New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-15
SEEK TO BE CONSULS.
Forty fire Young Men Taking
Rigid Examination.


washington July IA class OF forty-1ve young
men applicants for posts in TIE consular service. is
now undergoing examination ny representatives of
the state Department, assisted by some Of the ex-
merits n the Civil Service Commission. Instead Of
the merely formal organizations which ap-
pointees 10 consular places We're formerly sub
iectod. they required to stand ten hours
written and five hours oral examination They
must be fairly proficient IN least modern
language. having speaking Well a reading
knowledge Of it. and considerable knowledge Of
commercial conditions in this country we'll as
familiarity with the consular regulations. The sue
CessfuI applicant must enter the service AT the
bottom. but will have ample opportunity to work
his way lp il he has the ability.
Al lie last examination, which was the first I'M
der the new regulations. eighteen candidates pre-
sertec themselves. and passed the examina-
zion The State Department will regard it as a
good showing II an average OF 90 per cent passes.
and Il IS expected that another examination will
b held in about six months.
Congress has grouped the cons,.ls into nine
cases. with salaries ranging from 5000 a year
- the lowest class To $500 in the highest which
contains only one consulate that of Liverpool.
manchester constitutes the second class. at 5000
q year The third class contains Bremen. Belfast
lawson. haVre. Kobe, Lorenzo Marquee. Lyons
an" pretoria a 5000 year each. The fourtlr
class contains twelve c0nsuls al $500. the fifth.
l"eh1y-one al $1,000, the sixth thirty-two 800;
@'e seventh forty-seVen. $4,000. the eighth.
eAlR-ohe. al S251o. ana the ninth seventy at $1,000
7''Ne lhe consUlS are the COnsuls ceneral--seven
classes OF them. with salaries ranging from $500
tcr me lowest grade like Athens. ChristIania and
toPthnagen TO Sl2,00 for London and Paris An
allowance Of five cents n mile j. made - a CONSUL
u meet ms travelling expenses in getting to his
post. and he gets Office rent stationery postage
CO OF messenger. If necessary. and his office
e4--iilsit tie also has sixty DAYS leave annually.
Germany : considerably more liberal with It's
conSl.s- II not only pays their travelling Expenses
ouj a-So mat II four or five members Of a Consuls
-al.-f, me Cost OF transporting his household ef-
fects and an allowance for setting l,u h0us.kee1-
ine Il ne has lease Of his house. the govern
he1i takes i OF his. hands. that he may be
abe 70 90 10 his post AT once.
Bur with all the drawbacks which the consus
say tAeF ha IN the businessman tho man az car
diff. Wales. resigned because he said he could no,
live there on Z5el year-there seem 10 be rar7ty-
of applicants for the vacant posts In fact fnar7Z,
who wanted 10 take the examinations had 10 he
refused because their states had more han trar
equitable representation in the service one Young
man from the West undecided whether IN claim,
residence IN his own state or In southern state
where ae happened 10 be living until he found
Southern state was not. nc
There are At present seventeen vacancies I'm the
e!glfa and ninth consular classes. ana there are
three vacancies in the higher ciasshs II be filed
by promotion. which Will result IN as MANY NOR
vacancies 10 be filled from the eligible list IN
range. Mexico. is vacant but il viii he llra7 ~.
the transfer from St Pierre Of Charles n r.
man. who desires the change for the henaGt Of
members Of his family. who are in poor health
81 Pierre 5 lone French possession being a
rocky island of the coast Of Newfoundland Re-
Gently II was discovered through the frsuaction
agencies ~ the consular bureau that Mr. Freeman
va We ~ ~" eeSt eolSlls in the service and his
request for transfer was readily granted 10 fe
likely n receive substantial promotion if q rIaoa
can he found which VIII b. satisfactory in climate
vacancies exist in the $500 class AT Acapu1co
tard1. ffothe1burS. Madrid and Zanzibar In Tho
tt9 class 'atania, in Sicily. Guadaloupc Hobart
n Tasmania; Messina, Saigon. s.. CiristoT.Iar
Venice and Suya in the Fiji Islands ara ,acart
consul Is needed ~ GoreeD akar which is in gena-
ga on me west coast Of Africa. There IS also
vacancy at Port Louis. off the east coast OF
SOUTH Africa. i might be thought that a consul
would 7e likely 10 spend his whole life IN some on.
o. 10" way post. but under Inc present system OF
F''H.'tl''S changes are made with c0nsidera bic
Tsplo. so that there IS some inducenaert 10 cdi-
Gated and intelligent young men with a taste ro~
f~egn lie 70 win advancement II is nossjbIa
alsa that Congress may he prevailed on IN IN
crease TIE emolGments and multiply the 1laras
carving good salaries