HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 389 
Mr. Burcu. I do not know what fund he is paid from. They carry 
him, at least. 
The Cuarrman. Does he get $1,600 where he is? 
Mr. Burcu. $1,600; yes, sir. 
The Cuarrman. If we transfer him to you we should deduct it from 
the Plant Industry ? 
Mr. Burcu. That is for the committee. We want to arrange the 
rolls, Mr. Chairman, as they properly should be. 
Mr. Grarr. That is the way it ought to be, too. 
Mr. Burcu. I took him in the office when I was appointed chief 
clerk. He was in the Bureau of Animal Industry and transferred. 
They were carrying then some ten thousand dollars that the Secretary 
ought to have actually carried on his rolls. He was transferred to the 
Plant Industry because of the fact that they carried much less. They 
rcheved one bureau and put it onto another that was carrying less 
people. 
Mr. Grarr.: This is not a position that can be shifted around; it is 
a regular man that you have all the time? 
Mr. Burcu. Oh, yes; he has been in the Department a good many 
years. 
The CuHarrman. He is not on the statutory roll? 
Mr. Burcu. No, sir. 
The Cuarrman. The next increase is ‘ ‘One lieutenant of the watch.” 
Mr. Burcu. Lieutenant of the watch. 
The Cuarrman. That is a new—— 
Mr. Burcu. We have now a captain of the watch, and his duties 
are such that it is impossible for him to look after the watchmen as they 
properly should be. For instance, we have some eight or ten buildings 
spread around in various parts of the city, and we have two night 
watchmen at each place, and my idea was to have the lieutenant of the 
watch perform duty during the day as a day watchman and at night— 
every night—visit all these points and see that every man was per- 
forming his duty; once every night at different hours, at no stated 
‘time at all, to go around and examine thoroughly and see that every- 
body was on his post; and to perform other duties necessary to be 
looked after by the captain of the watch. 
The Cuarrman. Where is that watchman provided for—that captain 
of the watch? 
Mr. Lever. ‘“‘One engineer, who shall be the captain of the 
watch ’—just above there. 
The Cuarrman. Who is the captain of the watch? 
Mr. Burcu. Captain Harvey. He has been there a great many 
years as captain of the watch and as engineer. 
Mr. Grarr. Is he now employed in the daytime? 
Mr. Burcu. All the time there, and frequently has to come at night 
and look after the fires and one thing and another, and it is more work 
than he ought to be-required to perform. : 
Mr. Grarr. You need the captain of the watch to work in the day- 
time and the lieutenant to work at night? a 
Mr. Burcu. I want him to work in the daytime, too; he will be on 
the ground in the daytime as watchman, and at night to visit the dif- 
ferent buildings to see that the duties are performed and the watch- 
men at their posts. 
