FOURTH REPORT 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. 
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 
10 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 10 members. Its present 
membership is 13, of whom 2 were original members. The member- 
ship, 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. 
Hyde, J 
Nov. 20, 1899, to Sept. 26, 1905. 
Dec. 4, 1905, to date. 
Merriara, C. Hart 
Plummer, Fred G 
June 4, 1908, to Aug. 15, 1913. 
Greeley, W. B 
Jan. 12, 1914, to date. 
Commerce and Labor, Department of: 
Sloane, C. S 
Mar. 3, 1904, to date. 
Mendenhall, T. C 
Sept. 4, 1890, to June, 1894. 
Ogden, H. G 
Sept. 4, 1890, to Feb. 25, 1906. 
Braid, Andrew 
Apr. 4, 1906, to date. 
Howison, H. L 
May 1, 1890, to Oct. 4, 1892. 
Johnson, A. B 
Putnam, George 
Dec. 22, 1892, to Jan. 24, 1912. 
Jan. 24, 1912, to date. 
Government Printing Office 
Brian, H. T 
Nov. 18, 1899, to Jan. 3, 1906. 
Robinson, CM 
Jan. 3, 1906, to Nov. 13, 1907. 
Kidd, Frank A 
Nov. 21, 1907, to Nov. 7, 1911. 
Ziegler, Henry 
Nov. 7, 1911, to Sept. 11, 1913. 
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PajTie, James E 
Sept. 11, 1913, to date. 
Interior, Department of tlie: 
General Land OfTice. 
Geological Survey. 
Navy, Department of the. 
King,H 
Bond, F 
Baker, M 
Gannett, H 
Marshall, R. B 
Clover, R 
Sigsbee,C. D 
Craig. J. E 
I Formerly in the Treasury Department, 
June 21, 1893, to Jan. 7, 1903. 
May 1, 1903, to date. 
Sept. 4, 1890, to Dec. 12, 1903. 
Sept. 4, 1890, to Nov. 15, 1914. 
Feb. 1, 1915, to date. 
Sept. 4, 1890, to June 20, 1893. 
June 20, 1893, to Apr. 6, 1897. 
May 15, 1897, to Jan. 30, 1900. 
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