Bureau was engaged in veterinary practice and sanitary work in Iowa and IIli- 
nois; was appointed from Galesburg, Hl, April 1, 1897, through civil-service 
examination, as assistant inspector in meat-inspection service at Kansas City; 
transferred to quarantine service Jan. 13, 1898; was sent on a trip to Porto 
Rico March 10, 1899, to make investigations as to existence of Texas fever there; 
promoted to inspector Oct. 1, 1899, and returned to quarantine service Nov. 7, 
1899; placed in charge of present work Feb. 1, 1900. 
Freperick W. Hopkins, Inspector, was born in Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 3, 1861; 
received education in common and high schools, University of New York (grad- 
uating from veterinary department with degree of D. V. 8.), and College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeon: St. Louis (receiving degree of M. D.); engaged in veter- 
y practice at St. Paul, Minn., and later in Texas and City of Mexico; in 1888 
appointed veterinary surgeon to 7th U. S. Cavalry at Fort Meade, Dak., af- 
terwards changed to Fort Riley, Kans., and Fort Sill, I. T.; was appointed assist- 
ant inspector in the Bureau at Kansas City, from Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 15, 
1896, after civil-service examination; transferred to National Stock Yards, IIL, 
Feb. 10, 1898, and to Cairo, Ill., his present station, June 22, 1900. 
Frepertck T. Dotan, Assistant Inspector, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 14, 
1872; attended common and high schools of that city, and Harvard Veterinary 
School, graduating from the latter with degree of M. D. V.; engaged in the prac- 
tice of veterinary medicine; was appointed from Massachusetts and stationed at 
Indianapolis April 1, 1898, through civil-service examination; transferred to 
National Stock Yards Nov. 20, 1899, and to southern cattle quarantine work 
June 18, 1900. 
Witttaw P. ELLeNBeRGER, Assistant Inspector, was born at Easton, Wayne Co., 
Ohio; received education in Wadsworth «Ohio) high schooi, McKillip Veterinary 
College, and Columbian University, receiving from the latter the degree of D. 
V. S.; previous to appointment was engaged in veterinary practice; was 
appointed from Wadsworth, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1898, through civil-service examina- 
tion, and stationed at Cincinnati; transferred to his present work June 15, 1900. 
Josep M. Turner, Stock Examiner, was born at Kearneysville, W. Va., Oct. 
19, 1869; was appointed in the Bureau from Kearneysville, through civil-service 
examination, March 10, 1896, and stationed at Richmond, Va.; is now located at 
Salisbury, N. C. 
Wacrer M. Foster, Tagger, was born at Mobile, Ala., Feb. 25, 1874, and re- 
ceived a high school education in that city; was employed five years as clerk in 
law office; was appointed in the Bureau at Chicago, from Nashville, Tenn., Dee. 
1,1898, through civil-service examination; transferred to Nashville Jan. 2, 1900; 
to southern cattle quarantine service at Lexington, Ky., March 9, 1900, and to 
present station at Richmond, Va., July 25, 1900. 
CAWADIAN IMPORT INSPECTION. 
Ernxesr L. Vorcenav, Inspector, Buffalo, N. Y., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
Oct. 28, 1871; attended public schools of New York and Brooklyn; entered Col- 
lege of the City of New York in 1888, and left at close of sophomore year to 
attend American Veterinary College, graduating from the latter in 1893 with 
degree of D. V.S.; in 1893 was employed as house surgeon at Philadelphia vet- 
erinary sanitarium, and from the close of that year until appointment in the 
Bureau was engaged in private practice at Buffalo; was appointed assistant 
inspector in meat-inspection service at New York Dec. 2, 1895, through civil- 
service examination; transferred to Buffalo June 5, 1897, and to New Haven, 
Conn., in charge, Feb. 7, 1899; promoted to inspector Oct. 1, 1899; on Nov. 12, 
1900, was assigned to his present work of inspecting and making tuberculin tests 
of Canadian cattle offered for importation, visiting points in Canada for this 
purpose. 
JouN ArcHiBALD BELL, Inspector, Watertown, N. Y., was born in Canada, Aug. 
24, 1856, and received a common school education; lived upon a stock farm for 
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