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Show S X MEMBERS Of CABINET SWORN IN; NO SALARY fi WILSON AT PRESENT terstata Com mar ea Commiasiooer Marble Mar-ble and other frieuda witnessing the 'rwhy'wimam B. Wilso, t he tfgw secretary of labor, took the oath of office, of-fice, that ceremony broufht to former Ker rotary of Commeree and Labor Wa-frel Wa-frel the distinction of being Ua last secretary of eommoree and labor and the firat secretary of commerce. Secretary Sec-retary Nagel will be a member of President Pres-ident Wilson 'e cabinet nntil William C. Redfleld U ewora In today tt rotary of commerce). Secretary Wilson will serve for the preeent without ami-ary, ami-ary, as congress mad no appropriation for his office. WASHINGTON, March 8. In marked contrast with the pomp and circumstance circum-stance with which their chief ducted into office, six members of President Pres-ident Wilson official family were ,WTnoe who began their official Uvea late yegterday were: . Secretaries Bryan, Garrison DanieU, Lane Burleaon and Wilson. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, Secretary of Agriculture Houston, Attorney General McReynolds and Sncretary of Commerce Rcdfield will take their oaths tomorrow. tomor-row. . . Mr. Bryan took the oath of office at the state department, where he appeared ap-peared at 4 o'clock with Mra. Brvan and a party of friendg. Assistant Secretaries Sec-retaries Wilson, Aden and Hale also were present when the oath was administered admin-istered by William McNair, chief dark of the department. Brvan Slants Commissions. The first offielal net of Secretary Bryan wai to sign the commissions of the other members of President Wilson's Wil-son's cabinet. The last official act of Secretary Knoi was to sign Ihe commission com-mission of his successor. Mr. Knox, departed de-parted this afternoon for Palm Beach, Lindley M. fiarrison, the new secretary secre-tary of war, was sworn in a few moments mo-ments before 4 o'cloch by John B. Handolph. chief clerk of the secretary a office, who has sworn in every secretary secre-tary of war sine the davs of President Pres-ident Ornnt. All the forenoon Mr. Garrison Gar-rison had passed iu conference with former Secretary Htimson. After taking tak-ing the oath he received all the srmy officers in the city and the civilian em plovees of his department. the largest gathering to witness the ceremonio attending the induction into I office of a cabinet member was pres ent when .lotephus Daniels took the I oath that made him secretary of the i navy. i Burleron Takes Oath. Chief Justice Sherwrd of the District of Columbia supreme court administered teh oath of office to Postmaster (in oral Albert Burleson. Frank M'tchcoeg. the retiring postmaster genersl, and a party of friends were present. Ru kin McArdlc, who has been associated with Mr. Hurleson for the last twelve years, was appointed secretary to the postmaster general. Franklin K. Lane, the new secretary of the interior, be gan his cahinet rerco- in the supreme court, having been called there by a departmental de-partmental case. He was sworn in hv Justice MeKer.na with Mrs. Lane. In |