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THE AMERICAN POSTAL SERVICE
History of the Postal Service from theEarliest Times
The American System Described with Full Detailsof Operation
A Fund of Interesting Information upon All Postal Subjects
By
LOUIS MELIUS
Washington, D. C.
Second Edition Revised and Enlarged
Copyright 1917 Louis Melius
NATIONAL CAPITAL PRESS, INC., WASHINGTON, D. C.
Postmaster General Burleson
Biographical Sketches of the Postmaster General and His Four Assistants
Albert Sidney Burleson, of Austin, Tex., Postmaster General, was born June 7,1863, at San Marcos, Tex.; was educated at Agricultural and Mechanical Collegeof Texas, Baylor University (of Waco), and University of Texas. Was admittedto the bar in 1884; was Assistant City Attorney of Austin in 1885, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89and ‘90; was appointed by the Governor of Texas, Attorney of the Twenty-SixthJudicial District in 1891; was elected to said office, 1892, ‘94 and ‘96; was elected tothe 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62d, and 63d Congresses; appointed PostmasterGeneral March 4, 1913, and confirmed March 6, 1913.
John C. Koons, First Assistant Postmaster General, entered the service as aRailway Postal Clerk; was transferred to Washington and made Post Office Inspector,subsequently made Chief of the Division of Salaries and Allowances and member ofthe Parcel Post Commission, in which latter connection his services were consideredof especial value and importance. Appointed Chief Post Office Inspector and uponthe resignation of the late First Assistant Postmaster General, Daniel C. Roper,was named to succeed him. His legal residence is in Carroll Co., Md.
Otto Praeger, Second Assistant Postmaster General, was born in Victoria, Tex.,1871. Legal residence, San Antonio, Tex. Took a course of instruction in theUniversity of Texas and was a student on political economy under David F. Houstonnow Secretary of Agriculture. Engaged in the newspaper business at San Antonioin 1887—San Antonio Light and San Antonio Express; was for a time city clerk ofsaid city; was engaged in n