El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-31

When one enters the service, it IS by
way OF the lower grades. If one is
examined Tor consul and Is appointed,
It IS &c be one of class 9 at $1,000
year or Of class s at $500 a year
From such an appointment one may
work up TO be head OF the important
offices Of London. Paris, Berlin, Ha-
vana, Hamburg, Hongkong. Shanghai
or Rio de Janeiro. Consular assistants
and student interpreters. as well as
deputy ccnsuls, vice consu1s and con-
sular agents, may also rise by promo
ton into consuIships after passing GER
tain prescribed examinations
Assistants Are Assistants.
Consular assistants are just what
their name implies. Their number is
limited TO 25, and they are attached
to the larger offices The student in
terpreter corps IS one Of the mosa In
teresting parts or the consular service.
Provision is made for 10 student inter-.
prefers at the legation in China, six
II the embassy in Japan and 10 at the
embassy in Turkey They are sent
there to study the language of the
country with a view to suppl ing in
terpreters 10 the American diplomatic
and consular offices in China, Japan
and Turkey. This corps was estab-
ltShed about four years ago A number
Of competent young men have taken
the course Of work prescribed. The
purpose of the government Is to get
from under the necessity Of having to
rely on native interpreters in China,
japan and Turkey. and have none but
Americans do the interpreting. both in
the diplomatic and the consular SER
vice
Americans Are Alert.
Foreign governments give the Amer
lean consular service credit for being
alert, active and wide awake The con-
suls have done much for the advance
ment Of American export trade Re-
Gently, Argentina placed an order IN
this country for two battleships and
armament worth s23. 100000. This was
due TO energetic work by the consular
and diplomatic services, in conjunc-
ton with the state department A
good illustration Of how consul may
be valuable to American export trade
is given by a consul who wrote the
state department recently that SO safes
had been ordered from America, all
because business men in the city where
he is stationed had seen a new safe
which the state department had sent
to the consular office.
When Elih0 Root was secretary OF
state, he devoted much energy 10 the
to the placing Of square pegs IN round
holes and round pegs in square holes.
He sought to have appointments and
promotions made on merit and to
transfer men 20 those places for which
they were most fitted. Secretary OF
state Knox also is strong believer
in promoting the efficiency Of the con
sular service. It is looked on as {
great enginery for the extension OF
American trade.
Must study the Work
On appointment to donsuIship. one
is required to take a course Of IN
struction for at least 80 days. He goes
through sort OF consular school at
the state department, listening to lee
lures and Instructions from experienced
and competent men. He learns how to
certifS invoices. protect the customs,
look after quarantine matters. what 10
do IN settling estates OF Americans
dying abroad, what his duties are as
to the merchant marine. the relief or
seamen and the like. One OF the off,
Gals who lectures to the consular
classes is DR. Harvey w Wiley chief
Of the bureau OF chemistry of the de-
partment OF agriculture. He sets forth
the duties of consIfs with respect to
(Con<inTed an Na~& T3ovo