was appointed as a temporary clerk for the purpose of
introducing the book typewriter for recording the correspondence
of the Department which formerly had been done by hand. After
installing the book typewriter and bringing the Diplomatic Notes
and Instructions up to date, she was detailed as stenographer
and typewriter to the Chief Clerk of the Department. Her duties
in the office of the Chief Clerk required her to be familiar
with the work of the bureaus of the Department and the many
intricate questions constantly presented to the Chief Clerk's
office. She was required to have expert knowledge of the cipher
used in the Department, and a considerable part of her time was
employed in enciphering and deciphering telegrams sent from and
received by the Department.

One young woman was detailed for three months to serve as
stenographer and typewriter to the American Commission at The
Hague in the arbitration between the United States and Mexico,
where she assisted in taking stenographic report of the sessions
before the arbitral court.

Miss ----, appointed under the civil service rules, was in the
Bureau of Foreign Commerce, where her duties required her to
prepare the consular reports for publication, translate extracts
from foreign commercial newspapers, etc.

A clerk was appointed in the recorder of deeds' office, but
resigned to accept an appointment in the Department of State.
Her work at first was in the Diplomatic Bureau, where she was
engaged in preparing papers for signature, translating French,
Italian, and Spanish; engrossing treaties, proclamations,
drafting maps, pen and ink sketches, etc. Later she was detailed
to the Bureau of Indexes and Archives, where she was employed in
recording the Diplomatic Notes and Instructions of the
Department on the book typewriter.

_Department of the Interior_.--Mrs. ---- held a law desk in the
General Land Office and decided many of the difficult problems
connected with the deeds and patents of land on the frontier.
Was first appointed in the Government Printing Office at $48 per
month, and later appointed in the Pension Office at an increased
salary, where her duties were copying pension certificates and
notifying pensioners of the allowance of their pensions. Upon
her second promotion, the work and pay being unsatisf