390 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Grarr. What would the lieutenant do? 
Mr. Burcu. That is what I am saying—the lieutenant of the watch 
that we ask for now. Those are the duties I want him to perform. 
Mr. Grarr. What does the captain of the watch do in the daytime? 
Mr. Burcu. He does various things. And he has charge, of course, 
of the engines; he is captain of the watch and chief engineer; and he 
has charge of the different laboratories and the laborers that are 
required to move furniture and do various kinds of work; to see that 
the buildings are kept in repair; and when there is a call for an engi- 
neer or a plumber, to go and investigate and have the work performed 
under his direction. 
Mr. Scorr. In this connection you ask for two additional watchmen; 
what conditions have arisen that have made these two necessary ? 
The Cuarrman. Do not let us skip the engineers. 
Mr. Scorr. I was connecting this with the watchmen. He was 
speaking of the lieutenant of the watch. 
Mr. Burcu. I do not know that there are any; only are employing 
three laborers as watchmen and we should not do it. 
The CHarrMan. You know it is impossible to contro] these watch- 
men when laborers are doing clerks’ work and messengers are driving 
the Secretary’s carriage; I wanted to change that, but it was said it 
would not look well on the bill to have a ‘“‘driver to the Secretary.” 
““Two messengers at $720”’—I think one of them is the driver of the 
carriage. 
Mr Burcs. I think not. 
The Cuarrman. Who are the drivers? 
Mr. Burcu. J am not familiar 
The CHarrman. They come under these messengers? 
Mr. Burcu. They are in the Secretary’s office, and I never investi- 
gated that. 
The Cuarrman. They come under messengers, do they not? They 
are charged as messengers on the bill? 
Mr. Burcn. I do not know; I am not positive about that. 
Mr. Bowis. Can I go back just a minute? I want to ask a question 
about that solicitor. ' Do you expect, if this recommendation should be 
adopted by the committee, that the present solicitor who is doing this 
work that you refer to should be appointed to this statutory place? 
Mr. Burcn. Yes. 
Mr. Bowis. How old a man is he? 
Mr. Burcu. About 30 years old. 
Mr. Bowiz. I misunderstood you; I thought you said 20 years old 
awhile ago? 
Mr. Burcu. Thirty or 32. 
Mr. Bowrs. Did he ever practice law? 
Mr. Burcu. I could not tell you. He came to us from the Treas- 
ury Department. 
Mr. Bowiz. You do not know what experience. he has had in the 
courts as a practicing lawyer? 
Mr. Burcu. No, sir; I do not. 
The Cuarrman. What is his name? 
‘Mr. Burcu. McCabe. 
The Cuarrman. Where is he from? 
Mr. Burcu. From Ogden, Utah. 
