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.

* Wilson, Henry Lane.-Retired as Ambassador to Mexico October, 1913. Register of 1913.

Wilson, Hugh Robert.-Born in Evanston, Ill., January 29, 1983; home, Evanston; attended Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., four years; graduated from Yale University (B. A.), 1906; studied at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris; traveled one year; employed in various capacities by a firm of wholesale furnishers for men, in Chicago, three and onehalf 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.

* Wilson, Huntington.-Retired as Assistant Secretary of State March 19, 1913. Register of 1913.

Wilson, Ripley.-Born in Chicago, Ill., December 29, 1887; home, Chicago; attended University School, Chicago, nine years and Yale University two years; was employed, temporarily, as freight clerk by a railroad company and as engineer by a ignite company of Texas and in business office of Chicago Tribune nine months; clerk in the Consulate-General at London August, 1909, to January, 1910; appointed, after examination (July 7, 1908), Consular Assistant January 3, 1910; asamed to duty at the Consulate-General at London January 1910; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul-General at MosJune 12, 1911; Consular Agent at Almeria April 30, 1912; Consular Agent at Kalamata March 3, 1913; Deputy ConsulGeneral at London February 26, 1914; Vice-Consul at London February 6, 1915; Consul of class eight July 12, 1916.

Winans, Charles Sumner.-Born in Tyre, N. Y., January 25. 163; 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, 14, Consul of class five by act approved February 5, 1915.

Wine, Louis D.-Born in Washington, D. C., December 24, 1993; educated by private tutors and is a graduate of a business lege; page in the United States Senate two years and in the United States Supreme Court two years; held temporary positions for three years in several Government offices; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State November 27, 1915; permanently, at $1,000, under Executive urder, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916.

Winship, North.-Born in Macon, Ga., December 31, 1885; home, Macon; attended the public schools of Macon an took Special courses in George Washington University; graduated from Mercer University (B. L.), 1910; employed in various derical positions, 1904-1907; secretary of manufac.uring plant, 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.

Winslow, Alfred A.-Born in Crown Point, Ind., in 1854: high-school and college education; served as assistant inspector the Bureau of Animal Industry; was treasurer of the city of Hammond. Ind.; journalist; appointed, after examination June 28, 1898), Consul at Liege July 7, 1898; Consul-General at Guatemala City November 5, 1902; Consul at Valparaiso June 22, 1906; Consul of class four by act approved February 5. 1915; appointed Consul-General of class five February 22, 1915, and assigned to Auckland.

Winslow, Edward D.-Born in Chicago, Ill., December 16, 1859; attended the public schools of Chicago and graduated from the law department of the Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; engaged in grain-export and stock and grain business in Chicago; appointed Consul at Stockholm July 28, 97; Consul-General May 27, 1898; Secretary of the Legation ead Consul-General June 6, 1900, retired in 1901; appointed, after examination (November 10, 1908), Consul at Goteborg January 22, 1909; Consul-General at Stockholm March 29, 1909; Consul at Plauen December 14, 1910; Consul-General at Copenbagen August 19, 1911; Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Copenhazen June 6 to July 10, 1912; appointed Consul-General of class ive February 22, 1915, effective February 5, 1915.

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 University; 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 Embassy or Legation of class four May 10, 1916.

*Winthrop, Robert Mason. Retired as Secretary of the Legation to Greece and Montenegro January, 1910. Register of

1913.

Wirth, jr., Frederick.-Born in New York City February 25, 1883; attended the public schools of New York eight years, Senftner Preparatory School, New York, two years, and New York Law School two years; studied international law at the University of Vienna; admitted to the bar in New York City, 1906; stenographer and law clerk in New York six years; practiced law one year; clerk in the American Embassy at Vienna October, 1907, to June, 1910; appointed clerk in the American Embassy at Constantinople August 23, 1910.

Wise, Edward Moore.-Born in Decatur, Ala., October 31, 1871; educated in the public schools of Alabama; employed in various capacities by railroad companies in the United States, Mexico, and Cuba, 1890-1916; general manager of the G. & W. Railroad at Guantanamo, Cuba; appointed Consular Agent at Guantanamo November 8, 1916.

Wise, John Douglas. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 22, 1880; educated in schools in Washington, D. C., Rhode Island, and Virginia; newspaper reporter and writer; clerk in Bordeaux Consulate; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul at Bordeaux April 5, 1907: Vice-Consul at Bordeaux by act approved February 5, 1915.

Wissa Bey, George.-Egyptian subject, born in Assioot in 1871; engaged in farming and commerce; appointed Consular Agent at Assioot June 25, 1903.

Wittenmeyer, Edmund.-Born in Buford, R. I., April 25. 1862; appointed a military cadet July 1, 1883; additional second lieutenant, Ninth Infantry, June 12, 1887; second lieutenant June 15, 1887; first lieutenant, Fifteenth Infantry, November 27, 1894; captain, Tenth Infantry, March 2, 1899; transferred to Fifteenth Infantry July 3, 1899; detailed as paymaster December 17, 1901; assigned to Fifth Infantry December 17, 1905; graduated at the Infantry and Cavalry School in 1905; on the general staff January 25, 1910, to March 3, 1911; transferred to Sixth Infantry October 3, 1910; appointed major, Twentyseventh Infantry, February 15, 1911; lieutenant colonel, July 1, 1916: assigned to duty as Military Attaché at Habana, Cuba, January 7, 1914.

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: graduate of Burlington high school and Burlington Business College; clerk United States naval station, San Juan, 1902-1904; clerk to post-office inspector, New York, 1904-5; business stenographer, 1905-6; appointed 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.

*Wood, Charles M.-Died at his post (Rome) May 22, 1908. Register of 1913.

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, Honolulu, 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 1908-1999; 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 Adis 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.

Wooding, A. Russell.-Born April 30, 1889; appointed laborer in the correspondence division of the Isthmian Canal Commission at $660 per annum May 17, 1906; transferred and appointed laborer in the Department of State at $600 November 15, 1909; appointed Assistant Messenger May 7, 1910; messenger July 1,

1915.

*Woods, Cyrus E.-Retired as Minister to Portugal August, 1913. Register of 1913.

Woodward, George Carlton.-Born near West Chester, Pa., December 7, 1874; educated in public schools and Pierce Busi ness 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.

Woolard, Clarence Cecil.-Born in Grafton, W. Va., January 12, 1873; attended the public schools of West Virginia; brakeman and conductor on railroads in the United States 1894-1905; conductor and trainmaster, Cerro de Pasco (Peru) Railway, 1905-1910; employed by the Caribbean Construction Co. at Cape Haitien, Haiti, since 1911; appointed Vice-Consul at Cape Haitien June 9, 1915.

Woolsey, Lester H.-Born in Stone Ridge, N. Y., August 3, 1876; graduated from Harvard College (A. B.) and George Washington University law school (LL. B.); pursued graduate course for degree of Ph. D. at Harvard and George Washington University; author of various Government reports and professional papers on scientific and legal subjects; assistant geologist in United States Geological Survey; examiner, United States Land Office; transferred and appointed clerk class three in the Department of State September 16, 1909; law clerk April 18, 1911, and detailed to the Counselor's office; designated as secretary of the American delegation to the International Fur Seal Conference which was convened in Washington June 30, 1911; appointed Assistant Solicitor in the Department of State August 1, 1913; detailed to the Secretary's office June 23, 1915; appointed an officer to aid in important drafting work in connection with foreign relations, to be designated Law Adviser, July 1, 1916.

* Worden, James Perry.-Retired as Consul at Bristol January, 1908. Register of 1913.

* Worman, James H.-Retired as Consul at Three Rivers June, 1908. Register of 1913.

Wright, Herbert R.-Born in Marshalltown, Iowa, August 15, 1871; educated in public schools of Marshalltown and the State University of Iowa (LL. B.); practiced law in Des Moines; owner and editor of Iowa Emancipator, 1904; appointed, after examination (June 14, 1905), Consul at Puerto Plata March 30, 1905; Consul at Utila June 15, 1905; Consul at Puerto Cabello January 13, 1909; Consul of class nine by act approved February 5, 1915.

Wright, Joshua Butler.-Born in Irvington, N. Y., October 18, 1877; 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; Chargé d'Affaires July 2 to September 9, 1911; appointed Secretary of the Legation and Consul-General to Roumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria February 1, 1912, but did not go to post; assigned to special duty in the Department of State; appointed clerk at $1,000 in the Department of State August 24, 1913, under the provisions of the Executive order of August 24, 1912; Secretary of the Legation at Habana September 12, 1912, but did not go there; appointed Secretary of the Legation at Brussels October 4, 1912; secretary of the American delegation to the Opium Conference at The Hague June 14, 1913; Secretary of the Embassy at Rio de Janeiro July 2, 1913; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class one by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to the Department of State as Acting Chief of the Division of Latin-American Affairs July 28, 1915; designated and assigned as Counselor of the Embassy at Petrograd October 2, 1916.

* Wright, Luke E.-Retired as Ambassador to Japan September, 1907. Register of 1913.

Wright, Maitland Schoolcraft.-Born in Pope County, Minn.. July 17, 1870; educated in public schools and normal school of Moorhead, Minn.; telegraph operator; appointed telegrapher in the Navy Department during the Spanish-American War; transferred, under Civil Service rules, to the office of Superintendent State, War, and Navy Building June 23, 1899; transferred to the Department of State as clerk at Sooo January 10, 1902; appointed clerk at $1,000 July 1, 1903; class one, temporarily, March 23, 1904; permanently June 15, 1904. class two March 4, 1907; class three October 21, 1910.

* Wright, William F.-Retired as Consul-General at Munich May, 1907. Register of 1913.

* Wynne, Robert J.-Retired as Consul-General at London August, 1909. Register of 1913.

Wysard, Jules Charles.-Citizen of Switzerland, born in Biel, Switzerland, February 26, 1877; engaged in the general importing and commission business in Bahia, Brazil, appointed Vice-Consul at Bahia February 18, 1915.

Yardley, Edward.-Born in Kansas May 30, 1894; educated in public schools and one year in a commercial school; employed for three years as stenographer and law clerk in various offices in Livingston and Helena, Mont.; appointed clerk in the Department of State at $900, under Civil Service rules, September 12, 1914; at $1,000 June 1, 1915; class one June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916.

Yardley, Herbert O.-Born in Worthington, Ind., April 13. 1889; educated in the public schools of Worthington and Eaton Rapids, Mich; appointed clerk in the Department of State at $900, under Civil Service rules, December 9, 1912; at $1,000 April 1, 1914; class two June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916.

Yates, Halsey E.-Born in Nebraska May 13, 1876; appointed a cadet in the United States Military Academy June 15, 1895. second lieutenant, Fifth Infantry, February 15, 1899; first lieutenant September 7, 1900; captain, Twenty-ninth Infantry, August 15, 1906; transferred to Seventeenth Infantry May 1, 1907; unassigned March 11, 1911; assigned to Thirtieth Infantry July 1, 1912; assigned to duty as Military Attaché at Bucharest February 4, 1916.

Yelverton, Emmor Harrison.-Born in Goldsboro, N. C., July 16, 1890; home, Goldsboro; graduate of Goldsboro High School and attended the University of North Carolina 1958-12; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1914), Consular Assistant April 4, 1914; detailed to the Consulate General at London February 1, 1915; appointed Vice-Consul at Swansea November 18, 1916.

Yerby, William James.-Born in Phillips County, Ark., September 22, 1867; home, Memphis, Tenn.; attended the Tennessee public schools and Le Moyne Institute; graduated from Roger Williams University and Meharry Medical College of Walden University; publisher six years and practicing physician eight years; appointed, after examination, Consul at Sierra Leone June 28, 1906; Consul of class nine by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Consul of class seven February 22, 1915, and assigned to Dakar.

Yost, Bartley F.-Born in Switzerland September 30, 1877; father naturalized in 1888; educated in the public schools of Kansas and Washburn College; attended six sessions of Normal Institute; taught school intermittently, 1896-1905; in business one year; clerk of the district court of Osborne County, Kans., and part owner of the Osborne County News, 1906-1908; appointed, after examination (November 20, 1907), Consular Assistant June 24, 1908; Deputy Consul-General at Paris April 20, 1909; Consular Agent at Almeria March 3, 1913; detailed for duty temporarily in the Consulate General at Barcelona May 13, 1916; resumed duties at Almeria August 29, 1916.

Young, Evan Erastus.-Born in Kenton, Ohio, August 17. 1878; attended Hiram College, Ohio, the South Dakota School of Mines, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin law school; three years' army service in the Philippines; appointed, after examination (August 10, 1905), Consul at Harput August 12, 1905; Consul at Saloniki June 1o, 1908; Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, November 24, 1909; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ecuador July 6, 1911; appointed in the Department of State and designated as Foreign Trade Adviser September 4, 1912; delegate on the part of the United States to the Fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce, Boston, September 24 to 28, 1912; appointed Consul-General at Halifax June 5. 1913: Consul-General of class five by act approved February

5, 1915.

Young, George William.-Born in Sioux City, Iowa, September 22, 1886; home, North Chevy Chase, Md.; educated in public schools of Washington, D. C., Army and Navy Prepartory School, and law department of George Washington University; served as clerk in contractor's office; clerk at navy rard; clerk in Bureau of Labor; appointed, after examination January 30, 1911), Student Interpreter in Turkey March 10, Deputy Consul-General and Interpreter at Constantinople September 13, 1913; Vice and Deputy Consul and Interpreter Harput June 23, 1914; Interpreter at Beirut November 18, 19:4; in charge of the Consular Agency at Damascus November 18, 1914, to January 12, 1916; appointed Vice-Consul and Interpreter at Aleppo November 30, 1915.

Young, James Barclay.-Born in Washington, D. C., Febuary 14, 1884; attended public schools ten years; graduated from the William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia) and the University of Pennsylvania (B. S.); reporter for Washington, Philadelphia, and New York newspapers; private secretary te his father while the latter was in Congress; read law; appointed, after examination (July 7, 1908), Consular Assistant july 19, 1909; Vice and Deputy Consul at Milan September *1959: Deputy Consul-General at Berlin March 16, 1911; Vice and Deputy Consul at Breslau April 28, 1911; reappointed Depaty Consul-General at Berlin May 26, 1911; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul-General at Genoa February 19, 1912; Vice and Deputy Consul at Milan July 22, 1913; reappointed Vice and Deputy Consul-General at Genoa August 29, 1913; Vice-Consalat Genoa February 6, 1915; appointed Consul of class eight March 2, 1915, and assigned to Tunis, but did not go there; on detail as Vice-Consul at Belgrade April-November, 1915; at Vienna December, 1915, to July 22, 1916; assigned to Fiume july 24, 1916.

Young, Wallace J.-Born in West Chester, Pa., August 21, *; graduate of the high school of Washington, D. C.; private secretary to several Members of the House of Representatives, Firty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses; appointed clerk in

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the Census Office at $900 July 5, 1900; promoted to $1,000 and $1,200; service discontinued July 1, 1902; appointed clerk at $840 in the Civil Service Commission July 15, 1903; at $900 October 1, 1903; at $1,000 December 1, 1904; at $1,200 July 1, 1905; transferred to the Department of State as clerk class one February 16, 1907; clerk to the Third Assistant Secretary of State, 1907-1909; appointed clerk class two October 31, 1907; class three November 2, 1908; secretary of the boards of examiners for the diplomatic and consular services May 17, 1909; attached to the Agency of the United States in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court at The Hague, 1910; appointed clerk class four December 16, 1910; assistant secretary of the American Delegation to the Opium Conference at The Hague October 4, 1911; also special disbursing officer for the Department of State to the same delegation October 14, 1911; reinstated as clerk class four in the Department of State February 7, 1912; retired as secretary of the boards of examiners for the diplomatic and consular services December 18, 1913; appointed Consul at Carlsbad July 24, 1914, under Executive order of May 26, 1914; Consul of class seven by act approved February 5, 1915.

Zabriskie, Luther Kimbell.-Born in Preston, Conn., October 10, 1879; attended the public schools of Connecticut, Worcester Academy four years, Vale College four years (A. B.), and Edinburgh University one year; member of the State Legislature of Connecticut, 1907-8; member of Connecticut Special School Commission, 1907-1909; member editorial staff Norwich Bulletin, 1907-1911; clerk in the Consulate-General at Callao, 191112; appointed Deputy Consul at Callao June 7, 1912; Vice and Deputy Consul at Callao July 5. 1913; Vice-Consul at Moscow March 23, 1915; Vice-Consul at St. Thomas January 18, 1916.

Zinzen, Jean.-Born in Belgium May 25, 1861; educated in Belgium; in Belgian Government service in South Africa, 1884-1886; since then an exporter and importer; appointed Consular Agent at Victoria, Brazil, March 29, 1890.