. Doc CLERKS AND OTHERS-WAR DEPARTMENT. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING List of clerks and other persons employed in that department. FEBRUARY 10, 1858.-Ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 9, 1858. SIR: In compliance with the acts approved April 20, 1818, and August 26, 1842, and a resolution of the House of Representatives of 13th January, 1846, I have the honor to transmit herewith lists of clerks and other persons employed in this department, other than officers of the army, during the year 1857. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. JAMES L. ORR, JOHN B. FLOYD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. List of persons employed in the office of the Secretary of War during the year 1857, showing the time each was employed, and the amount of compensation paid them, respectively. The persons named above have all been usefully employed, and their services cannot be dispensed with without detriment to the public service; nor is the removal of any and the appointment of others in their stead required for the better despatch of business. WAR DEPARTMENT, February, 1858. Hon. J. B. FLOYD, Secretary of War. Names. Employment. Statement of all clerks and other persons employed in the office of the Paymaster General during the year 1857, the State from whence appointed, the time employed, and the amount paid to each. Residence at time of appointment. Classification. Time paid for. Salary per annum, per acts March 3, 1853, and April 22, 1854. Amount paid. PAYMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, February 5, 1858. The above mentioned have been usefully employed, and their services cannot be dispensed with without detriment to the public service; nor is the removal of any, and the appointment of others in their stead, required for the despatch of business. BENJ. F. LARNED, Paymaster General. Remarks. List of clerks and messengers employed in the office of Chief Engineer during the year 1857. The persons named above have all been usefully employed during the year 1857; the services of none of them can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service; and the better despatch of business does not require the removal of any and the appointment of others in their stead. H. G. WRIGHT, Captain of engineers, in charge. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, January 12, 1858. List of clerks and messenger employed in the Ordnance Office during the year 1857; time employed, compensation, and the State or Territory of their residence at the time of their appointment. REMARKS.—The clerks and messenger have been usefully employed, and no person in the Ordnance Office can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service; and the prompt despatch of business does not require the removal of any of them and the appointment of others in their stead. H. K. CRAIG, ORDNANCE OFFICE, January 2, 1858. List of persons employed in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers during the year 1857, showing the time each was employed and the amount of compensation paid them respectively. The persons named above have all been usefully employed, and their services cannot be dispensed with without detriment to the public service; nor is the removal of any, and the appointment of others in their stead, required for the better despatch of business. J. J. ABERT, Colonel Corps of Top. Engineers. Statement of all clerks and other persons employed in this office during the year 1857, the State from whence appointed, the time when employed, and the amount paid to each. All have been usefully employed, and in my opinion the services of any of them cannot be dispensed with without detriment to the public service. A. E. SHIRAS, Captain, Acting C. G. S. |