White, Donald Sherman.-Born in Washington, D. C., March 29, 1892; graduated from Shortridge High School (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1910 and Bowdoin College (A. B.) 1916; graduate work at Princeton University 1917; Federal court reporter 1911-12, and a newspaper representative in Paris, France, 1920; served in the United States Army 1917-1919, retiring with the rank of second lieutenant; representative of a tourist company in Paris, France. 1921-22; employed in the Immigration Bureau, Department of Labor, 1922-23; clerk in the American Consulate at Vienna, May 3, 1923, to August 28, 1923; appointed Vice Consul at Vienna August 29, 1923; at Berlin August 30, 1927. White, Duncan Murchison.-Born in Durham, N. C., June 30, 1895; attended the Academy of Richmond County 19091913; University of Georgia 1915; employed as rodinan by a railroad company 1913-1915; served in Officers' Reserve Corps 1917-1919; held various temporary positions 1919-20; automobile salesman 1920-1924; appointed clerk in the American Consulate at Leipzig June, 1924; Vice Consul at Leipzig May 23, 1925; at Surabaya March 31, 1926; at Batavia, temporarily, September 1, 1927; at Surabaya November 23, 1927.

White, Francis.-Born in Baltimore, Md., March 4, 1892; home, Baltimore; graduate of Yale University (Ph. B.), 1913; studied one year each in Paris and Madrid, 1913-1915; anpointed, after examination (June 28, 1915), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class five July 28, 1915, and assigned to Peking; appointed Secretary of class four February 3, 1916; Secretary of class three July 13, 1917; assigned to Teheran January 30, 1918; to Habana, December 12, 1919; appointed Secretary of class two June 28, 1920; assigned to Buenos Aires, November 16, 1920; assigned to the Department of State March 1, 1922; designated Acting Chief of Division of Latin American Affairs June 5, 1922; Chief April 14, 1923; appointed Secretary of class one January 23, 1924; appointed a member of the United States-Panamá Commission to negotiate an arrangement to take the place of the Taft Agreement February 11, 1924; Foreign Service Officer of class three July 1, 1924; class two Feb ruary 24, 1925; assigned as Counselor of Embassy at Paris August 4, 1926; at Madrid October 11. 1926; appointed Assistant Secretary of State February 26, 1927.

White, John Campbell.-Born in London, England, of American parents, March 17, 1884; home, Washington, D. C.; graduate of Harvard University (A. B.), 1907, and took law course at Harvard, 1907-08; private secretary to Ambassadors in Rome and Paris, 1906-07; with St. Paul Pioneer-Despatch, 1909; and Baltimore Sun, 1910-1913; appointed, after examination (November 17, 1913), Third Secretary of the Embassy at Mexico City April 24, 1914, but did not proceed there; appointed Secretary of the Legation and Consul General at Santo Domingo May 22, 1914; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class three by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to Petrograd March 6, 1915; to Athens May 25, 1916; to Tokyo December 28, 1917; assigned to Bangkok to be Chargé May 10, 1918; assigned to Warsaw August 18, 1919; appointed Secretary of class two December 20, 1919; assigned to the Department of State October 16, 1920; to Caracas May 26, 1921; to Prague February 26, 1923; appointed Secretary of class one May 3, 1924; assigned to Riga June 10, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class three July 1, 1924; class two and assigned as Counselor of Legation at Riga December 17, 1925; assigned to the Department December 13, 1926; married.

White, Richard D.-Captain, United States Navy; assigned to duty as Naval Attaché at Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon April 30, 1926.

White, Thomas D.-First lieutenant, United States Army; assigned to duty as a Language Officer at Peking, March 22,

1927.

Whitehouse, Sheldon.-Born in New York City February 5, 1883; home, New York City; educated at Farnborough School and Eton College, England, and at Yale University and New York Law School; served as private secretary to the Ambassador to Great Britain one year; appointed, after examination (May 17, 1909), Secretary of the Legation at Caracas August 4, 1909; was Chargé there for a year; Second Secretary of the Embassy at Paris March 2, 1911; detailed to Embassy at Constantinople October-December, 1911; appointed Secretary of the Legation at Managua February 11, 1914, but did not go there; appointed Secretary of the Legation to Greece and Montenegro June 24, 1914; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class three by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to Petrograd May 25, 1916; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class two August 3, 1916; assigned to Stockholm January 8, 1918; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class one August 27, 1918; designated and assigned as Counselor of the Legation at Stockholm August 30, 1918; assigned to Paris December

30, 1918; to the Department of State October 18, 1919; unassigned April 20 to November 2, 1920; reassigned to the Department of State, November 3, 1920; designated and assigned as Counselor of the Embassy at Paris April 16, 1921; designated September 3, 1921, a delegate on the part of the United States to the Sixth General Conference on Weights and Measures to be held at Paris in September, 1921; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class one July 1, 1924; married.

*Whitfield, James Vivian.-Born in Seven Springs, N. C., July 23, 1894; home, Wallace, N. C.; attended a military school, Charlotte, N. C., and graduated from the University of North Carolina (A. B.), 1915; (A. M.) 1919; commandant and teacher at a military school, Charlotte, N. C., 1916; instructor at the University of North Carolina 1917-1919; appointed Vice Consul at Montevideo July 8, 1919; at Bahia Blanca April 10, 1920; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1920), Vice Consul of career of class three November 30, 1920; assigned to Habana December 27, 1920; to Matanzas May 12, 1922; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two May 26, 1922; class one February 26, 1923; Consul of class seven December 19, 1923; remained at Matanzas on detail; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class eight July 1, 1924; assigned to Monterrey November 14, 1925; retired September 3, 1927.

Whitt, John Sidney.-Born in Washington, D. C., August 24, 1899; attended public schools of the District of Columbia; served in the United States Navy 1916-1920; Morse operator in telegraph companies 1922-1927; in War Department (two temporary appointments of one month each) summer of 1926 and February, 1927; appointed a clerk at $1,680 in the Department of State, March 25, 1927.

Whittington, William Vallie.-Born in Benton, Ill., December 10, 1904; graduated from high school 1923; attended George. town Law School one year; typist in a circuit clerk and recorder's office 1922-23; stenographer in a lawyer's office February-September, 1923; appointed a clerk at $900 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, February 11, 1924; at $1,000 May 31, effective June 1, 1924; at $1,320 July 1, 1924; at $1,500, October 1, 1926.

Wilcox, Albena Marie.-Born in Pittsfield, Mass.; public school and business college education; bookkeeper and stenographer, 1914-1917; stenographer and secretary in the War Department, 1917-1920; in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, 19201922; stenographer in the War Department, 1925; in the Department of Labor, January-September, 1926; appointed a clerk at $1,320 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, September 14, 1926; at $1,500 September 1, 1927.

Wiley, John Cooper.-Born in Bordeaux, France, of American parents, September 26, 1893; home, Indianapolis, Ind.; received his education from tutors and spent one year at Union College and one and a half years at Georgetown University Law School; clerk in the American Embassy at Paris eight months 1915-16; appointed, after examination (April 10, 1916), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class five May 17, 1916; assigned to Paris June 13, 1916; appointed Secretary of class four August 3, 1916; Secretary of class three July 13, 1917; assigned to The Hague January 30, 1918; to Santiago December 12, 1919; to Buenos Aires April 10, 1920; to Caracas July 24, 1920; to the Department of State February 17, 1921; appointed Secretary of class two August 24, 1921; assigned to Copenhagen October 20, 1921; to Madrid September 7, 1922; to Lima September 1, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class four and assigned as First Secretary of Embassy at Lima July 1, 1924; at Berlin January 7, 1926; at Copenhagen, temporarily, May 1, 1926; class three, June 2, 1926; returned to Berlin, July 22, 1926.

Wiley, Samuel Hamilton.-Born in London, England, of American parents, June 19, 1888; home, Salisbury, N. C.; spent two years at Trinity Park School, three years in academic department and two years in law department, University of North Carolina, and was licensed to practice law in 1912; employed three years in mining business in Mexico; practiced law in Salisbury 1912-1914; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1914), Consul at Asuncion, April 27, 1914; Consul of class nine by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Consul of class eight March 2, 1915; assigned to St. Pierre-Miquelon October 27, 1916; to Oporto August 31, 1918; appointed Consul of class seven November 19, 1921; Foreign Service Officer of class eight July 1, 1924; class seven March 20, 1925; assigned to Vigo June 22, 1925; to Oporto July 11, 1925; to Cherbourg November 20, 1925; married.

Wilkinson, James Richard.-Born in Greenville, S. C., August 19, 1893; home, Madison, Wis.; attended high school and Furman University Fitting School in Greenville; graduated from Davidson (N. C.) College (B. S.) 1915 and the Uni

versity of Wisconsin (LL. B.) 1919; served in the United States Army 1918-19; with law firm in Madison and with the Madison Extension Division, Commercial Law Department 1919-20; connected with the Internal Revenue Service, department of Wisconsin, 1920; appointed, after examination (January 24, 1921), Vice Consul of career of class three May 25, 1921; assigned to Havre July 21, 1921; to Zürich January 30, 1922; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two May 26, 1922; class one February 26, 1923; Consul of class seven December 19, 1923; remained at Zürich on detail; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class eight July 1, 1924; class seven, October 20, 1926; assigned as Consul at Helsingfors May 12, 1927; married.

Wilkinson, Stanley L.-Born in Danville, Pa., August 21, 1892; educated in the public and high schools of Danville, Pa.; stenographer and clerk in real estate office, Cape May, N. J. 1911; employed by the Bell Telephone Co. in Philadelphia and Bloomsburg, Pa., 1911-1913; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul at St. John, New Brunswick, April 27, 1914; Více Consul at St. John, New Brunswick, by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Vice Consul at Tegucigalpa October 27, 1915; Vice Consul at Nogales March 5, 1918; Vice Consul at Matamoros April 16, 1918; at Tela December 22, 1920; at Puerto Castilla November 27, 1923; at Tela March 3, 1924; at Curaçao March 9, 1925; at San José September 28, 1927.

Will, Marvin Wilbur.-Born in Mount Jackson, Va., April 10, 1889; educated in public schools of Virginia and at Strayer's Business College in Washington, D. C.; taught school in Virginia 1907-1910; census clerk July 28, 1910, to January 10, 1912; clerk in the Navy Department at Norfolk, Va., March-July, 1912; temporarily employed in the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Department of Commerce, Civil Service Commission, and the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1912-13; appointed clerk in the Department of State at $900, under Civil Service rules, December 18, 1913; at $1,000 October 5, to take effect October 7, 1914; class one June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916; class two, December 1, 1917; class three, August 1, 1918; class four March 1, 1921; drafting officer at $2,500 June 17, effective July 1, 1921; at $2,800 July 1, 1924; Assistant to the Chief Clerk and Administrative Assistant March 25, 1927; transferred to Eastern European Division October 18, 1927.

Willey, Richard Rhoads.-Born in New York City August 11, 1896; home, New York City; attended school in Brooklyn and graduated from Dartmouth College (A. B.) 1918; salesman for a book concern in New York City; employed in the Consulate at Dublin; appointed Vice Consul at Dublin October 6, 1921; appointed, after examination (January 14, 1924), Vice Consul of career of class three June 13, 1924; assigned to Dublin June 23, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; assigned to Calcutta March 25, 1925; to Rangoon, temporarily, April 1, 1926; to Calcutta, August 12, 1926.

Williams, Arthur Rheaume.-Born in Denver, Colo., Novem. ber 12, 1892; attended the University of Colorado two years and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B. S.) 1921; cashier for telegraph company 1914-1917 and 1919-1922; served in the United States Army December, 1917, to September, 1919; clerk in the American Consulate at La Guaira 1922; appointed Vice Consul at La Guaira April 24, 1922; at Caracas June 22, 1922; at Moncton June 7, 1927.

Williams, Berry.-Born in Virginia; graduated from high school and from Dunsmore Business College, Staunton, Va.; teacher in public schools, one year; employed several months in a business college; appointed a clerk at $1,000 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, August 19, 1920; at $1,100 March 1, 1924; class one May 31 effective June 1, 1924; at $1,440 July 1, 1924; at $1,500 August 16, 1924; at $1,560 November 1, 1927.

Williams, Herbert Oswald.-Born in Columbus, Ohio, June 30, 1873; home, Sacramento, Calif.; graduated from Ohio State University (A. B.) 1894, (A. M.) 1900; Bethany College (A. M.) 1895; post graduate work at Universities of Nebraska and California; employed as clerk in a railway office and traveling book salesman; professor in Cotner University one year; taught in high schools 1896-1908; principal of high school, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1908-1910, and Sacramento 1910-1920; with the French Army Y. M. C. A. 1918-19; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1920), Consul of class seven June 4, 1920; on detail in the Department of State August, 1920, to December, 1921; assigned to Brest December 27, 1921; detailed to Havre October 6, 1922; appointed Consul of class six March 1, 1923; assigned to Brussels October 11, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class seven July 1, 1924; assigned to Liverpool August 19, 1925; married.

Williams, Reginald Herbert.-Born in New York City Octo ber 6, 1859; studied under private tutors and attended Keeble Hall and Williams College; admitted to the New York bar in May, 1885; law secretary in the Superior Court of the City of New York, 1891-1896, and in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1896-1909; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul at St. Gall May 6, 1914; Vice Consul at St. Gall by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Vice Consul at Limoges January 27, 1916; at Strasbourg March 24, 1927.

Williams, William G.-Born in New London, Conn., April 27, 1871; public-school education; worked at various occupations 1907-1918 appointed, temporarily, at $780 in the Department of State August 8, 1918; assistant messenger, under Civil Service rules, October 14, 1918.

Williamson, David.-Born in Nutley, N. J., February 8, 1896; home, Colorado Springs, Colo.; graduated from Princeton University (A. B.) 1919; served in the United States Navy 1917-18, employed in a broker's office 1919-1921; appointed, after examination (January 12, 1925), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, March 20, 1925; also Vice Consul of career, and assigned to Algiers September 2, 1925; Secretary in the Diplomatic Service February 17, 1927; assigned as Third Secretary at Teheran February 23, 1927; also as Vice Consul, temporarily, November 2, 1927; married.

Williamson, Harold Long.-Born in Chicago, Ill., April 4, 1891; home, Chicago; graduated from Yale University (Ph. B.) and attended the University of Chicago and Harvard University each one year; with an electric castings concern and in a banking house in Chicago two years; lieutenant in United States Army October, 1917, to December 31, 1918; appointed, temporarily, an assistant in the American Legation at Habana January 22, 1919; appointed, after examination (June 25, 1917). Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four March 14, 1919; assigned to Habana May 2, 1919; appointed Secretary of class three June 28, 1920; assigned to the Department of State September 14, 1920; to Warsaw May 26,1921; to Bogotá July 23, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class seven July 1, 1924; detailed to the Department of State November 8, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six February 24, 1925; assigned as Second Secretary at Habana, February 15, 1926, married.

Willis, Frances Elizabeth.-Born in Metropolis, Ill., May 20, 1899; home, Redlands, Calif.; attended Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., 1912-1916; University of Redlands, Calif., 1916-17; grad uated from Stanford University (A. B.) 1920, (Ph. D.) 1923; attended University of Brussels, Belgium 1920-21; instructor in history at Goucher College, Baltimore, Md., 1923-24; assistant professor of political science at Vassar College 1924-1927; summer volunteer worker for the International Grenfell Association in teaching and public health work in Newfoundland June to September 1926; appointed, after examination (February 28, 1927), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, also Vice Consul of career, August 24, 1927.

Willoughby, Westel Robinson.-Born in Washington, D. C., November 1, 1895; graduated from Princeton University (Litt. B.) 1916; studied at Institute for Government Research 1922; served in the American Ambulance Service 1916-17; officer, American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1917-1919; office manager, export firm in New York City, 1919-20; engaged in merchandising business in New York City 1920-21; appointed a drafting officer at $2,500 in the Department of State June!? 1922; at $3,000 April 1, 1924.

Willson, Digby Arthur.-Born in New York City October 27, 1892; home, New York City; educated in the public schools, Stuyvesant High School and Rhodes Preparatory School, of New York, and took correspondence courses in law and foreign trade, 1916-1918; employed in clerical capacities by business houses in New York City seven years; clerk in the American Consulate at Tampico; appointed Vice Consul at Tampico, December 19, 1917: Vice Consul at Hamilton, Bermuda, October 5, 1918; at Aleppo June 9, 1919; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1920), Vice Consul of career of class three October 1, 1920, and assigned to Aleppo; assigned to Budapest July 15, 1921; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two November 17, 1921: class one May 26, 1922; Consul of class seven March 1, 1923; remained at Budapest on detail; assigned to Asuncion September 21.1923; appointed Consul of class six June 3, 1924; For eign Service Officer of class seven July 1, 1924; assigned as Consul at Rio de Janeiro, May 1, 1926; at Bristol July 15, 1927; married.

Willson, Gilbert Rhoads.-Born in Lee Center, N. Y., April 23, 1881; home, Point Rock, N. Y.; graduate of Valparaiso

University (B. S.); teacher in public schools of New York and Idaho 1900-1909; supervising teacher at Iriga, Philippines, 19091913; immigrant inspector at Brownsville and Buffalo 19131917; appointed, after examination (June 18, 1917), Consul of class eight September 14, 1917; detailed for duty in the Bureau of Citizenship, Department of State, December 4, 1917; assigned to Matamoros August 31, 1918; appointed Consul of class six September 5, 1919; Foreign Service Officer of class seven July 1, 1924; assigned to Yarmouth August 28, 1924..

Wilson, Charles B. G.-British subject, born in Perú January 28, 1879; office manager for mercantile firm; appointed Consular Agent at Paita August 1, 1908.

Wilson, Charles Stetson.-Born in Bangor, Me., in 1875; graduate of Harvard University; appointed Secretary of the Legation to Greece, Rumania, and Serbia March 7, 1901; attended the coronation of King Peter of Serbia at Belgrade September 21, 1904; appointed Secretary of the Legation to Greece and Montenegro and of the Diplomatic Agency in Bulgaria March 10, 1905; Secretary of the Legation at Habana July 18, 1906; Secretary of the Legation at Buenos Aires May 10, 1907; Second Secretary of the Embassy at Rome August 4, 1909; Secretary of the Embassy at Rome December 15, 1910; Secretary of the Embassy at Petrograd February 1, 1912; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class one by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to Madrid February 2, 1916; designated and assigned as Counselor of the Embassy at Madrid October 3, 1916; assigned to Sofia as Chargé d'Affaires October 23, 1918; appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Bulgaria October 8, 1921.

Wilson, Edwin Carleton.-Born in Palatka, Fla., February 7, 1893; home, Palatka; spent three years at the University of Michigan and one year at Harvard University; in Ambulance Service in France March-September, 1915, and October, 1916 to January, 1917; served in the United States Army (second Hieutenant) September 19, 1917, to January 31, 1919; appointed, after examination (January 26, 1920), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four April 7, 1920; assigned to Santiago, June 14, 1920; to Tegucigalpa August 9, 1921; to the Department of State, February 8, 1922; appointed Secretary of class three September 22, 1922; detailed as Secretary of the American Delegation to the Conference on Central American Affairs, Washington, D. C., December 1, 1922; detailed as Assistant Secretary of the Delegation of the United States to the Fifth International Conference of American States, Santiago, Chile, March 1, 1923; Acting Chief Clerk, Department of State, June 1 to July 9, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; class five August 8, 1924; class four August 31, 1925; assigned as First Secretary at Paris, March 1, 1926.

Wilson, George Perry.-Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 8, 1870; attended the public and high schools of Pittsburgh; graduated from Harvard University (A. B.) 1893; admitted to the Allegheny County, Pa., bar in 1898; practiced law in Allegheny County, 1898-1918; appointed Vice Consul at Milan July 3, 1918; at Genoa July 7, 1919; at Catania July 23, 1920; at Fiume May 7, 1924; at Malta October 24, 1925; at Palermo December 21, 1925.

Wilson, Grace L.-Born in St. Joseph, Mo.; high school graduate; attended Missouri State Teachers' College, summers of 1922 and 1923; a business college 1924; St. Joseph Junior College 1927; rural-school teacher 1922-1924; stenographer for a highway engineer 1925-1927; appointed a clerk at $1,320 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, July 11, 1927.

Wilson, Hugh Robert.-Born in Evanston, Ill., January 29, 1885; home, Evanston; attended Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., four years; graduated from Yale University (A. B.), 1906; studied at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris; traveled one year; employed in various capacities by a firm of wholesale furnishers for men, in Chicago, three and one-half years; private secretary to the American Minister to Portugal, 1911; appointed, after examination (December 4, 1911), Secretary of the Legation at Guatemala February 1, 1912; Second Secretary, of the Embassy at Buenos Aires July 16, 1914; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class three by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to Berlin June 2, 1916; assigned to Berne February 3, 1917; to Vienna March 15, 1917; to Berne April 18, 1917; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class two August 27, 1918; assigned to the Department of State, December 10, 1919; appointed Secretary of class one December 20, 1919; assigned to Berlin January 24, 1920; designated as Counselor of Embassy and assigned to American Commission at Berlin, June 14, 1920; to the American Embassy at Tokyo August 19, 1921; to the Embassy at Mexico September 28, 1923; assigned to the Department of State March 1, 1924; designated Chief of the Division of Current Information March 10, 1924;

designated a member of the Executive Committee of the Foreign Service Personnel Board, representing the Diplomatic Service, June 19, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class one July 1, 1924; designated chairman of the Executive Committee of the Foreign Service Personnel Board, March 14, 1925; member of the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service, and of the Foreign Service School Board; member of Board of Review, Foreign Service Personnel, 1926; appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland February 26, 1927; member of the American delegation to the Conference for the Limitation of Naval Armament and Secretary General of the Conference June-August 1927; designated as member of the American delegation to the Third General Conference on Communications and Transit at Geneva, August 10, 1927; appointed to attend Conference on Import and Export Prohibitions at Geneva, September 17, 1927; designated as delegate to the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference November 15, 1927; married.

Wilson, Orme, jr.-Born in New York City, November 13, 1885; home, New York City; graduated from Harvard Uni versity (A. B.) 1907; member of investment securities firm seven years; treasurer of an alkali company ten years; vice president of an oil corporation four years; served with Council of National Defense four months; statistician Quartermaster General's Corps six months; first lieutenant in the United States Army September, 1918, to March, 1919; appointed, after examination (January 26, 1920), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four April 7, 1920; assigned to Brussels, June 14, 1920; to Berne December 15, 1921; appointed Secretary of class three September 22, 1922; assigned to the Department of State November 2, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; class five February 24, 1925; assigned as Second Secretary at Buenos Aires, August 15, 1926; married.

Wilson, Thomas Murray.-Born in Memphis, Tenn., July school, business college, under tutors, and at a summer artillery 29, 1881; home, Memphis; received his education in a military school in France; employed in cotton business, in a bank, and, in farming 1899-1916; served in the United States Army as a lieutenant and captain 1917-1919; appointed, after examination (May 12, 1919), Consul of class seven September 5, 1919; detailed to Hankow October 21, 1919; to Tientsin April 8, 1920; detailed to Tsinan, temporarily, July 16, 1921; on temporary detail at Amoy November-December, 1921; appointed Consul of class six November 19, 1921; assigned to Madras December 27, 1921; detailed to Bombay May 25, 1922; appointed Consul of class five March 1, 1923; detailed to the Department of State September 21, 1923; appointed Consul of class four June 5, 1924; Foreign Service Officer of class five July 1, 1924; detailed as a Foreign Service Inspector February 21, 1925; class four, June 2, 1926; assigned as Consul at Kingston, December 14, 1927; returned to detail as Inspector, December 31, 1927.

Wilson, Walter B., jr.-Born in Greenville, N. C., October 15, 1884; attended Horner Military School 1900-1901; University of North Carolina 1902-03; pursued business college course 1904; assistant treasurer of Pitt County, N. C., eight years; assistant paymaster, United States Shipping Board, ten months, and supercargo one year; clerk in the American Consulate General at Shanghai 1923; appointed Vice Consul at Shanghai November 22, 1923.

Wilson, Warden McKee.-Born in Spokane, Wash., September 12, 1892; home, Indianapolis, Ind.; graduated from Cornell University (A. B.) 1915; clerk in American Embassy at Mexico City two months; served in the United States Army as a lieutenant March, 1918, to May, 1919; engaged in oil development in New Mexico 1919-1921; appointed, after examination (July 11, 1921), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four August 24, 1921; assigned to the Department of State September 1, 1921; designated for duty in connection with the Conference on the Limitation of Armament September 26, 1921; assigned to Berlin December 17, 1921; appointed Secretary of class three September 22, 1922; assigned to Vienna June 20, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; class five February 24, 1925; assigned as Second Secretary of Legation at Santo Domingo June 9, 1925; detailed, temporarily, to Port au Prince October 6, 1925 and assumed charge December 28, 1925; assigned to the Department October 1, 1926.

*Winans, Charles Sumner.-Born in Tyre, N. Y., January 25, 1863; home, Chelsea, Mich.; educated in the Chelsea public schools and Albion College; for several years wholesale and retail merchant and importer of American goods into Chile; president and business manager of Iquique English College six years; appointed Consul at Iquique May 21, 1900; Consul at Valencia March 30, 1907; Consul at Seville May 31, 1909; Consul at

Nuremberg June 24, 1914; Consul of class five by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to Cienfuegos May 25, 1917; appointed Consul of class four September 14, 1917; detailed to London September 8, 1919; appointed Consul of class three June 4, 1920; detailed to Prague June 29, 1920; assigned to Prague November 9, 1920; appointed Consul General of class four June 5, 1924; Foreign Service Officer of class three, July 1, 1924; assigned as Consul General at Prague, February 9, 1927; retired January 25, 1928, under the acts of May 24, 1924 and July 6, 1926.

Windle, George Cecil.-Born in Lantz Mills, Va., September 24, 1905; high-school education; attended a radio school one year; employed by a manufacturing company 1921-22; messenger and clerk in General Accounting Office 1922-1925; appointed a clerk at $1,320 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, January 26, 1927; at $1,380, November 1, 1927.

Winship, North.-Born in Macon, Ga., December 31, 1885; home, Macon; attended the public schools of Macon and took special courses in George Washington University; graduated from Mercer University (B. L.), 1910; employed in various clerical positions, 1904-1907; secretary of manufacturing plants 1907-1910; admitted to the bar in Georgia June 8, 1910; appointed, after examination (May 26, 1909) Consul at Tahiti June 24, 1910; Consul at Owen Sound July 14, 1913; Consul at Petrograd April 24, 1914; Consul of class six by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Consul of class five April 16, 1917; assigned to Milan July 17, 1917; appointed Consul of class four September 5, 1919; class three, June 4, 1920; assigned to Bombay December 27, 1921; unassigned from July 4, 1922; detailed to Fiume March 30, 1923; assigned to Fiume April 2, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class four July 1, 1924; assigned to Cairo December 2, 1924; class three December 17, 1925; Secretary of Legation September 21, 1926; Chargé d'Affaires ad interim September 21-October 6, 1926; assigned as First Secretary at Cairo, temporarily June 13, 1927; married.

Winslow, Alan Francis.-Born in River Forest, Ill., October 2, 1895; home, River Forest: educated in public schools of Illinois, in Munich, and at Chicago Latin School; attended Yale Uni versity nearly two years; served in the Air Service of the French Army nine months, and as a captain in the Air Service of the United States Army in Europe February, 1918, to March, 1919; appointed, after examination (May 19, 1919), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four September 5, 1919; assigned to Prague October 2, 1919; appointed Secretary of class three March 23, 1922; assigned to the Department of State April 29, 1922; on detail as Assistant to the Undersecretary of State August 15 to December 22, 1922; assigned to Berne September 27, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; class five August 8, 1924: class four and assigned as First Secretary of Legation at Berne August 31, 1925; Secretary to the American delegation to the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, May and September 1926; assigned as First Secretary at Mexico City November 15, 1926; married.

*Winslow, Lawrence Lanier.-Born in Bayside, N. Y., May 27, 1885; home, New York City; educated at St. Marks School, at schools in France, and spent one year at Columbia Univer sity; employed in banking houses in New York City for several years; private secretary to the Ambassador to Germany, 19131915; appointed, after examination (November 30, 1914), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class five July 28, 1915; assigned to Berlin July 29, 1915; appointed Secretary of class four May 10, 1916; assigned to the Department of State February 28, 1917; appointed Secretary of class three July 13, 1917; assigned to London November 21, 1919; appointed Secretary of class two December 20, 1919; assigned to Mexico City August 3, 1921; to Santiago, Chile, April 1, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class four July 1, 1924; class three August 31, 1925; assigned as First Secretary at Habana June 30, 1926; retired November 24, 1927.

Winslow, Rollin Robbins.-Born in Benton Harbor, Mich., August 11, 1893; home, Grand Rapids, Mich.; educated in public schools of Michigan; graduated from the University of Michigan (A. B., LL. B.) 1920; admitted to the Michigan bar January, 1920; member of the Michigan Naval Reserves 1910-1912; in manufacturing work 1912-1914; welfare worker in Italy 1918-19; appointed, after examination (June 28, 1920), Vice Consul of career of class three September 7, 1920, and assigned to Florence; resigned May 20, 1921; practiced law in Grand Rapids; reappointed Vice Consul of career of class three April 24, 1922; assigned to Vladivostok May 19, 1922; to Batavia January 9, 1923; appointed Vice Consul of career of class two February 26, 1923; assigned to Surabaya April 17, 1923; appointed Vice Consul of career of class one November 23, 1923; Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; class eight February 24, 1925; Consul March 3, 1925; assigned to Surabaya March 18,

1925; on leave of absence from December 17, 1925; assigned to Winnipeg, temporarily, July 23, 1926; married.

Winters, George Huey.-Born in Downs, Kans., March 28, 1902; home, Downs; graduated from Kansas State Agricultural College (B. S.) 1923; employed on a farm and as a salesman; taught history and English in high school four months; appointed a clerk in the American Consulate General at Mexico City March, 1925; Vice Consul at Mexico City September 14, 1925; appointed, after examination (February 28, 1927), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, and Vice Consul of career July 5, 1927; married.

Winton, Walter Ferrell.-Born in Santa Rosa, Calif., August 11, 1886; graduated from Vanderbilt University (A. B.), 1907; entered United States Army, October 7, 1911; present rank, major, field artillery, Regular Army; assigned to duty as Military Attaché at Lima and La Paz October 23, 1926.

Withey, Howard Francis.-Born in Reed City, Mich., March 26, 1884; home, Reed City; graduated from the University of Michigan (LL.B.) 1907; practiced law eleven years in Michigan and was city attorney for Reed City several times; member of the Michigan National Guard 1904-C5; appointed, after examination (May 12, 1919), Consul of class seven, September 5, 1919; assigned to Tahiti October 21, 1919; detailed to Copenhagen July 12, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class eight July 1, 1924; class seven February 24, 1925; assigned as Consul at Limoges December 30, 1925; at London, Ontario, June 29 1927; married.

Witsell, Edward F.-Born in Charleston, S. C., March 29, 1891; graduated from The Citadel (B. S.), 1911; entered United States Army, November 30, 1912; present rank, major, Chemical Warfare Service, Regular Army; assigned to duty as Assistant Military Attaché at Tokyo March 9, 1926.

Woël, J. William.-Born in Haiti February 22, 1862; naturalized; educated in France and England; merchant; appointed Consular Agent at Gonaives September 8, 1899.

Wolcott, Henry Merrill.-Born in Colchester, Vt., November 8 1879; home, New York City; graduate of Burlington high school and Burlington Business College; clerk United States naval station, San Juan 1902-1904; clerk to post office inspec tor, New York 1904-05; business stenographer, 1905-06; sppointed Vice and Deputy Consul (and clerk) at Santiago de Cuba June 9, 1906; Vice and Deputy Consul General at Mexico City May 14, 1912; clerk in the Consulate General at Habana July 21, 1913; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1914), Consul of class nine March 2, 1915; on detail as Vice Consul at Habana from March 2, 1915; appointed Consul of class seven July 14, 1916, and assigned to Lagos; did not go to Lagos; on detail at Caimenera, Cuba, April-August, 1917; on detail at Nuevitas August-November, 1917; assigned to Nuevitas November 5, 1917; to Santiago de Cuba November 30, 1917; assigned to Torreon August 31, 1918; detailed to the Department of State July 13, 1919; appointed Consul of class six September 5, 1919; assigned to Bilbao September 8, 1919; appointed Consul of class five June 4, 192C; Foreign Service Officer of class six July 1, 1924; Consul at Caracas June 2, 1926; class five June 8, 1927; married.

Wood, Corey Frank.-Born in Belchertown, Mass., March 25, 1866; attended high school, and Wesleyan Academy two years each; completed a business college course; engaged in private business enterprises 1883-1887; employed in various capacities 1887-1897; mahogany forester in Mexico 1897-1912; farmer 19121917; buyer of dyewoods for private concern in Mexico 19171920; manager of a dyewood corporation in Haiti 1920-1923; appointed Vice Consul at Cape Haitien March 25, 1924.

Wood, Harold C.-Born in Boston, Mass., February 19, 1896; attended high school 1911-1915; Boston College one semester and a business college one year; served in the United States Army July 25, 1917, to May 15, 1919; stenographer, United States Army Balloon School (Arcadia, Calif.), March-August, 1920; appointed Vice Consul at Guaymas February 17, 1922; at Salina Cruz October 8, 1923; at Durango, temporarily, October 23, 1925; at Mexico City January 28, 1926; at Vers Cruz November 22, 1926; at Puerto Mexico, August 17, 1927.

Wood, John Quinby.-Born in Bucksport, Me., June 24, 1867; graduate of Wesleyan University (A. B.), 1890, and of Harvard University (LL. B.), 1900; an instructor in Oahu College, Hono lulu, 1890-1893; commissioner of education of the Republic of Hawaii for one year; is a member of the bar of Massachusetts and Hawaii and practiced law in Hawaii until 1899; spent six years in Italy and France studying the languages and history

of these countries and practicing international law; practiced law in New York and Boston, 1906-1908; attached to the Consulate at Milan 1908-09; appointed Deputy Consul at Milan January 20, 1909; Vice and Deputy Consul April 17, 1909; appointed, after examination (April 7, 1908), Consul at Venice January 12, 1910; Consul at Tripoli August 2, 1910; Consul General at Addis Ababa November 24, 1913; Special Commissioner to negotiate a new treaty with Abyssinia January, 1914; Consul at Chemnitz December 29, 1914; Consul of class six by act approved February 5, 1915; Consul of class five September 14, 1917; on detail at Marseille May 16 to November 14, 1917; assigned to St. Michael's November 5, 1917; detailed to Tiflis January 31, 1919; to Havre, temporarily, August 28, 1919; detailed to Coblenz October 31, 1919; to Munich, temporarily, December 6, 1919; detailed to Frankfort on the Main April 26, 1920; appointed Consul of class three June 4, 1920; detailed to Tampico April 4, 1922; to Vera Cruz July 18, 1922; assigned to Vera Cruz October 2, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class four July 1, 1924; married.

Wood, John R.-Born in Dupont, Ga., February 7, 1894; educated in the public schools and attended business college in Jacksonville, Fla.; stenographer for commercial concern 1914-1916; assistant city passenger and ticket agent 1917; served in the United States Army August, 1917, to August, 1919; clerk in the American Consulate General in Paris 1919-1922; appointed Vice Consul at Paris March 27, 1922.

Wood, Ralph F.-Lieutenant commander, United States Navy; graduated from United States Naval Academy, 1911; assigned to duty as Assistant Naval Attaché at Rome, October 18, 1926.

*Woodard, Granville Oscar.-Born in La Crosse, Wis., April 14, 1895; home, Riverside, Calif.; attended high school 19081912, and the University of the Southern California 1912-13; graduated from the University of California (A. B.) 1922; employed by a sugar refining company three years; served in the United States Army 1917-1919, retiring with the rank of first lieutenant; appointed, after examination (January 15, 1923), Vice Consul of career of class three February 26, 1923; assigned to Tientsin April 27, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; retired February 21, 1927.

Woodford, Archer.-Born in Paris, Ky., June 11, 1899; attended the University of Michigan one year and graduated from Centre College (A. B.) 1920; attended summer school at the University of Michigan and Centre College; served in the United States Army October-December, 1918; assistant professor in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas 19211923; clerk in the American Consulate at São Paulo May, 1923, to February 24, 1924; appointed Vice Consul at São Paulo February 25, 1924; at Santos, temporarily, June 26, 1926: at Rio de Janeiro October 23, 1926; at Pernambuco, temporarily, March 28, 1927; at Rio de Janeiro May 13, 1927; at Bahia, temporarfly, July 15, 1927; at Rio de Janeiro October 17, 1927.

Woods, Damon Clinton.-Born in Corsicanus, Tex., May 3, 1888; home, Waco, Tex., graduated from the University of Texas (LL. B.) 1910; practiced law at Waco, 1910-1918, and assistant county attorney during part of that time; served with the American Red Cross 1918-19; appointed, after examination (May 12, 1919), Consul of class seven, September 5, 1919; detailed to Marseille, October 29, 1919; assigned to Cape Haitien December 27, 1921; detailed to Paris September 21, 1923; appointed Consul of class six June 3, 1924; Foreign Service Officer of class seven July 1, 1924; assigned to Paris February 28, 1927; married.

Woods, Leslie Earle.-Born in Cairo, Ill., July 9, 1899; home Cambridge, Mass.; completed high school in 1917; attended Franklin Institute and Dussault School nine months 1918-19; school of military aeronautics three months; clerk for various commercial concerns nine months; clerk in the division quartermaster's office 1919-1921; transferred to the Department of State, and appointed clerk of class one, under Civil Service rules, February 24, 1921; appointed, after examination (June 27, 1921), Vice Consul of career of class three May 26, 1922; assigned to Strasbourg December 23, 1922; appointed Více Consul of career of class two November 23, 1923; Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, July 1, 1924; assigned to Biarritz December 12, 1924; to Strasbourg January 7, 1925; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class eight, also Consul, March 20, 1925; remained at Strasbourg on detail; assigned to Calais August 21, 1925; to Strasbourg October 7, 1925; to Glasgow March 24, 1927; married.

Woods, Ruth.-Born in Nevada, Mo.; high-school graduate; employed by a publishing company in Des Moines, first as 82409-28- -15

stenographer, then secretary, and then assistant supervisor of the stenographic section 1924-1927; appointed a clerk at $1,320 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, August 10, 1927.

Woodward, George Carlton.-Born near West Chester, Pa., December 7, 1874; home, Philadelphia, Pa.; educated in public schools and Pierce Business School; law clerk and stenographer in Alaska seven years; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul (and clerk) at Dawson October 26, 1904; Vice and Deputy Consul General at Vancouver September 3, 1910; Vice Consul at Vancouver February 6, 1915; appointed, after examination (May 26, 1909), Consul of class nine March 2, 1915; on detail at Vancouver to April, 1917; assigned to Matamoros March 20, 1917; appointed Consul of class eight September 14, 1917; assigned to Campbellton August 31, 1918; appointed Consul of class seven September 5, 1919; Foreign Service Officer of class eight July 1, 1924; assigned as Consul at Prince Rupert June 21, 1927; married."

Woodward, Stanley.-Born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 12, 1899; home, Philadelphia; graduated from Yale University (B. A.) 1922; took diplomatic course in Ecole des Sciences Politiques; taught in the Yale Mission School, Changsha, China, one year; appointed, after examination (January 12, 1925), Foreign Service Officer, unclassified, March 20, 1925; also Vice Consul of career, and detailed to the Department of State September 2, 1925; assigned as Vice Consul at Geneva March 3, 1926; married.

Worman, Charles Edwin.-Born in Van Wert, Ohio, January 9, 1901; educated in public schools and at Shepherd College State Normal School, Shepherdstown, W. Va.; served in the United States Army 1917-1919; clerk in the Department of State 1919-1923; in the American Embassy at Tokyo 1923-1925; in the Department of State February-October, 1926; in the American Consulate at Bergen October 31, 1926; appointed Vice Consul at Bergen February 25, 1927.

Wormuth, Romeyn.-Born in Port Leyden, N. Y., January 31, 1876; home, Syracuse, N. Y.; graduate of Cornell University (A. B.) 1901; taught school for short periods; assistant principal, Troy Academy, 1901-02; practiced law at Port Leyden and Syracuse, 1904-1918; police justice four years and village clerk of Port Leyden four years; appointed, after examination (June 18, 1917), a Consul of class eight February 5, 1918; assigned to Esbjerg, Denmark, June 7, 1918; detailed to Copenhagen, July 7, 1919; appointed Consul of class seven September 5, 1919; assigned to Newcastle, New South Wales, July 13, 1921; detailed to Sydney, Australia, September 30, 1922; appointed Consul of class six March 1, 1923; detail to Sydney ended and returned to Newcastle August 20, 1923; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class seven July 1, 1924; assigned to St. John October 23, 1924; appointed Foreign Service Officer of class six February 24, 1925; married.

Worster, Stephen Carlton.-Born in Eliot, Me., June 30, 1900; educated in the Eliot High School, 1912-1916; Dover Business College 1916-17; stenographer for General Staff, War Department, April, 1918, to November, 1919; stenographer-clerk, El Salvador Silver Mines Co., El Salvador, November, 1919. to November, 1920; clerk in the American Consulate at Manzanillo, March 14, 1921; clerk in the American Consulate at Torreon April, 1921; appointed Vice Consul at Torreon June 27, 1921; Vice Consul at Winnepeg March 7, 1922; retired October 15, 1922; appointed Vice Consul at Nogales September 22, 1923; at Aguascalientes December 7,1925; at Vera Cruz January 2, 1926; at Kingston November 22, 1926; resigned February 25, 1927; reinstated March 3, 1927; Vice Consul at Rosario March 5, 1927; at Antofagasta July 20, 1927; at Iquique, temporarily, August 27, 1927.

Wright, Jennie Viola.-Born in Woodland, Mich.; attended public schools and a business college; employed as clerk in Byron, Mich., 1906-1912; clerk in the War Department 19181920; appointed a clerk at $1,100 in the Department of State, under Civil Service rules, April 16, 1920; class one December 30, 1922, effective January 1, 1923; at $1,440 July 1, 1924; at $1,500 March 1, 1925; at $1,680 January 16, 1926.

Wright, Joshua Butler.-Born in Irvington, N. Y., October 18, 1977; attended Lawrenceville school and graduated from Princeton University (B. S.), 1899; engaged in banking in New York City six years, and agriculture and stock raising in Wyoming two years; member of Squadron "A" Cavalry, N. G. N. Y. five years; appointed, after examination (May 17, 1909), Secretary of the Legation at Tegucigalpa August 4, 1909; appointed Secretary of the Legation and Consul General to Rumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria February 1, 1912, but did