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REPORT OP THE UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. 
Department or bureaa. 
Name. 
Term of service. 
Navy, Department of the (continued) .... 
Todd,C.C 
Feb. 5, 1900, to Nov. 2, 1901. 
Southerland, W. H. H 
Ilodges, n. M 
Nov. 9, 1901, to Mar. 8, 1904. 
Mar. 8, 1904, to June 2, 1906. 
Rogers, C. C 
Nov. 7, 1906, to May 30, 1903. 
Littlohales, Geo. W 
Nov. 7, 1906, to Sept. 3, 1908. 
Stewart, Chas. W 
Sept. 3, 1908, to date. 
Wlnterhalter, A. 
May 30, 1909, to Feb. 8, 1910. 
Feb. 8, 1910, to June 7, 1912. 
Cooper, George F 
Aug. 8, 1912, to May 6, 1914. 
Washington, Thos 
May 6, 1914, to date. 
Bristow, P. H 
Sept. 4, 1890, to Feb. 7, 1893. 
Fenton, 0. G 
Feb. 9, 1893, to May 24, 1895. 
Haake, A . von 
Apr. 15, 1897, to Doc. 6, 1911. 
Hlldreth, David M 
Oct. 28, 1912, to date. 
Ellsworth, Goodwin D 
Mason, 0. T 
June 2, 1913, to date. 
Sept. 4, 1890, to Nov. 6, 1908. 
Bureau of Amerioan Ethnology 
Hodge, F. W 
Nov. 5, 1908, to date. 
Allen, A. H 
Sept. 4, 1890, to Nov. 23, 1905. 
Denbv, C 
Dec. 13, 1905, to Apr. 18, 1907. 
McNeir, William 
May 24, 1907, to date. 
Mills.J.S 
Dec. 4, 1905, to date. 
Turtle, T 
Sept. 4, 1890, to Sept. 19, 1894. 
Knlght,J. G. D 
Goethals, 0. W 
Dec. 12, 1894, to Apr. 2, 1895. 
Apr. 2, 1895, to Mar. 21, 1899. 
Mar. 21, 1899, to Mar. 14, 1903. 
Lusk, J. L 
Patrick, M.M 
Mar. 14, 1903, to Aug. 3, 1903. 
Judson, W. V 
Aug. 3, 1903, to Mar. 11, 1904. 
Kutr.C. W 
Mar. 11, 1904, to Nov. 29, 1905. 
Beach, W.D 
Nov. 29, 1905, to Sept. 19, 1910, 
Potts, R. D 
Nov. 8, 1906, to Apr. 12, 1907. 
May 1, 1907, to Oct. 17, 1912. 
Jones, Thaddeus W 
Root, Edwin 
Sept. 19, 1910, to Dec. 8, 1910. 
Boughton, D. H 
Dec. 8, 1910, to Oct. 17, 1912. 
McMahon, John 
Oct. 17, 1912, to Oct. 26, 1914. 
Macomb, M. M 
Oct. 26, 1914, to Apr. 24, 1916. 
Van Deman, Ralph H 
Apr. 24, 1916, to date. 
ORIGIN OF AND CHANGES IN GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 
With the exception of the names of political subdivisions, geo- 
graphic names in this country have not, as a rule, been bestowed by 
any formal authority. The names of natural features — rivers, lakes, 
mountains, capes, etc. — and of unchartered bodies of population 
have received their names originally from explorers, surveyors, and 
early settlers, and these names have been perpetuated by common 
consent. The names of states, coimties, and municipalities of all 
classes, on the other hand, have been applied either by legislative 
enactment or charter, and therefore possess some degree of formal 
authority. 
Differences of usage exist to a large extent not only in the names 
of natural featiu-es and unincorporated places but even in those of 
