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continued. including the negotiation of commercial
convention with Great Britain Is months, from
April 26, when Mr.. A. left St. Petersburgh, to Sd
July. But the charges made by him, and allowed
10 him, confined to the period from bis depar-
ture from St. Petersburgh to the time when his
family joined him at Paris, about eleven months.
Mr.. Adams had been informed by the Secretary of
State, at the time he was appointed on the mission,
under 5the mediation of the Emperor of Russia.
that in the event Of the conclusion of peace il was
| the intention Of President Madison to nominate ha
as Minister to London. He accordingly repaired
to Paris, and directed his family to join him there,
with view to receiving the order of the President
either for his transfer, his recall to America.
| They arrived at Paris March 90, 1915. On the
7h of May, he received letter from the Secreta-
ry of State, informing him of his appointment
| Minister to London. This was in the midst of the
period in France which has been called the hun
dred days, between the arrival of Napoleon from El
ba and the battle of Waterloo. The ordinary commu-
nications between France and England were inter-
rupted and the passage of Mr. A. and his family
to the latter country was attended with difficulty
and delay, He arrived in London on the 18th Of
May 1915, and the next day received his Com
mission and Credentia Letters to England, aud let
ter of recall from Russia.
| Accordingly to the rule adopted as early as the
Administration of General Washington, Mr.. Adams
would have been authorized in considering his Mis-
sion Minister Plenpotentiary to the Russian Gov
\ ernment terminating on the day on which he re-
ceived his letter of recall He might also, on the
same rule, have charged his extra expenses to the
account at the joint commission for negotiating the
commercial convention with Great Britain.-Ee.
however, considered his Mission to ST. Petersburgh
as Terminating when the expenses incident to it ter
minated viz the arrival ofhis family at Paris, and
regarding the special mission for negotiating COM
mercial convention merged in that Of Minister Pie
nipotentiary to England, for which he received
inll from thn ofh
1885, he made no charge, and received no allow
anec for the expenses Of special mission. his col
leagues received for their part in the service of ne
gotating the commercial convention of July 3, 1915.
each half outfit Mr.. A. hats received no cores
: : ponding allowance.
&c 6 In this way, the time for which Mr.. Adams was
allowed the necessary expences of the special mis-
70 sion to Gottenburgh and Ghent is reduced to be-
tween ten and eleven months--about the same space
+ Of time which occupied by the special mission
h to Spain of Mr. Il. Pinkney, i'll 1895, and Mr.. Mon
roe, in l8o4-5 The allowance to those gentlemen
: for their expenses, to Mr.. Pinkney about nne
thousand dollars and to Mr.. Monroe upwards of eie-
= ven thousand dollars The whole amount of cxpen.
!" ~ ses allowed to MI Adams, $685. doars-ieSs
than svas claimed aHo7ced in any parallel case,
: since the foundation of the Government Ofthe min
IL sters of the United States to Europe. who have
a, been employed at the same time, upon several
distinct, important and expensive missions, there is
n no whose case approaches so nearly to that OF
- - Mr.. Adams as the late President, Mr.. Monroe.
- =, Each was employed on four distinct MISSIONS in
~ three different countries, for length of time within
~ forty days the same. The allowance t o Mr.. Mon
"a roe (prior to the act of Congress Of Nay, 1826)
y, ,t were S82 600; those to Mr.. Adams, $4,000 o.
,d hitting fractions in both cases.
in The case of Mr. Monroe is worthy in this conney-
at ion of the particular attention OF the House.
He went to Europe in 1908, with three commissions;
Il in nt
he Commissioner with Chancellor Livingston France,
o. and third as Joint Commissioner with Mr.. Pinck-
,el ney in Spain. He was, on his departure, allowed
el an outfit as Minister to England but told that
,r he could not be allowed it Extraordinary Minis
he ter to France He sailed for this last country in the
,as Spring of l8O3 passed few weeks there in nego
n tiatng in conjunction with Mr.. Livingston, and went
Ter over to England. After his return to America he
er- claimed an outfit to France and was allowed by
it. President Madison, 9Th May. 1901 four days after
he the passage ofthe law of is May, 1910, whichis all
Nv legged to limit the allowance of outfit to Ministers
Nv. going from the United States. These two outfits
re- accrued to Mr. Monroe in the space flour months
nee The next year he went to Spain, on his special mis-
on son and was gone about nine months For his ex-
ON penses this mission he was allowed ooo, IN
lie addition TO his regular salary Minister at London
of 1t is true that small part of this allowance was for
in expenses not strictly personal to himself 1t was
of Mr. 1fonroes intention to return 10 America In 1905
eir but the aspect of negotiations making expedi
fla ent that he should continue at London, he in
at structed by the President to remain there, which
SAL he did for two years longer, during which time he
,c- was associated in negotiation with MT. Fnkney
and This detention occasoned to Mr. Monroe Increased
to expenditure although his residence was not chang
se ed For this increased expenditures he claimed ar
wo allowance the settlement ofhs accounts In 1910
the This allowance was suspended by MT. Madison
ro and for obvious considerations was not subsequent