Monday. Name the person and group
Gary Smyth
As early as 1873, a report was issued on abuses that occurred in the Mediterranean region that sent an alarm into the United States. �...take measures for bringing to the notice of our several State Governments, and Congress with respect to the territories��
The report was an instant success. The following day after release, a committee of nine prominent men was appointed to pursue the matter with the president and Congress. In August of 1876, after nearly three years of lobbying Congress passed a bill with a rider attached that provided $2,000 for the appointment of this service (19 Stat. 143, 167). The position was placed under the direction of a Commissioner Frederick Watts, who appointed today�s trivia person in August, 1876. Who was the person appointed by commissioner Watts and what area of government did it lead to in today�s government?