tion with Bureau was employed as carpenter in Washington, D. C., was ap- 
pointed in the Bureau Nov. 1, [898, and has charge of the Bureau carpenter shop. 
Epwarp J. Maroy, Storekeeper, was born at Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1850; 
in 1856 his parents moved west and settled in Ohio; left school at ten 
years of age to work for his living, as his father went to war; received appoint- 
ment to a position in the Department of Agriculture from Dennison, Ohio, and on 
Novy. 1, 1896, was appointed messenger in the Bureau by transfer from the folding 
room; was promoted to his present position July 1, 1900. 
Sterne Do CastLeMAN, Fireman in Laboratory building, of Washington, D. C 
appointed Aug. 28, 1899. 
A. H. Honriper, Assistant in carpenter shop, of Washington, D. C., appointed 
March 17, 1900. 
Charwomen. 
Mrs. Iba Henpuey, of Washington, D. C., appointed Oct. 16, 1896. 
Mrs. Kare Wasson, of Washington, D. C., appointed Aug. 24, 1899 
Mrs. ANN\ie E. Puitiirs, of Washington, D. C., appointed July 30, 1900. 
Louise DovaLass, of Washington, D. C., appointed May 20, 1897 
JeENNie JONES, of Virginia, appointed Noy. 6, 1891. 
EXPERIMENT STATION, BETHESDA, MD. 
Erxest C. Scirroeper, Superintendent, was born at Baltimore, Md., April 3, 
1865; attended the public schools of that city and the Baltimore City College; 
studied scientific agriculture at the Maryland Agricultural College, and received 
the degree of M. D. V. from Harvard University in the year 1887; was appointed 
an inspector in connection with the contagious pleuro-pneumonia work of the 
Bureau on Aug. 15, 1887; served in that capacity until Jan. 1, 1890, when he was 
transferred to the laboratory of pathology and bacteriology, in which he served 
during four and a half years as an assistant and field agent; on July 1, 1894, was 
appointed Superintendent of the Bureau Experiment Station, which position he 
fills at the present time. Among the more important results accomplished dur 
ing his superintendence of the station are its removal from leased quarters, 
which were too small to accommodate the constantly increasing amount of work, 
to its present site, which is larger and more favorably located, and the purchase 
of this site by the Government, which gives the station a permanent home. 
WiILnLtAM Epwitn Corron, Assistant Superintendent, was born at Oskaloosa. 
Iowa, Sept. 17, 1866; was educated in the public schools of Towa, and has also 
taken a course in chemistry and physics at Columbian University, Washington, 
D. C.; for some years engaged in school teaching, farming and stock-raising in 
lowa; Ww appointed in the Bureau Sept. 22, 1898; has given much time to the 
study of animal diseases in general, and infectious diseases in particular. 
WiLLiaAwt Eprson, Clerk, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 31, 1839; received 
common school] education; during Civil War was private in Ist Mass. Vol. Inf., 
and captain in 85th U.S. Col. Inf., and spent four and a half years in the service: 
has been employed as general accountant during twenty years past, and for 2 
time was in the service of the Treasury Department and in the customs service 
at Boston; was appointed in the Bureau Feb. 17, 1899, through civil-service ex 
amination; is a member of the Loyal Legion and the G. A. R. 
George Westey Brerr, Assistant, was horn at Jamaica Plein, Mass., Sept. 14, 
1873, received education in Boston public schools, and was employed in merean- 
tile business ia that city; was appointed in the Bureau April 16, 1895. 
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