GENERAL WILLIAM B. HAZEN. 577 
further east and north. Snow has fallen here on three days: November 24th 
and 25th and December 16th. Not more than one inch remained on the ground 
at one time. The highest temperature reached was 61°, on December 13th. The 
greatest pressure was, reduced to sea-level and 32° F., 30.68 inches, Nov. 21st; 
the lowest was 29.32 inches, December 4th, preceding the gale mentioned above. 
The rain-fall has been very light but the air has been moist, especially during 
the last ten days, preventing excessive evaporation. Ice has formed abundantly 
on the river and a large supply is being gathered for the ice houses. 
The miles traveled by the wind has been more than one thousand less than 
the previous month, and on the day before the gale, December 4th, the total num- 
ber of miles traveled was but seventy-four, the smallest distance in one day recorded 
by the anemometer since it was set up last May. 
RECORDS DEDUCED FROM AVERAGES OF DAILY OBSERVATIONS. 
Nov. 20th Dec. Ist Dec. 11th From Nov. 20 
to 30th. to 10th. to 20th. to Dec. 20. 
TEMPERATURE. EUR S Oe all a a SRE Rae 
IN ETS se ean ea estan ee eer a 12.9 12.3 26.7 17.3 
NVA ae UEP Rea a ne Fos ae 26.6 33.4 44.0 34.7 
WEE Waly UY ite Sete sg hae 19.7 21.8 35.1 25.5 
RATE CHa veniaianieceenienie dis nielnts 13.6 22.2 17.6 17.8 
RAMU TIN GE pee etre Mates a tet res onli ats 13.2 12.8 28.6 18.2 
OD aT en Area SAW ete a NaN) otd coe 24.5 31.2 39.6 81.8 
Oster rem nee een chen oy ole 18.4 19.9 3L.7 23 3 
Wieanisieu lien: suneienie! ePenvaacits 19.8 22.4 32.8 25.0 
Rei. Humipity. , 
HTgabamenrainy aie an Ma LSiyaey acMa tell isi aes +02 -70 77 66 
Osa Tres U NUNS et teamnce en oa 69 17 67 68 
Oiparmer ane ane audit iaelntae sce 04 -70 69 64 
IViami wich sitcn weet teu Csn arrears .00 71 72 66 
PRESSURE, sea-level, 32° F. 
TRU TT eee ee ee eer 30.40 30.25 29.28 29.98 
DhDAtMsstreivel eetee ee rsieenieience Ss ae 30.32 30,16 29.92 30.13 
Oia aprTiia cede ca nbuwinetrauisine erie as 30.30 30.18 29. 86 30 11 
IMIR S ha yolia sO LOUD Oeo GAC eOnD 30. 37 30. 20 29.97 30.15 
WIND. 
Miles Traveled ........ | 2,533 | 2,937 3, 611 | 9,081 
RAINFALL. 
Inches... 08 | 
SCHUDNMUIC MISO IE AINNG 
GENERAL WILLIAM B. HAZEN. 
General Hazen, the newly appointed successor to the late General Myer as 
Chief Signal Officer of the army, was born in Vermont, appointed a cadet at 
West Point from Ohio, and is now a little more than fifty years of age. His 
original entry into the army was in 1855, as Brevet Second Lieutenant of the 
4th Infantry. He was made Captain in the 8th Infantry in May, 1861. At the 
commencement of the War of the Rebellion he was on duty at West Point as an 
instructor in Infantry Tactics, which position he gave up to accept the Colonelcy 
