UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER. 



As it is desirable that uniform usage in regard to geographic nomen- 

 clature and orthograph}' obtain throughout the executive departments 

 of the Government, and particularly upon the maps and charts issued 

 by the various departments and bureaus, I hereby constitute a Board 

 on Geographic Names, and designate the following persons, who have 

 heretofore cooperated for a similar purpose under the authority of the 

 several departments, bureaus, and institutions with which the}' are 

 connected, as members of said Board: 



Prof. Thomas C. Mendenhall, United States Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey, chairman. 



Andrew H. Allen, Department of State. 



Capt. Henry L. Howison. Light-House Board, Treasury Depart- 

 ment. 



Capt. Thomas Turtle, Engineer Corps, War Department. 



Lieut. Richardson Clover, Hydrographic Office, Nav}' Department. 



Pierson H. Bristow, Post-Office Department. 



Otis T. Mason, Smithsonian Institution. 



Herljert G. Ogden, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



Henry Gannett, United States Geological Survey. 



Marcus Baker, United States Geological Survey. 



To this Board shall be referred all unsettled questions concerning 

 geographic names which arise in the departments, and the decisions 

 of the Board are to be accepted by these departments as che standard 

 authoritj' in such matters. 



Department officers are instructed to afford such assistance as may 

 be proper to carry on the work of this Board. 



The members of this Board shall serve without additional compensa- 

 tion, and its organization shall entail no expense on the Government. 



Benj. Harrison. 



Executive Mansion, 



September ^, 1S90. 



