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Officers in charge of buildings in which milk is delivered will see that this 

 order is enforced and that no milk is sold therein except under permit as above 

 provided for. 



This order shall be effective beginning December 15, 1910. 



CHARLES NAGEL, Secretary. 



APPENDIX Z. 



CORRESPONDENCE WITH OFFICIALS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND INDE- 

 PENDENT GOVERNMENT BUREAUS IN WASHINGTON, D. C., RELATING TO 

 ISSUANCE OF ORDERS REGULATING MILK FURNISHED TO EMPLOYEES AT 

 BUILDINGS. 



DECEMBER 3, 1910. 

 Air. J. Louis WILLIGE, 



Chairman Special Committee, Chamber of Commerce, 



Washington, D. C. 



SIR: The department acknowledges the receipt of your letter of the 28th 

 instant in which you inquire whether an order is about to be issued by this 

 department in regard to the milk supplied to its employees. 



In reply you are informed that the matter referred to is under consideration 

 by the commission in charge of the State, War, and Navy Building. No order 

 has as yet been issued. 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, WM. MCNEIR, 



Chief Clerk. 



WAR DEPARTMENT, 

 Washington, November 29, 1910, 



SIR : Referring to your inquiry of 28th instant as to whether the War Depart- 

 ment will issue an order providing that milk supplied to its employees during 

 the luncheon hour shall conform to the classification in Circular No. 114, of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, I beg to advise you 

 that this matter is now being considered by the department, and when a deter- 

 mination is reached in the premises further advices will be furnished you. 

 Very respectfully, 



ROBERT SHAW OLIVER, 



Acting Secretary of War. 

 1. Louis WILLIGE, Esq., 



Chairman Special Committee, 



Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 



NAVY DEPARTMENT, 

 Washington, December 1, 1910. 



SIR: Replying to your letter of November 28, 1910, the department incloses 

 herewith a copy of its letter of November 18, 1910, to the Surgeon General of 

 the Navy, on the subject of milk furnished by milk dealers to the personnel 

 of bureaus and offices of the Navy Department. 

 Very respectfully, 



BEEKMAN WINTHROP, 

 Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 

 The CHAIRMAN SPECIAL COMMITTEE, 



Washington Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 



Washington, November 30, 1910. 

 Mr. J. Louis WILLIGE, 



Chairman Special Committee on Local Milk Situation, 



1202 F Street NW., Washington, D. C. 



SIR: In response to your communication of November 28, 1910, there are 

 Inclosed several copies of special order, dated November 5, 1910, governing the 



