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136 [[red underline]] Civil Engineer H.R. Stanford, [[/red underline]] Chief Bureau Yards and Docks. Wears a black [[strikethrough]] wiy [[/strikethrough]] wig on top of his head, or wears [[overwritten]] hear [[/overwritten]] hair that [[black underline]] looks [[/black underline]] like a wig. Has rather wet eyes, [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] however seems well ported on his subject Paymaster [[red underline]] General Samuel McGowan. [[/red underline]] A good looking youngish looking man of about 45. well dressed, sporty appearance, cheerful and ready to tell or listen to a story a [[red underline]] friend of Capt McDonald of Yokohama [[/red underline]] of whom he speaks highly Surgeon [[red underline]] General W.C. Braisted,[[/red underline]] Chief of Bureau of Medicine [[end page]] [[start page]] 137 and Surgery. He tells me his original name of his ancestors was [[black underline]] Van [[/black underline]] Braisted or [[black underline]] Breestad. [[/black underline]] Pleasant, suave manner, looks and talks more like a clergyman or a lawyer, but seems current and well ported on his subject. ^[[He]] Regrets that our board does not include one or two medical men. Major General [[red underline]] George Barnett [[/red underline]] Commandant of Marine Corps. Pleasant gentleman, ready to accept the humor of a situation after you have talked to him for a few minutes. Captain [[red underline]] Ridley McLean Judge Advocate General [[/red underline]] of the Navy. With his compressed head rather broad and squatty, and rather common-