ABOLITION OF THE STATE QUOTA RULE..
THE APPLICATION OF THE MERIT PRINCI-
PLE TO APPOINTMENTS AND PROMO-
TIONS IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE. . . . . . . 45-65
The Appointment of Ministers, p. 45; (Table)
The Diplomatic Corps on August 4, 1914, p. 47;
Waste Period, p. 56; (Table) Ambassadorial
Waste, p. 57; Dismissal of Men Who Have
Risen to Their Posts by Promotion, p. 58; Pro-
motion of Consuls to Ministers, p. 58; Appoint-
ment to Grade of Minister and not to Specific
Posts, p. 59; Transfers from the Consular to
the Diplomatic Service, p. 60; Promotion of Con-
suls from Grade to Grade, p. 61; Efficiency
Records, p. 62; Consular Inspectors, p. 63; Ap-
pointment Without Examination of Employes in
the State Department, p. 64.
APPOINTMENT OF THE REPRESENTA-
TIVES ON INTERNATIONAL COMMIS-
SIONS AND CONFERENCES
AMERICANIZATION OF CONSULAR SERV
Salaried Vice-Consuls, p. 66; Consular Clerks, p. 68.
Consuls and Consuls General, p. 69; Counselor of
Embassy, p. 69; "Consular Trade Assistants,"
PUBLICATION OF A FOREIGN SERVICE AN-
NUAL...
SALARIES AND PERSONNEL OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE
Salaries, p. 71; (Table) Salaries of Officers and
Employes of the Department of State, p. 73;
(Table) Salaries of Officers and Employes in
the Department of State measured in actual
purchasing power compared with purchasing
power in 1898, p. 75; (Table) Salaries neces-
sary in 1918 to give purchasing power equivalent
to the purchasing power of salaries in 1898,
p. 76; (Table) Salaries of Certain Foreign Office
officials in United States and United Kingdom,
1917-1918 (in dollars), p. 77; (Table) Prepared
by the Department of State to show appropria-
tions and expenditures for its maintenance be-
tween 1875 and 1918, p. 78; (Table) Estimated
Wealth of United States, p. 79; (Table) In-
crease in International Relations, p. 80; (Table)
Volume of Work of the Department of State, 81;
(Table) Personnel of the Department of State,
p. 81; (Table) Departmental Appropriations in
United States and Foreign Countries, 1913, p.
82; Political Appointments, p. 83; Efficiency
Promotions, p. 85; Clerical and Executive Posi-
tions, p. 86; Elimination of Incompetent Em-
ployes, p. 88; Attitude of Congress Toward In-
crease of Salaries, p. 89; The Reorganization of
the Department of State, p 89; Bureau of In-
ternational Unions and Conferences, p. 89.
DEFINITION OF THE RELATIONS BE-
TWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND
COMMISSIONS CONCERNED IN THE DI-
RECTION OF OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS....
The Departments, Boards, and Commissions,
concerned in the supervision or control of our
foreign affairs, p. 91.
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE IN REGARD TO THE GATH-
ERING AND DISSEMINATION OF COM-
MERCIAL INFORMATION ...
The Publication of Trade Reports, p. 92; Com-
mercial Attachés and Commodity Experts, p.
94; Trade Inquiries, p. 98; Definition of Func-
tions by Congress, p. 100.
ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION..
APPENDIX A-Political Appointments...
(1) "Embassies to Campaign Contributors," extract from "Fighting the Spoilsmen," by Hon. William Dudley Foulke, pp. 103-5.
(2) "The Van Alen Case," ibid, pp. 106-11.
(3) "One Group of Six in the Bryanized Diplo- . matic Service." Editorial from the New York Sun of February 24, 1919, pp. 111-16.
APPENDIX B-"Our Consular Service Under the Spoils System," by William H. Lincoln........ 116-18 The Phelan report of the charges against James M. Sullivan, United States Minister to the Dominican Republic; adjoined is the Vick letter, in which Secretary Bryan solicited places for "deserving Democrats".
APPENDIX C-John Hay's Correspondence Relative to the Appointment of Ambassadors and Consuls
APPENDIX D-Resignations of Diplomats...
(1) Letter from Hon. John Ridgley Carter, formerly Minister to Roumania.
(2) Letter from Hon. John B. Jackson, formerly Minister to Roumania, p. 136.
(3) Letter from Hon. Henry C. Ide, formerly Ambassador to Spain. p. 137.
(4) Letter from Hon. George Pratt Ingersoll,
formerly Minister to Siam. pp. 138-40. (5) Letter from Hon. Fred W. Carpenter, for
merly Minister to Siam.
(6) Letter of Hon. Henry Lane Wilson, former
ly Ambassador to Mexico.
(7) Letter from Hon. John T. Du Bois, former-
ly Minister to Colombia.
APPENDIX E-Improvements in our Foreign
Service. Extracts from Address by Hon. Henry
Lane Wilson .
APPENDIX F-Investigation and Reports on the
Foreign Service Made by the National Civil
Service Reform League...
APPENDIX G-The Japanese Foreign Service..
APPENDIX H-Analysis of the work of the De-
partment of State and Department of Commerce
in the gathering and Disseminating of trade in-
formation, with suggestions for the improve-
ment of the present procedure...
APPENDIX I-Tables prepared by the Depart-
ment of State to show appropriations and ex-
penditures for its maintenance between 1875
and 1918. Succeeding tables show the increased
volume of work transacted by the Department
of State, while others give the increase in na-
tional wealth with the decrease in purchasing
power of salaries, as indicated by the rise in
prices. The salaries and personnel of the State
Department are also compared with those of
other countries
APPENDIX J-Three Charts showing percentage
of Increase in Volume of Work in Department of State and Foreign Trade for periods 18931913, 1908-1918, 1913-1918... APPENDIX K-Cost of Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1905-1918
DIGEST OF FOREIGN SERVICE-A systematic compendium of the regulations and opinions concerning the classification and operation of the Foreign Service, gathered from the Hearings before Congress, from the writing of diplomatists and the reports and published regulations of this and other countries..
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