Show I MR HITCHCOCK3S AID I George w nell who has been appointed prl < vato secretary to Postmaster General Hitchcock ° 1 has been In tho government service about 10 t I years Ho was originally appointed a temporary employe at tho headquarters of the department 1 I of Cuba nt Havana In August 189U but was compelled l com-pelled to resign on account of illness In February Febru-ary 1300 He was appointed to n clerkship In tho war department In August 1900 and resigned to accept ac-cept a position at 1400 In the postolllco department depart-ment December 1 1903 Ho steadily roscvinrnnk t U 4 through the various grades to bo the assistant VIII chief clerk of the postoulce department a post d from which ho was promoted to bet private secretary sec-retary to the postmaster general Mr Relic was born In Delaware but was appointed ap-pointed from Baltimore Prior to his appointment to tho Cuban service ho was In a law office and later with the Standard OH Company at Baltimore Balti-more He was educated in the public schools at Frederica Del and at Delaware college Newark Del Mr Uelk attracted the attention of Mr Hitchcock when he was first assistant postmaster general It was at his request that Mr Itelk was transferred trans-ferred from the war department 1 I r |