The following are the officers of the "World's Columbian Commission:"

President, Thomas W. Palmer; Secretary, John T. Dickinson; Director-General, George R. Davis.

Department Chiefs

Agriculture, W I. Buchanan; Horticulture, John M. Samuels; Live Stock, Eber W. Cottrell; Fish and Fisheries, John W. Collins; Mines and Mining, F. J. V Skiff; Machinery, L. W. Robinson; Transportation, W. A. Smith; Manufactures, James Allison; Electricity, John P. Barrett; Fine Arts, Halsey C. Ives; Liberal Arts, S. H. Peabody; Ethnology, F. W. Putnam; Forestry, W. I. Buchanan, in charge; Publicity and Promotion, Moses P. Handy; Foreign Affairs, Walker Fearn; Secretary of Installation, Joseph Hirst; Traffic Manager, E. E. Jaycox.

There are eight commissioners at large and two from each State and Territory and the District of Columbia. There are the same number of lady managers.

President of the Board of Lady Managers, Mrs. Potter Palmer; Secretary, Mrs. Susan Gale Cook.

The officers of the World's Columbian Exposition are as follows:

President, H. N. Higinbotham; Secretary, H. O. Edmonds; Treas urer, A. F. Seeberger; Auditor, William K. Ackerman; Chief of Construction, D. H. Burnham.