. A bird's eye view of our federal government . pector, through his assistants, superAises thelocal offices and mail service; and the division of special agentstakes account of complaints of loss, irregularities and reportedviolations of the law. 75. Compare our navy with those of other countries and give relative strens^h. 76. When was the postoffice established? Name the postmaster general andhis chief assistants. ,o /^. 77. What business is assigned to the office of the postmaster general? Givehe duties of the topographer. Those of the inspection Also those otthe special agents di
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . pector, through his assistants, superAises thelocal offices and mail service; and the division of special agentstakes account of complaints of loss, irregularities and reportedviolations of the law. 75. Compare our navy with those of other countries and give relative strens^h. 76. When was the postoffice established? Name the postmaster general andhis chief assistants. ,o /^. 77. What business is assigned to the office of the postmaster general? Givehe duties of the topographer. Those of the inspection Also those otthe special agents division. 62 OUB FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 78. Office of the First Assistant Postmaster General. To the office of the first assistant postmaster general is as-signed the duty of establishing and discontinuiDg postoffices,and the appointment of postmasters and the clerks in therailway mail service, also the consideration of questions ofsalary or allowance, the filing of the bonds of postmasters,^vnd correspondence relating to all these matters. To this. DON M, DICKINSON,Postmaster General. [Mr. Dickinson was appointed postmaster general in January, 1888,Previous to this, he was known as a prominent lawyer of Detroit, Mich.,who had shown some skill in political management. Occupied in thepractice of law, he had never sought office for himself,but had, it is said,secured the election or appointment of innumerable friends and politi-cal allies.] office is also attached the division of free delivery, whichsupervises the letter carrier system in the large cities; alsothe Blank Agency (as it is called) that supplies the postalservice with jequisite blanks, etc. OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 63 79. Oflace of the Second Assistant Postmaster General. To the oflSce of the second assistant postmaster general isassigned the business of arranging the mail service and pro-viding mail transportation over star routes/ as they arecalled. These are the land routes over which the mail iscarried otherwise than b
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