THIRD REPORT 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE BOARD. 
The United States Board on Geographic Names was created by an 
Executive order issued by President Harrison September 4, 1890. 
Prior to that date there was an unofficial organization, composed of 
ten persons, all employed in the public service, all engaged in geo¬ 
graphic work, and all keenly sensitive to the confusion and contradic¬ 
tions in geographic names as used in Government publications. 
Originally the Board was composed of ten members. Its present 
membership is thirteen, of whom two were original members. The 
membership, past and present, together with Departments, bureaus, 
offices, and institutions represented, is set forth in the following table: 
DEPARTMENT AND BUREAU. 
Name. 
Term of service. 
Agriculture, Department of. 
Hvde, J. 
Nov. 20,1899, to Sept. 26,1905. 
Merriam, C. Hart. 
Dec. 4,1905, to date. 
Commerce and Labor, Department of: 
Census, Bureau of the. 
Sloane, C. S. 
Mar. 3,1904, to date. 
Sept. 4,1890, to June, 1894. 
Sept. 4,1890, to Feb. 25,1906. 
Coast, and Geodetic Surveya_ 
Mendenhall, T. C. 
Ogden, H. G. 
Braid, Andrew. 
Apr. 4,1906, to date. 
Tiight-ITonse Board «_ 
Howison, H. L. 
May 1,1890, to Oct. 4,1892. 
Dec. 22,1892, to date. 
Johnson, A. B. 
Government. Printing Office__ 
Brian, H. T. 
Nov. 18,1899, to Jan. 3,1906. 
Jan. 3,1906, to date. 
RUbinson, C. M. 
Interior, Department of the: 
General Land Office.. 
King, H. 
June 21,1893, to Jan. 7,1903. 
May 1,1903, to date. 
Bond,F. 
Geological Survey. 
Baker, M. 
Sept. 4,1890, to Dec. 12,1903. 
Gannett, H. 
Sept. 4,1890, to date. 
Navy, Department of the. 
Clover, R. 
Sept. 4,1890, to June 20,1893. 
Sigsbee, C. D. 
June 20,1893, to Apr. 6,1897. 
Craig, J. E. 
May 15,1897, to Jan. 30,1900. 
Todd, C. C. 
Feb. 5,1900, to Nov. 2,1901. 
Southerland, W. H. H.. 
Nov. 9,1901, to Mar. 8,1904. 
Hodges, II. M. 
Mar. 8,1904, to date. 
a Formerly in the Treasury Department. 
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