Walter Wyman to James L. Wilmeth
Title
Walter Wyman to James L. Wilmeth
Creator
Wyman, Walter, 1848-1911
Identifier
ST040511
Date
1911 April 5
Description
Surgeon General responds to request for statement showing name of each messenger and laborer employed in the Bureau.
Source
US National Archives and Records Administration
450/62/12/4
450/62/12/4
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Contributor
Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock
Language
English
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
The Chief Clerk,
Treasury Department,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
In response to your letter of March 18, I beg leave to submit herewith a statement showing the name of each messenger and laborer employed in this Bureau and the exact duties performed by each.
I may add that the messenger and laborer force in this Bureau is not adequate to the proper performance of the duties required. It is found necessary to place one of the two laborers on constant messenger duty, and the remaining laborer is not able to attend to all the work necessary to keep the building in a satisfactory condition. Moreover, the fact that this Bureau occupies five floors, with no elevator, reduces the effectiveness of the messenger force, as they are constantly obliged to climb and descend stairs, which makes the service more difficult. One messenger is almost constantly out of the building on necessary official trips to the Department and elsewhere.
Respectfully,
Walter Wyman
Surgeon-General.
DSM
1 4-page inclosure.
Treasury Department,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
In response to your letter of March 18, I beg leave to submit herewith a statement showing the name of each messenger and laborer employed in this Bureau and the exact duties performed by each.
I may add that the messenger and laborer force in this Bureau is not adequate to the proper performance of the duties required. It is found necessary to place one of the two laborers on constant messenger duty, and the remaining laborer is not able to attend to all the work necessary to keep the building in a satisfactory condition. Moreover, the fact that this Bureau occupies five floors, with no elevator, reduces the effectiveness of the messenger force, as they are constantly obliged to climb and descend stairs, which makes the service more difficult. One messenger is almost constantly out of the building on necessary official trips to the Department and elsewhere.
Respectfully,
Walter Wyman
Surgeon-General.
DSM
1 4-page inclosure.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilmeth, James L.
Files
Collection
Citation
Wyman, Walter, 1848-1911, “Walter Wyman to James L. Wilmeth,” 1911 April 5, ST040511, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.