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Mr. Evans. There was a question submitted to the Comptroller about 
a year ago, and he decided that it was proper for such details to be 
made, under the law. 
The Cuarrman. You spoke of a supervising auditor. That is abso- 
lutely new? 
Mr. Evans. That is new; yes, sir. 
The Cuatrman. Thatis the next item. Professor Moore, you know, 
spoke about that. This is an instance of one of those details, Mr. 
Scott. The chief of the division is paid by the Weather Bureau? 
Mr. Evans. No, sir; he is paid on my roll. 
The Cuarrman. But he attends specifically to the Weather Bureau 
accounts ? 
Mr. Evans. Yes, sir; all the time. He simply goes back and forth 
to report to me, and he is there to do that work. 
The Cuarrman. Are his headquarters with’ you in your office? 
Mr. Evans. No, sir; his headquarters are in the Weather Bureau. 
The Cuarrman. That is what I thought. I have always seen him 
there when I went there. 
Mr. Evans. His headquarters are at the Weather Bureau, but he is 
carried on my roll, and he is detailed there as a matter of convenience 
because the building being located at another part of the city it is 
more convenient. 
The Cuatrman. I thought that this stood on all fours with the other 
details, but it seems that it does not. In a way he is one of Mr. 
Evans’s subordinates, and yet in a way he is the subordinate of the 
To Bureau. He is a subordinate of both of you, in a way, is 
e not! 
Mr. Evans. Yes, sir; he is detailed there because the accounts of 
that office are there, and the clerk doing that work is there, and it is more 
convenient to send him there than to bring them to the Department. 
Mr. Scorr. There is no danger, I suppose, of his being carried on 
a salary in both of your offices, is there? 
Mr. Evans. No danger of that; no, sir. 
Mr. Scorr. What bureaus have details to your office? Name them 
specifically, these five clerks? 
Mr. Evans. The Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Animal 
Industry, the Bureau of Forestry, and the Division of Publications; 
and the other detail is only temporary—that is, for a short time, on 
account of additional work. 
Mr. Scorr. To meet an emergency at certain times of the month, on 
pay days, or something of that sort, in special times of emergency ! 
Mr. Evans. Just to meet emergencies; yes, sir. 
The Cuairman. Now, you estimate for a supervising auditor, and 
that is an absolutely new place. What do you propose to do with the 
supervising auditor, and what is the necessity for that? 
Mr. Evans. To have the accounts, after they have passed the 
usual audit under my direction, to be supervised by another clerk who 
will be under the Secretary, to give them an administrative audit, as 
it were, so as to catch up anything that might escape the first audit, 
and to be an audit that is practically outside of my office, as it were. 
The clerk is located there, but the audit will be under the direction of 
the Secretary and under his supervision. It is anadditional safeguard. 
The CuarrMan. Is there any evidence of mistakes being made that 
suggests an additional supervision ? 
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