Assistant General Superintendent-Oliver M. Maxam (1905), D. C., $2.500. Board of General Appraisers-Henderson M. Somerville (1890), Ala., president; T. S. Sharretts (1890), Md.; Israel F. Commandant, Ellsworth P. Bertholf; Minn.; Charles P. McClelland (1903), Ν. Revenue Cutter Service-Chief, Capt. Fischer (1900), N. Y.; Byron S. Waite (1902), Mich.; Eugene G. Hay (1903), Assistant, Henry S. Merrill; Engineer, in Chief, Charles A. McAllister. SECRETARY OF WAR.... WAR DEPARTMENT. ...HENRY L. STIMSON (1911), Ν. Υ., $12,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY............ROBERT SHAW OLIVER (1903), Ν. Υ., $5,000 ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK........JOHN C. SCOFIELD (1899), Ga., $4,000 Chief of Coast Artillery. Brig. Gen. Erasmus M. Weaver Mar. 15, 1911 Bureau of Insular Affairs. .... Brig. Gen. Frank McIntyre..........Aug. 24, 1912 BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS. President.... Col. Wm. T. Rossell, No. 14 Lenox Place, New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. BATTLEFIELD PARK COMMISSIONS. Gettysburg National Military ParkCommissioners John P. Nicholson, Penn.; Lunsford L. Lomax, Va.; C. A. Richardson, N. Y.; compensation, $10 a day. Shiloh National Military Park-Commissioners, Major D. W. Reed; James H. Ashcraft, Ky.: Basil Duke, Ky.; compensation, $250 a month. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park-Chairman, Charles H. Grosvenor, Ohio; John T. Wilder, Tenn.; Jos. B. Cumming, Georgia; compensation, $300 a month. Vicksburg National Military ParkCommissioners, William T. Rigby, Iowa; Louis Guion, La.: James G. Everest, Ill., compensation, $300 a month. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. ATTORNEY GENERAL GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM (1909), N. Y., $12,000 SOLICITOR GENERAL... ..........( WILLIAM M. BULLITT (1912), Ky., $10,000 ASSISTANT TO THE ATTY. GENERAL....JAMES A. FOWLER (1911), Tenn., $7,000 Assistant Attorneys General-John Q. Solicitor, Department of Commerce and Thompson (1907), Kan.; William R. Harr (1909), D. C.; Winfred T. Denison (1910), New York; William H. Lewis (1911), Mass.; Ernest Knaebel (1911), Col.; Jesse C. Adkins (1912), D. C. Assistant Attorney General, Interior Department-Charles W. Cobb (1911), Cal., $5,000. Assistant Attorney General, Postoffice Department-Russel P. Goodwin (1904), 111., $5,000. Assistant Attorney General, Court of Customs Appeals-William L. Wemple (1911), N. Y., $8,000. Labor-Charles Earl (1906), D. C., $5,000. Solicitor of the Treasury-William T. Thompson (1910), Neb., $5,000. Assistant Solicitor of the TreasuryFelix A. Reeve (1897), Tenn., $3,000. Solicitor of Internal Revenue-Fletcher Maddox (1908), Mont., $5,000. Chief Clerk-Orin J. Field (1903), Kan.. $3,000. Attorney in Charge of Titles-Henry L. Gilbert (1911), Mich., $3,500. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. POSTMASTER GENERAL.... PETER V. DE GRAW (1905), Penn., $5,000 Chief Clerk-George G. Thomson (1912), Service-Theodore Ingalls (1911), Ky., $4,-. Mich., $4,000. Director of Postal Savings-Theo. L. Weed (1912), Conn., $5,000. Superintendent of Foreign Malls-Basil Miles (1908), Penn., $3,000. Superintendent of Money Order System -Edward F. Kimball (1903), Mass., $3,500. Superintendent of System of Postal Financo-Charles H. Fullaway (1911), Penn., $2,250. Superintendent of Registry SystemC. Howard Buckler (1906), D. C., $2,500. Superintendent Rural Delivery Service George L. Wood (1912), Md., $3,000. General Superintendent of Railway Mail 000. Superintendent of Dead Letter OfficeJames R. Young (1905), Penn., $2.500. Superintendent of Railway Adjustments-Charles H. McBride (1910), Ν. Y., $3,000. Supt. Division of Classification-Willliam C. Wood (1911), Kan., $2,750. Superintendent City Delivery ServiceWm. R. Spilman (1910), Kans., $3,000. General Supt. Salaries and Allowances - John C. Koons (1911), Md., $4,000. Chief Postoffice Inspector-Robert S. Sharp (1910), Tenn., $4,000. Brazil in 1911 had 12,221 schools, with 634,539 pupils and 8,064 teachers. NAVY DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY......GEORGE VON L. MEYER (1909), Mass., $12,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY. CHIEF CLERK. Bureau. Navigation Ordnance BEEKMAN WINTHROP (1909), N. Y., $5,000 ..........F. S. CURTIS (1907), Ohio, $3,000 BUREAU CHIEFS AND DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Name. Date appointed. .. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews......... ...Jan. 1, 1912 Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining. May 25, 1911 Medicine and Surgery...... *Surgeon General Charles F. Stokes........ Feb. 5, 1910 Supplies and Accounts.... *Paymaster General Thomas J. Cowie... Dec. 13, 1910 Steam Engineering... Rear Admiral Hutch I. Cone. May 14, 1909 Construction and Repair... *Chief Constructor Richard M. Watt...... Dec, 13, 1910 Yards and Docks... *Civil Engineer Homer R. Stanford. ....Jan. 14, 1912 Judge Advocate General... Captain Robert L. Russell.. . Nov. 3, 1909 Aids: Captain Templin M. Potts, personnel; Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland, fileet operations; Captain Albert G. Winterhalter, material; Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, inspections. Aid to Secretary of Navy, Lieutenant Commander Leigh C. Palmer. * Rank of Rear Admiral while Chief of Bureau. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR......WALTER L. FISHER (1911), III., $12,000 FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY.. .......SAMUEL ADAMS (1911), III., $5,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY.... Chief Clerk-Clement S. Ucker (1909), Ohio, $4,000. Assistant to the Secretary-George R. Gove (1911), Wis., $2,750. Commissioner of General Land Office- V. Leander Commissioner of Patents-Edward B. Moore (1907). D. C., $5,000. First Assistant Commissioner of Patents-Cornellus C. Billings (1907), Vt., $4,500. Assistant Commissioner of PatentsFrederick A. Tennant (1909), N. Y., $3,500. Commissioner of Education-Philander P. Claxton (1911), Tenn., $5,000. .LEWIS C. LAYLIN (1912), Ohio, $4,500 Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs-Frederick H. Abbott (1909), Neb., $3,500. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs-Charles F. Hauke (1910), Wash., $2,750. Director of Geological Survey-George Consulting Engineer, Reclamation Service Brigadier General William L. Marshall, U S. A., retired (1910), $7,500. Chief Law Officer, Reclamation Service-Philip P. Wells (1911), Conn., $4,500. Superintendent of Capitol Building and Grounds - Elliott Woods (1902), Ind., $6,000. Director of the Bureau of Mines-Joseph Austin Holmes (1910), N. C., $6,000. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. JAMES WILSON (1897), Iowa, $12,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY..... ..WILLETT M. HAYS (1904), Minn., $5,000 Chief Clerk-C. C. Clark (1910), Penn., $3,000. Solicitor--George P. McCabe (1908), Utah, $5,000. Chief of Weather Bureau-Willis L. Moore (1895), 111., $6,000. Chief of Bureau of Animal IndustryAlonzo D. Melvin (1906), 111., $5,000. Chief of Bureau of Plant Industry-B. T. Galloway (1901), Mo., $5,000. Chief of Bureau of Forestry-Henry S. Graves (1910). Conn., $5,000. Chief of Bureau of Chemistry-Carl Alsberg (1912), N. Y., $5,000. bursements-A. Zappone (1906), D. C., $3,750. Chief of Bureau of Soils-Milton Whitney (1894), Md., $4,000. Chief of Bureau of Entomology-L. O. Howard (1894), N. Y., $4,500. Chief of Bureau of Biological SurveyH. W. Henshaw (1910), Mass., $3,500. Director of Office of Experiment Stations-A. C. True (1893), Conn., $4,500. Chief of Division of Publications-Joseph A. Arnold (1909), Ind., $3,250. Director of Office of Public RoadsLogan W. Page (1905), Mass., $4,000. Chief of Bureau of Statistics-Victor Chief of Division of Accounts and Dis-H. Olmstead (1906), N. C., $4,000. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR..CHARLES NAGEL (1909), Mo., $12,000 ASSISTANT SECRETARY.. ....BENJAMIN S. CABLE (1909), 111., $5,000 Commissioner of Labor-Charles P. Neill (1904), D. C., $5,000. Chief Clerk-Robert M. Pindell, jr. (1910), Md., $3,000. Commissioner of Corporations-Luther Conant, jr. (1912), N. Y., $5,000. Deputy Commissioner of Corporations Commissioner General of Immigration and Naturalization Daniel J. Keefe (1908). Mich.. $5.000. Assistant Commissioner of Immigration Francis Walker, jr. (1912), Mass., $3,500.-Frank H. Larned (1907), Md., $3,500. The fourth largest city in Spain is Seville, which had a population of 155,366 in 1910. Chief Division of Naturalization-Richard K. Campbell (1906), Va., $3,500. Chief Division of Information-Terence V. Powderly (1907), Penn., $3,500. Commissioners of Ports-William Williams (1909), N. Y., $6,500; Bertram N. Stump (1911), Baltimore, Md., $4,000; George B. Billings (1907), Boston, $4,000; John J. S. Rodgers (1895), Philadelphia, $4,000; Samuel W. Backus (1911), San Francisco, $4,000; John H. Clark (1905), Montreal, $4,000; Ellis de Bruler (1909), Seattle; Graham L. Rice (1904), San Juan, Porto Rico, $3,600; S. E. Redfern (1909), New Orleans, $3,000. Supervising Inspector General of Steam Vessels George Uhler (1903), Penn., $4,000. *INDEPENDENT Director of the Bureau of StandardsSamuel W. Stratton (1901), 111., $6,000. Commissioner of Navigation-Eugene T Chamberlain (1893), N. Y., $4,000, Director of the Census-E. Dana Durand (1909), Cal., $6,000. Coinmissioner of Fish and FisheriesGeorge M. Bowers (1898), W. Va., $6,000. Commissioner of Lighthouses-George R. Putnam (1910), Iowa, $5,000. Deputy Commissioner of Lighthouses-J. S. Conway (1912), Mont., $4,000. Superintendent U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey-O. H. Tittman (1900). Mo.. $6,000. Chief of the Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce-Albert H. Baldwin (1912), Conn., $4,000. Chief of the Children's Bureau-Miss Julia C. Lathrop (1912), 111., $5,000. COMMISSIONS AND OFFICES. Interstate Commerce Commission. Commissioners - Charles A. Prouty (1896), Vt., chairman; Judson C. Clements (1892), Ga.; Franklin K. Lane (1905), Cal.; Edward E. Clark (1906), Iowa; James S. Harlan (1906), III.; B. H. Meyer (1910), Wis.; C. C. McChord (1910), Ky.; each, $10,000. Secretary-John H. Marble (1912), Cal., $5,000. Civil Service Commission. Commissioners-John C. Black (1904), 111., $4,500; John A. McIlhenny (1906), La.; William S. Washburn (1909), N. Y.; each, $4,000. Chief Examiner - George (1908), Vt., $3,000. Secretary-John T. Doyle (1880), NY., $2,500. *For Philippine and Panama Canal Federal Fine Arts Commission. Daniel C. French, N. Y., chairman; vice-chairman, Frederick Law Olmstead, jr., N. Y.; Thomas Hastings, N. Y.; Cass Gilbert, N. Y.; Charles Moore, Mich.; Edwin H. Blashfield, N. Y.; Peirce Anderson, Chicago. No salary. Government Printing Office. Public Printer-Samue! B. Donnelly (1908), N. Y., $5,500. Deputy Public Printer-Henry T. Brian (1907), Md., $3,600. Library of Congress. Putnam (1899), Librarian - Herbert THE FOREIGN SERVICE. ITS SCOPE AND CHARACTER. P. C. The Foreign Service of the United States includes the Diplomatic Corps and the Consular Service. In both these branches great progress has been made in recent years in efficiency, permanency of tenure and the elimination of mere political influence in appointments. In the Diplomatic Corps the permanent grades are as follows: Ambassadors plenipotentiary, envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, ministers resident, diplomatic agents, secretaries of embassy, secretaries of legation, second secretaries of embassy, second secretaries of legation and third secretaries of embassy. Officers of the army and navy serve as military and naval attachés to some embassies and legations. The grade of ambassador was established by Congress under the second Cleveland administration. The law provided that when any foreign country should send a diplomatic representative of the grade of ambassador to the United States, the President might appoint an ambassador of the United States to that country. Congress, however, recently recalled the discretionary authority The Grade of given to the President and provided that embassies should be created thereafter only by legislation. There are now ten embassies-to Austria-Hungary, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Turkey. Until 1905 there were no regulations governing appointments to the Diplomatic Corps. On November 10, 1905, President Roosevelt issued the following Appointments to the Foreign Service, or executive order: It is hereby ordered that vacancies in the office of secretary of embassy or legation shall hereafter be filled(a) By transfer or promotion from some branch of the (b) By the appointment of a person who, having furnished satisfactory evidence of character, responsibility and capacity, and being thereupon selected by the President for examination, is found upon such examination to be qualified for the position. The second largest city in Egypt is Alexandria, which had a population of 332,246 in On November 26, 1909, President Taft issued an executive order enlarging the scope of the merit system and providing for promotions in the lower grades of the service up to minister. The chief provisions of the order were as follows: The Secretary of State is hereby directed to report from time to time to the President, along with his recommendations, the names of those secretaries of the higher grades in the diplomatic service who by reason of efficient service have demonstrated special capacity for promotion to be chiefs of mission. Order of November 26, 1909. Initial appointments from outside the service to secretaryships in the diplomatic service shall be only to the classes of third secretary of embassy, or in case of higher existent vacancies, of second secretary of legation, or of secretary of legation at such post as has assigned to it but one secretary. Vacancies in secretaryships of higher classes shall be filled by promotion from the lower grades of the service, based upon efficiency and ability as shown in the service. The Assistant Secretary of State, the solicitor for the Department of State, the chief of the diplomatic bureau and the chief of the bureau of appointments and the chief examiner of the Civil Service Commission or some person whom the commis sion shall designate, or such persons as may be designated to serve in their stead, are hereby constituted a board whose duty it shall be to determine the qualifications of persons designated by the President for examination to determine their fitness for possible appointment as secretaries of embassy or legation. The examination herein provided for shali be held in Washington at such times as the needs of the service require. Candidates will be given reasonable notice to attend, and no person shall be designated to take the examination within thirty days of the time set therefor. The examinations shall be both oral and in writing and shall include the following subjects: International law, diplomatic usage and a knowledge of at least one modern language other than English to wit, French, Spanish or Examinations. German; also the natural, industrial and commercial resources and the commerce of the United States, especially with reference to the possibility of increasing and extending the trade of the United States with foreign countries; American history, government and institutions, and the modern history since 1850 of Europe, Latin America and the Far East. The object of the oral examination shall also be to determine the candidate's alertness, general contemporary information and natural fitness for the service, including mental, moral and physical qualifications, character, address and general education and good command of English. In this part of the examination the applications previously filed will be given due weight by the board of examiners. In their determination of the final rating the written and oral ratings shall be of equal weight. A physical examination shall also be included as supplemental. Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and no person with a general rating of less than 80 shall be certified as eligible No person shall be certified as eligible who is under twenty-one or over fifty years of age, or who is not a citizen of the United States, or who is not of good character and habits and physically, mentally and temperamentally qualified for the proper performance of diplomatic work, or who has not been specially designated by the President for appointment to the diplomatic service subject to examination and subject to the occurrence of an appropriate vacancy. The names of candidates will remain on the eligible list for two years, except in the case of such candidates as shall within that period be appointed or shall withdraw their names. Names which have been on the eligible list for two years will be dropped therefrom and the candidates concerned will not again be eligible for appointment unless upon fresh application, designation anew for examination and the successful passing of such second examination. In designations for appointment subject to examination and in appointments after examination due regard will be had to the rule that as between candidates of equal merit appointments should be made so as to tend to secure proportional representation of all the states and territories in the diplomatic service; and neither in the designation for examination or certification or appointment after examination will the Proportional Representation. political affiliations of the candidates be considered. Transfers from one branch of the Foreign Service to another shall not occur except upon designation by the President for examination and the successful passing of the examination prescribed for the service to which such transfer Transfers. is made. Unless the exigencies of the service imperatively demand it, such person to be transferred shall not have preference in designation for the taking of the examination or in appointment from the eligible list, but shall follow the course of procedure prescribed for all applicants for appointment to the service which he desires to enter. To persons employed in the Department of State at salaries of $1,800 or more the preceding rule shall not apply, and they may be appointed on the basis of ability and efficiency to any grade of the diplomatic service. Officers in the Consular Service appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate are divided into the following grades: Consuls general at large, consuls general, consuls and consular assistants. The Consular There are also vice and deputy consuls general and consuls Service. and consular agents. But these last are selected under regulations made by the State Department and act as clerks or representatives of the officers of the higher grades. The Consular Service was thoroughly reorganized by the act of Congress There were in the United States 28,144 newspapers and periodicals enjoying second class mail privileges on July 1, 1912. approved April 5, 1906, amended by the act approved May 11, 1908. These acts divided the consulates general into seven classes and the consuls into nine classes. The old fee system was abolished, every consul general and consul receiving a fixed salary and turning the fees of his office into the Treasury. Agents receive one-half of the fees which they collect up to $1,000. By an executive order issued by President Roosevelt on June 27, 1906, amended by further orders of December 12, 1906; June 20, 1907, and the act approved May 21, 1908, a system of appointments after examination and promotions for fitness was established. The chief provisions of these orders were as follows: REGULATIONS GOVERNING APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. 1. Vacancies in the office of consul general and in the office of consul above Class 8 shall be filled by promotion from the lower grades of the Consular Service, based upon ability and efficiency as shown in the service. 2. Vacancies in the office of consul of Class 8 and of consul of Class 9 shall be filled: (a) By promotion on the basis of ability and efficiency as shown in the service, of consular clerks and of vice-consuls, deputy consuls and consular agents who shall have been appointed to such offices upon examination. (b) By new appointments of candidates who have passed a satisfactory examination for appointment as consul as hereafter provided. 3. Persons in the service of the Department of State with salaries of $2,000 or upward shall be eligible for promotion, on the basis of ability and efficiency as shown in the service, to any grade of the Consular Service above Class 8 of consuls. 4. The Secretary of State, or such other officer of the Department of State as the President shall designate, the chief of the consular bureau and the chief examIner of the Civil Service Commission, or some person whom said commission shall designate, shall constitute a board of examiners for admission to the Consular Service. 5. It shall be the duty of the board of examiners to formulate rules for and hold examinations of applicants for admission to the Consular Service. 6. The scope and method of the examinations shall be determined by the board of examiners, but among the subjects shall be included at least one modern language other than English; the natural, industrial and commercial resources and the commerce of the United States, especially with reference to the possibilities of increas ing and extending the trade of the United States with foreign countries; political economy, elements of international, commercial and maritime law. 7. Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and no person rated at less than 80 shall be eligible for certification. 8. No one shall be examined who is under twenty-one or over fifty years of age, or who is not a citizen of the United States, or who is not of good character and habits and physically and mentally qualified for the proper performance of consular work, or who has not been specially designated by the President for appointment to the Consular Service subject to examination. 9. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the eighth or ninth class of consuls which the President may deem it expedient to fill, the Secretary of State shall inform the board of examiners, who shall certify to him the list of those persons eligbile for appointment, accompanying the certificate with a detailed report showing the qualifications, as revealed by examination, of the persons so certified. If it be desired to fill a vacancy in a consulate in a country in which the United States exercises extra-territorial jurisdiction, the Secretary of State shall so inform the board of examiners, who shall include in the list of names certified by it only such persons as have passed the examination provided for in this order, and who also have passed an examination in the fundamental principles of the common law, the rules of evidence and the trial of civil and criminal cases. The list of names which the board of examiners shall certify shall be sent to the President for his information. 10. No promotion shall be made except for efficiency, as shown by the work that the officer has accomplished, the ability, promptness and diligence displayed by him in the performance of all his official duties, his conduct and his fitness for the Consular Service. 11. It shall be the duty of the board of examiners to formulate rules for and hold examinations of persons designated for appointment as consular clerk, and of such persons designated for appointment as vice-consul, deputy consul and consular agent as shall desire to become eligible for promotion. The scope and method of such examination shall be determined by the board of examiners, but it shall include the same subjects hereinbefore prescribed for the examination of consuls. Any vice-consul, deputy consul or consular agent now in the service, upon passing such an examination, shall become eligible for promotion as if appointed upon such examination. 12. In designations for appointment subject to examination and in appointments after examination, due regard will be had to the rule that as between candidates of equal merit appointments should be so made as to secure proportional representation of all the states and territories in the Consular Service, and neither in the designation for examination or certification or appointment will the political affiliations of the candidate be considered. The City of New York has $100,000,000 invested in subway lines. The investment will reach $150,000,000 at the completion of the rest of the tri-borough system. |