The Washington herald., 1912-08-17
DIPLOMATIC POST.
FOR ROUGH RIDER
Craig Watsworth, Friend of Roose.
welt, Once in Service, Is
Given Seeretaryship.
OTHER FOREIGN BERTHs

In making the annual fiscal year list
OF appointments in the foreign field yes
terday. President Taft returned to the
diplomatic service Craig Wadsworth. a
former Rough Rider and close personal
friend Of President Roosevelt. Mr. Wads-
worth. who Is a well-known New York
society man and clubman and a member
of the James w. Wadsworth family. was
sent to the embassy at London as secre-
tary by President Roosevelt. but he was
allowed to leave the service shortly after
the colonel left the White House. In
view of the fact that there was no ef-
fort on the part of the State Department
or President Taft to retain Mr.. Wads-
worth in the diplomatic service three
years ago. his reappointment at this time
came as surprise to the service.
Mr.. Wadsworth is compelled to BEGIN
at the bottom again. He came to Wash
ington last May after obtaining the
promise of an appointment to a secre-
ton. He passed fairly well up in the
list. and in the appointments made yes
terday he is assigned as secretary of lega-
tion at Teheran, Persia. Mr.. Wadsworth
preferred 10 he returned to London or
some other important embassy. He was
appointed third secretary at London in
1902. and in 1907 he was promoted to sec
ond secretary. He left the service in
August. 1909. Mr.. Wadsworth was the
embassy secretary who was dragged into
the Thaw case in 1905 The office pays
s1.oo6
Hoffman Philip Changed.
In the list of nominations. which were
sent to the Senate by the President late
yesterday afternoon, Were forty-three
names. Thirteen of these are secretaries
of embassies or Legations, six being new
appointments. and thirty are in the con-
sular service. The most important DIP
lomatic appointment was that of Hof-
man Philip. of the District of Columbia.
who is made secretary of embassy at
Constantinople. Mr.. Philip had occupied
this Office since June. 1910. until last
February, when he was brought to
Washington to be Chief of the Division
of Near Eastern Affairs. Since Congress
has evinced a determination to curtail
the emergency appropriation of the State
under which this office eN-
listed. II became necessary to return Mr..
Philip TO his post. Each Office pays
5000.
Another appointment is due to Con-
gressional legislation. Congress decided
that the Bureau of Foreign Trade Re-
lations in the State Department was
not necessary. so John Ball Osborne.
of Scranton Pa. who for several years
has been chief of that bureau. is ap-
pointed consul at Havre. Mr.. Osborne's
present Office pays $500. and the Havre
post pays 5000.
James Z. Dunning, of Portland. Ne.
was nominated consul general at large
for the Eastern Asia district, at 5000.
He is now consul at Havre- Mr.. Dun
ming fills a vacancy created by the pro-
motion of Fleming D. Cheshire. of
Brooklyn. from consul general at large
to consul general at Canton, at 5000.
Heaton w. Harris. of Alliance, Ohio. is
promoted from consul general at large
for the European district, to consul gen.
eral at Frankfort-on-the-Mai at 5000.
This vacancy is not provided for. - a-
Leon A. Bergholz, of New York is
from consul general at Can
ton. at $500, to consul at Kingston.
Jamaica, at 1880.