Our country and its resources; . $500,000 IN NOTES ON A TRUCK BUREAU OF ENGRAVI The Bureau of Engraving andPrinting designs, engraves, printsand finishes all of the securities andother similar work of the Govern-ment, embracing United Statesnotes, bonds, and certificates, Na-tional Bank notes. Federal Reservenotes, internal-revenue, postage andcustoms stamps, Treasury drafts NG AND PRINTING*and checks. disbursing officerschecks, licenses, commissions, patentand pension certificates, and por-traits authorized by law of deceasedMembers of Congress and other pub-lic officers; also all postage sta


Our country and its resources; . $500,000 IN NOTES ON A TRUCK BUREAU OF ENGRAVI The Bureau of Engraving andPrinting designs, engraves, printsand finishes all of the securities andother similar work of the Govern-ment, embracing United Statesnotes, bonds, and certificates, Na-tional Bank notes. Federal Reservenotes, internal-revenue, postage andcustoms stamps, Treasury drafts NG AND PRINTING*and checks. disbursing officerschecks, licenses, commissions, patentand pension certificates, and por-traits authorized by law of deceasedMembers of Congress and other pub-lic officers; also all postage stampsand all securities issued by the Bu-reau of Insular Affairs to our insularpossessions. *A special chapter by Director Ralph will be found in the first part ofthis book and is filled with interesting facts and pictures. (See pages 299 to 307.) r,m OUB COUNTRY AND [TS RESOURCES THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICEBy RUPERT BLUE, Surgeon-General. T IIE Unitedstates Pub-lie Health S c i- v i c e w a screated as theUnited States Marine HospitalService by the actapproved July 16,17ux. It contin-ued as the UnitedSlates Marine Hospital Service untilJuly 1. 1902, when Congress changedthe name to that of the Public Healthand Marine Hospital Service of theUnited states. The act approvedAugust 14. 1912, further changed thename of the Service to that of thePublic Health Service, and greatlyincreased its powers and originally created the I nit , Isto. As at present organ-ized the Bureau of the Public HealthService is situated at Washington,D. C. and


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