TABLE NO. 139.-Comparative statement of the total personnel in the United States Veterans' Bureau, together with the aggregate annual salaries, and the net increase or decrease of employees and salaries, as of June 30, 1923, and June 30, 1924 Total aggregate In- Deannual crease crease salaries Increase Decrease Grand total. 29,074 39, 279, 760 2, 193, 047 3, 654, 361 45, 127, 168 274, 240 NOTE.-Employees on daily and hourly basis are included in total personnel, but salaries have not been estimated. The large reduction in the total amount of allowances for June 30, 1924, is partially due to Executive order of June 7, 1924, which transferred commissioned officers of the United States Public Health Service to the regular rolls on an annual salary basis. 1 Does not include the hospitalization department which is carried in the hospitals of district No. 4. 18 31,900 31, 900 42 65, 470 65, 470 238 27,035 38, 142, 836 1, 744, 865 2,588, 677 42, 476, 378 2, 039 TABLE NO. 140.-Statement showing, by location, number of teachers and other employees in United States vocational schools as of June 30, 1924 TABLE NO. 141.-Comparative statement showing, by months, the total personnel in the United States Veterans' Bureau according to activity for the fiscal year 1923-24 1923 Activity June 30 July 31 Aug. 31 Sept. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 31 1924 Net increase or decrease Feb. 28 Mar. 31 Apr. 30 May 31 June 30 Increase Decrease 17231-24-35 CHIEF CLERK'S DIVISION The chief clerk's division is comprised of the mail subdivision; building and equipment subdivision; printing and duplicating subdivision; central office stock subdivision; machine repair section, photostat section and the watch force. The chief clerk is responsible also for assignment of space in the Arlington Building; the making of reports to the Bureau of the Budget and the Public Buildings Commission; custody of all furniture and other property in the Arlington Building and else where in the District of Columbia, belonging to the central office, such as motor equipment, etc.; storage and destruction of obsolete records; issuance of passes to personnel and property to be taken from the building; conducting the lost and found department; approval of all requisitions for supplies and equipment for central office; approval of every requisition for photostating of documents, letters, etc., of routine or confidential nature; providing every service required by the divisions of central office employing 4,500 persons, except personnel, and to perform such other duties as the director may order the chief clerk to perform from time to time. With the exception of the central office stock subdivision, which was transferred to this division August 1, 1923, the organization has remained the same throughout the year. The past fiscal year has seen the development and the successful results of concerted efforts toward the reduction of expenditures in accordance with the director's expressed desire for further economies in all activities. With the acquisition of the central office stock subdivision the total personnel of the division was increased to 529 employees. At the end of the fiscal year this number had been reduced to 452, a decrease of 77 employees or 14.5 per cent. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, the cost of printing at the Government Printing Office for use of both central office and the field offices, hospitals, supply depots, etc., of this bureau amounted to $207,016.25. Careful checking of printing requisitions, the elimination of duplicate forms, and economy in distribution permitted a saving of $92,983.75 out of the $300,000 appropriation for "Printing and Binding," which saving was used by the President to pay the cost of printing adjusted compensation forms for use of the War and Navy Departments prior to June 30, 1924, since Congress has not provided funds for that work. Similar arrangements have been made for this fiscal year. The United States Veterans' Bureau is the only Government organization, outside of the War and Navy Departments, using the Army and Navy radio services and thereby saves very large amounts in telegraph tolls. This successful use of the radio service and the savings Inade in telegraph tolls and special delivery stamps have been brought to the attention of the Bureau of the Budget. Every requisition for photostating is personally approved by the chief clerk or assistant chief clerk in order to prevent improper use of this equipment. During the past fiscal year careful checking of photostat requisitions resulted in reduction of the number of photostats |