Excerpt from The U. S. Reclamation Service: Its History, Activities and Organization The greater the work, the more varied the activities engaged in, and the more complex the organization employed, the more imperative becomes the necessity that this information shall be available - and available in such a form that it can be readily utilized. Of all undertakings, none in the United States, and few, if any, in the world. Approach in magnitude, complexity, and im portance that of the national government of the United States. As President Taft expressed it in his message to Congress of January I7, 1912, in referring to the inquiry being made under his direction into the efficiency and economy of the methods of prosecuting public business, the activities of the national government are almost as varied as those of the entire busi ness world. The operations of the Government affect the in tercet of every person living within the jurisdiction of the United States. Its organization embraces stations and centers of work located in every city and in many local subdivisions of the country. Its gross expenditures amount to nearly annually. Including the personnel of the mili tary and naval establishments, more than persons are required to do the work imposed by law upon the executive branch of the Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.