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Show 1 I FIGURES NATION'S DEBT K 4 I 1 Wllllnm F. MacLennnn, chief of tho book- 1 ' keeping and warrants division of tho treasury do- ySiMP' -L partmcnt, Is tho man who keops track of tho pub- sb He debt. This debt amounts to tho enormous sum W 1 of 2'4C78C9991 Including gold certificates and 1 ywyjpZffl firV? United States treasury notes, which are offset by I I llVx t 1 nn co-un' amunt f ensh In tho treasury. ws!j, Whllo Mr. MncLennan does not actually havo possession of this vast sum, every cent that tho AVhjJ. I United States troasury receives from lntornal .tmHWtxr' revenue customs nnd other sources Is turned ovor l(ltllllmre to '1'm' ani caa'1 '8 Bont t'10 n"c States II lllll WVvvj treasurer, who Is under heavy bond to sccuro tho I I I 1 VWVVw. Bvernment against loss. Kvory dollnr that is dls-1 dls-1 1 illl burscd by tho government Is disposed of by Mr. llllllllllllillllllU'UUrti 311 SlacLennnn, by means of warrants. ' Mr. MacLcnnan has a marvelous mind for figures. Ho has been consulted, during his 30 years of scrvlco, by Presidents Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, Cleveland nnd Roosoyolt, nnd every secretary of tho treasury haB depended on him to a largo extent. Ho is a nntlvo of Now York and went to Washington first to take a position In tho Freedmon's bu renu. Ho began his scrvlco in tho treasury as a clerk. His work soon attracted at-tracted tho attention of his superiors and his promotion was rapid. Ho practically prac-tically organized Ills division, which la ono of tho best equipped bureaus of tho government. His books aro exhibited to-day as models of artistic penmanship, penman-ship, beauty and nccuracy. Ono of his chief duties is to prepnro tho annual estimates of oxpcdltures of tho government which aro submitted to congress by tho secretary of tho 4P treasury at tho beginning of each session of congross as a basis for tho np-' np-' proprlations. Mr. MncLennan Is tho most modest man In the employ of tho government. govern-ment. Ho positively refuses to talk nbout his duties, his accomplishments or his homo life. Ho lives in tho fashlonablo northwestorn district of tho city, but ts In no senso n society man. Ho Is GO years of ago, of medium height, has deep bluo eyes nnd wears n mustacho and whiskers, which nro tlngod with gray. Sorvoral times a position ns assistant secretary of tho treasury has f if been offered to him, but ho has declined, proforrlng to remnln at his present ' ' post. |