L. Stewers, Laboratory Assistant, of North Carolina, appointed Sept. 29, 1894. 
WILLIAM C. StrmoNeck, Messenger, was born in the city of Melnic, Bohemia, 
Austria, June 19, 1835: was educated in Austrian military school, receiving mili- 
tary degree at age of 18; also attended musical academy at Nebudzel, Bohemia; 
came to the United States with his father in 1854 and settled in Manitowoc, 
Wis.; served in the U. S. Army from 1860 to 1864 as chief musician, 3d Regt., 
U.S. Inf.; received appointment in the Bureau April 7, 1890; was out of the 
service and engaged in real estate business from Jan. 1. 1894, until May 1, 1897, 
when he was reinstated. 
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Messenger, of the District of Columbia, was appointel 
July 1, 1884, about the time of the organization of the Bureau; was out of the ser- 
vice from June 30, 1893, until July 1, 1898, when he was reappointed. 
DIVISION OF ZOOLOGY. 
CHARLES WARDELL Sites, Zoologist, was born at Spring Valley, N. Y., May 15, 
1867; received education in Hartford (Conn.) public high school, Wesleyan Uni- 
versity (Middletown, Conn.), Berlin University, Leipzig University, Austrian 
Zoological Station (Trieste), College de France, and L’Institut Pasteur (Paris) ; 
received degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. at Leipzig and honorary degree of M.S. from 
Wesleyan; was appointed in the Bureau June 5, 1891; from March, 1898, to De 
cember, 1899, was detailed as agricultural and scientific attache to U S. Embassy 
at Berlin; has membership in the following scientific societies: American—Wash- 
ington Biological (vice-president 1898-1900); Washington Entomological (vice- 
president 1895); Washington Academy of Sciences, Medical Society, District 
of Columbia; American Morphological; American Naturalists; Foreigiu—Zoolog- 
ical Society of France (councillor 1893); Biological Society of France, 
French Academy of Medicine; German Zoological Society; has received the fol- 
lowing scientific commissions; Member of International Commission on Zoolog- 
ical Nomenclature (secretary since 1898); secretary of advisory committee 
on Smithsonian Table at Naples Zoological Station; U.S. Government delegate 
to International Zoological Congresses at Leyden (1895) and Cambridge (1898); 
Honorary Curator of Helminthology, U. 5. National Museum; is professor of 
medical zoology in Georgetown University, and special lecturer on medical zo- 
ology at Johns Hopkins University and U. 5S. Army Medical School. 
Avberr Hassaue, M. R. Cc. V. S., Veterinary Inspector and Assistant Zoologist, 
was appointed May 24, 1887, and stationed at Baltimore; on March 7, 1891, was 
transferred to Washington and assigned to duty in the zoological laboratory. 
Miss Lovutse Tayuer, Scientific Assistant, of Youngstown, Ohio, received edu- 
cation and scientific training in Washington (D. C.) High School; Wellesley Col- 
lege; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Holl, Mass.; Carnegie Laboratory, 
New York City, Columbian University, and Johns Hopkins University; holds 
degrees of A. B. (Wellesley, 1896) and M.S. (Columbian, 1898); was appointed 
in the Pathological Division of the Bureau, April 8, 1897, afterwards passing 
civil-service examination and receiving regular appointment; was given leave of 
absence from Sept. 30, 1899, to Aug. 14, 1900, and on her return was assigned 
to duty in the Zoological Laboratory; has membership in the following societies 
Washington Biological, National Geographic, Association of Collegiate Alumnm 
Miss Eunice R. Operty (A. B., Vassar, 1900), Clerk, appointed Aug. 25, 1900 
DAIRY DIVISION. 
Henry Brerar Anvorp, Chief of Dairy Division, was born at Greenfield, Mass., 
March 11, 1844; received common school education in that State; attended Nor 
wich University and graduated with degrees of B.S. and C. E., later receiving 
the honorary degree of LL. D. “for long and meritorious services in promotins 
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