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THE POSSIBLE QUESTION OF ANNUITY. UNSOLICITED OFFICIAL STATEMENT

NOTE: The ^[U.S.] Geological Survey was not organized until the Spring of 1879 under the Act of March 3, 1879 (20 Stat. L. 934), the first Director being Clarence King, appointed April 14, 1879. Previous to that time employees were doubtless put on duty without formal appointment.

It is noted that Mr. Holmes claims service from 1872, and his name appears in the Official Registers for 1875, 1877, and 1879, under "Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories." Should he desire to retire and requires this service to bring him within a certain class of annuity, the Pension Office will have to call upon the General Accounting Office to search the pay rolls and vouchers of Ferdinand V. Hayden, who was Special Disbursing Agent for the Expedition, paid from the appropriation for the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. He appointed his own help in part.

(Signed) J. W. Atwood, Acting Chief, Division of Appointment, Mails & Files,

Countersigned Sept. 24, 1925,
W. B. Acker, Chief Clerk,
Department of the Interior

^[End of Civil Service dated August 20, 1930, Extended 2 years.
Work [[?]] of final examination, 1930
Result 94 86/100 in due
Possible 96]