No formal examination is required for appointment to a clerkship; the department, however, reserves the right to examine an applicant in any particular it may deem advisable. No one who is under 21 or over 35 years of age or who is not in excellent physical condition will be considered for these positions. The department may require the applicant to undergo a physical examination. Application blanks for clerical appointments may be obtained from the Office of Foreign Service Personnel, Department of State. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FEES Foreign Service officers are required to account for all fees which they collect, and the salary fixed by law or regulation constitutes their sole and only compensation, except as specially provided in the case of consular agents who are compensated by one-half of the fees collected by them not exceeding, in any case, $1,000 a year. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Within his discretion, the Secretary of State may grant Foreign Service officers leave of absence, for reasonable periods, in no case to exceed 60 days in one year, except that, when leave is granted with permission to visit the United States, the time actually and necessarily occupied in transit by the most direct route will be approved in addition to the 60 days. TRAVELING EXPENSES Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State, the Government defrays the actual and necessary expenses of transportation, and subsistence to a legal limit, of Foreign Service officers and clerks in missions and consulates and their families and effects in going to and returning from their posts or when traveling under orders, but makes no allowance for any expense incurred in connection with ordinary leaves of absence. Section 15 of the act of May 24, 1924, authorizes the Secretary of State to order officers to the United States on leave at the expense of the Government after three years of continuous service abroad and provides that while in the United States the services of such officers shall be available for trade conference work or for such duties in the Department of State as the Secretary may prescribe. EFFICIENCY RECORDS Though the scene of his activities may be far removed from the United States, a Foreign Service officer's work is nevertheless closely watched by the Department of State, and he is given every opportunity to prove his worth to the service and credit for all that he accomplishes. A detailed efficiency record is kept in the Department of State, based upon personal and official conduct, the manner in which he handles business intrusted to him, and his knowledge of the technique of Foreign Service administration. Furthermore, all missions and consulates are visited at intervals by an inspector who examines their condition and the administration, reports fully thereon to the department, and gives officers counsel and advice. I. P. Roosa, 45 Broadway, New York Joseph F. Roberts, Room 5, Ferry Post Office, San Francisco C. J. Petherick, 6 Grosvenor Gardens, S. W. 1, London, England Somerset A. Owen, Room 357, Post Office Building, New Orleans, Louisiana 1 Foreign Service officer. 278 XXVI. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, INSTITUTES, TRIBUNALS, ETC. INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION (Organized 1872; reorganized 1880) United States commissioner: B. Ogden Chisolm, of New York INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO (Treaty of March 1, 1889) United States commissioner: Lawrence M. Lawson, of California Mexican commissioner: Gustavo P. Serrano United States consulting engineer: Culver M. Ainsworth, of New Mexico Mexican consulting engineer: Armando Santacruz, jr. United States secretary and disbursing officer: Clark W. Creps, of Texas Offices: El Paso, Texas ALASKAN BOUNDARY DELIMITATION COMMISSION AND CANADIAN BOUNDARY DELIMITATION COMMISSION (Conventions of April 21, 1906, and April 11, 1908) United States commissioner: E. Lester Jones, of Virginia British commissioner: J. D. Craig United States consulting engineer: James H. Wagsnen, of Iowa British consulting engineer: John A. Pounder United States chief clerk and disbursing officer: Edgar A. Klapp, of Mississippi United States secretary: William H. Smith, of the District of Columbia British secretary: Lawrence Johnston Burpee INTER AMERICAN HIGH COMMISSION: UNITED STATES SECTION (Resolution of the First Pan American Financial Conference, 1915; Act of February 7, 1916) 1 Honorary chairman: Andrew W. Mellon, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treasury Chairman: William F. Whiting, of Massachusetts, Secretary of Commerce 1 Vice chairman: Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate Members: O. K. Davis, of New York, Secretary of the National Foreign Trade Council John H. Fahey, of Massachusetts, Member of the Senior Council of the United States Chamber of Commerce William O. Hart, of Louisiana, Treasurer of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws A. C. Miller, of California, Member of the Federal Reserve Board W. W. Nichols, of New York, President of the American Manufacturers' Export Association William Butterworth, of Illinois, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce Honorary member: Leo S. Rowe, of Pennsylvania, Director General of the Pan American Union Secretary: Julius Klein, of California, Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce Assistant secretary: J. Homer Butler, of Massachusetts Administrative assistant: Harriet M. Sweet, of the District of Columbia MIXED CLAIMS COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND GERMANY (Agreement of August 10, 1922) Umpire: Edwin B. Parker, of Texas United States commissioner: Chandler P. Anderson, of New York German commissioner: Wilhelm Kiesselbach United States agent: Robert W. Bonynge, of New York German agent: Karl von Lewinski (Convention of September 8, 1923) Presiding commissioner: Dr. Kristian Sindballe, of Denmark United States commissioner: Fred K. Neilsen, of Nebraska Mexican commissioner: G. Fernandez MacGregor United States agent: Clement L. Bouvé, of the District of Columbia Mexican agent: Dr. Bartolomé Carbajal y Rosas United States assistant agents: Marshall Morgan, of Tennessee John J. McDonald, of New Hampshire United States secretary: Benedict M. English, of Nebraska Mexican secretary: José Romero 1 Organized as the International High Commission; name changed in 1920. SPECIAL CLAIMS COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO Presiding commissioner: Dr. Kristian Sindballe, of Denmark United States commissioner: Ernest B. Perry, of Nebraska Mexican commissioner: F. González Roa United States agent: Clement L. Bouvé, of the District of Columbia United States assistant agents: Marshall Morgan, of Tennessee John J. McDonald, of New Hampshire United States secretary: Noble Warrum, of Utah Mexican secretary: J. Aspe Suinaga INTERNATIONAL WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO (Notes of 1924–27; Act of May 13, 1924, and amendment of March 3, 1927) United States members: Elwood Mead, of California, chairman W. E. Anderson, of Texas Lansing H. Beach, General, U. S. Army, Mexican members: 1 Gustavo P. Serrano, chairman TRIPARTITE CLAIMS COMMISSION, UNITED STATES, AUSTRIA, AND HUNGARY (Agreement of November 26, 1924) Commissioner: Edwin B. Parker, of Texas United States agent: Robert W. Bonynge, of New York Austrian agent: Ernst Prossinagg Hungarian agent: Alexis de Boér INTERNATIONAL PEACE COMMISSIONS BOLIVIA (Treaty of January 22, 1914) United States commissioners: National: A. R. Talbot, of Nebraska Nonnational: Dr. Charles L. Seya, of Latvia Bolivian commissioners: National: (vacant) Nonnational: (vacant) Joint commissioner: (vacant) 1 According to a note of January 28, 1929, the above members of the commission have been replaced by Fortunato Dozal, Gustavo P. Serrano, and Ignacio López Bancalar. |