XVII. BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT RESPECTING PERSONS SERVING UNDER APPOINTMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AT HOME OR ABROAD, AND THE NAMES AND LAST POSTS OF SERVICE OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS AND CONSULS GENERAL, CONSULS, CONSULAR ASSISTANTS, INTERPRETERS, MARSHALS, AND STUDENT INTERPRETERS, WHO HAVE DIED OR RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE SINCE JANUARY 1, 1906. Persons not in the service on date of issue of this register are marked thus *, and the register in which their biographies last appear is indicated by date thereof. Abbot, Lucy Elizabeth.-Born in Zanesville, Ohio; educated in private schools and in a public high school; appointed clerk in the Department of the Interior September 1, 1881, and served until December 26, 1886; appointed clerk in the Department of State at $900, under Civil Service rules; December 27, 1886; at $1,000 August 8, 1893; class one January 6, 1896. Abegg, Carl.-Born in Switzerland, 1864; naturalized in New York August 23, 1900; clerk; appointed Consular Agent at Port de Paix June 12, 1896. Abrams, Belle Jenvey.-Born in Marietta, Ohio; educated in private and public schools; engaged for several years as a designer and painter of gowns; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, February 18, 1915; permanently at $900 under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916; at $1,000, temporarily, October 18, 1916; permanently November 1, 1916. Adams, Edward Le Grand.-Born in Clarence, N. Y., January 3, 1851; home, Elmira, N. Y.; attended the Clarence Academy and the University of Rochester; graduated from the State Normal school at Brockport, N. Y.; on editorial staff Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1873-1880; oil producer in Pennsylvania, 1880-1883; editor Elmira Daily Advertiser, 18931898; deputy collector United States Internal Revenue, 18901894; New York State tax commissioner, 1895-1898; appointed Secretary of the Legation and Consul-General at Stockholm June 2, 1902; Consul-General June 23, 1906; Consul at Dublin March 1, 1909; Consul of class five by act approved February 5. 1915. Adams, Walter A.-Born in Greenville, S. C., December 16, 1888; home, Greenville; attended public schools; spent one one year at Clemson College, and graduated from Georgetown University (LL. B.), 1913; employed as stenographer in Greenville, in the civil service at Washington, and in the Philippine civil service; admitted to the practice of law in the United States Court for China; appointed clerk in the Consulate General at Shanghai, April 1, 1914; stenographer of the United States Court for China January 19, 1915; also Vice Consul at Shanghai, February 26, 1916. Adee, Alvey Augustus.-Born in Astoria, N. Y., November 27, 1842; educated by private tutors; appointed Secretary of the Legation at Madrid September 9, 1870; Chargé d'Affaires at different times; transferred from Madrid and appointed clerk class four in the Department of State July 9, 1877; Chief of the Diplomatic Bureau June 11, 1878; Third Assistant Secretary of State July 18, 1882; Second Assistant Secretary of State August 3, 1886; delegate to the International Conference on Spitzbergen, at Christiania, June 27, 1914. Agostini, Caesar Franklin.-Born in Tarragona, Spain, of American parents, August 8, 1884; studied under private tutors and took electrical engineering course with the National Correspondence Institute of Washington, D. C.; manager of a shipping agency at Tarragona nine years, which business he took over in 1914; appointed Consular Agent at Tarragona October 2, 1914. *Albert, Talbot J.-Retired as Consul of class eight, assigned to Hanover, December, 1916. Register of 1915. Albrecht, Charles Hahn.-Born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 22, 1885; home, Philadelphia; graduate of Central High School, Philadelphia, A. B. (1902); University of Pennsylvania, A. B. (1905), LL. B. (1908); M. A. (1911); employed in auditor's office, Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1906; practiced law in Philadelphia, 1908-1911; appointed, after examination (January 30, 1911), Consular Assistant July 12, 1911; Vice and Deputy Consul-General at Barcelona February 21, 1912; detailed for duty in the Department of State March, 1913; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul-General at Santo Domingo October 28, 1913; Vice-Consul at Santo Domingo February 6, 1915. appointed Consul of class nine July 12, 1916; on detail in the Department of State January 1, 1915, to Alcock, William J.-Born in Ireland in 1861; merchant appointed Consular Agent at Huelva April 4, 1901. Alexander, F. Virginia.—Born in Mount Crawford, Va.; has a public and business school education and was tutored for two years; employed in several Government offices, in a law and commercial office and as a private secretary, 1910-1915; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, December 7, 1915; permanently a clerk of class one, under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. Alford, Thomas Brooks.-Born in Dillon, S. C., May 1, 1893; attended grammar and high schools of Dillon, 1900-1910; University of South Carolina, four years, and the Army and Navy Academy; employed in insurance office at Columbia, S. C., 1913; principal of a high school in Latta, S. C., 1914-1915; engaged in general insurance and brokerage business in Dillon, 1915-1916; secretary to a Member of Congress, 1916; appointed Vice Consul at Riga June 7, 1916. Alger, William E.-Born in Boston, Mass., September 1, 1856; attended public school in Boston and graduated from the English high school; appointed Consular Agent at Puerto Cortes January 9, 1891; Consul March 31, 1902; Consul at Tegucigalpa November 10, 1904; Consul at Puerto Cortes May 31, 1909; Consul at Mazatlan December 16, 1909; Consul of class eight by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to Fernie, June 10, 1916. Allen, Charles Edward.-Born in Foster, Ky., April 13, 1891; home, Maysville, Ky.; graduate of Central University of Kentucky (B. A.), 1911; principal of high school and teacher of German and English at Mount Sterling, Ky., 1911-1912; clerk in Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad office 1912-1914; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1914), Student Interpreter in Turkey April 4, 1914; Consular Agent at Adrianople September 3, 1915; Vice Consul and Interpreter at Constantinople April 28, 1916. Allen, Percy F.-Born in Allen, Md., February 11, 1879 attended the public schools of Maryland and graduated from Goldey Commercial College of Wilmington, Del.; bookkeeper and cashier for various business houses, 1897-1902; clerk and bookkeeper, department of education, Porto Rico, 1902-1904; assistant to disbursing officer, Porto Rican teachers' study trip to United States, 1904; head bookkeeper, disbursing office, insular government of Porto Rico, 1905; resigned August 1, 1905; appointed clerk at $840 in the Civil Service Commission September 9, 1905, at $900 October 1, 1905, clerk at $900, under Civil Service rules in the Department of State July 3, 1906; class one May 1, 1907; class two November 2, 1908; class three June 27, 1911; secretary of the board of examiners for the diplomatic and consular services December 18, 1913; clerk, clasur, April 22, 1914. Allman, Norwood Francis.-Born in Union Hall, Va., July 24, 1893; home, New Orleans, La.; educated in public schools, at a business college, and studied law at the University of Virginia; instructor at the University of Virginia one year; employed by various business concerns five years; appointed after examination (June 26, 1916) Student Interpreter in China, August 30, 1916. Alverson, Lyle Thomas.-Born in Dyer, Ind., February 24, 1893; high-school graduate; attended George Washington University two years; telegrapher with various railway and telegraph companies, 1910-1914; appointed clerk in the Department of State, at $900, under Civil Service rules, May 7, 1914; appointed clerk in the War Department, at $1,000, under Civil Service rules, July 27, 1915; reappointed clerk in the Department of State, at $900, May 18, 1916; appointed clerk, class one, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. *Ames, Edward Winslow.-Retired as Secretary of the Legation at Santiago, March, 1906. Register of 1913. Amnéus, Ernst H.-Swedish subject, born August 2, 1872; engaged in the lumber-export and timber business; appointed Consular Agent at Sundsvall March 9, 1908. Amory, Henry R.-Graduate of Harvard University; engaged in the commission business in Funchal; appointed Consular Agent at Funchal February 19, 1916. *Anderson, George B.-Died at his post (Martinique) March 2, 1910. Register of 1913. Anderson, George Everett.-Born in Normal, Ill., August 20, 1869; home, Springfield, Ill.; educated in the public schools and high school of Springfield, and in Shurtleff College, Alton, Ill.; took law course at Wesleyan University; was managing editor of the Peoria Journal and editor and general manager of the Springfield News; appointed Consul at Hangchow April 6, 1904: Consul at Amoy February 4, 1905; Consul-General at Rio de Janeiro February 13, 1906; Consul-General at Hongkong May 4, 1910; Consul-General of class two by act approved February 5, 1915. *Anderson, Larz.-Retired as Ambassador to Japan June, 1913. Register of 1913. Anderson, Par B.-Born in Sweden March 27, 1868; natural; ized in Delaware, Ohio, 1893; attended public schools in Sweden, and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University (A. B.), 1885, began the practice of law in Kane, Pa., 1897; elected city solicitor 1898; deputy collector of customs at Caibarien, Cuba, 1899; collector of customs and captain of the port at Caibarien 19001902; steamship agent since 1902; manager of the National Bank of Cuba, Caibarien, 1905-1907; member of firm of bankers and sugar producers 1907-1914; president of electric company and of Chamber of Commerce, Caibarien; engaged in banking and sugar business; appointed Consular Agent at Caibarien June 9, 1903. Andonian, Hagop S.-Turkish subject, born in Constantinople January 21, 1887; assistant manager in a cotton-yarn importing firm in Constantinople, 1906-1909; appointed clerk in the American Embassy at Constantinople November 1, 1909. Andrews, William Whiting.--Born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 17, 1875; home, Cleveland; graduate of Yale University (A. B.), 1898; member of Troop B, First Ohio Volunteer Cayalry, April-August, 1898; engaged in management of financial affairs and in travel, 1898-1911; appointed, after examination, (January 16, 1911), Secretary of the Legation at Panama March 2, 1911; Secretary of the Legation at Lisbon August 22, 1912; Secretary of the Legation at Berne February 11, 1914: Secretary of the Legation and Consul-General to Roumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria October 31, 1914, but did not go to his post; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class three March 2, 1915; assigned to Bucharest September 25, 1915. Angel, Charles F.-Born in Rochester, N. Y., March 22, 1897 appointed a midshipman from New York June 17, 1910; ension June 6, 1914; assigned to duty as assistant to the naval attaché at Berlin November 29, 1916. Ansley, Everett B.--Born in Rockville, Md., March 11, 1894; attended public school in Washington, D. C., St. Bernard's School, Gladstone, N. J., Georgetown University law school (B. L. and M. P. L.), 1916; employed as clerk in railway mail office, stenographer and typewriter in law office, 1909-1916, appointed Vice-Consul at Vladivostok, July 31, 1916. Armour, Norman. -Born in Brighton, England, of American parents, October 14, 1887; home, Princeton, N. J.; is a graduate of Princeton University (A. B.) 1905; (A. M.) 1909, and of Harvard University (LL. B.) 1914; employed in a law office in Newark 1913-14; admitted to the New Jersey bar 1914; served in the Embassy in Vienna for three months in 1912 and in the Embassy in Paris for eight months in 1915-16; appointed, after examination (April 10, 1916), Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class five May 17, 1916; assigned to Petrograd May 22, 1916; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class four August 3, 1916. Armstrong, jr., John Samuel.-Born in Tempe, Ariz., September 11, 1888; home, Wilmington, N. C.; attended Woodbury Forest School, Orange, Va. (1904-5), Phillips Exeter Academy (1905-6), and University of North Carolina (1906-1908); clerk in bank, Wilmington, N. C., five years during summer months; appointed clerk in the Consulate at Cork March 4, 1909; Deputy Consul at Cork September 13, 1909; Vice and Deputy Consul January 25, 1911; appointed, after examination (January 30, 1911), Consular Assistant July 12, 1911; Vice and Deputy Consul at Naples September 27, 1911; Deputy Consul-General at Vancouver December 12, 1912; Vice and Deputy Consul at Saloniki February 13, 1914; Consul at Bristol July 17, 1914; Consul of class nine by act approved February 5, 1915. Arnell, Charles Jonathan.-Born at sea of American parents July 1, 1881; home, Seattle, Wash.; high-school graduate; took a partial college course; also courses in commercial and normal training; clerk in law office, 1902; with Opium Investigating Committee, 1903-1905; librarian in Philippine civil service 1905: private secretary to the Ambassador to Japan, 1906; appointed, after examination (September 12, 1906), Student Inter preter and Vice-Consul-General at Mukden September 14, 1906; appointed Interpreter March 20, 1907; Vice and Deputy Consul General September 19, 1907; Assistant Japanese Secretary to the Embassy to Japan June 25, 1908; Japanese Secretary and Interpreter to the Embassy to Japan September 7, 1909. Arnold, Frank Dundore.-Born in Reading, Pa., May 24, 1881; graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B. S.) 1902, (LL. B.) 1905; spent one year in the University of Munich; admitted to the bar of Reading, Pa.; appointed, after examination (May 17, 1909), Secretary of the Legation at Guatemala City August 4, 1909; Third Secretary of the Embassy at Mexico City August 12, 1910; Third Secretary of the Embassy at Tokyo August 22, 1912; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class five by act approved February 5, 1915; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class three March 2, 1915; assigned to Tokyo March 6, 1915; to Bangkok July 28, 1915. Arnold, Julean.-Born in Sacramento, Cal., July 19, 1876; educated in the public schools and the California State University; engaged in teaching; appointed, after examination (July, 1902), Student Interpreter in China July 18, 1902; also Vice and Deputy Consul at Dalny February 4, 1904; appointed Deputy Consul-General at Shanghai July 13, 1904; Vice and Deputy Consul at Foochow March 7, 1906; assigned to duty in the Consulate-General at Shanghai May 5, 1906; appointed Consul at Tansui June 22, 1906; Consul at Amoy May 1, 1908; Consul at Chefoo March 8, 1912; Consul-General at Hankow July 29, 1914; appointed Commercial Attaché, Department of Commerce, September 25, 1914, and designated for duty in the American Legation at Peking October 12, 1914. *Arnold, Olney.-Died at Lisbon, Portugal, March 5, 1916, while Agent and Consul General at Cairo. Register of 1915. *Atwell, William P.-Died at his post (Ghent) July 28, 1911. Register of 1913. Auer, Pieter François.-Born in the Netherlands in 1866; shipbroker; appointed Consular Agent at Flushing January 5. 1899. Austensen, Levi.-Born in Norway February 13, 1873; naturalized; enlisted August 1, 1894, in Company H, Twentieth Infantry; honorably discharged July 31, 1897; reenlisted August 6, 1897; wounded at El Caney, Cuba, July 1, 1898; honorably discharged February 14, 1899; appointed laborer in the Department of State July 1, 1905; assistant messenger November 1, 1905. *Austin, Richard Wilson.-Retired as Consul at Glasgow November 23, 1907. Register of 1913. *Authier, Joseph M.-Retired as Consul at Guadeloupe October, 1909. Register of 1913. Avery, William Lester.-Born in New York City February 17, 1853: educated in private and public schools of Lee, Mass.: at sea 1869-1883; from 1876 to 1883 was a shipmaster; employed as agent of the Northern Pacific Express Co. at Butte and Miles City, Mont., 1884-1897; appointed, after examination (February 20, 1898), Consul at Belize March 9, 1898; Consul of class eight by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Consul of class seven September 6, 1916. *Aymé, Louis H.-Died at his post (Lisbon) May 16, 1912. Register of 1913. Babcock, Elisha J.-Born in Albany, N. Y., February 28, 1844; educated in public schools of Albany; served for three years in the Forty-fourth New York Volunteers during the Civil War; secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney-General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and clerk to Senate committees; appointed private secretary to the Secretary of State March 6, 1897; Consul-General at Tangier May 23, 1910 but did not proceed to po-t; clerk of class four in the Department of State June 22, effective July 1, 1910; reappointed August 24, 1912, under the provisions of Executive order of August 24, 1912. *Babcock, Lester.-Retired as Marshal at Foochow May, 1916. Register of 1915. Bachelder, Leonard A.--Born in Salem, Mass., in 1855; in business in Auckland since 1891; appointed Consul at Zanzibar April 23, 1880; Vice-Consul April 24, 1880; retired February 3, 1883; appointed Vice-Consul at Auckland October 10, 1891; Vice-Consul-General July 15, 1903; Vice-Consul February 6, 1915. *Bacon, Robert.-Retired as Ambassador to France, April, 1912. Register of 1913. Baden, Mary Harriet.-Born in Washington, D. C.; highschool graduate and took a course in a business college; stenographer in Alexandria, Washington, and Muskogee; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, August 24, 1914, permanently a clerk of class one, under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. Bader, Ralph Hedrick.-Born in McGaheysville, Va., June 8, 1888; graduated from the Washington and Lee University (A. B.) and the George Washington University; appointed Student Interpreter in Turkey April 1, 1910; Interpreter to the American Legation and Consular Agent at Teheran February 8, 1912, also clerk in the American Legation at Teheran March 8. 1912, Interpreter to the American Legation and ConsulateGeneral to Persia and Vice and Deputy Consul-General at Teheran July 1, 1912; Vice Consul at Teheran February 6, 1915; Consulate General abolished May 9, 1916; reappointed Vice Consul, also appointed Interpreter to the Consulate at Teheran, November 28, 1916. *Baehr, Max Joseph.-Retired as Consul of class six; assigned to Berne, October, 1915. Register of 1914. Baer, Beulah G.-Born in Singer's Glen, Va.; attended Shenandoah Collegiate Institute; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, August 7, 1914; permanently at $1,000, under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July I. 1916. Bagby, Nettie Neale.-Born in Staunton, Va.; graduate of public and business schools; stenographer and bookkeeper in Law and other offices; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, January 11, 1915; permanently at $1,000, under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. Bailey, jr., Alfred Dunlop.-Born in Bladensburg, Md., November 20, 1893; attended Central High School, Washington, D. C., five years; sergeant in the Maryland National Guard three years; employed as an assistant to the county surveyor of Prince Georges County, Md., four summers; appointed Vice Consul at St. John, N. B., November 30, 1915. Bailey, David James.-British subject, born in England June 12, 1859; solicitor; appointed Vice and Deputy Commercial Agent at Huddersfield June 9, 1890; Vice and Deputy Consul July 26, 1893; Vice-Consul at Huddersfield by act approved February 5, 1915. * Bailey, Everett E. Retired as Consul at Ensenada September, 1909. Register of 1913. Bailey, James G.-Born in Salyersville, Ky., April 7, 1868 home, Salyersville; educated at Lebanon University; studied law at Northern Indiana University of Law; member of Kentucky legislature, 1895-1897; practiced law; in United States Census Office, 1900-1901; appointed Secretary of the Legation to Guatemala and Honduras June 22, 1901; Secretary of the Legation to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador June 5, 1903; Secretary of the Legation at Stockholm August 6, 1907; Secretary of the Embassy at Mexico City August 4, 1909; retired August, 1910; appointed Secretary of the Legation at Berne March 2, 1911; Secretary of the Legation to the Netherlands and Luxemburg February 1, 1912; Honorary Delegate to the adjourned meeting of the International Congress for the Purpose of Promoting Uniform Legislation Concerning Letters of Exchange held at The Hague June, 1912; Secretary of the Legation at Lisbon February 11, 1914; Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class three by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Secretary of Embassy or Legation of class two November 5, 1915; assigned to Petrograd December 6, 1916. Bailly-Blanchard, Arthur.-Born in New Orleans, La.,October 1, 1855; home, New Orleans; educated at Lavender's College, New Orleans, in Paris and Dresden, and law department, University of Louisiana; in business in New Orleans, 1875-1878; clerk to Board of Louisiana State Assessors, 1878-1880; assistant editor, "Le Courrier de la Louisiana," 1878-9; assistant editor, "Le Petit Journal," New Orleans, 1880-1; with Mexican Central Railway, 1882-3; private, Le Gardeur's Battalion, 1887; lieutenant and assistant quartermaster, Louisiana National Guard, 1879; captain and chief quartermaster, 1880; acting adjutant, 1880-1882; captain of ordnance, 1880; colonel and aidde-camp to the governor of Louisiana, 1885; private secretary to Minister to France, 1885-1889; assistant to the special agent of the Department of State, French Spoliation Claims; secretary, United States Commission to Paris Exposition, 1889; an American juror at exposition; private secretary to Minister to France, 1890-1893; a secretary, Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration, 1893-1895; a secretary, bimetallic mission to France, 1896, secretary to Hon. John W. Foster, Special Ambassador to Russia, 1897; attaché, American Peace Commission, Paris, 1898, private secretary to Ambassador to France, 1899-1900; assistant secretary of the American Delegation at The Hague Peace Conference, and a secretary of the conference, 1907; appointed Third Secretary of the Embassy at Paris July 9, 1900; Second Secretary June 17, 1901; Secretary of the Embassy at Paris August 4, 1909; representative to the International Conference for the Discussion of the Suppression of the International Traffic in Obscene Literature, Paris, April, 1910; Delegate, with the personal rank of Minister Plenipotentiary, to the International Sanitary Conference at Paris November 7, 1911; Secretary of the Embassy at Tokyo February 1, 1912; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Haiti May 22, 1914. Baird, Marguerite Lorena.-Born in Chicago, Ill.; has public school and business school education; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, August 1o, 1914; permanently at $900, under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. Baker, Edward Carleton.-Born in Alameda, Cal., July 11, 1882; attended the grammar and high schools of Alameda and graduated from the College of Commerce of the University of California with degree of B. S.; was assistant in economics department, University of California; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul and also Marshal at Foochow January 5, 1906; reappointed Vice and Deputy Consul May 5, 1906; retired as Marshal June 30, 1906; reappointed Marshal August 28, 1907; appointed Vice and Deputy Consul and also Marshal at Amoy October 21, 1907; Vice and Deputy Consul and also Marshal at Foochow May 20, 1908; transferred to the Department of State as assistant to the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs February 1, 1909; appointed, after examination (November 10, 1908), Consul at Antung November 10, 1909; Consul at Chungking August 19, 1911; Consul at Nagasaki December 19, 1914: Consul of class six by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Consul General of class five October 27, 1916, and assigned to Mukden. Baker, Henry Dunster.-Born in Attleboro, Mass., February 26, 1873; home, Chicago, Ill.; educated in the public schools of Chicago and the Harvard School of Chicago; graduated from Yale in 1896; employed as reporter on the Chicago Tribune and several years financial editor; assistant financial editor of the New York Evening Post; associate editor of the Commercial West of Minneapolis until 1904; since 1904 engaged in special literary work and as correspondent of the Financial Times of London and other papers; appointed, after examination (July 7, 1907), Consul at Hobart August 15, 1907; detailed as ViceConsul-General in charge at Sydney, Australia, February 23, 1910; detailed for special duty in New Zealand to investigate trade conditions February 10, 1911; Consul at Nassau August 22, 1912; on special detail to investigate the opportunities for the extension of the commerce of the United States in India February 15, 1913; Consul at Bombay November 24, 1913; appointed Commercial Attaché, Department of Commerce, October 3, 1914, and designated for duty in the American Embassy at Petrograd October 12, 1914; appointed Consul of class six September 6, 1916; assigned to Trinidad October 27, 1916. Baker, Joseph Richardson.-Born in New Hartford, N. Y., February 11, 1872; graduated from Utica Free Academy, 1889; Hamilton College (A. B.), 1893; admitted to New York State bar, 1896; appointed law clerk at $1,500 to Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Department of the Interior, February 1, 1902; clerk at $1,000 in the Post-Office Department, under Civil Service rules. June 26, 1903; at $1,200 February 10, 1904; transferred and appointed clerk of class one in the Department of State August 6, 1906; class two July 1, 1908; class three June . 1, 1909: special agent of the Department of State to investigate the claims of American citizens in Samoa April 15, 1911; also Vice and Deputy Consul at Apia April 25, 1911; services in Samoa ceased August 25, 1911, and returned to the Department of State; appointed clerk class four November 20, 1911; law clerk December 1, 1913; an assistant solicitor at $2,500 June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916; at $3,000 August 1, 1916. Baker, Martin.-Born in Baltimore, Md., February 22, 1878; educated in the public schools of Maryland and by private tutors; served as a private and noncommissioned officer in the Thirty-sixth Infantry, United States Volunteers, July 12, 1898, to March 16, 1901; sailor seven years; clerk in the American Consulate-General at Rotterdam since May 1, 1910; appointed Deputy Consul-General at Rotterdam January 20, 1913; ViceConsul at Rotterdam March 1, 1915. *Baker, Orlando Harrison.-Died at Nagasaki, Japan, August 6, 1913, while Consul at Sandakan. Register of 1913. Balch, Henry H.-Born in Madison, Ala., January 6, 1877; home, Madison; graduated from the State Normal College of Alabama (1899); principal of a public school at Carbon Hill, Ala., 1899-1901; census enumerator June, 1900; teacher in the insular service in the Philippines 1901-1912; appointed, after examination (January 19, 1914), Consul at St. Stephen June 22, 1914; Consul of class nine by act approved February 5, 1915; appointed Consul of class eight June 8, 1915, and assigned to Yarmouth; Consul of class seven October 27, 1916, and assigned to Asuncion. Balcom, A. Hartwell.-Transterred from the Department of Agriculture and appointed clerk of class one in the Department of State December 11, 1916, to be effective January 1, 1917. *Baldwin, George E.-Retired as Consul at Nuremberg December, 1906. Register of 1913. Baldwin, Karl F.-Born in Iowa March 12, 1885; appointed second lieutenant Coast Artillery Corps September 4. 1908; first lieutenant July 1, 1909; captain July 1, 1916; assigned to duty as Attaché at Tokyo May 26, 1914. Ballantine, Joseph William.-Born in India of American parents July 30, 1888; graduate of Amherst College (A. B.), 1909; appointed, after examination (May 5, 1909), Student Interpreter in Japan June 2, 1909; detailed for duty at the Consulate at Kobe July 25, 1911; appointed Interpreter at Kobe August 31, 1911; also Deputy Consul December 18, 1911; Deputy Consul-General and Interpreter at Yokohama June 11, 1912; Vice and Deputy Consul and Interpreter at Tansui November 6, 1912; Deputy Consul-General and Interpreter at Yokohama October 7, 1913; Vice and Deputy Consul General at Yokohama June 25, 1914: Assistant Japanese Secretary to the Embassy to Japan August 1, 1914. Bardel, William.-Born in Germany September 20, 1846; naturalized in Philadelphia October 22, 1872; home, Brooklyn, N. Y.; educated at the State Commercial College in Nuremberg, Germany; engaged in the wholesale jewelry business in New York; appointed, after examination (December 15, 1900), Commercial Agent at Bamberg December 15, 1900; Consul December 16, 1902; Consul at Reims June 10, 1908; Consul of class six by act approved February 5, 1915; assigned to Cologne September 17, 1915, but did not go to post; assigned to St. Michael's October 7, 1915. to Barden, Paul Elsworth.-Born in Wessington, S. Dak., May 25, 1894; attended grammar and high schools 1900-1912; Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oreg., September, 1913, June, 1914; chainman on surveys in Montana summers of 19101913; field assistant, United States Forest Service, 1914; stenographer at Flathead Indian Agency, December, 1914; stenographer in a lawyer's office in Helena, Mont., 1915; appointed clerk in the Department of State at $900, under Civil Service rules, December 21, 1915; class one June 22, to be effective July I, 1916. Barker, Blanche Agnes.-Born in Washington, D. C.; has a public-school education; stenographer with various business concerns in Washington, 1908-1914; appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Department of State, August 7, 1914; permanently at $1,000, under Executive order, June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916; class one, temporarily, July 29, to be effective August 1, 1916; permanently September 1, 1916. Barnes, Charles Maurice.-Born in Winchester, Va., February 14, 1879; graduated from the Staunton (Va.) high school, 1897; attended Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1897-1899 and 1903-4, and graduated from George Washington University, College of the Political Sciences (A. B.), 1910; teacher in public and private schools in Virginia, Alabama, and Tennessee; principal, New Hope Graded School, New Hope, Va., 1899-1900; instructor in Greek, Latin, and German, Starke's University School, Montgomery, Ala., 19001903 and 1904-5, and in Clay Hill Academy, Millwood, Va., 1905-6; instructor in Latin, English, and history, Baylor's University School, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1907; special agent in the Bureau of Labor, Department of Commerce and Labor, 1907-8, and in the United States Immigration Commission, 1909; clerk in the Bureau of the Census, 1909-1912; appointed clerk of class three in the Department of State January 5, 1912; reappointed August 24, 1912, under the provisions of Executive order of August 24, 1912; appointed clerk class four June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. Barnes, Howard Russell.--Born in Marietta, Ohio, December 17, 1877; educated at Dean Academy, in public schools of Washington, D. C., and Georgetown University; clerk in a mill; an architect; private secretary and stenographer; appointed stenographer and typewriter at $900, temporarily, in the Civil Service Commission, July 1, 1908; clerk at $900, under Civil Service rules, in the Department of State July 15, 1908; at $1,000 April 24, 1909; class one December 1, 1909; class two June 27, 1911; class three June 4, 1913; representative of the Department of State on the General Supply Committee December 13, 1913, to November 10, 1914; on detail in the Amer ican Embassy at London November, 1914, to June, 1916; re turned to the Department of State July, 1916. Barnett, Oscar Harry.-Born in Fleming, Ohio, February 28, 1881; high school education; farmed several years; manager of the Ceara branch of the Standard Oil Co.; appointed Consular Agent at Ceara June 30, 1914. Barrett, Gustave J.-Born in Baltimore, Md., August 5, 1886; attended the public schools of Baltimore six years, Loyola College two years, business college one year, and took private course in French; clerk and stenographer in various business offices in Baltimore five years; stenographer in the office of the Public Printer six months; stenographer in the office of the superintendent, Naval Academy, Annapolis, four years; appointed Deputy Consul-General at Yokohama July 29, 1913: Deputy Consul-General at Shanghai July 10, 1914; Vice-Consul at Shanghai February 6, 1915; Vice-Consul at Lyon, March 25, 1916. *Barrett, John.-Retired as Minister to Colombia January, 1907. Register of 1913. Barry, John.-Born in Ireland in August, 1851; naturalized; appointed laborer in the Department of State February 1, 1879; assistant messenger July 1, 1902; messenger February 23, 1915; driver July 1, 1915. Bartleman, Richard M.-Born in Boston, Mass., June 9, 1863; home, Boston; educated in public and private schools; was secretary of the Massachusetts Humane Society; engaged in civil engineering; appointed Secretary of the Legation at Caracas June 14, 1890; Consul at Antigua November 14, 1895; Consul at Malaga June 11, 1896; retired April, 1898; reappointed Consul at Malaga June 27, 1899; appointed Consul at Geneva May 8, 1900; Consul at Valencia October 31, 1900, to take effect January 1, 1901; Consul at Cadiz February 12, 1903; Consul at Seville May 7, 1904; Consul-General at Large May 14, 1906, to take effect July 1, 1906; Consul at Madrid August 15, 1907; Consul-General at Buenos Aires January 11, 1909; Consul at Cienfuegos April 24, 1914; Consul of class four by act approved February 5, 1915. Bassett, Jane Bartholomew.-Born in New Britain, Conn.; educated in the high school at New Britain and business college at Hartford, Conn.; stenographer for manufacturing and law firms in New Britain and New York City from 1893 to 1907; appointed clerk in the office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, under Civil Service rules. October 16, 1907; stenographer for Tariff Board October, 1910, to April, 1912; transferred to the Department of State and appointed clerk at $900 March 29, 1912; at $1,000 December 1, 1913; class one May 1, 1916; class two June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. Battiste, Alexander.-Haitian citizen, born in Georgia February 2, 1840; clergyman; appointed Deputy Consul at Port au Prince December 19, 1891; Vice and Deputy Consul July 30, 1904; Vice-Consul at Port au Prince by act approved February 5, 1915. Baucus, William I.-Born in Hoosick, N. Y., March 31, 1866; graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (C. Ě.) of Troy, N. Y., civil engineer; appointed Consular Agent at San Pedro de Macoris September 23, 1916. *Baugh, Hubert Gordon.-Retired as Consul at Saigon February, 1913. Register of 1913. Bauskett, Frank N.-Born in Columbia, S. C., November 16, 1876; attended private and public schools and South Carolina College; studied law in his father's office and practiced with him 1896-1898; private secretary to general superintendent of railroad company 1898-1900; timber purchasing agent for a railroad company 1900-1901; private secretary to a United States Senator 1901-1904; appointed clerk in the Department of State at $900, under Civil Service rules March 28, 1904; at $1,000 December 4, 1905; class one July 2, 1906; class two March 2, 1908; class three April 1, 1913; class four July 24, 1914; appointed secretary of the National Exposition Commission, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915, at $2,500 per annum, August 1, 1914; appointed also disbursing officer September 1, 1914; reinstated in the Department of State as clerk of class four June 22, to be effective July 1, 1916. *Baxter, John Kirkman.-Retired as Consul at Maracaibo March, 1914. Register of 1913. Bayliss, George.-Born in England March 5, 1870; naturalized in San Francisco December 14, 1896; educated in public schools in England; served in United States Army five and a half years; with United States military government in Cuba, |