Cordage Co., Seattle, Wash.. rope. cushions and chairs. rubber. Pacific Net & Twina Co., Seattle, Wash., Pacific Metal Works, Portland, Oreg., brass Randall & McAllister, Portland, Me., soft ship chandlery and lantern globes. sheet and rods. coal. United States Flexible Metallic Tubing Co., Goodyear Rubber Co., Portland, Oreg., hose. WC. H1. Robinson & Co., Portland, Me., sail- Seattle, Wash., steam hose. Pacific States Electric Co., Portland, Oreg., maker's twine. Union Oil Co., Seattle, Waskr., oil. electrical equipment. William Seater & Co., Portland, Me., charts W. P. Fuller & Co., Seattle, Wash., paint. Clarke-Woodard Drug Co., Portland, Oreg., and navigating equipment. Standard Oil Co., Seattle, Wash., candles thermateters, York & Boothby, Portland,, Me., condulets and oil. H. W. Johns-Manville Co., Portland, Oreg., and blank covers. t. W. Johns-Manville Co., Seattle, Wash., blocks and cement. Jones Lumber Co., Jacksonville, Fla., lum- ice machine. Irwin-Hodson Co., Portland, Oreg., valve ber. Pobes Supply Co., Seattle, Wash., electrical name' plates. George E. Chase & Co., Jacksonville, Fla., supplies. Pacific States Rubber Co., Portland, Oreg., oarlocks. gauge glasses, serving boards, hal- Fraser Patterson Co., Seattle, Wash., bed- lead wire. yard, singled wood block, brass oil cups, ding, towels, etc. The Gunther-King Co., Portland, Oreg., coal charges for dre extinguishers, rope, illuminat- Sehwabacher Hardware Co., Seattle, Wash., measures. ing oll, glass, chain, and miscellaneous hard- hardware. The Norwegian Importing Co., Portland, ware. Western Dry Goods Co., Seattle, Wash., Oreg.. torches. J. G. Christopher Co., Jacksonville, Pla., spreads. Astoria Marine Iron Works, AStorla, Oreg., riets, pipe caps. plugs, rope, and bar iron. M. Seller & Co., Seattle, Wash., galley equip- shaft hearings. Cameron & Barkley Co., Jacksonville, Fia., ment. Jaggar-sroufe Co., Portland, Oreg., conduits. ells, tees, nipples, belts, steam packing, rope, Stewart & Hoomes, Seattle, Wash., drugs. Pacific Tent & Awning Co., Portland, Oreg., and angle stop valves. Pacific Window Shade Co., Seattle, Wash., masts and sails. Dozier & Gay Paint Co., Jacksonville, Fli., shades. M. L. Kline, Portland, Oreg., gauge glasses. paint. Norris Safe & Lock Co., Seaftle, Wash., The Gauld Co., Portland, Oreg., globe valves. Antwerp Naval Stores Co., Jacksonville, safes. American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn., up- Fin.. turpentine. T. F. Clark Co., Seattle, Wash., rat guards. p r tubing. *Florida Hardware Co., Jacksonville, Fla., Wiphington Mattress- Co., Seattle, Wash., Crane Co., Chicago, Ill., pipe fittings and sleep tub, emery cloth, pads, and strap mattresses. castings. hinges. 24 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918.

LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS I I T. Murphy Iron Works, Jacksonville, Fla., The Fairbanks Co., New Orleans, flanged Nationai Lead Co., New York, sheet lead. steel, lock nuts, and drilling stanchions. ells. J. K. Larkin & Co., New York, washers, nuts, P. 1. Peck & Son, Jacksonville, FIa., oil. Manion & Co., New Orleans, pipe. bolts, screws, rivets, and spikes. S. B. Hubbard Co., Jacksonville, Fla., drip The Browning Co., Cleveland, repair parts. Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., New York, flake pans. Gleo. B. Carpenter & Co., Chicago, fixed graphite. Florida Metal Products Co., Jacksonville, lights. Mason Manufacturing Co., New York, Fla, iron, steel, angle iron, generator covers, Norvell Wilder Hardware Co., Beaumont, threaded flanges. and head for lookout towers. flanges, pipe and plugs, tees, rivets, bolts, Topping Bros., New York, galvanized hinges, Savannah Supply Co., Jacksonville, Fla., screws, flat iron, hexagonal nuts, pipe caps, clothesline, japanned butts and screws, shower flanges ells, swing check valves, and lag fittings, couplings, sheet lead, unions, hinges, heads, curtain rings, glue, conehead rivets, screws. twine, and steel. postrings, machine head, steel chain and lag Cummer Lumber Co., Jacksonville, Fla., Grimes & Hurst, Beaumont, wood alcohol. screws. lumber. Fiegelson Repair Shop, Beaumont, bolts. Chas. M. Childs & Co. (Inc.), Brooklyn, Knoxville Iron Works, Knoxville, Tenn., Lukens Steel Co., New Orleans, bars, tanks, N. Y., Japan driers. angle iron. angles, angle iron, and steel. W. & J. Tiebout Co., New York, hasps, Ingalls Iron Works, Birmingham, Ala., Woodward-Wight Co., New Orleans, wire screws, graphite, and wire mesh. angle iron. solder, tacks, pine plugs, chain, round iron, C. D. Durkee & Co., New York, iron hopper Standard Oil Co, Jacksonville, Fla., kyso, wire, bolts, twine, and steel. closets. kerosene, and engine oil. Boykin Machine & Supply Co., Beaumont, Garlock Packing Co., New York, packing. Armour & Co., Jacksonville, Fla., ammonia thimbles and chain links. De Voe & Reynolds, New York, varnish and and tanks. E. L. Wilson Hardware Co., Beaumont, paint. Cohen Brothers Co., Jacksonville, Fla., chuck valves, rope, saw blades, brooms, and Hartford Machine & Screw Co., New York, clockery. miscellaneous hardware. taper pins. Florida Electric Supply Co., Jacksonville, Standard Sanitary ManufacturIng Co., Hous- S. F. Hayward, New York, hose washers. Fla, snap switches. ton, ells, elbows, couplins, sheet lead, lock N. M. Cartier, Providence, R. I., ammonia. Florida Broom Factory, Jacksonville, Fla., nuts, flanges, pipe plugs, and fittings. Estey Bros. Wire Works, New York, wire- brooms. Southern Brass Manufacturing Co., Hous- screen mesh. C. I. Capps Foundry Co., Jacksonville, Fla., ton. brass. T. S. & J. D. Negus, New York, clocks. castings, angle iron, and brass disks. F. W. Heitman & Co., sheet copper, zinc, Jos. T. Ryerson & Son, New York, steel. Logan Coal & Supply Co., Jacksonville, bolts, valves, wire cable, and miscellaneous Edgar T. Ward's Suns Co., New York, steel. Fla., coal. hardware. Jas. R. McMann & Co., New York, pipe, Campbell - Ware Co, Jacksonville, Fla., Kirby Lumber Co., Beaumont, cement. tees, screws, lock nuts, and flanges. wooden wedges and bucket racks. Oil City Brass Works, Beaumont, brass Newman Clock Co., New York, portable V. E. Jacobs Co., Jacksonville, Fla., chro- rings. watch clocks. nometer. Peden Iron & Steel Co., Houston, tackle, Norwalk Hardware Co., South Norwalk, Towers Hardware Co., Jacksonville, Fla., brushes, baking pans, bloeks, and miscel- Conn., hatchet blade. beeswax. laneous hardw are. Independent Salt Co., New York, mineral Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R. Co., Birming- Moran Bolt & Nut Co., St. Louis, bolts, salt. ham, Ala., cheek plates. screws, and boatspikep. Cincinnati Time Recording Co., Boston, Georgia Supply Co., Jacksonville, Fla., iron Randolph Paint Co., Houston, wall brushes. Mass., time cards. plates, rod iron, ells, bushings, and set Black Hardware Co., Galveston, nuts, L. B. Barth & Son, New York, dishes. screws. washers, and clinch rings. Michael Rudd, New York, nautical ther- Luetkemeyer Co., Cleveland, Ohio, hexagonal Sabine Supply Co, Orange, Tex., mall tee mometer. nuts. sheet iron, rope, brusheb, elbows, and miscel- Mexican Petroleum Corporation, New York, Cleveland Paper Manufacturing Co., Cleve- laneous hardware. fuel oil. land, Ohio, paper towels. J. T. Booth, Beaumont, plugs. John Monroe, Brooklyn, X. Y., staples. Strong-Carlisle & Hammond, Cleveland, Bonner Oil Co., Beaumont oil. Cannon Mills, .New York, turkish towels. Ohio, hexagonal nuts and steel bars. Beaumont Racket Store, )Beaumont, crock- United Lead Co., New York, red and white J. J. Sheppard, Cleveland, Ohio, pedestal eryware. lead. blocks. Dixie Mill Supply Co., New Orleans, flanges. W. L. Lintott & Co., New York, lend Win. Bingham Co., Cleveland, Ohio, brass Beaumont Electric Co., Beaumont, lamps. brushes. rod. Alamo Iron Works, San Antonio, anchor Empire Waste Co., New York, cotton waste. Geo. Worthington Co., Cle-reland, Ohio, brass chafin plates. The alr.anks Scale Co., New York, lubri- rod. W. J. Tiebout Co., New York, fittings. cator. Cleveland Tool Supply Co., Cleveland, Ohio, San Antonio Machine Co., San Antonio, fit- Wager Bridge Wall & Furnace Co., New emery-wheel cutters. tineg. York, grate bars. Merchant-Evans Co., Cleveland, Ohio, brass Cummings & Sons, Houston, files. Chas. D. Durkee & Co., New York, wire rod. J. T. Ryerson & Son, St. Louis, angles, tube, tube rods, steam hose, couplings and Clifford Bros., Clevelani, Ohio, charcoal. black sheets, and steel. washers, nozzle, gold dust, cotton waste, E. J. Woodison Co., Cleveland, Ohio, buff Carnegie Steel Association, Galveston, black polish, stencil letters and figures. wheels. sheets. Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, Fishel-Marks Co., Cleveland, Ohio, steel bars. Texas Co., Houston, oil. burner tips. Chester Steel Casting Co., Chester, Pa., Pierce Fordyce Co., Houston, turpentine. Standard Oil Co. New York, fuel. rough castings. McAlester Coal Co., McAlester, Okla., coal. Michael Rupp & Co., New York, chro- United Iron Works, Kansas City, Mo., re- J. L. Mott Iron Works, Trenton, N. J., nometer. frigerating outfits. dishes T. S. & J. D. Negus, New York, binoculars Refrigeration Engineering Co., Toledo, Ohio, Houston Mill Supply Co, Houston, augers, and telescopes. refrigerating outfits. valves, saw blades, and gaskets. Lehn & Fink, New York, petrolatum. Smalley General Co., Bay City, Mich., water C. L. & Theo. Bering Co., Houston, batteries Topping Bros., New York, brass lock cocks, chest. and shells. flanges, rims, plugs, and screws. Muskegon Boiler Works, Muskegon, Mich., Gulf Refining Co., Houston, oil. John Polacheck Bronze & Iron Co., Long overflow pipes. Midland Bridge Co., Houston, ferrules. Island City, bronze shafting. A. Ml. Lockett & Co., New Orleans, hose and Finucane Boiler Works, Houston, ventilator United Brass Manufacturing Co., East bushings. trunks. Orange, N. J., globe valves. Oliver H. Van Horn (Ltd.), New Orleans. Houston Blow Pipe & Sheet Metal Works, DeVoe & Reynolds, New York, putty and taps, dies, and screws. Houston, rentilators. paint. Woodward-Wight & Co. (Ltd.), New Or- Orange Rice Mill, Orange, Tex., hay and Edison Lamp Works of General Electric leans, nautical supplies, files, gauge glass, oats. Co.. Harrison, N. J., lamps. chisels, ells, caulking Irons, turnbuckles, strap Torrey Roller Bushing Co., Bath, Me., air uited States Hungerford Brass & Copper iron, bar iron, cotter pins, and miscellaneous parts. Co., New York, brass. sup lies. Republic Iron & Steel Co., Dallas, steel. A. C. Rowe & Son, New York, fire bucket a 0r. Stencil Works, New Orleans, stencil Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Houston, tanks. brass. brushes. Semet Solvay Co., New York, calcium Electrical Supply Co., New Orleans, conduit Oliver H. Van Horn, New Orleans, augers. chloride. clips. Carnegie Steel Association, Houston, steel. E. 0. Hausburg, New York, watchman's Thos. W. Hooley Metal Works, New Orleans, Luther Moore Lumber Co... Orange, lumber. clocks. galvanized tanks, hanger for bell. Columbia Rope Co., Burling Slip, N. Y., Jas. R. McMann Co., New York, couplings. Alex. Dussel Iron Works, New Orleans, gal- manila rope. D. A. Woodhouse, New York, fire buckets Chas. Cory & Son, New York, dials and face and hooks. lery smoke pipe and stanchions. Babcock & Wilcox Co., New York, furnace Itauffer-Eshleman Co., New Oleans, cotter glasses for mechanical telegraph. Schrenck & Co., New York, glass. fronts, bar bearer, bar stools, wall sockets, pins and files. fire bars, dead plates, cheek pieces, and lin- American Steel & Wire Co., Chicago, Ill., Erie Forge Co. Erie Pa., rudder stock. Sizer Forge Co. Bualo, N. Y., shafting. tels. wire rope. Igoe Bros., New York, wire. Anchor Packing Co., New Orleans, packing. Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., shaft- lug. A. Leschen Bros., New York, wire. Boland Machine Works, New Orleans, chain, Estey Bros. Wire Works, Brooklyn, wire Kracke & Flanders, New Orleans, carbide. Tindel-Morris, Eddystone, Pa., rudder stock mesh. W. G. Coyle Co., New Orleans coke. and shafting. American Standard Shipfitting Co., New Whitney Supply Co., New Orleans, gauge McShane Bell Foundry Co., Baltimore, Md., York, chain clenches. glasses. propeller shaft sleeve. Bruce & Cook, New York, sheet steel. Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co., New Moore & White, Philadelphia, Pa., propeller Carpenter & Bayless, New York, shovel Orleans, gauge glasses, scuppers, and ells. shaft sleeve. handles, sledge handles, and snow shovels. American Woodworking Machinery Co., New Armour Sandpaper Works, New York, emery Robert A. Keasley Co., New York, mineral Orleans, repair parts. cloth. wool. E. Hogshire Sons & Co., Norfolk, Va., moor- American Ball Bearing Co., Providence, American Linseed Co., New York, linseed ing lines. R. I., ball bearing. oil. TriE OFFICIAL U. S. 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S. Finck Co., New York, linoleum. Philadelphia Metal Products Co., Philadel- The Mueller Machine Tool Co., Cincinnati, Beinjamim Electric Co., New York, junction phia, Pa., 1,500 feet wire, 4 sheets bronze, Ohio, 1 lathe, $1,200. boxes. $264.80. New York Trading Co., New York, 600I Vought & Williams, New York, wrought W. R. Grace & Co., Washington, D. C., lum- rubber washers, $22.38. Iron. ber. $227,365.90. G. W. Kimball, Washington, D. C., automo- B. T. Wards Sons, New York, angle iron. Pratt & Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn., 27 bile transportation, $9. Jas. A. Coo Co., Newark, N. J., sheet steel. dies, $15.21. M. Ewing Fox Co., New York, 7,000 pounds H-. 0. Dietrich, New York, stencil. F. N. Du Bois & Co., New York City, 33 sets muresco, $343. American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn., dies, $39.78. The General Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, copper pipp. Dale Brewster Machinery Co. (Inc.), New Ohio, 500 tires, $5,644. Crane Co., Chicago, Ill., pipe fittings. York City, 12 cutters, $105. Master Builders Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 100 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Youngstown, Kemp Machinery Co., Baltimore, Md., 60 pounds mag. fluo silicate, $9. - Ohio, steel pipe. hammers, $45.60. Robeson Process Co., New York, 2 barrels J. R. Donnelly Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 18 glutrin, $32.50. glasses, $52.62. 'ourth Assistant Postmaster General, Peerless Freezer Co., Winchendon, Mass., 8 Washington, D. C., 50,000 forms money-order freezers. $51.92. blanks. THE PANAMA CANAL Jewell Belting Co., Hartford, Conn., 150 Hardware Age, New York City, 1 maga- feet belting, $67. zine, $2. Universal Trading Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y., Shipping World, London, England, 1 book, 2,500 pounds paper, 320 reams paper, $3.60. The following is a list of orders placed $1,980.13. Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co., Chicago, by The Panama Canal from December Bishop Paper Co. (Inc.), New York City, 50 Ill., 54 pairs jaws, $142.56. 1 11 to December 18, inclusive: reams paper, $308. United Brass Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 125 Republic Bag & Paper Co., New York City, cocks, $100; 425 cocks, $355.75. Crescent Machine Co., Leetonia, Ohio, 6 400 reams paper, $1,440. The Peck Bros. & Co., New Haven, Conn., pairs rubber bands, $23.80. Armstrong Bros. Tool Co., Chicago, Ill., 100 cocks, $190. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett, Chicago, III., holders, tool (161), $38.64. The Hartford Machine Screw Co., Hartford, 75 pounds tacks, $12.94. Millers Falls Co., Millers Falls, Mass., hits Conn., 400 nuts, $60. New York Air Brake Co., New York, N. Y., (various sizes), $35.25. Brooklyn Alloys Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 2,000 144 piston rings, $48.36. B. B. Neal Hardware Co., New York City, pounds tin, $1,481. .os. V. Ferguson & Co., rice straw, $315. drills, breast (52), $43.20. Taunton-New Bcdford Copper Co., Taunton, Supply Officer, United States Navy Yard, E. H. Sargent & Co., Chicago, various items Mass, 1,350 pounds brass, 2,944 pounds Philadelphia, Pa., 10,000 gallons red lead. of laboratory apparatus, "73.10. bronze, $1,898.28. Public Printer, Circular No. 1246. F. S. Hardy & Co., Boston, Mass., 412 The Industrial Press, New York City, 1 .T. A. Roeblings Sons Co., Trenton, N. J., switches, $1,705.71. book, $2.50. 255 feet rope, $24.58. American Boron Products Co., Reading, Pa., Daniel Mallett, New York, 1 magazine, J. Il. Matthews & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1 360 pounds alloy, $175.50. $1.50. burning brand outfit, $36.40. Singer Sewing Machine Co., New York, 1 McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1 book, B. I. Sanborn Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 50 machine, $172.50. $3. books, $51.20. Ford Motor Co., New York, ambulance and J. Baumgarten Sons Co., Washington, D. C., .Cahn-Ament Co., New York City, 6 grease parts, $6062,43. 1 seal, $3.90. pans, $30. Eclipse Valve Grinder Co., Kansas City, Mo., J. Baumgarten & Sons, 1 seal, $3.99. Wilcox Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn., 1 valve grinder, $40. National Safety Council, Chicago, Ill., 10 500 thimbles, $48. Burlington Machine Works, Burlington, safety calendars, $2.75. Lunkenbeimer Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 Iowa, 2 babbitters, $22.77. Industrial Press, New York City, 1 electric valves, $10. National Malleable Casting Co., Cleveland, welding. $2.50. Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co., New Ken- Ohio, 13 couplers, $331.50. The 5. C. Goss Co., Detroit, Mich., 8 flags, singtou. Pa., 36 p pans, $118.80. D. Van Nostrand Co., New York, 1 book, $40.92. The Curtain Supply Co., Chicago, Ill., 380 $7.50. National Waste Co., Philadelphia, Pa., pantasote curtains $ 748. Westinghouse Air Brake Co., New York, 6 30,000 pounds waste, $4,425. Manufacturers' brush Co., New York City, pistons, $16.50. Texas Co., New York City, 6,400 gallons 288 brushes, $83.16. Westinghouse Air Brake Co., 4,000 gaskets, lubricating oil, $2.443. Manufacturers' Brush Co., New York City, $152. James F. Duffy Corporation, New York City, 432 brushes, $103.68. Haines. Jones, Cadbury Co., Philadelphia, 1,000 pounds lubricating grease, $65. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Washington, Pa.. 1.800 washers, $4.80. Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia, Pa., D. C, 224 bars steel, $539.32. Worcester Brush & Sign Co., Worcester, 3,000 pounds cup grease, $285. Globe Seamless Steel Tubes Co., Chicago, Mass., 24 brushes, $8.40. J. W. Gasteiger & Son, Brooklyn, N. Y., Ill. 750 boiler tubes, $6,110.55. Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis, Mo., 75,000 pounds hay, $1,592.50. National Enameling & Stamping Co., New 144 putty knives, $34.56. Landis Machine Co., St. Louis, Mo., machine York City, 576 pails, $576. Monarch Engineering Co., Baltimore, id., parts, $11.74. Andrews Paper Co., Washington, D. C., 24 35 fire bricks, $62. Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co., Washing- reams tag board, $336. Clinton Wire Cloth Co., Clinton, Mass., 500 top, D. C., 2 ammeters, $33. Henry Maurer & Son, New York, 1,000 linear feet cloth, $296. Western Electric Co., New York, 193 jacks bricks. $85. J. I. Prince Paint Co., Boston, Mass., 1 gal- and 200 fasteners, $41.40. Cheesmen & Elliott, New York, 3 gallons lon preservative, $3.25. . S. Stafford, New York, 300 quarts ink, $150. paint, $6.70. Chas. Martin & Co., New York City, in- Ivanhoe-Regent Works, Cleveland, Ohio, 15 Dearborn Truck Co., Chicago, Ill., 12 spection of fuel oil. shades, $5.02. springs, $135. Auto Sundries Co.. New York, 25 sheets cel- C. H. Crowley, New York, 5 packages nee- United States Chaplet & Supply Co., New luloid, 20 by 36 inches, $17.50. dles, $0.75. York, 200 stems, $12. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co., New Foxboro Co., New York, 100 ebarts, $8. Haven, Conn., 2 repeating rifles, caliber .22, York, 50 shoes, $126.50. Murphy Varnish Co., Newark, N. J., 200 $92.28. Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md., 3 pound.a paint, $320. Leon Hirsh & Son, New York, 1 bag soap- journals, $4.25. The Texas Co.. New York, 15,000 gallons stone., $5.63. E. B. Latham & Co., New York City, 1,000 oil (Urea), $9,937.50. R. P. Andrews Paper Co.. Washington, D. C., condulets, $399. F. C. Harper Screw Works, Chicago, Ill., 2,480 rolls office pins, $178.56. West India Oil Co., New York City, 200,000 13 000 pounds nuts, $886. Davis-Bournonville Co., Jersey City, N. J., gallons kerosene, $41,800. Kemp Machinery Co., Baltimore, Md., 60 150 pounds flux, $37.50. Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., turnbuckles, $45. North Bros. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 60,000 pounds zine, $7,920. , J. L. Taylor Mfg. Co., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 21 screw drivers, $9.80. John Lucas & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., 5,000 12 clamps. $10.80. Andrews Paper Co., Washington D. C., 2,000 pounds lamupblack, $1,325. J. Faessler Mfg. Co., Moberly, Mo., 60 cut- sheets paper, $45.84. United Lead Co., New York. Clty, 100,000 ters., $19.50. Whitaker Paper Co., Baltimore, Md., 15,000 pounds lend, $11,250. 0. A. Danzenbaker, Washington, D. C., sheets paper, $360. Ostrander Fire Brick Co., Troy, N. Y., 200 200 pounds packing, $36. Buda Co.. New York, hack parts, $11.34. brick, $400. Aldrich Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 12 funnels, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., photo Union Carbide Sales Co.. New York City, $5.25. supplies, $327.33. 35,000 pounds carbide, $1,750. iI. Bainbridge & Co., New York, N. Y., 108 Kimble Electric Co., Chicago, Ill., 156 F. N. Du Bois & Co., New York City, 1,000 inkstands, $12.30. brushes, $20.04. pounds pipe, $100. Albert Pick Co, Chicago, Ill., 72 bottles, Buda Co., New York. 12 drill bits, $16.32. F. N. Du Bols, New York City, 20 bowls, $30.90. Danville Stove & Manufacturing Co., Dan- pipe fittings, $508.43. United Lead Co., New York, 50,000 pounds ville, Pa., range parts, $53.25. B. B. Neal Hardware Co. (Inc.), New York white lead, $5,625. Win. E. Kemp, New York, 6 carburetors. $54. City, 3,600 blades, $163.80. American Can Co., New York, cans, canning Westinghouse Air Brake Co., New York, 10 United States Steel Products Co., New machines, etc., $208.190. tees, $8.94. York City, 2,550 pounds nails. $182.21. The Maryland Car Wheel Works, Baltimore, Bosch Magneto Co., New York, 3 magnetos, Clendenin Bros., New York City, 300 pounds Md., 12 locomotive wheels, $382.50. $63.64. nails, $120. Crane Co., Washington, D. C., 36 stopcock Sinclair & Valentine, New York, 500 pounds C. G. Hussey & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 2,000 boxes, $00. ink. $175. pounds copper, $710. Cliliton Paint Co., College Point, N. Y., 150 Sinclair & Valentine, New York, 20 pounds C. G. Hussey & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1,075 pounds blue paint, $60. ink, $20. pounds copper, 200 pounds nails, $456.63. United States Envelope Co., Rockville, Promotor Fabricating Co., New York, 200 Vought & Williams, New York City, 1,000 Conn., 3,000 envelopes, $3.39. plugs, $225. pounds horseshoes, $69.50. American Envelope Co., West Carrollton, Champion Ignition Co., Flint, Mich., 144 Klaxon Co., New York City, 36 horns, Ohio, 2,000 envelopes. $1.40. plugs, $629.20. $163.80. 26 TIE OFFICIAL U. S. BAtL'lTIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. I LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS i The Phosphor Bronze Smelting Co., Phila- 44707. W. S. Hawker Manufacturing Co., 44773. Phosphor Bronze Co., Philadelphia, delphia, Pa., 400 feet rope, $84.20. Dayton. Ohio, mill boring machines. Pa., bronze rope. The Okonlte Co., New York City, 600 feet 44708. Herald Machine Co., Worcester, 44776. Hard Manufacturing Co., Buffalo, cable, $1,663. Mass., plane milling machines. N. Y., iron bedsteads. Wetmore Savage Co., Boston, Mass., 5,000 44709. Schaper Construction Material Co., 47777. Copalis Lumber Co., Carlisle, Wash., feet cable, $100. New York, N. Y., nuts and bolts. spruce. National Electric Supply Co., Washington, 44710. Baldt Anchor Co., Chester, Pa., 47778. Donavan Lumber Co., Aberdeen, D. C.. 00 conn'etors, $260. anchors. Wash., spruce. Hegenan & Ward, New York City, 3,000 feet 44711. Major Car Corporation, New York, 44779. Columbia Box & Lumber Co., South rope, $798 54. N. Y., cars. Bend. Wash., spruce. Gas Engine & Power Co., Morris Heights, 44712. Penn Tank Car Co., Sharon, Pa., 44780. Wilapa Lumber Co., Raymond, Wash., New York City. engine parts, $108.50. cars. spruce. Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, 44713. Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing 44781. Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, N. J., graphite paint, $3.06. Co., Mount Vernon. Ill., cars. N. Y., rubber bands. Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., New York City, 44714. J. T. Baker Chemical Co., Phillips- 44782. United Battery Corporation, New 12 roller hearings. $183 48. burg, N. J., paper lit. York, N. Y., batteries. C. A. Chaler Co., Waupun, Wis. 1,200 ce- 44715. Stromobeck-Becker Manufacturing 44788. Tidewater P. C. Co., Baltimore, Md., mentle ss patches, $14 20. ACo.. Moline, Ill., fie handles. cement. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, 44716. Santa Cruz P. C. Co., San Fran- 44789. General Electric Co., Schenectady, Firestone tires, $4,020.40. - cisco, Cal., cement. N. Y., motor generator. G. W. Millar & Co., New York, 25 reams 44717. National Sponge & Chamois Co., 44790. Ford Motor Co. of Canada (Ltd.), green paper, $41.25. New York, N. Y., chamois skins. 'Ontario, Canada, touring cars and chassis. Clondenin Bros., New York City, 225 pounds 44718. Edward P. Parley Co., Chicago, Ill., 44793. Sanitary Co. of America, Linfield, brass, $117. cane fenders. Pa., bunching slabs, etc. Barbcr & Ross, Washington, D. C., 7 gross 44710. Beach Soap Co., Lawrence, Mass., 44794. Detroit Valve & Fittings Co., Detroit, screws, $17 15. soap powder. Mich., valves. Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, 44721. Champion Hardware Co., Geneva, 44795. Crane Co., Washington, D. C., valves. Mo., 21.000 feet cable, $3,425.10. -Ohio, coat and hat hooks. 44796. Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Fisher & Norris, Trenton, N. J., 3 anvils, 44726. Southwark Foundry & Machine Co., Co., Akron, Ohio, wrenches. $90. Philadelphia, Pa.) pipe bending press. 44798. Pittsburgh Strew & Bolt Co., Pitts- The Oldham New York Saw Works (Inc.), 44727. Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt & burgh, Pa., steel rivets. Brooklyn, N. Y., 18 saws, $92.88. Nut Co.,New York, N. Y., bolts. 44799. H. T. Dakin, New York, N. Y., brass Whiting-Patterson Co. (Inc.), New York 44728. The Buckeye Iron & Brass Works, stove bolts. City. 10 reams paper. $93.60. Dayton, Ohio, steam and water valves. 44800. Waterbury Manufacturing Co., Wa- Enameled terbury, Conn., bvass nuts. Metals Co., Etna, Pa., 20,000 feet 44729. Hoffmar( & Billings Manufacturing 44801. The Gould Mersereau Co., New York, conduit, $2,680. Co., Milwaukee, Wis., steam and water valves. N. Y., brass nuts. National Conduit & Cable Co. (Inc.), New 44730-44731. B. F. Sturtevant Co., Boston, York, 70.000 feet wire, $1.438. Mass., turbines. 44802. Ward Co., Washington, D. C., brass Rudolph & West Co., Washington, D. C., nuts. 1,812 files, $750.72. November 26, 1918. 44803. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Standard Plumbing Supply Co.. Bronx, New Boston. Mtass., fire hose. York City. 35 pounds pipe, $378.25. 44732. Chase Metal Works, Waterbury, 44804. The American Brass Co., Waterbury, Public Printer. Washington. D. C,, printing. Conn., tubing, brass and copper. Conn., copper tubing. Simmons Hardware Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 44733. Nassau Smelting & Refining Works 44805. Eagle Lock Co., New York, N. Y., 6 clamps, $13.20. (Ltd.), New York, N. Y., phosphor ingot. brass wood screws. Stanley Rule & Level Co., New Britain, 44734. Buff & Buff Co., Boston, Mass., 44807. Commercial Iron & Steel Co., New Conn., 280 chisels, $23.10. anemobiographs. York, N. Y., floor plates. E. Dietzgen Co., New York, drafting sup- 44735. Southwark Foundry & Machine Co., 44808. Lukens Steel Co., Coatesville, Pa., plies, $27.01. Philadelphia, Pa., pumping machinery. steel plates. Kenffel & Essor, Hoboken, N. T., drafting 44736. Vaughn & Bushnell, Chicago, Ill., supplies, $20. braces. November 29, 191S. 1ays Mfg. Co., Erie, Pa., 150 unions, 44,737, Ontario Knife Co., Franklinville, $53 10. N. Y., spatulas. 44809. Elliot Frog & Switch Co., East St. R. Plumb & Co. (Inc.), Phil- Louis, Mo., railroad supplies. The Lunkenheimer Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 44788. Fayette 44810. 22 globes, $329. adelphia, Pa., hatchets, shingling American Foundt-y & Manufacturing Rule & Level Co., New Brit- Co., St. Louis, Mo., hydrants, fire. F. D. Kees Mfg. Co., Beatrice, Neb., 250 44739. Stanley 44812. sets screen bangers and fasteners, $106.25. al, Conn., rules, carpenters'. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Bir- North Bros. Manufacturing Co., Phil- minham, Ala., pipe cast iron. I Central Brass Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 27 44740. 44813. Gardner cocks, $34.59. adelphia, Pa., screw drivers. dovernor Co., Quincy, Ill., Sargent & Cq., New Haven, Conn., 450 feet 44741. Columbus-McKinnon Chain Co., Co- pumps. chsin, $39.75. lumbus, Ohio, shots, chain. cable. 44814. United AJloy Steel Corpn., Canton, Brass Co., Ansonia, Ohio, steel shaft. Kemp Machinery Co., Baltimore, Md., 4 44742. The American 44815. The Carpenter Steel Co., Reading, vles. $144. Conn., copper, sheet. Pa., Pa., steel, nickel. Bowen Products Corporation, Auburn, N. 44743. Guss & Mowrey, Philadelphia, 44816. Western Brass Manufacturing Works, Y.. 800 compression cups. $172.24. heavy lining canvas. '& Co., New York, Chicago, Ill., bolts, brass stud. Thos. Somerville Co., Washington, D. C., 44744. Lamb, Fimilay 44818. H. B. Sherman Manufacturing Co.. pip, fittings, $21.40. N. Y., heavy lining canvas. & Son, New York, Battle Creek, Mich., fittings pipe. Thos. Somerville Co., Washington, D. C., 66 44745. H. Rpsenberg 44819. Crane Co, Washington, D. C., fit- valves, $1,310.76. N. Y.. light lining canvas. tings, pipe. Penslee-Gaulbert Co., Louisville, Ky., 2,200 44746. The American Brass Co., Waterbury, 44920. MeRae & Roberts Co., Detroit, Mileb., gallons ferronite, $5.940. Conn., brass. fittings, pipe. Public Printer, Washington, D. C., 2 books. 44747. Hachmneister Lind Chemical Co., 44821. Manhattan Supply Co., New York, q. Cupples, New York, 100,000 envelopes, Pittsburgh, Pa.. tripole. N. Y., fittings, pipe. $36. 44748. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Washington, D. C., pump. 44822. Rundle-Spence Manufacturing Co., The Levonel Co., New York, 192 vials Ink Is- Milwaukee. Wis., fittings, pipe. powder. $72. 44761. Loring Aircraft Engine Co., Long 44823, Mueller Metals Co., Port Huron, Three-in One Oil Co.. New York, 2,160 bot- land City, N. Y., airplane. Mich., fittings, pipe. tles oil, $336. 44762. Hilles & Jones Co., Wilmington, Del., 44424. The American Brass Co., Ansonia, Home White Lead & Color Works, Detroit, robe joggling Conn.. shapers, brass. Mich., 7" pounds color, $52.50. 44763. D. Nast Machinery Co., Philadelphia, 4-f825. The Fairbanks Co., Washington, Valente & Co., New York, 760 gallons Pa., shears. D. C., hose, cap. paint, $2,23q.50. 44764. Niagara Machine Tool Worts, Buf- 44827. Lupkin Rule Ca., Saginaw, Mich., falo, N. Y., shears. rules. tapes, carpfnters'. 44703. George A. Ohl & Co., Newark, N. J., 44828. P. Lowentraut Manufacturing Co., punch cower. New York. N. Y., compasses. 44766. D. Nast Machinery Co., Philadelphia, 44832. Aldrich Manufacturing Co., Buffalo, Pa., lathe, engine shapes. N. Y., pots, glue. NAVY SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS 44767. I iles-Bement-Pond Co., New York City, N. Y., drills, upright. - November 30, 1918. 44768. American Woodworking Machine Co., 44883. Contracts have been placed by the Bu- Rochester. N. Y., saws, band. Amercan Sheet & Tin Plate Co., 44769. Graff. Washbourne & Dennis, New Washington. D. C., steel sheets. reau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy De- York City. N. Y., fivrlers, course and distance. 4485. Ohio Brass Co., Mansfield, Ohio, in- partment, as follows: 44770. Nicholson File Co., Providence, R. I., sulators. files. 44866. Niggara Machine & Tool Co., Buf- November 25, 1918. 44771. Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing falo, N Y., wire cutter. Co., Akron, Ohio, wrenches, screw. 44861. Tatum. Tinkban & Greey, New York 44703. Ferguson Bros., Philadelphia, Pa., N. Y.. turkish towels. sodicim sill' ate. November 27, 1918. 44R68. Cannon Manufacturing Co., Annap- 44704. Westinghouse Electric & Manufac- olis, N. C.. turkish towels. turing Co., Washington, D. C., generating are 44772. Leometric Tool Co., New Haven, 44870. Sherritt & Steer Co., Philadelphia, welding motor. Conn., steel. Pa., grinders. 44705. qherritt, Stoer & Co., Philadelphia, 44773. Potter & Johnston Co., Pawtucket, 44871. Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co., Pa.. pipe threading machines. R. I., machine. Providence. R. I., machine tools. 44706. Sherritt, Stoer & Co., Philadelphia, 44774. Golden Gate Manufacturing Co., New 4.'872. Niles-Bement-Pond Co., New York, Pa., mill boring machines. York, N, Y., bombs. N. Y., engine lathes. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 27

LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS

44873. Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co., La Grange Mills, Red Wing, Minn., 980,000 Jackson Milling Co., Stevens Point, Wis., Providence, R. I., machine tools. pounds. 196 000 pounds. 44874. Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., Cin- Mansfield Milling Co., Mansfield, Ohio, diasgow Flour Mills, Glasgow, Mont., 392,- cinuati, Ohio, grinders. 1,627,100 pounds. 000 pounds. 44875. American Woodworking Machinery Baldwin Flour Mills, Graceville, Minn., Manley Milling Co., Omaha, Nebr., 980,000 Co., Rochester, N. Y., machine tools. 8,709,000 pounds pounds. 44876. Landis Machine Tool Co., Waynes- Natioml Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., Southerland Flour Mills, Cairo, Ill., 294,000 boro, Pa., bolt machines. 1,960,000 pounds. pounds. 44877. D. Nast Machinery Co., Philadelphia, Baldwin Flour Mills, Graceville, Minn., Colburn Bros., McPherson, Kans., 490,000 211,000 pounds. pounds. Pa., boring machine. Ill., 392,- 44878. J. A. Fay & Egan Co., Hamilton, Knollenburg Milling Co., Quincy, Ohio, core machine. December 7, 1918, 000 pounds. Inglehart Bros., Evansville, Ind., 980,000 44879. Kearney & Tucker Co., Milwaukee, MILK, CONDENSED, SWEETENED. Wis., milling machine. pounds. Co., Philadelphia, Offle of Quartermaster General. Holly Milling Co., Ogden, Utah, 980,000 44880. Sherritt & Stoer pounds. Pa., presses Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co., 4,000 cases 44881. Kemp Machinery Co., Baltimore, Md., 14-ounce cans, $8.25, less 22 cents. The Crete Mills, Crete, Nebr., 784,000 -machine tools. Libby, McNeill & Libby, 2,000 cases 14-ounce pounds. 44882. Machine Tool Engry Co., New York, cans, less Sc. allowance. Consolidated Flour Mills Co., Hutchinson, N. Y., machine tools. Mohawk Condensed Milk Co., 3,000 cases 14- Kans., 4,900,000 pounds. 44883. Manning, Maxwell & Moore, New ounce cans, less 5e allowance. Barber Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., York, N. Y., hack saws. Borden's Condensed Milk Co., 13,271 cases 490,000 pounds. 44884. E. W. Bliss Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 14-ounce cans, less 5c allowance. Tennant & Hoyt Co., Lake City, Minn., 588,- press fdy. Sheffield Condensed Milk Co., 2,000 cases 14- 000 pounds. 44885. Oster Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, ounce cans, less 5c allowance. Blish Milling Co., Seymour, Ind., 980,000 Ohio, pipe, thread machine. Nestles Food Co., 18,000 cases 14-ounce pounds. 44886. D. Nast Machinery Co., Philadelphia, cans, less 5c allowance. Mennel Milling Co., Toledo, Ohio, 2,156,000 Pa., lathes. SUGAR, GRANULATED, CUT-LOAF, AND POWDERED. pounds. 44887, Rawlings & Harnischfeger Co., Mil- Sparks Milling Co., Terre Haute, Ind., 392,- Western Sugar Refining Co., San Francisco, 000 pounds. waukee, Wis., cranes. Cal., 7,500 pounds, powdered, $9.626 f. o. b. 44888. Shepard Lathe Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Phoenix Milling Co., Davenport, Iowa, 392,- lathes. Tefinery. 000 pounds. Western Sugar Refining Co., San Francisco, Gothenburg Mills, Gothenburg, Nebr., 294,- 44889. Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing Cal., 5,200 pounds, cut loaf, $9.917 f. o. b. re- Co., Dever, Colo., lathes. 000 pounds. finery. Sheffield-King Milling Co., Faribault, Minn., 44890. Kemp Machinery Co., Baltimore, American Sugar Refining Co., New York Md., machine tools. 980,000 pounds. City, 447,000 pounds, cut loaf, $9.77 f. o. b. B. A. Eckhart Milling Co., Chicago, Ill., 44891. D. Nast Machinery Co., Philadel- tefinery. phia, Pa.. machine tools. RICE. 1,960,000 pounds. 44892. R. M. Hollingshead Co., Camden, N. Wisconsin Milling Co., Menomonie, Wis., J., metal poli~h. Depot Quartermaster, Southampton, England. 1,960,000 pounds. 44893. Fairbanks Co., Washington, D. C., United States Food Administration Grain Hubbard Milling Co., Mankato, Minn., 980,- lathes. Corporation, New York, 389,000 pounds, 7 000 pounds. 44894. Ingersoll Rand Co., New York, N. Y., cents per pound. Acme-Evans Co., Indianapolis, Ind., 588,000 air compressors. FLOUR. pounds. 44895. K. Graham Southern Hose Co., Bal- Chapman Milling Co., Sherman, Tex., 1,700,- Mystic Milling Co., Sioux City, Iowa, 1,960,- timore, Md., pipes. 000 pounds, $0.0505. 000 pounds. 44896. The Manhattan Supply Co., New Pioneer Flour Mills, San Antonio, Tex., 350,- Century Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., York, N. Y., globe steam water valves. 000 pounds. 980,000 pounds. 44901. Stewart Dickson & Co., New York, Kimbell Milling Co., Wolfe City, Tex., 630,- The Paul Schimke Co., Nebraska City, Nebr., N. Y., mangansete compound. 000 pounds. 392,000 pounds. 44902. Union Carbide Co., New York, N. Y., National Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., L. C. Campbell, Northfield, Minn., 392,000 calcium carbide. 727,100 pounds. pounda. 44903. Cutler-Hammer Co., Milwaukee, Wis., Listman Mills, La Crosse, Wis., 1,772,900 Win. Lindeke Roller Mills, St. Paul, Minn., relays. pounds. 392,000 pounds. 44904. Alston Lucas Paint Co., Chicago., Baldwin Flour Mills, Graceville, Minn., 896,- Stokes Milling Co., Watertown, S. Dak., Ill., ultramarine blue. 100 pounds. 1,960,000 pounds. Zenith Milling Co., Kansas City, Mo., 1,- Star & Crescent Milling Co., Chicago, Ill., 960,000 pounds. 1,372,000 pounds. Hlecker Jones Jewell, New York City, N. Y., Quaker Oats Co., Akron, Ohio, 1,960,000 1,960,000 pounds. pounds. ISUBSISTENCEDIVISION Hecker Jones Jewell, Buffalo, N. Y., 1,960,- Saginaw Milling Co., Saginaw, Mich., 588,- 000 pounds. 000 pounds. Barton County Flour Mills Co., Great Bend, Haywood Milling Co., Jackson, Mich., 588,- Kans, 980,000 pounds. 000 pounds. The following is a list of awards made Pillsbury Flour Mills, Minneapolis, Minn., George Urban Milling Co., Buffalo, N. Y., by the Subsistence Division, office of the 4,900,000 pounds. 862,400 pounds. B. A. Eckhart, Chicago, Ill., 1,960,000 Thornton & Chester Milling Co., Buffalo, Director of Purchase: pounds. N. Y., 980,000 pounds. Claflin M. & E. Co., Claflin, Kans., 1,470,000 Marshall Milling Co., Marshall, Minn., November 30, 1918. pounds. 1,960,000 pounds. MILK, EVAP4RATED. Star & Crescent Milling Co., Chicago, Ill., National Milling Co., Toledo, Ohio, 1,960,- 1,568,000 pounds. 000 pounds. San Francisco. B. Stern & Son, Milwaukee, Wis., 2,940,000 Commercial Milling Co., Detroit, Mich., Carnation Milk Products Co., 7,392 cases, p6unds, 5.406. 1,960,000 pounds. 1-pound cans, $6.90, less 25 cents, less 5 Sheffield-King Milling Co., Paribault, Minn., Marion National Mills Co., Marion, Ohio, cents, allowance. 1,960,000 pounds. 892.000 pounds. Great Northern Flour Mills Co., St. Cloud, Williams Bros. Co., Kent, Ohio, 2,940,000 SUGAR, GRANULATED, CUT LOAF, AND POW- Minn., 588,000 pounds. pounds. DERED. Red Wing Milling Co., Red Wing, Minn., 1,- 960,000 pounds. Mansifeld Milling Co., Mansfield, Ohio, 980,- American Sugar Refining Co., New York 000 pounds. City, 4,600,000 pounds granulated, $8.79 Century Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 1,960,000 pounds. Cataract City Milling Co., Niagara Falls, f. o. b. New York. N. Y., 392,000 pounds. American Sugar Refining Co., New York Northwestern Mill & Elevator Co., Toledo, Ohio, civilian relief, 980,000 pounds. Walton Milling Co., Lansing, Mich., 392,000 City, 2.000,000 pounds granulated, $8.70 pounds. f. o. b. New York. Springfield Milling Co., Springfield, Minn., Federal Sugar Refining Co., New York City, 588.000 pounds. David Stoll F. M. (Inc.), Detroit, Mich., 2;000,000 pounds granulated, $8.79 f, o. b. Scott Logifan Milling Co., Sheldon, Iowa, 1,470,000 pounds. New York. 392,000 pounds. Lidgerwood Milling Co., Lidgerwood, N. Federal Sugar Refining Co., New York City, Loudonville Mill & Elevator Co., Loudon- Dak., 196,000 pounds. 3,000,000 pounds granulated, $8.79 f. o. b. ville, Ohio, 392,000 pounds. Listman Mills, La Crosse, Wis., 2,940,000 New York. Red Wing Milling Co., Red Wing, Minn., pounds. Bros., New York City, 490,000 pounds. Winona, Minn., Messrs. Arbuckle Ohio, 392,- Bay State Milling Co., 2,000,000 pounds granulated, $8.79 f. o. b. Cleveland Miling Co., Cleveland, 1,960.000 pounds. 000 pounds. 3,920,- New York. 235,- Eagle Roller Mills, New Ulm, Minn., St. Peter Roller Mills, St. Peter, Minn., 000 pounds. PLOUE. 200 pounds. St. Paul Milling Co., St. Paul, Minn., 2,940,- Brainard Com. Co., New York City, 235,000 Watson-Fliggins Milling Co., Grand Rapids, 000 pounds. pounds rye, $1.94 per bushel. Mich., 332,000 pounds. Milling Co., Montevideo, Min., Brainard Com. Co., New York City, 465,000 Jonathan Hale & Sons, Iona, Mich., 392,000 Chippewa pounds. 490.000 pounds. pounds barley, $1.28 per bushel. Duluth Universal Milling Co., Duluth, Minn., Shane Bros, & Wilson Co., Hastings, Minn., New Ulm Roller Mill Co., New Ulm, Minn., 392,000 pounds. 1,960,000 pounds. 588,000 pounds. Minn., 980,- Hernel Milling Co., Austin, Minn., 2,940,000 National Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., C. S. Christensen Co., Medelia, pounds. 1,960,000 pounds. 000 pounds. Listman Mills, La Crosse, Wis., 4,065,800 Cascade M. & E. Co., Cascade, Mont., 588,- Leavenworth Milling Co., Leavenworth, pounds. 000 pounds. Kans., 980,000 pounds. S'1tyaw uPviCIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. I LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS I New Prague Milling Co., New Prague, Minn., Yeast. compressed. 350 pounds, Red Star Olives, pints, 3,000 bottles, Aquimbau & 3,9200001 pounds. Yeast Co., Omaha, $0.18. Ramee, New York, 80.175. Quaker Oats Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Yeast, compressed. 860 pounds, Fleischmann Olives, pints. 828 bottles, Paxton & Galla- 1,960,000 pounds. Co.. New York, $0.20. gher, Omaha. $0.21. Gothenburg 'Mills, Gothenburg, Nebr., 190,000 Yeast, compressed, 5.050 pounds, Fleisch- Olives' pints, 12.000 bottles, Aquimbau & poands. mann Co., N w York, $0.22. Ramon New York, $0.175. Trenton Milling Co., Trenton, Ill., 392,000 Yeast compressed, 1.450 pounds, Fleisch- Olives, pints, 1,200 bottles, Aquimban & pounds. mann Co.. New York, $0.25. Rame, New York. $0.175. Central Minn. P. & N. Co., Sauk Center, Yoast, comtpres ed, 000 pounds, Fleischmann Olives, pints, 6,800 bottles, Aquimbau & Minn., 302,000 pounds. Co.. New York. $0.25. Rameo, New York, $0.175. Williston Mill Co., Williston, N. Dak., Yeast, compressed. 11.000 pounds, Red Star Oil, olive, 5,000 cans, H1. J. Heinz Co., New 392,000 pounds. Yonst Co., Omaha, $0.1775. York, $1.08. Great Northern Flour Mill Co., St. Cloud, Yeast, coipressed, 1.200 pounds, Red Star Oil, olive, 2,100 cans, II. J. Heinz Co., New Minn., 980,0040 pounds. VYea:st Co., Omiaha, $0.1975. York, $1.08. Crescent Milling Co., Peoria, Ill., 1,900,000 1 Yeast, compieased, 7,075 pounds, Fleisch- Oil, olive, 1,200 cans, H. J. Heinz Co., New pounds. mann Co., New York, $0.18. York. $1.08. Crookston Miling Co., Crookston, Minn., Yeast, compressed, 400 pounds, Red Star Oil, olive, 2,304 cans, I. J. Heinz Co., New 1,960.000 pounds. Yeast Co., Omiaa, $0.18. York, $1.08. Hanson & Barzon Co., Thief River Falls, Yeast, compressed, 5 pounds, Fleischmann Oil, olive, 4,500 cans, H. J. Heinz Co., New Minn., 196,000 pounds. Co., New York, $0.30. York, $1.08. Platte' Valley Milling Co., Gothenburg, Nebr., Yeast. compressed. 120 pounds, Fleischmnann Oil, olive 40 cans, Paxton & Gallagher, 190.000 pounds. Co.. New York. $0.203. Omaha, $1.25. Wisconsin Milling Co., Menomonie, Wis., Sauce, H. P., 288 botItes, Reid Murdoch Co., Oil, obve. 328 cans, Paxton & Gallagher, 1,372,000 pounds. Chicago, $0.20. Omaha, $1.15. Park River Milling Co., Park River, N. Dak., Salt, table, 2,575 boxes, Inland Crystal Salt Oil, olive, 1,800 cans, H. J. Heinz Co., New 980,0010 pond8. Co.. Omaha, $003125. York. $1.08. National Milling Co., Toledo, Ohio, 1,000,000 Salt, table, 4,800 boxes, Baltimore, $0,075. Oil, olive, 480 cans, H. J. Heinz Co., New Pounds. Salt, table. 27,000 boxes, Inland Crystal Salt York, $1.08. Lawrenceburg Roller Mills, Lawrenceburg, Co., Omaha. $0 03125. Oil, olive, 000 cans, H. J. Heinz Co., New Ind., 980,000 pounds, Salt, table, 10,000 bags. Palestine Salt & York, $1 08. Dewey Bros., Blanchester, Ohio, 892,000 Coal Co., S:Im Houston. $0.0345. Nutmeg, 8,000 cans, Stickney & Poor, Bos- pounds. Salt, table, 37.000 bags, Colonial Salt Co., ton, $0115. Pfeffer Milling Co., Lebanon, Ill., 392,000 Chicago, $0.0375. Nutmeg. 010 cans, Paxton & Gallagher, pounds. Salt, table, 2,400 bags, Palestine Salt & Om1aha, $0.109. The Hanley Milling Co., Coshocton, Ohio, Coal Co., Sam Houston, $0.0345. Nutmeg, 3,000 cans, New Orleans Import- 196.000 pounds. Salt, table, 4,9906 bags, Colonial Salt Co., ing Co.. New Orleans, $0.1277. Highland Milling Co., Highland, Ill., 588,000 Chicago, $0 0373. Nutmeg. 1.600 cans, Stickney & Poor, Bos- pounds. Salt, table, 20,300 bags, Morton Salt Co., ton, $0.115. Marion National Milling Co., Marion, Ohio, St. Louis, $0.0373. Nutmeg, 6 000 cans, Hanley & Kinsella, St. 392.000 pounds. Salt, table, 117,000 bags, Morton Salt Co., Louis. $0.1225. Blish National Milling St. Louis, $0.0373. Co., Seymour, Ind., Salt, rock, 40,000 pounds, Eastern Salt Co., Ginger, 5,060 canisters, Hanley & Kinsella, 980.000 pounds St. Louis. $.015. luegely Milling Co., Nashville, Ill., 25,200 Boston, $0.535. pounds. Salt. rock, 180,000 pounds, Morton Salt Co., Ginger, 3.840 canisters, Woolson Spice Co., New Orleans, $0.55. Chicago, $0.0631. Str. Westein Plains, 16.390.800 pounds. Salt, rock, 30,000 pounds, Morton Salt Co., Ginger. 480 canisters, Paxton & Gallagher, Str. Western Seout, 16,237,760 pounds. - New Orleans, $0.55. Omaha, $0.079. Str. West El Casco, 15,328,320 pounds. Salt, rock, plain, 120,000 pounds, Palestine Ginger, 1,440 canisters, New Orleans Im- Str. WestLashaway, 15,810,640 pounds. Salt & Coal Co.. Sam Houston, $0.07. porting Co.. New Orleans. $0.0876. Str. West Hope, 16.103,360 pounds. Salt, rock, sulp, 120,000 pounds. Palestine Ginger, 2,400 canisters, Woolson Spice Co., Cataract City Milling Co., Niagara Falls, Chicago. $0.06351. N. Y., 1o,000 pounds. Salt & Coal Co., Sam Houston, $0.09. Salt, rock. 6,000 pounds, Eastern Gelatin 4.800 packets, Crystal Gelatin Co., Washburn Crosby Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., Salt Co., Boston, $0.005. pounds. Boston, $0.553. 0,860,000 Salt, rock. 90,000 pounds, Kohler & Pierce, Gelatin. 060 packets, Crystal G6latin Co., Washburn Crosby Co., Minneapolis, Mnn., Boston, 6,860,000 Omaha, $0.006. 80.005. pounds. Salt, issue, 1 000,000 pounds, Colonial Salt Gelatin. 552 packets, Paxton & Gallagher, Kansas Flour Mills, Kansas City, Mo., Co.. Chicago, 0.0074. Omaba, $0.1225. 980.000 pounds. Gelatin. 2.400 packets, Waukeska Food Co., Mennel Milling Co., Toledo, Ohio, 3,920,000 Salt, issue, 8.000 pounds, Eastern Salt Co., pounds. Boston, $0.0073. Chicago. $0.11C6. Salt issue, 155.000 pounds, Colonial Salt Gelatin. 1.800 packets, Crystal Gelatin Co., IlaIshiver M. & E. Co., Newark, Ohio, 392,000 Co., Chica go, $0.0074. Boston, $0.005. pounds. Salt, issue, 120,000 pounds, B. W. Carring- Gelatin. 17.400 packets, Waukeska Food Co., Northwestern M. & E. Co., Toledo, Ohio, to, Sam Houston, $0.0083. Chicago, $01106. 8,920,000 pounds. Salt, issue, 100,000 pounds, B. W. Carring- Fish. dried cod. 4,000 pounds, H1. E. Pink- Marshall Milling Co., Marshall Minn., ton, Sam Houston, 80.0083. ham Co., Boston, $0.105. 2,b40,000 pounds. Salt, issue. 140.640 pounds, Independent Fish. dried cod. 8,000 pounds, F. F. Smith Donneyer Gardner Co., Peoria, III., 980,000 Salt Co., Now York. $0.007. Co.. Boston, $0.18. pounds. Salt, issue, 38.000 pounds, Inland Crystal Fish, dried cotl, 2.712 pounds, W. H. Hunte- Salt Co, Omalia, $0.0008. muller, Baltimore. $0 17. Following is a lisrof awards of Decem- Salt, Issue, 110,000 pounds, B. W. Carring- Fish, dried cod, 1,000 pounds, A. Haase, St. ber requirements by the Subsistence Di- ton. Sam Hoiston. $0.0083. Louis $0.18. vision, Army Quartermaster Department: Salt, issue, 00.000 pounds, Independent Salt Fish. dried cod, 100 pounds, A. Haase, St. Co.. New Yorkj, 80.007. Louis, $0.18. Yeast food, Arkady, 25.000 pounds, Ward Salt, issue, 457.500 pounds, Colonial Salt Fjsh. dried cod, In cans, 3.000 pounds, Gor- Baking Co., New York, $0.075. Co.. Chicago, $0.0074. ton Pew Fisheries, Boston, $0.27. Yeast food, Arkady, 5,500 pounds, Ward Pepper, Chili, Colo., 712 cabisters. Stein- Fish, pickled mackerel. 2.000 kits, W. N. Baking Co., New York, $0.075. weonder & Stoffrezon, St. Louis, $0.1775. Huntemuller. Baltimore, $2.50. Yeast food, Arkady, 5500 pounds, Ward Pepper, Chill, Colo., 2,400 canisters, Stein- Fish, pickled mackerel, in cans, 1.356 Baking Co., New York, $0.075. wender & Stoffregen, St. Louis, $0.1775. pounds, L. Pickert Fish Co., Boston, $0.29. Yeast food. Arkady, 3,000 pounds, Ward Pepper, Chili. Colo., 240 canisters. Stein- Cinnamon, 10,000 canisters, Hanley & Kin- Baking Co., New York, $0.075. wonder & Stoifrgen, St. Louis, $0.1775. sella, St. Louis, $0.0725. Yeast, compressed, 5.000 pounds Fleisch- Pepper, Chili, Colo., 5.000 canisters. Stein- Cinnamon, 20 000 canisters, Hanley & Kin- mann Co., New York, $0.20. weonler & Stoffregen. St. Louis, $0.1775. sella. St. Louis. $0.0725. Yeast, compressed, 12,000 pounds, Fleisch- Pepper, black, 150.000 canisters, Woolson Cinnamon, 6.240 canisters, E. B. Miller mann Co., New York, $0.18. Spice Co, Chicago, $0.08995. Co.. Chicago, $0.0725. Yeast, compressed, 1.095 pounds, Fleisch- Pepper, black, 28.080 canisters, Woolson Cinnamon, 3,566 canisters, Hanley & Kin- mann Co., New York, $0.35. Spice Co., Chicago, $0.0895. sella, St. Louis, $0.0725. YesSt, coRnmpressed. 525 pounds, Fleischmann Pepper, black, 20,744 canisters, New Or- Cinnamon, 2.400 canisters, Hanley & Kin- Co., New York, $0.30. lean.s Importing Co., New Orleans, $0.09. sella, St. Louis. $0.0725. Yeast, compressed, 200 pounds, Fleischmann Pepper, black. 19.834 canisters, Woolson Cinnamon. 31,000 canisters, Hanley & Kin- Co.. New York, $0.25. Spice Co., Chicago, $0.08995. sella, St. Louis. W0.0725. Yeast, compressed, 450 pounds, Fleischmann Pepper, black, 6.000 canisters, F. H. Leggitt Cloves, 16,000 canisters, Hanley & Kinsella, Co., New York, $0.28. Co.. New York. $0.09875. St. Louis, $0.1475. Yeast, compressed, 100 pounds, Flelschmann Pepper, black, 150,000 canisters, C. A. Mur- Cloves, 5 280 canisters, Hanley & Kinsella, Co.. New York, $0.32. doeb Co., St Louis, $0.0875. St. Louis, $0.1475. Yeast, compressed, 400 pounds, Fleischmann . Pepper, black, 31.200 canisters, Hanley & Cloves, 1.576 canisters. Hanley & Kinsella, Co., New York. $0.25. Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.09. St. Louis, $0.1475. Yeast, compressed, 4,000 pounds, Fleisch- Oil, olive, pints. 034 bottles, H. J. Helz Cloves, 2,880 canisters, Hanley & Kinsella, mann Co., New York, $0.18. Co., New York, $0.43. St. Louis, $0.1475. Yeast, compressed, 630 pounds, Fleischmaun Olives, pints. 6,412 bottles, Aquimbau & Cloves, 1.200 canisters, Hanley & Kinsella, Co., New York, $0.30. Ramee, New York. $0.175.* St. Louis, $0.1475. Yeast, compressed. 185 pounds, Flelschmann Olives, pints. 3,600 bottles, Aquimbau & *Cloves. 21,809 ceanisters, Hanley & Kin- Co.. New York. $0.35. Ramee, New York, $0.175. sella, St. Louis, $0.1475. Yeast, compressed, 6.000 pounds, Fleisch- Olives, pints, 3,000 bottles, Atwood & Steele, Baking powde', 1-Pound cans, 9.984 cans, mann Co., New York, $0.23. Chicago, $0.06. Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0.0938. Yeast, compressed, 2,500 pounds, Fleisch- Olives, pints, 2,880 bottles, Aquimban & Baking powder. 1-pound cans, 2,000 cans, mann Co., New York, *0.22, Ramee, New York, $0.175. Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0.0938, THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 29

LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS I Baking powder, 1-pound cans, 6,795 cans, Vanilla extract, 2-ounce, 8,285 bottles, 11an- Tea, green, gunpowder, 22,000 pounds, Ir- Jacques Ma nufacturing Co., Chicago, $00033. ley & Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.1075. win Harrison & Croesfield, New York, $0.45. I Baking powder, 1-pound cans, 4,030 cans, Vanilla extract, 2-ounce, 048 bottles, Han- Tea, black, E. B., 30,000 pounds, J. C. Whit- J. C. Grant & Co., St. Louls, $0.0858. ley & Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.1075. ney Co., Chicago, $0.24. Baking powder. 1-pound cans. 4,800 cans, Vanilla extract, 2-ounce. 8,000 bottles, Han- Tea, black, E. B., 2,400 pounds, Berry Dodge Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0.0033. lel & Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.1075. Co., Boston, $0.24. Baking powder, 1-pound cans, 23,070 cans, Sauce, tomato catsup, 18,000 No. 10 cans, Tea, black, E. B., 2,590 pounds, J. C. Whit- J. C. Grant Co., St. Louis, $0.085S. Utah Packing Corporation, Omaha, $0.61. ney Co., Chicago, $0.24. Baking powder. L-pound cans, 1,800 cans, i-auce, tomato catsup, 4,960 bottles, Steele Tea, black, E. B., 10 000 pounds, J. C. Whit- Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0.055. Wedeles Co., Chicago, $0.18. ney Co. Chicago $0.24. Baking powder, 1-pound cans, 1,440 cans, Pickles, mixed, 500 quart jars, H. J. Heinz, Tea, 'black, E. B., 0,000 pounds, J. C. Whit- Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0.055. New York, $0.41' ney Co. Chicago, 90.24. Baking powder. J-pound cans, 3,691 eans, Pickles, mixed, 240 quart jars, H. J. Heinz Tea, black, E. B., 801000 pounds, J. C. Whit- Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0,055. Co., New York, $0.41. ney Co.,- Chicago, $0.2. Baking powder, 1-pound cans. 1,776 cans, Pickles, mixed, 1,200 pint jars, Harbaner Tea, green, Japan, 40 pounds, Morey Mer- Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0.055. Co., Chicago, $0.15. chandise Co., Omaha, $0.30. Baking powder, 5-pound cans, 06 cans, J* Pickles, mixed, 2,635 pint jars, Harbauer Tea, black, lolong. 13.000 pounds, Robinson C. Grant Co., St. Louis, $0.36. Co., Chicago, $0.15. Woodsworth, Boston, $0.30. Baking powder, 5-pound cans, 2,720 cans, Pickles. mixed, 564 pint jars, Harbauer Co., Tea, black, Oolong, 1,600 pounds, Robinson J. C. Grant Co., St. Louis, $0.30. Chicago, $0.15. Woodsworth, Boston, $0.30. Baking powder, 5-pound cans, 2,005 cans, Pickles, mixed, 240 pint jars, Harbaner Co., Tea, black, Oolong, 1,390 pounds, Robinson Jacques Manufacturing Co., Chicago, $0.40. Chicago, $0.15. Woodsworth, Boston, $0.30. Baking powder. 5-pound cans, 3,600 cans, Pickles, mixed, 7,160 pint jars, Ilarbauer Tea, black, Oolong, 25,000 poundsRobinson J. C. Grant Co., St. Louis $0.36. Co Chicago , 0.15. Woodsworth, Boston, $0.30. Baking powder, 5-pound cans, 1,359 cans, ficklesaghorkins. 1,000 pint jars, H. J. Tea, Oolong, 2,000 pounds, Robinson Woods- D. & L. Slade Co., Boston, $0.47. Heinz, New York, $0.21. worth, Boston, $0.30. Baking powder, 5-pound cans, 2,874 cans, Pickles, gherkins, 1,200 pint jars, Squire Tea, green, Y. I., 3,000 pounds, Martin J. C. Grant Co., St. Louis, $0.30. Dingee, Chicago, $0.20. Gillet, Baltimore, $0.3150. Baking powder, 5-pound cans, 13.842 cans, Pickles, gherkins, 420 pint jars, Squire Tea, green, Y. H., 2,500 pounds, Chase & Lanborn, Boston, $0.30. Layton8 Pure Food Co., St. Louis, $0.32. Dingee, Chicago, $0.20. auce, Worcestershire, 15.000 bottles, John Pickles, ghevrkins, 000 pint jars, H. J. Heinz, Tea, green, Y. H., 2,541 pounds, J. Mont- Duncan, New York, $0.20. New York, $0.21. gomery, New York, $0.81. 5,000 bottles, John Scudder Sauce, Worcestershire, Pickles, gherkins. 6,440 pint jars, Squire Gale, St.green, Louis, Y.$0.3175. 3f., 1,170 pounds, Duncanl New Yerk, $0.20. Dingee, Chicago, $0.20. Ta, Worcestershire, 2,400 bottles, John Tea, green, Y. CH 20,000 pounds, Stein- Sauc , Pickles, chowehow. 170 quart jars, I. J. wander Stoifregen Co., St. Louis, $083350. Duncn New.York, $0.20. Heinz, New York, $0.41. p uc e, Worcesterhire. 1,512 bottles, John Tea, Young flyson,300 pounds, Martin Pickles, chowchow 5, 000 pint jars, Hirsch Gillet, Baltimore $0.8250. Duncanl, New York, $0.20. Bros, St. Louis, $0.1.' Sance, Worcestershire, 2,400 bottles, John Pickles, chowehow, 900 pint jars, Hirsch ., 2-pound containers, 5.344 Duncan, New York, $0.20. containers,C ffe, R. Sprague& Warner Co., Chicago, Bros., St. Louis, $01,2 $047. sauce, Worcestershire. 420 bottles, Reid, Pickles, chowehow, 1,320 pint jars, Hirsch Murdoch Co., Chicago, $0.09. Coffee, R. & G., 2-pound containers, 7.440 Bros., St. Louis, $0.15. containers, Sauce, Worcestershire, 720 bottles, John Pickles, -howehow, 1,200 pint jars, Hirsch Sprague Warner Co., Chicago, Duncan. New York, 0.20. $0.47. Bros., St. Louis, $0.5 Coffee, Sauce, Worcestershire 5 000 bottles, Reid, Pickles, chowchow 15,200 pint jars, Hirsch R. & G. 2-pound containers, 1,004 Co_. Chicago, 0.09. containers, Hf. J. flughes, Omaha, $0.51. Murdoch Bros., St. Louis, $0.1. 8 Coffee, Ri. & G., 2-pound containers, 2,400 Vinegar, 20,000 gallons, National Vinegar Pickles, chowho0, 264 pl t jars, Hirsch containers, Sprague Warner Co., Chicago, Co.. New York, $0..28. Bros., St. Louis, $0.15. $0.47. Vinegar. 6,000 gallons, National Vinegar Pickles, chowehow, 000 pint jars, Hirsch Co., New York, $0.28. Coffee, R. & G., 2-pound containers, 12,400 Bros., St. Louis, $0.15. containers, Sprague Warner Vinegar, 25.100 gallons, Sprague Warner Pickles, chowehow, 5,00 botjars, Southern Co., Chicago, $0.2925. $0.47. Co., Chicago, Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, $015. Water, Vnegar, ,,000 gallons, Gregory Vinegar Co., Mustard, prepared, 20,000 bottles, Scudder effervescent. 144 pint bottles, Little Sam Houston. $0.33 & Stone, New York, $0.12. Gale, St. Louis, $0.06025. CTol Vinegar, 12,000 gallons, National Vinegar Mustard, prepared, 25,884 bottles, Squire t water, 480 bottles, Andrew Jergens, Co.. New York, $0.28. Dingee Co,Chicago, $0 . 3 Chicago, $0.34. Vinegar, .,590 gallons, H. J. Hughes Co., Mustard, prepared, 2,00 bottles, Scudder Toilet water. 480 bottles, La Valliere Co., Omaha, $0.32. Gale, St. Louis, $000025. New Orleans. $0.50. Vinegar, 37.00 gallons, National Vinegar Mustard, prepatred, 5,572 bottles, Scudder Toilet water, 000 bottles, Larkin & Co., New Co., Sam Houston, $0.33 Gale, St. Louis, $006625. York, $0.8229. Vinegar, 6,000 gallons, National Vinegar Mustard, prepared. 2,400 bottles, Scudder Toilet water. 324 bottles, Richardson Drug Co., New York, $0.28. Gale, St. Loui, $0.06625. Co.. Omaha, $0.80. - Vinegar, 37,600 gallons, National VinQgar Mustard. prepared, 1.800 bottles, Scudder Toilet water. 360 bottles, La Valliere Co., Gale, St. Louis, $0.0625. New Orleans. $0.50. Co., St. Louis, $0.297. Toilet water, 5,000 bottles, Koken Barber cucumber, 12.000 gallons, Onalaska Mustard, prepared, 14,800 bottles, Scudder Pickles, Gale, St. Louis, $0.06625. Supply Co.. St. Louis, $0.85. Pickle & Canning Co., Chicago, $0.47. Polish, shoe, russet, paste, 8,960 boxes, Whit- Pickles, cucumbers. 0,400 gallons, Lutz & Lemon extract, 2 ounces, 10000 bottles, temor Bros.e (Corp.), Boston, $0.07 New York, $0.51. Southein Chemical Co., Baltimore, $0.301. Schram. Lemon extract, 8 ounces. Polish, shoe, russet, paste, 2.485 boxes, Pickles, cucumber. 0,100 gallons, Lutz & 8,754 bott les, N hittemnore Bros. (Corp.), Boston, $0.07. York, $0.57. C. S. Saner Co., Baltimore, $0.38. Schrnam, New Lemon extract, 8 ounces, ,240 bottles, Polish, shoe, cus-et. paste, 240 boxes, Rich- Pickles, cucumber, 0,000 gallons, Hirsch Southern Chemical Co., Baltimore, $0.897. ardson Drug Co.. Omaha, $0.078. Bros, St. Louis, $0.40. Polish, shoe, russet, paste, 720 boxes, Whit- 2.000 gallons, Price Lemon extract, 8 ounces. 2.400 bottles, H~al- Pickles, cucumber, ligan Coffee Co., Chicago, $0.812. teinore Bros. (Corp.). Boston. $0.07. Booker, Sam Houston, $0.00. Lemon extract. 8 ounces, 8,009 bottles,E. Polish, shmo. laak combination. 500 con- Pickles, cucumber, 2.416 gallons, Neise tainers. Whittemore Bros. (Corp.), Boston, Co., St. Louis, $0.52. C.Gatlin, St. Louis, $0.85. Grocery Lemon extract, 6 ounces, 2,028 bottles, . C, $0 0678. Pickles, cucumber, 10.000 gallons, Price Gatlin, St. Louis, $0.385. .Nlish, shoe, black combination. 336 con- Booker, Sam Houston. $0.00. Leao extract, ounces, 7,200 bottles, C. F. tainers, Martin & Martin, Chicago, $0.08. Pickle, cucumber, 2,450 gallons,,3. N. Jew- Sauer, Baltimore, $0.89. Listerine, 408 bottles, Richardson Drug Co., ett, Boston, $-0.3 Lemon extract, ounces, 2,400 bottles, C. F. New Orleans, $0.72. Pickles, cucumber, 1,080 gallons, J. N. Sane, Baltimore, $0.38. Ginger ale, 4.000 bottles, Gossman Ginger Jewett, Boaton, $0.80. Lemon extract 8-oune 7.600 bottles, Hal- Ale Co.. Baltimore .0.10. Pickles, cucumber. 500 gallons, Lutz & gan Coffee Co., Chicago, $0.8812. Ginger ale. 1.t20 bottles, Sheboygan Mineral Schram. New York, ;0.60. Lemo extract. enlwce, 28,000 bottles, E. C. Water Co., Chicago, $0.09. PIckles, cucumber, 67.590 gallons, Braum Gatlin Co., St. Louis, $0.85. Ginger ale. 3.000 bottles, Burkeroad Gold- Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, $0.5. Lemon extract, 2ouner. 4.00 bottles, E. C. smith Co., New Orleans. $0.1175, Vanilla extract. 8-ounce, 23.148 bottles, Ginger ale. 5.817 bottles, Morgan & Co., C. S. Sauer Co., Baltimore, $0.35. Lemon extract, 2Couie, 7,020 bottles, E. C. New York, $0.07. Vanilla extract, 8-ounce. 1,452 bottles, Han- Gatlin Co., St. Louis, $0.1125. Ginger ale, 432 bottles, Richardson Drug ley & Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.35. Lemon extract, 2-ounce. 888 bottles, h. C. Co., Omaha, $0.115. Vanilla extract. 8-ounce. 3,848 bottles, Hal- Gatlin Co.. It. Louis, $0.1125. Ginger ale. 4.800 bottles, Morgan & Co., New ligan Coffee Co.. Chicago, $0.348. Lemon extract, 2-ounce. 300 bottles, E. C. York, $0.07. Vanilla extract, 8-ounce, 5,208 bottles, E. C. Gatlin Co.. St. Louis. $0.1125. Ginger ale, 7,400 bottles, Sheboygan Mineral Gatlin, St. Louis, $0.35. Lemon egKtcaet. 2-ounce, 5,000 bottles, E. C. Water Co.. Chicago. $0.00. Vanilla extract, 8-ounce, 6,000 bottles-, E. C. Ga tlin, St. Louis, $0.1125. Electro silinon, 72 boxes, S. S. Pierce Co., Gatlin, St. Louis. $0.38. gallons, 1I. J. Hughes, Boston, $0.005. Vanilla extract, 8-ounce, f,400 bottles, E. C. Omaha,Sauer $0krault, '32. 00 Electro silicon. 144 boxes, H. J. Hughes & Gatlin. St. Louis, $0.38.' Sauice. chill, 4.000 bottles, Lutz & Schram, Co.. Omaha. $10.07. Vanilla extract, S-ounce, 36,800 bottles, New York. $0.158. Clectro silicon. 200 boxes, Electro Silicon Hanley & Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.85. Co.. New York. 80.00. Vanilla extract, 2-ounce, 15,000 bottles, Sauce. chili. 240 bottles, Lutz & Schram, Equipment dressing white. 1.560 boxes, Hanley & Kinsella. St. Louis, $0.1075. New York. $0.158. Richardson Drug Co., Omaha, $0.10. Vanilla extract, 2-ounce. 6,000 bottles, Hau- Toa, green, gunpowder. 14.000 pounds, Irwin Bluing. ball, 360 boxes, McCord Brady, ley & Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.1075. Harrison & Crosqfdeld, New Yock. $0.45. Omala. 80.03. Vanilla extract, 2-ounce. 7,800 bottles, Han- Tea, green, gunpowde. 1,330 pounds. Now Chocolate. vanilla. 40,000 packages, Walter ley & Kinsella, St. Louis, $0.1075. Orleans Importing Co., New Orleans, $0.38. Baker, Boston, 50.115. 30 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 93, 1918.

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Chocolate, vanilla, 24,000 packages, Walter Hominy, lye, 3,120 cans, J. S. Brown Mer- Soap, scourinit, 2,400 cakes, J. S. Kirk & Co., Baker, Boston, $0.115. cantile Co., Omaha, $0.085. Chicago, $0.03264. I Chocolate, vanilla, 30,000 packages, Walter Ilominy, lye. 72,000 cans, Wabash Valley Seap, scouring. 2,400 cakes, J. S. Kirk & Co., Packing Co., St. Louis, $0.08. Chicago, $0.03264. Chocolate, vanilla, 12,192 packages, Walter Hominy, lye, 24,000 cans, Wabash Valley Soap, scouring, 25.920 cakes, . 5. Kirk & Baker, Boston, $0.115. Packing Co., St. Louis, $0.08. Co., Chicago, $0.03264. Chiocolate, -vanilla. 76,852 packages, Walter Lobster, 1,200 cans, Armour Co., Boston, Soap, scouring, 6,000 cakes, Harral Soap Baker, Boston, $0.115. $0.535. Co., New York. $0.0333. Chocolate, vanilla. 6,224 packages, Walter Lobster, 156 cans, McCord Brady Co., Soap, scouring, 18,000 cakes, J. S. Kirk & Baker, Boston, $0.115. Omaha, $0.28. Co., Chicago, $0.03264. Chocolate, vanilla, 24,000 packages, Walter Lobster, 720 cans, Armour Co., Boston, Soap, lux, 96 packages, Richardson Drug Baker, Boston, $0.115. $0.535. Co.. Omaha, $0.11. Chocolate, vanilla, 39,400 packages, Walter Lobster, 288 cans, Burnhama Murrill Co., Tooth nash, 240 bottles, Willis H. Lowe Baker. Boston, $0.115. Boston. $0.50. Co., Boston, $0.17. Chocolate, plain, 40320packages, mbrosia Lobster. 476 cans, Neise Grocery Co., St. Tooth wash. 114 bottles, Richardson Drug Chocolate Co., Chicago, $0.14. Louis, $0.30. Co., Omaha, $0.18. Chocolate, plain, 4,972 packages, United Lobster, 480 cans, Scudder Gale, St. Louis, Tooth paste, 3,000 tubes, B. . Allen Co., Dru. Co, Boston,$0.135. $0.27. Boston, $0.09. Chocolate, plain, 1,440 packages, Ambrosia Lobster, 646 cans, Armour Co., St. Louis, Tooth paste, 360 tubes, B. F. Allen Co., Bos- Chocolate Co., Chicago, $0.14. $0.535. ton, $0.09. Chocolate, plain, 1,200 packages, United Mincemeat, 4,500 cans, Armour Co., New Tooth paste, 10,000 tubes, B. F. Allen Co., Drug Co., Boston, $0.135. York, $0.20. Boston, $0.09. Chocolate, plain, 10,000 packages, Ambrosia Mineemeat, 1,200 cans, R. C. Williams, New Tooth paste, 3,600 tubes, B. F. Allen Co., Chocolate Co., Chicago, $0.14. York, $0.215. Boston, $0.00. Candy, chocolate. 10,000 poutainers, W. F. Mushrooms, 1,000 cans, J. P. Smith, New Talcum powder, 3,000 cans, Manhattan Soap Schrafft, Boston, $0.4158. Yok, $0.50. Co., New York, $0.052. Candy, Chocolate, 12,800 containers, New Mushrooms, 1,800 cans, J. P. Smith, New Talcum powder, 720 cans, Manhattan Soap England Confectionery Co., Boston, $0.48 York, $0.50. Co.. New York. $0.052. Candy, chocolate. 1.200 containers, W. F. Mushrooms, 144 cans, J. P. Smith, New Talcum powder, 1,200 cans, Manhattan Soap Schrafft, Boston, $0.4158. York, $0.50. Co.. New York, $0.052. Candy, chocolate, 20.000 containers, Walter Mushrooms, 400 cans, J. P. Smith, New Soap, toilet. 100,000 cakes, Armour & Co., Lowney, Boston, $0.455. York, $0.50. Chicago, $0.042. Candy, chocolate, 20,886 containers, New Mushrooms, 330 cans, J. P. Smith, New Soap, toilet, 60,960 cakes, Armour & Co., Egland Confectionery Co , Boston, $0.48. York, $0.50. Chicago, 80.042. Candy, ehocolate, 2.108 containers, W. F. Spinach, 150,000 cans, Scudder Gale, St. Soap, toilet, 2,880 cakes, Potter Drug & Schrafft, Boston, $0.4158. Louis, $0.18. Chemical Co., Boston, $0.0323. Candy, chocolate, 6,000 containers, W. F. Spinach, 32,184 cans, Scudder Gale, St. Soap, toilet, 1,920 cakes, J. B. Williams Co., Selafft, Do ton.$0.4158. Louis, $0.18. Boston, $0.0708. Candy, chocolate, 12000 containers, New Spinach, 4,320 cans, Scudder Gale, St. Soap, toilet, 160,000 cakes, Armour & Co., Eglad Confectionery Co., Boston, $0.48. Louis, $0.18. Chicago, $0.042. Candy, chocolate, 12.110 containers, W. F. Spinach, 24,000 cans, Scudder Gale, St. Soap. toilet, 1.200 cakes, Trueba Zazaya & Schrafft, Boston, $0.4158. % Louis, $0.18. Seggernian, $0.0620. Candy, lemon drop, 4,000 containers. New Spinach, 8,716 cans, F. H. Leggett, New Soap, toilet, 12,840 cakes, Armour & Co., England Confectionery Co., Boston, $0.20. York, $0.1958. Chicago, $0.042. Candy, Ichon drop, 1,200 containers, New Spinach.. 6,304 cans, Scudder Gale, St. Soap, toilet, 69.286 cakes. Armour & Co., Englanti Cofectionery Co.. Boston, $0.26. Louis, $0.18. Chicago, two-thirds at $0.042, one-third at Candy, lemon drop, 14,200 containers, New Spinach, 18,000 cans, Scudder Gale, St. $0.419. $0.26. Louis, $0.18. England Confectionery Co.. Boston, St. Soap, toilet. 0,600 cakes, Armour & Co., Candy, lemon drop, 5,000 containers, New Spinach. 3,600 cans, Scudder Gale, Chicago, two-thirds at $0.042, one-third at $0.26. Louis. $0.18. England Confectionery Co., Boston, St. $0.0410. Candy, lemon drop, 8,718 containers, New Spinach. 20,000 cans, Scudder Gale, Soap, toilet, 1,010 cakes, Armour & Co., Co.. Boston, $0.26. Louis, $0.18. Chicago, two-thirds at $0.042, one-third at England Confectionery Spinach. 16,800 cans, Scudder Gale, St. Candy, lemon drop, 722 containers, New Louis. $0.18. $0.0419. England Confectionery Co.. Boston, $0.26. Asparagus, 8,9Z2 canls, Scudder Gale, St. soap, toilet, 78.268 cakes, Armour & Co., Candy, lemon drop, 1,200 containers, New Chicago, two-thirds at $0.042, one-third at England Confectionery Co.. Boston, $0.26. Louis, $0.32. $0.0410. drop, 2,400 containers. New Asparagus, 0,248 cans, Austin Nichols, New Candy, lemon York, $0.34. Soap, shaving, 1,300 sticks, J. B. Williams, England Confectionery Co., Boston, $0.26. cans, J. P. Smith, New Boston, $0.1906 Candy. lemon drop, 10,490 containers, New Mushrooms, 1,440 Soap, shaving, 720 sticks, J. B. Williaqis, $0.26. York, $0.50. England Confectionery Co.. Boston, 144 cans, J. P. Smith, New Boston, $0.1965. Candy, stick, 5,000 cont0iners, F. E. Block, Mushrooms, Soap, shaving, 48 sticks, Armour & Co., Boston, $0.26. York, $0.50. Chicago, $0.160. Asparagus, 10,000 cans, Austin Nichols, New Mushroons, 1,100 cans, J. P. Smith, New Soap, shaving, 1,200 sticks, J. B.,Williams, York, $0.2870. York, $0.50. Boston, $0.1065. Asparagus, 8,000 cans, Austin Nichols, New Soap, harness, 5,000 pounds, Heaney Manu- Soap, shaving, 1,200 sticks, J. B. Williams, York, $0.2873. facturing Co.,. Boston, $0.16. Boston, $0.1965. Asparagus, 5,400 cans, Eldridge Baker Co., Soap, hand, 1,007,961 cakes, N. K. Fairbank Soap, shaving, 2,800 tubes, Colgate & Co., Boston, $0.19. Co., Chicago, $0.01172. New York, $0.1965. Asparagus. 7,200 cans, Steele Wedeles, Soap, issue, 500,000 pounds, Proctor & Gam- Soap, shaving, 1,200 tubes, Colgate & Co., Chicago, $0.34. ble, Chicago, $0.0835. New York, $0.1005. Asparagus, 1,200 cans, Bray & Co., El Paso, Soap, issue, 600,000 pounds, Proctor & Gam- Corn flakes, 20,000 packages, Northern $0.28. ble. Chicago, $0.0835. Illinois Cereal Co., Chicago, $0.073. 1 Asparagus. Grif & Scully brand, 6,000 cans, Soap, issue, 50,000 pounds, Kemp & Sons, Corn flakes, individual packages, 10.400 Levy & Co., New York, $0.203. Boston, $0.085. packages, Post Toasties, New York, $0.0173. Asparagus. Del Monte brand, 3,200 cans, Soap, issue, 50,000 pounds, Beach Soap Co., Cornstarch. 23,000 pounds, Stein Hall, Chi- Levy & Co., New York, $0.323. Bpston, $0.0875. cago, $0.0390. Asparagus, 1,000 cans, Austin Nichols, New Soap, issue, 180,000 pounds, Proctor & Gam- Cornstarch, 100.000 packages, Corn Prod. York, $0.34. ble, Chicago, $0.0835. ucts Refining Co., New York, $0.053. Asparagus, 702 cans, Morey Mercantile Co., Soap, issue, 120,000 pounds. Peet Bros. Cornstarch, 72,000 packages, Corn Products Omaha, $0.36R. 'Manufacturing Co.. St. Louis, $0.08. Refining Co.. New York, $0.038. Asparagus. Del Monte brand, 1,200 cans, Soap, issue, 24,000 pounds, Berkenrod Gold- Cornstarch, 01,000 packages, Corn Products Levy & Co., New York. $0.323. smith, New Orleans. $0.085. Refining Co.. New York, $0.033. Beans, lima, 13.,000 cans, Lange Canning Soap, issue. 176,000 pounds, Proctor & Gam- Cornstarch, 24,000 packages, Corn Products ble, Chicago. $0.0835. Refining Co., New York, $0.033. Co.. Chicago, $0.0938h. & Gam- Beans, lima. 4,800 cans, Lange Canning Co., Soap, issue, 287.472 pounds, Proctor Cornstarch, 23,424 packages, Corn Products ble. Chicago, $0.0835. Refining Co.. New York, $0.033. Chicago, $0.0958b. pounds, Peet Bros. Clam juice. 120 cans, Morey Mercantile Co., Soap, issue, 234.200 Cornstarch. 50.000 packages. Corn Products Manufacturing Co.. St.Lobis, $0.08. Refining Co., New York, $0.053. Omaha, $0.09. pounds, Peet Bros. Currants. 480 No. 2 cans, Louis Do Groff, Soap, Issue, 200,000 Cornstarch. 31,800 packages, Corn Products Manufacturing Co., St. Louis. $0.0S2. Refining Co., New York. $0.033. New York, $0.70. Soap, issue, 950.000 pounds, Peet Bros. Currants. 3.180 containers, W. A. Huggins, Cornstarch. 12,000 packages, Corn Products Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, $0.08_. Refining Co., New York, $0.033. New York, $0.25. Soap, issue, 168,000 pounds, Proctor & Gam- Currants. 1.200 containers, W. A. Huggins, Cornstareb. 120.400 Dackages, Corn Prod- $0.23. ble, Chicago, $0.0835. ucts Refining Co.. New York. $0.033. New York. Cleanser, 96 cans, H1. J. Hughes Mountain Crabs, deviled, 504 cans, McMenamin Co., Soap, Dutch Cornmeal, white, 20,000 pounds, Baltimore, $0.40. Co., Omaha, $0.071. City Importing Co., Atlanta. $0.0338. Soap, Castile, 2.000 pounds, Monahan Anti- Cornmeal, white, 1,000 pounds, Mountain Crabs, deviled, 504 cans, McMenamin Co., - Baltimore, $0.40. septic Co., Chicago, $0.1725. City Importing Co., Atlanta. $0.030. Itominy, Iye. 14,640 cans, Wabash Valley Soap, shaving, 1,432 cakes, .Armour & Co., Cornmeal. white, 100,000 pounds, Bishop Packing Co.: St. Louis, $0.08. Chicago, $0.033. Cereal Co., Chicago, $0.03. Ilominy, lye, 3.,500 cans. Wabash Valley Soap, shaving. 1,200 cakes, Colgate & Co., Cornmeal, white, 30,000 pounds, Bishop Packing Co., St. Louis, $0.08. New York, $0.053 del. Cereal Co.. Chicago. Sq.03. Iloiminy. lye. 24,000 eans. Wabash Valley Soap, scouring. 40,000 cakes, Haral Soap Cornmeal, white. 39,360 pounds, Bishop Ce- Parking Co.. St. Louis, $0.08. ro., New York, $0.0333. real Co.. Chicago, $0.03. Hominy lye, 63.648 cans. Wabash Valley Soap, scouring. 27.600 cakes, J. S. Kirk & Cornmeal, white. 59,900 pounds, Bishop Ce- Packing Co., St. Louis, $0.0.8. Co., Chicago, $0.03204. real Co., Chicago, $0.03. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BTLLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. 31 ..J *-~- LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS I I Cornmeal, white, 100,000 pounds, Baltimore Oatmeal, 2,900 pounds, National Oats Co., Apple butter. 1,200 cans, Glencrest Food Pearl 1loniny Co., Baltimore, $0.085. St. Louis, $0.042. Co., Chicago. $5.215. Cornmeal, yellow, in cans, 5,851 pounds, Starch, laundry, 3,000 packages, Corn Prod- Apple butter, 10.800 cans, Glencrest Food Qualk Oats Co., Chicago, $0.049. tets Redoing Co., New York, $50.053. Co., Chicago, $0.215. Cornmeal, yellow, sacks, 56,100, pounds, Starch, laundry, 1,200 packages, Corn Prod- Apple butter, 1,200 cans, Glencrest Food Washburn Croeby Co., New York, $0.0315. ucts Refining Co., New York, $0.053. Co., Chicago, $0.215. Cornmeal, yellow, sacks, 60,000 pounds, Starch, laundry, 624 packages, Corn Prod- Apple butter. 11,200 cans, Glencrest Food Washburn Crosby Co., New York, $0.0315. ucts Refining Co., New York, $50.053. Co., Chicago, $0.215. Cornmeal, yellow, sacks, 100,000 pounds, Starch, laundry, 1,000 packages, Corn Prod- Sirup, maple, 240 quart cans, Welch Bros. Washburn Crosby Co., New York, $0.0315. ucts Refining Co., New York, $0.053. Maple Co., Boston, 50.46). Cornmeal, yellow, sacks, 30.000 pounds, Starch, laundry, 976 packages, Corn Prod- Sirup, maple, 1,908 cans, Welch Bros. Maple Washburn Crosby Co., New York, $0.0315. ucts Refining Co., New York, $0.053. Co., Boston, $0.80. Cornmeal, yellow, sacks, 94,795 pounds, Starch, laundry, 480 packages. Corn Prod- Sirup, maple, 1,440 cans, Welch Bros. Maple Washburn Crosby Co., New York, $0.0315. ucts Refining Co., New York $0.053, Co., Boston, $0.80. Cornmeal, yellow, sacks, 56,800 pounds, Ne- Wheat, rolled, 5,000 cans, 1rued Cereal Co., Sirup, maple, 1,800 cans, Welch Bros. Maple braska Corn Mills, Omaha, $0.0352. Chicago, $0.13. Co., Boston. $0.80. Farina, 40.000 packages, Quaker Oats Co., Lye, 10,000 cans, Win. Shelif Manufactur- Sirup, maple, 1,488 cans, Welch Bros. Maple Chicago, $0.0908. ing Co., St. Louis, $5,068. Co., Boston, $0.80. Farina, 1,000 packages, Quaker Oats Co., Candles, lantern, 14,000 pounds, Standard Sirup, maple, 7,200 cans, Welch Bros. Maple Chicago, $0.0008. Oil Co., New York, $0.18. Co., $0.80. Farina, 060 packages, Quaker Oats Co., Chi- Candles. lantern. 1 000 pounds, Standard Sirup, maple, 240 cans, Welch Bros. Maple cago, $0.0908. Oil Co., New York, $0.18. Co., Boston, $5.80. Farina, 4,800 packages, Quaker Oats Co., Candles, lantein, 1,o00 pounds, Standard Sirup, maple, 15,640 cans, Welch Bros. -Ma- Chicago, $0.0908. Oil Co., New York, $0.18. ple Co., Boston, $0.80. Farna. 528 packages, Quaker Oats Co., Chi- Candles, lantern, 16,000 pounds, Standard Sirup, issue, in cans, 9,000 cans, Corn Prod- cago, $0.0908. Oil Co., New York, $0.18. ucts Redning Co., New York, $0.54. Farina, 7,200 packages, Quaker Oats Co., Cahldes, lantern, 12,000 pounds, Standard Sirup, issue, in cans. 36,400 gallons, Corn Chicago, $0.0908. Oil Co., New York, $0.18. Products Refining Co., New York, $0.54. Farina, 5,000 packages, Quaker Oats Co., Candles, 10 000 pounds, Standard Oil Co., Sirup, issue, in cans, 35,616 gallons, Penick Chicago, $0.0908. New York, $0.18. & Ford, New Orleans, $0.54. Flour, barley, 2,400 pounds, Tawner & Cross, Sirup, issue, in cans, 15,548 gallons, Corn New York, $0.042. Candles, 58.600 pounds, Standard Oil Co., Products Refining Co., New York, $0.,4. Flour, barley, 1,000 pounds, Potter & Wright- New York, $0.18. Sirup, issue, in cans, 28,590 gallons, Corn ington, Boston, $0.0447. Matches, safety, 125,000 boxes, Diamond Products Refining Co., New York, $0.47. Flour, buckwheat, 500 pounds, McCord Match Co., New York, $0.00576. Sirup, issue, in cans, 159,100 gallons, Corn Brady Co., Omaha, $0.0425. Matches, safety, 120.000 boxes, Diamond Products Refining Co., New York, $0.47. Flour, corn, white, 2,000 pounds, Mountain Match Co., New York, $0.00576. Sauce, cranberry, 1,200 cans, Sprague War- City Milling Co., Atlanta, $0.0300. Matches, safety, 336.168 boxes, Diamond ner, Chicago, $0.25. Flour, corn, white, 65,500 pounds, Wash- Match Co., New York, $0.00576. Sauce, cranberry, 480 cans, W. N. Clark Co., buin Crosby Co., New York, $0.034. Matches, safety, 159,120 boxes, Diamond New York, $50.25. Flour, corn, white, 24,500 pounds, Wash- Match Co., New York, $0.00576. Sauce, cranberry. 1,460 cans, Sprague War- burn Crosby Co., New York, $0 039. Matches, safety, 0.000 boxes, Diamond ner Co., Chicago, $0.25. Flour, graham, 7,000 pounds, Quaker Oats Match Co., New York, $0.00576. Preserves, damson, 960 cans, Best Clymer Co., Chicago, $0.0885. Matches, safety, 100,000 boxes, Diamond Co., St. Louis, $0.29. Flour, graham, 80,400 pounds, Jos. Smith Match Co., New York. $0.00576. Preserves, damson, 1,200 cans, Best Clymer Co., New York, $0.041. Crackers, ginger, 15.000 containers, F. E. Co., St. Louis. $0.29. Flour, graham, 1,200 pounds, Quaker Oats Block Co., Atlanta, $0.065. Preserves, damson, 2,400 cans, Best Clymer Co., Chicago, $0.0385. Crackers, ginger, 1,000 containers, National Co., St. Louis, $0.29. Flour, edible cornstarch, 10,000 pounds, Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Corn Products Refining Co., New York, $0 0403. Preserves, damson, 720 cans, Best Clymer Flour, rye, 50,400 pounds, Washbiurn Crosby Crackers, ginger, 6,960 containers, Loose- Co., St. Louis, $0.29 Co., New York. $0.038. Wiles Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Preserves, damson, 51,200 cans, Best Clymer Flour, rye, 78,840 pounds, Washburn Crosby Crackers, ginger, 7,200 containers, Na- Co., St. Louis, $0.29. Co., New York, $0.038. 1 tional Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Crackers, ginger, 5.635 containers, Loose- Preserves, damson, 943 cans, Best Clymer Flour, rye, 8,00 pounds, Washburn Crosby Co., St. Louis, $0.29. Co, New York, $0.038. Wiles Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Htominy, fine, No. 2 containers, 60.000 con- Crackers, ginger, 5,635 containers, Na- Molasses, 1,200 quart cans, Eldridge Baker tainers, Amrican Hominy Co., New York, tional Biscuit Co_ New York, $0.07. Co., Boston, $0.151. $0.0824. Crackers, ginger. 528 containers, Loose- Molasses, 5,000 quart cans, E. Duff & Sons, hominy, flue, No. 2 containers, 12,000 con- Wiles Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. New York, $0.22. tainers, Ame'rican Hominy Co., New York, Crackers. ginger, 2 400 containers, Brown Cracker Co., Sam Houston, $0.07. Molasses, in cans. 320 gallons, E. Duff & $0.0824. Sons, New York, $0.79. Hominy, fine, No. 2 containers, 32.976 con- Crackers, ginger, 2,400 containers, Na- tainers, American Hominy Co., New York. tional Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Molasses, in cans, 384 gallons, Farrell & Co., - Omaha, $0.62. $0.0824, Crackers, ginger, 34,600 containers, Loose- Penick & Hominy, fine, No. 2 containers, 37.330 con- Wiles Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Molasses, in cans, 3.953 gallons, tainers, American Hominy Co., New York, Ford, New Orleans, $0.54. $0.0824. Crackers, graham. 11.000 containers, F. E. Molasses, 488 quart cans, E. Duff & Sons, Hominy, fine, No, 2 containers, 552 con- Block Co., Atlanta, $0.13. New York, $0.22. York, taineis, American Hoininy Co., New Crackers, graham, 9,000 containers, H. L. Jam, blackberry, 39.000 No. 2 cans, Armour $k 0824. Schlessinger, Atlanta, $0.075. & Co., Chicago, $0.29A. 1tominy, fine, No. 2 containers, 7,200 con- Crackers. graham, 2.400 containers, Na- tainers, American Hominy Co., New York, tional Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Jam. blackberry, 3,408 No. 2 cans, A. Braun, ,0 0824. Crackers, graham, 9.120 containers, Sawyer St. Louis, $0-,95. Hominy, fine, No. 2 containers, 39.400 con- Biscuit Co., Chicago, $0.1375. Jam, blackberry, 12.000 No. 2 cans, Best tainers, American Hominy -Co., New York, Crackers, graham, 12 864 containers, F. H. Clymer Co., St. Louis, $0.295. $0.0824. Bennett, New York, $0.075. Jam, blackberry, 28.600 No. 2 cans, Best Hominy, coarse, in sacks, 1,200 pounds, Clymor Co, St. Louis, $0.295. Baltimore Pearl Hominy Co., Baltimore, $0.04. Crackers, graham, 3,308 containers, Loose- Htominy, coarse, in sacks, 2,000 pounds, Wiles Biscuit Co, New York, $0.07. Jelly, assorted. 7,200 cans, Blanke Baer Crackers, graham, 3.600 containers, Na- Chemical, St. Louis, $0.24. Quaker Oats Co., Chicago, $0.3425. tional biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Ilominy, course, in sacks, 8,460 pounds, Crackers, graham, 37.000 containers, Iten Jelly, currant, 2.400 cans, F. H. Leggett American Iominy Co., New York, $0.0347, Biscuit Co., Omaha, $0.135. Co., New York, $0.39. Macaroni, -00,000 pounds, F. Romeo Co., Crackers, soda, 25 000 containers, F. . Jelly, currant, 600 cans, F. H. Leggett Co., New York. $0.08. New York, $0.89. Macaroni, 100.000 packages, Fort Worth Block Co., Atlanta, $0.0605. Macaroni Co., Sam Houston, $0.09. Crackers, soda, 21,120 containers, Loose- Jelly, currant. 14.800 cans, F. H. Leggett Illinois Maca- Wiles Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Co., New York, $0.39. Macaroni. 63.20 packages, Crackers, soda, 8.816 containers, Loose- roni Co., Chicago, $0.0S62. $0.07. Jam. assorted. 2,400 cans, Best Clymer Co., Macaroni 100,800 packages, Illinois Maca- Wiles Biscuit Co., New York, St. Louis, $0.305. $0.0862. Crackers, soda, 10 140 containers, National roni Co., Chicago, Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Jam, assorted. 36,000 cans, Best Clymer Co., Oatmeal. 11.520 containers, Northern Illi- St. Louils, $50.305. nois Cercal Co., Chicago, $0.12. Crackers, soda, 7 100 containers, Loose- Wiles biscuit Co., New York. $0.07. Jam, assorted, 119,932 cans, Best Clymer Oatmeal, 70,000 containers Northern Ili1- Crackers, soda, 3 00 containers, National Louis, $50.305. nois Cereal Co., Chicago, 50.12, Co., St. Biscuit Co., New York, $0.07. Jam, assorted. 6,000 cans, Best Clymer Co., Oatmeal. 63.034 containers, National Oats Crackers, soda, 68.000 containers, National St. Louis, $.305. Co., St. Louis, $50.085. Biscuit Co.. New York. $0.07. Oatmeal, 5.625 containers, National Oats Apple butter. 20.000 cans, Glencrest Food Jam, assorted: 39,000 cans, Best Clymer Co., Co., St. Louis, $0.085. Co., Chicago. $50.215. St. Louis, $t.,305. Oatmeal, 24,000 containers, National Oats Apnle butter. 8 640 cans, Glenerest Food Jani, assorted. 2,400 cans, Best Clymer Co., Co., St. Louis. $50.085. Co., Chicago. $0.215. St. Louis, $50.305. Best Clymer Oatmeal, 24.000 containers, National Oats Apple butter. 12.000 cans, Glencrest Food Jam, assorted. 332,000 cans, Co.. St. Louis. $50.085. Co., Chicago. $0.215. Co., St. Louis, $0.305. , Apple butter, 2.112 cans, Glencrest Food Jam, assorted. 6.032 No. 1 cans, A. Braua Oatmeal, 1 000 pounds, National Oats Co., Co., St. Louis, $0.16. St. Louis, $0.042. Co., Chicago, $0.215. 32 THE OPFICIAL U. -S. BULLETIN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918. i LIST OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND- PURCHASE ORDERS I Sub. 1477, John T. Connor & Co., Boston, Underwood Typewriter Co., Washington, Mass., 24,360 pounds butter, $12,180. D. C., 50 typewriter roller. GSO-3253-J. Stevens Metal Products Co., American La France Fire Engine Co., El- Niles, Ohio, 2,000 barrels, $15,500. mica, N. Y., 150 chemical charges. BOARD OF REVIEW GSO - 3282 - N. Naurer Steel Barrel Co., Remington Typewriter Co. (Inc.), Washing- Brookln, N. Y.. 1,200 barrels, $9,000. ton . C., 38 typowriter rollors. GSO 3224-C. Brown Sheet Iron & Steel Co., darter's Ink Co., East Cambridge, Mas., The following is a list of purchase or- St. Paul, Mina., 2,000 barrels, $14,700. "00 bottles ink. ders and contracts approved by the Board GSO-3256-C. Metal Barrel Corporation, Pe- Safety Fire Extinguisher Co., New York, of Review: oria, Ill.. 3,000 barrels, $21,750. N. Y., 204 bucket tanks. GSO-3287-J. Draper Mfg. Co., Cleveland, December Ohio, 1,000 barrels, $T,400. December 16, 1918. 12, 1918. GSO-3285 C. Detroit Range Boiler Co., De- PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS APPROVED. Gillette Safety Razor Co., Boston, Ma-s., troit, Mich., 1,000 barrels, *7,500. Gillette safety razor Lits. Contracts wnder $25,000. GSO3253 J. American Steel Paking Co., Auto Compressor Co., Wilmington, Ohio, 131-Phhi. Defiance. Ohio, 3,000 barrels, $22,500. Atlantic Refining Co., Philadel- Pres Steel Tank Co., Mil- splitting knilves. phia, Pa., 9,300 gallons areo oil, 400 pounds GSO-3254-C. sed Amerlcan-)pticaI Co., P'outhbridge, Ma, iubricant, $3,146. waukee, Wi,., 2,000 barrels, $13,000. goggles. 132-Philh. Gulf Refining Co., Pittsburgh, GSO-3837-0. Nebraska & Iowa Steel Tank Pa., Co., Onaha, Nebr., 2,000 barrels, $14,300. 20,000 gallons areo oil, $11,000. GSO-3232-0. Nebraska & Iowa Steel Tank 153. W. F. Schraft & Sons Corporation, Co., Omaha, Nebr., 900 barrels, $6,433. Boston, Mass., G40,000 I-pound bexes candy, GSO-3238J. Cleveland Steel Barrel Co., $11,7S0. No Omaha, Nebr., 1,433 barrels, $10,747.50. CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE number. Bussey Hat Co., Atlanta, Ga., GSO-3226-S. Butler Mfg. CoL, Kansas City, renovating and repairing service hats, in- Mo., 1,000 barrels, $7,500. definite. GSO-3225-J. American No number. W. F. Lafferty, New Orleans, Steel Packing Co., TrIe Chemical Warfare Service, United La, mixed wood, ash, oak, willow, and cy- Defiance, Ohio, 2,000 barrels, $15,000. press, $6,750. GSO-3228-J. S. F. K. Steel Barrel Cb., Cleve- States Army, has awarded contracts as 126-Phila. Atlantic Refining Co., Philadel- land, Ohio, 2,000 barrels, $13,000. follows : phia, Pa., 3,900 gallons oil, 12,000 pounds GSO-3283-P. Petroleum Iron Works of Ohio, lubricant, $2,226. Sharon, Pa., 2,500 barrels, $17,025. Acme Die Casting Co., Brooklyn, N. Y, FF 47(6)268. Standard Oil Co. of Ohio, GSO4284-P. Petroleum Iron Works of Ohio, 100,000 aluminum angle tubes. Price. $0.27. Sharon, Pa., 2,000 barrels, $14,100. Attalea Development Corporation, 31 Nas- Cleveland, Ohio, 100,000 gallons gasoline, GSO-3204-C. Pressed Steel Task Co., Mil- $21,250. waukee, sau Street, New York City, and Costa Rica, 130-Phila. Atlantic Refining Co., Philadel- Wis., 3.000 barrels, $22,500. 1,200 short tons coquite cohune nols (astro- phia, Pa., GSO-3227J. Cleveland Steel Barrel Co., caryum variety, pointed at one end). Price, 30,000 gallons gasoline, $10,200. Cleveland, Ohio, 2,000 barrels, $15,000. - FF 47(10)212. Magnolia Petroleum Co., Corpora- $20 per short ton. Dallas, Tex., 15,000 gallons gasoline, $4,212. GSO-3259-C. Welded Steel Barrel Acme Die Casting Co., Brooklyn. N. Y., tion, Detroit, Mich., 3,000 barrels, $22,500. 100,000 aluminum angle tube,, lug I3pe. Contracts over $25,000. GSO-3281-C. Welded Steel Barrel Corpora- Price, $0.27. 134-Phila. Atlantic Refining Co., Philadel- tion, Detroit-, Mich, 1,500 barrels, $11,250. Art Metal Works, Newark, N. J., 2,000,000 phia, Pa., oil, $111,925. SO-3251-C. Wilson & Bennett Mfg. Co., sets 8-32 screws and brass nuts for flutter 24. Scudders-Gale-Grover Co., St. Louis, Chicago, III., 1,600 barrels, $12,000. guards. Price, $0.00325. Mo., 150,000 cans spinach, $27,000. GSO-3223-S. St. Louis Metalware Co., St. Crane Felt Co., Belvidere, N. J., 21,600 FF 61(2)8. Standard Oil Co. of New Louis, Mo., 3,500 barrels, $22 225. pounds smoke filtpr felt for gas masks. Price, Jersey, New York N. Y., 3,360,171 gallons 2577-CE-P. Mott Wheel Works, Jackson, $4.50. gasolme, $789,640.19. Mich., 203,580 steel rings, $9,161.10. Colgate & Co., 105 Hudsoi Street, Jersey 1533. H. D. Foss & Co. (Inc.), Boston, 2581-CE-P. Union Steel Produce Co., Al- City, N. J., 1,000,000 sticks of antidimming Mass., 100,000 A-pound boxes candy, $32,000. bion, Mich., 200,000 steel rings, $6,500. material., Price, $0.01. 1608. John W. McCarthy, Jr., & Co., San GSO-3518-B. White Washburne Co., New Du Pont "Fabrikoid Co., Wilmington, Del., Francisco, Cal., 240,000 cans jam, $64,200. York City, 150,000 rolls toilet paper, $19,875. for putting pro- 1943. American Products Co., San Fran- 2-11463. Food Adn inistration Grain Corpo- 50,000 square yards sheeting ration, tective coating against mustard gas on cot- cisco, Cal., 800,000 pounds potatoes, 100,000 New York City, 200,000 pounds rice, ton sheeting. Price, $0.3750. pounds onions, $362,000. $15,000. Doehler Die Casting Co., Brooklyn, N. Y, EIERGENCY PURCHASES APPROVED BY TELE- S-71. St. Louis Salt Co., St. Louis, Mo., 100,000 aluminum angle tubes. Price $0 205. GRAMI. 480,000 pounds salt, $10,625. 2-11597. J. S. Sills & Sons, New York City, Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass., 100,- 21235. Lawton Refining Co., Lawton, Okla., 38,750 pounds asparagus, $5,100. 000 yards of rubber covered on both sides 211,000 gallons gasoline, 1,730 gallons kero- a ith stockinette. Price, $1.23. 2-11450. Food Administration Grain Corpo- Ohio, sene, $44,528.73. ration, New York City, 300,000 pounds rice, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 2286. Lawton Refining Co., Lawton, Okla., $22,500. 250,000 flexible hose. Price, $0.40. 45,000 gallons gasoline,-130,000 gallons aero- 5-6733. Swift & Co., Chicago, Ill., 40,000 Giant Portland Cement Co., 603 Pennsyl- plane gasoline, $45,850. 0 pounds cheese, $14,200. vania Building, Philadelphia, Pa., 1,800 tons SUPPLEMDNTAL Sub. 1480. Minute Tapioca Co., Orange, charcoal. Price, $40 (estimated). CONTRACTS. Hooker Electrochemical Co., 40 Wall Street, Sup. to P. 0. 3893-J. Ames Bag Machine Mass., 12,510 pounds gelatine, $14,531.62. 2-11428. Natibnal Vinegar New York City, 3,140 tons chloride of lime. Co. (no address given), bed sacks, reduce the Co., Buffalo, Price, $83. contract from to 104,000. Price N. Y., 20,000 gallons vinegar I- 600. Isco Chemical Co., 46 Cliff Street, New changed to 12 cents each. 2-11452. Food Administra,- Grain Corpo- ration, Buffalo, N. York City, 575 tons chloride of lime. Price, Sup. 2707. Streeter Hackney & Co., Johns- Y., 200,000 pounds rice, $47. town, N. Y., for L. M., contractor to deliver $15,000. C. Kenyon Co., brooklyn, N. Y., 25,000 leather mittens with 1 finger cowhide, at 2-11433. Food Administration Grain Corpo- pounds rice, K-T hoods. Price, $1.25. $1.15. ration, New York City, 200,000 Mathieson Alkali Works, Providence, R. I., Sup. 2770. Strong Ilewat & Co., North $15,000. 750 tons chloride of lime Price $47. Adams, Mass., 0. D. melton, change in filling 2-11461. Food Administration Grain Corpo- rice, Stanley Mille r, 109 South Lona Avenue, as specified. ration, New York City, 250,.000 pounds Long Beach, Cal., 500 tons Mexican coquite or $18,730. CONTRACTS CANCELED, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY 2-11454. Food Administration Grain Corpo- corozo nuts. Price, $28. THE BOARD OF REVIEW. ration, New York City, 200,000 pounds rice, Morgan Spring Co., Worcester, Mass., 1,000.- Sup. to 6310-5. Red Diamond Clothing Co. $15,000. 000 gas defense canister springs. Price, $20.30 (no address given), wool trousers, garments 2-11462. Food Administration Grain Corpe- per thousand. to be baled Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co., Widener unild- for overseas shipment at $1.141 rafon, New York City, 300,000 pounds rice, ing, Philadelphia, Pa., 1,230 tons chloride of per 'ale. $22,300. lime. Price $. December 13, 1918. J. L. & D. S. Riker, 10 Cedar Street. New Purchase orders and contracts under $25,000 York City, 573 tons chloride of lime. Price, made on open-market purchaso.or let to lowest $47. bidder, and submitted Rudolph Schreiber, 1140 Broadway, New to the board for con- GENERAL SUPPLIES DIVISION York City, 30.000 pounds sulphur dyed stocki- sideration after execution and delivery: nette. Price, $1.50. R-37-3-3. Penn American Refining Co., Oil Jos. Stokes Rubber Co., Trenton, N. T. 25,- City, Pa., 134,000 gallons oil, $12,060. - The following is a list of purchase or- 000 hard rubber angle tubes. Price. $0.3523. Sub. 1484. Kibbe Bros. Co., Springfield, A. H. Wirz (Inc.), Chester. Pa., 500,000 col- Mass., 23,000 pounds candy, $9,250. ders of the general supplies division not lapsible tubes. Price, $0.022569. Sub. 645, 4-6583. Greenwald Packing Co., passed by the Board of Review: Vulcanized Rubber (o., Morrisville, Pa., 23,- Baltimore, Md., 30,000 pounds beef, $7,185. 000 hard rubber ugle tubes. Price, $0.34. Sub. 645, 4-6536. Greenwald Packing Co., December 13, 1918. North Star Chemical Co., Lawrence, Mass., Baltimore, Md., 23,000 pounds beef, $5.937.50. Edwin R. Ladew Co., New' York, N. Y., 250,000 pounds U. S. P. hydrous lanoline. Sub. 645, 4-6585. Greenwald Packing Co., 15,000 feet belt lacing, rawhide. Price, $0.26. Baltimore. Md., 23,000 pounds beef, $5,035. American La France Fire Engine Co., El- Ritter Can & Specialty Co., Philadelphia, 14041-GS. Enterprise Packing Co., Chicago, mira, N. Y., 20 extinguishers. Pa., 575 000 standard gas defense di liion nun- III., 75,000 pounds beef, $21,909.38. American La France Fire Engine Co., El- isters. Price, $0.407. Sub. 130, 2-593. Seminole Condensed Milk mira, N. Y., 132 extinguishers. Dupont Fabrikoid Co., Wilmington. Del., Co., Holland Patent, N. Y., 62,400 pounds 200,000 pairs one-finger gauntlet mittens (igas evaporated milk, $7,605. December 14, 1918. proofing with pyroxolin coating). Price, 30.37. Sub. 645, 4-6584. Greenwald Packing Co., Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., New J. B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn.; Baltimore, Md., 100,000 pounds beef, $24,120. York, N, Y., 1,000,000 pamphlets. 1,000,000 tubes of sag paste. price, $0.17.