THE POSSIBLE QUESTION OF ANNUITY. UNSOLICITED OFFICIAL STATEMENT 
NOTE: The .Geological Survey was not organized until 
the Spring of 1879 under the Act of March 5, 1879 
(20 Stat. L. 934), the first Director being Clarence 
King, appointed April 14, 1879. previous to that 
time employees were doubtless put on duty without 
formal appointment. 
It is noted that Mr. Holmes claims service from 
1872, and his name appears in the Official Registers 
for 1875, 1877, and 1879, under "Geological and 
Geographical Survey of the Territories." Should he 
desire to retire and requires this service to bring 
him within a certain class of annuity, the Pension 
Office will have to call upon the General Accounting 
Office to search the pay rolls and vouchers of 
Ferdinand V. Hayden, who was Special Disbursing 
Agent for the Expedition, paid from the appropriation 
for the Geological and Geographical Survey of the 
Territories. . He appointed his own help in part. 
(Signed) J. W. Atwood, Acting Chief , 
Division of Appointment, Mails & Files 
W. Atwood, Acting Chief 
Countersigned Sept. 24, 1925, 
W. B. Acker, Chief Clerk, 
Department of the Interior 
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