or may occur for other reasons and which he shall be entitled to fill by nomination of a candidate and one or more alternates therefor. The nomination of a candidate and alternate or alternates to fill said vacancy shall be made upon the recommendation of the Senator, Representative or Delegate, if such recommendation is made by the fourth day of March of the year following that in which said notice in writing is given, but if it is not made by that time the Secretary of the Navy shall fill the vacancy by appointment of an actual resident of the state, Congress district territory, as the case may be, in which the vacancy will exist, who shall have been for at least two years immediately preceding the date of his appointment an actual and bona fide resident of the state, Congress district or territory in which the vacancy will exist and of the legal qualification under the law as now provided. In cases where by reason of a vacancy in the membership of the Senate or House of Representatives, or by the death or declination of a candidate for admission to the academy there occurs or is about to occur at the academy a vacancy from any state, district or territory that cannot be filled by nomination as herein provided, the same may be filled as soon thereafter and before the final entrance examination for the year as the Secretary of the Navy may determine. The candidates allowed for the District of Columbia and all the candidates appointed at large, together with alternates therefor, shall be selected by the President within the period herein presscribed for nomination of other candidates: Provided, that the President may select a candidate for the District of Columbia for the year 1908." Candidates allowed for Congressional districts, for territories and for the District of Columbia must be actual residents of the districts or territories, respectively, from which they are nominated. All candidates must, at the time of their examination for admission, be between sixteen and twenty years old. The Naval Appropriation act of March 4, 1903, provided "that the Superintendent| of the Naval Academy shall make such rules, to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy, as will effectually prevent the practice of hazing; and any cadet found guilty of participating in or encouraging or countenancing such practice shall be summarily expelled from the academy, and shall not thereafter be reappointed to the corps of cadets or be eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in the army or navy or marine corps until two years after the graduation of the class of which he was a member." Entrance Examinations.-The following examinations for admission are held: 1. The general examination, to be held on the third Tuesday in April, under the supervision of the Civil Service Commission, at points named by the Commission. 2. A second examination to be held at Washington, D. Č., only, on the second Tuesday in May, under the supervision of the Civil Service Commission. 3. A third examination will be held at Annapolis, Md., only, on the third Tuesday in June, under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Candidates are examined mentally only at the examinations held under the supervision of the Civil Service Commission. All those qualifying mentally who are entitled to appointment in order of nomination will be notified by the Superintendent of the Academy when to report at the Academy for physical examination, and if physically qualified will be appointed. Should any special examination be authorized by the Secretary, other than above, it will be immediately after the third Tuesday in June. Under the law, candidates failing to pass the entrance examination will not be allowed another examination for admission to the same class unless recommended for re-examination by the Board of Examiners. The Civil Service Commission only conducts the examination of candidates whose names have been furnished by the Navy Department. All correspondence relative to the nomination and examination of candidates should be addressed to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. Candidates will be examined physically at the Naval Academy. by a board composed of three medical officers of the navy. To be accepted applicants must be free from infectious or moral disorder and, generally, from any deformity, disease or infirmity. No one will be admitted manifestly under size for his age Five feet is the minimum height prescribed for acceptance. When any candidate who has been nominated upon the recommendation of a Senator. Member or Delegate of the House of Representatives is found, upon examination, to be physically or mentally disqualified for admission, the Senator, Member or Delegate shall be notified to recommend another candidate, who shall be examined according to the provisions of the preceding section. The pay of a midshipman is $500 a year, beginning on admission. Graduate Appointments.-Appointments to fill all vacancies that may occur during a year in the lower grades of the line of the Navy and of the Marine Corps are made from the midshipmen, graduates of the year, at the conclusion of their six years' course, in the order of merit as determined by the Academic Board. At least fifteen appointments from such graduates will be made each year. To surplus graduates who do not receive such appointments will be given a certificate of graduation, an honorable discharge and one year's sea pay, as provided for midshipmen. UNITED STATES REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE. BEEKMAN WINTHROP, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, having supervision. The U. S. Revenue Cutter Service is a military arm of the government attached to and under the direction of the Treasury Department. The service was organized in 1790 and constituted the nation's first naval defence. Its duties are to enforce the navigation and customs laws of the United States, assist vessels in distress, protect the seal industry in Alaska, enforce the quarantine laws, together with many other duties appropriate to its vessels. The service co-operates with the navy when di rected by the President, and has so co-operated in every war in which the United States has been engaged. men. Name. The officers of the service are commissioned by the President and hold rank by law with officers of the army and navy, as follows: Captains with majors in the army and lieutenant commanders in the navy; first lieutenants with captains in the army and lieutenants in the navy; second lieutenants with first lieutenants in the army and lieutenants (junior grade) in the navy; third lieutenants with second lieutenants in the army and ensigns in the navy. The service consists of 218 commissioned officers and cadets on the active list, and 1,250 petty officers and enlisted Commissioned officers of the line are appointed from cadet graduates of the School of Instruction, at South Baltimore, Md. The cadet course covers three years. Second assistant engineers are appointed from civil life by competitive examination. The commandant of the service is detailed from among the captains by the Secretary of the Treasury. PRINCIPAL LINE OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS. Captains. Date app't'd. I Name. Date app't'd. Name. Date app't'd. Quinan, J. H.....July 1, 05| Pedrick, Willits...Apr. 8, 96 Munger, Fred. M.Aug. 9, 87 Perry, K. W.....Apr. 20, 06 Webber, E. P.....Mar. 25, 98 Smith, Horatio D.Jan. 31, 91 Ainsworth, D. J...July 8, 06 Chalker, Jas. H... May 11, 98 Hamlet, Oscar C.Apr. 15, 95 Brown, J. H....July 10, 06 Howison, A. J........Aug. 26, 98 Rogers, Henry B. Nov. 9, 96 Reinburg, J. E.Sept. 15, 06 Cutchin, N. E.....Aug. 26, 98 Willey. Owen S..Apr. 18, 99 Moore, J. M......Oct. 1, 06 Nash, Chas. F....Aug. 26, 98 Newcomb, F. H..Apr. 13, 02 Jacobs, W. V. E. Nov. 4, 06 Boyd, Harry L...Aug. 26, 98 Cushing, Wm. H.Apr. 13, 02 Uberroth, P. H. Dec. 25, 06 Spear, Herbert W.Aug. 26, 98 Wadsworth, F.G.F.Ap. 13, 02 Henderson, A. J..Mar. 2, 07 Bowen, Denis F..Apr. 18, 99 Wild. John F....Apr. 13, 02 Landrey, S. M....Apr. 25, 07 Falkenstein, F. R.July 27, 00 Fengar, Chas. C.Apr. 13, 02 Bertholf, E. P...June 23, 07 Coyle, John B....July 25, 01 Hanks, A. P. R..Apr. 13, 05 Crisp, R. O......Aug. 23, 07 Butler, Harry U..Sept. 25, 01 Ross, Worth G...June 3, 02) Carden, G. L....Sept. 2, 07 Dorry, J. Edward. Apr. 13, 02 Reynolds, W. E..Jan. 31, 03 Dodge, F. G....Sept. 4, 07 McAllister, C. A..Apr. 13, 02 Foley, D. P.....Sept. 23, 03 Chief Engineers. Zastrow, Chas. W.July 30, 02 Dunwoody, F. M.Sept. 23, 03 Dally, John R...Jan. 19, 76 Jones, Levin T...Aug. 17, 02 Emery, Howard. Sept. 23, 03 Schwartz, E. G..Apr. 18, 95 Maccoun, Wm. E.Oct. 14, 02 Broadbent, H. M.Oct. 29, 03] Barrows, H. C...May 27, 95 Green, C. M.......Dec. 6, 03 Thompson, P. W.Jan. 21, 04 Whitworth, H. C..June 6, 95 Wood, H. N......Jan. 17, 04 Moore, J. C......June 10, 04 French, D. McC...June 6, 95 Spencer, H. K.....Apr. 7, 04 West, H. B......June 20, 04 Munroe, Chas. W. June 6, 95 Kotzschmar. H.,jr.Apr. 10, 04 Cantwell. J. C....Oct. 11, 04 Owen, Fred'k E...June 6, 95 Schoenborn. H. F.July 17, 04 Sill, J. L.........Apr. 1, 05 Coffin, Chas. C....July 5, 95 Wright, R. E....Aug. 23, 05 Reed, B. L......Apr. 29, 05 Foote, Chas. H... Feb. 1, 96| Harvey, Urban... June 13, 06 The revenue cutter fleet includes thirteen first rate, twelve second and ten third rate vessels. In the first class are the McCulloch, 1,280 tons; the Bear and the Thetis, 1,200 tons; the Mohawk, 980; the Manning, 962; the Algonquin, Gresham and Onondaga, 936; the Itasca, 839; the Seminole, 785; the Tuscarora, 670; the Apache, 664, and the Rush, 550. Two other cutters, the Androscoggin, 1,270 tons, and the Pamlico, 408 tons, are being constructed. The McCulloch carries six guns, the Itascaj ten, the Algonquin five, the others from one to four guns. These vessels can be converted to military use, and were so converted during the Spanish war. NAVY AND NAVAL MILITIA, Athens. Netherl'ds, Luxemb'g. The Hague. Norway.. Panama Persia Peru ..... Portugal Christiania. Panama. Teheran. Lima.... Lisbon.. Rumania and Servia.. Bucharest. Siam Bangkok. Spain Madrid.... Sweden. Stockholm. Switzerland Berne....... Uruguay and Par aguay. Venezuela David J. Hill.. Montevideo..... Edward C. O'Brien. Ministers Resident and Consuls General. Dominican Republic.. Santo Domingo. (Fenton F. McCreery. 5,000 1903 Del. $10,000 1907 Secretary 1Ambassador Tower has offered his resignation and will retire early in 1908. David Jayne Hill, Minister to the Netherlands and Luxemburg, has been chosen to succeed him. Mr. Hill will be replaced by Arthur M. Beaupré, Minister to the Argentine Republic, who will be succeeded at Buenos Ayres by Spencer F. Eddy, Secretary of Embassy at Berlin. 2 Also Envoy Extraordinary to Rumania and Servia. Also Consul General. Russia: Secretary St. Petersburg.. Montgomery Schuyler, jr. Second secretary... St. Petersburg.. Irwin B. Laughlin... Third secretary.. Turkey: Secretary. Second secretary.. Argentine Republic. Belgium St. Petersburg.. Joseph C. Grew.. Constantinople. Philip M. Brown. Charles S. Wilson. Second secretary... Peking. Colombia.. Bogota. Costa Rica and Nica ragua... San Jose... ... George T. Weitzel. Mo.... 2,000 1907 Cuba: Secretary. Secord secretary. Denmark Greece and Monte negro.. Athens.. Stanton Sickles. N. Y. 2,000 1907 Guatemala Guatemala... 2,000 1907 dor Liberia Honduras and Salva Morocco The Netherlands. Norway. Tangier.. 2,000 1906 The Hague. 2,625 1907 2,000 1906 Panama Peru Portugal Rumania and Servia.. D. C... Lisbon. Bucharest. Thomas Ewing More. Paul G. d'Hauteville. Montevideo.. Harry B. Owsley, jr.. *DIPLOMATS ACCREDITED TO THE UNITED STATES. Embassies. Austria-Hungary.-Ambassador E. and P., Baron Hengelmüller von Hengervar; P. C.,_Counsellor of Legation, Baron Louis Ambrozy; Secretary of Embassy, Baron F. Haymerle; Second Secretary, Moriz Szent-Ivany; Naval Attaché, Lieutenant Baron F. Preuschen von and zu Liebenstein. Embassy, No. 1304 18th street. Brazil. Ambassador E. and P., Joaquim Nabuco; First Secretary of Embassy, Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral; Second Secretaries, E. L. Chermont, Gustavo de Vianna-Kelsch; Military Attaché, Lieutenant Colonel A. V. de Pederneiras; Naval Attaché, Lieutenant Commander Radler de Aquino. Embassy, No. 1710 H street. France. Ambassador E. and P., J. J. Jusserand; Counsellor of Embassy, M. des Portes de la Fosse; Secretary, Viscount Charles de Chambrun; Third Secretary, Viscount de Martel; Military Attaché, Major Fournier; Naval Attaché, Lieutenant Commander de Blanpré; Commercial Attaché, M. Velten. Embassy, No. 1640 Rhode Island avenue. *Corrected to Dec. 1, 1907. Addresses, if not otherwise stated, Washington, D. C. D. C... 2,000 1907 2,000 1907 N. J... 2,000 1907 Germany. Ambassador E. and P., Freiherr Speck von Sternburg; Counsellor of Legation and First Secretary, Count Hermann von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg; Second Secretary, W. von Radowitz; Third Secretary, H. S. H. Prince zu Lynar; Attachés, C. von Schubert, Lieutenant von Brüning; Military Attaché, Captain von Lironius; Naval Attaché, Captain Hans Georg Hebbinghaus. Embassy, No. 1435 Massachu setts avenue. Great Britain.-Ambassador E. and P., Right Hon. James Bryce, O. M.; Counsellor of Embassy, Esme W. Howard, C. V. O., C. M. G.; Second Secretaries, G. Young, M. V. O., and W. H. Kennard; Third Secretary, H. A. Grant Watson; Military Attaché, Lieutenant Colonel B. R. James; Naval Attaché, Captain Horace Hood, M. V. O., D. S. O. Embassy, No. 1300 Connecticut avenue. Italy. Ambassador E. and P., Baron Edmondo Mayor des Planches; Counsellor of Embassy, Giulio Cæsare Montagna; Second Secretary, Roberto Centaro; Attaché, Giuliano Cora; Naval Attaché, Lieutenant Carlo Pfister; Commercial Delegate, Professor Antonio Ravaioli. Embassy, No. 1400 New Hampshire avenue. Japan.-Ambassador E. and P., ; Counsellor of Embassy, Tsunejiro Miyaoka; Second Secretary, Masanao Hanihara; Attaché, Isaburo Yoshida; Military Attaché, Major Kunishige Tanaka; Naval Attaché, Lieutenant Commander Naomi Taniguchi. Embassy, No. 1310 N street. Mexico.-Ambassador E. and P., Enrique C. Creel; Minister Plenipotentiary and Acting First Secretary, José F. Godoy; Second Secretaries, Luis Ricoy, Victoriano Salado Alvarez; Third Secretaries, Julio W. Baz, Eduardo de Beistegui, Zapata Vera, jr., Manuel L. Berriozábal; Military Attaché, Major Fortino M. Davila. Embassy, No. 1415 I street. Russia.-Ambassador E. and P., Baron Rosen, Master of the Imperial Court; Counsellor of Embassy, M. Kroupensky; First Secretary of Embassy, Prince Nicolas Koudacheff; Second Secretaries, B. de Siebert, M. de Thal; Military Attaché, Embassy, No. 1534 I Colonel Raspopoff; Naval Attaché, Commander Neboisine. street. Legations. Argentine Republic.-E. E. and M. P., Epifanio Portela; First Secretary of Legation, Alberto Palacios Costa; Second Secretary, Julian Portela; Naval Attaché, Commander Virgilio Mareno Vera. Legation, No. 2108 16th street. Belgium.-E. E. and M. P., Baron Ludovic Moncheur; Counsellor of Legation, E. Havenith; Attaché, Francis Janssens. Legation, No. 1719 H street. Bolivia.-E. E. and M. P., Ignacio Calderon; First Secretary, Jorge E. Zalles. Legation, No. 1633 16th street. Chili.-E. E. and M. P., Anibal Cruz; First Secretary, Alberto Yoacham; Second Secretary, Manuel Salinas F.; Military Attaché, Colonel Vincente del Solar. Legation, No. 1529 New Hampshire avenue. China.-E. E. and M. P., Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng, K. C. M. G.; First Secretaries, Chow Tszch, Yung Kwai; Second Secretary, Chang Chuan; Attaché, Wu Chang; Commercial Attaché, Tong Yu-nin. Legation, No. 2001 19th street. Colombia.-E. E. and M. P., Enrique Cortes; First Secretary of Legation, PomLegation, No. 1728 N ponio Guzman; Counsellor of Legation, José Maria Pasus. street. Costa Rica.-E. E. and M. P., Joaquin Bernardo Calvo. Legation, No. 1329 18th street. Cuba.-E. E. and M. P., Gonzalo de Quesada; First Secretary, Arturo Padró y Almeida; Second Secretary, Antonio Montero; Attaché, Antonio Ruiz y Olivares. Legation, The Wyoming. Denmark.-E. E. and M. P., Constantin Brun. Legation, No. 1521 20th street. Dominican Republic.-M. R.. Emilio C. Joubert; Secretary of Legation, Arturo L. Fiallo. Legation, The Shoreham. Ecuador.-E. E. and M. P., Luis Felipe Carbo; Secretary of Legation, Louis Alberto Carbo; Attaché, Esteban F. Carbo. Legation, No. 1302 Connecticut avenue. Guatemala.-E. E. and M. P., Dr. Luis Toledo Herrarte; Secretary of Legation, Ramon Bengoechea. Legation, The Highlands. H. Honduras.-E. E. and M. P., Dr. Angel Ugarte; Secretary, Dr. Manuel Ugarte Legation, The New Willard. Hayti.-E. E. and M. P., J. N. Léger; Secretary, Perceval Thoby. Legation, No. 1429 Rhode Island avenue. Netherlands.-E. E. and M. P., Jonkherr R. de Marees Van Swinderen; Counsellor of Legation, W. A. Royaards; Attaché, Jonkheer T. L. Van der Berch Van Heemstede. Legation, No. 1738 M street. Nicaragua.-E E. and M. P., Luis F. Corea. Legation, No. 2003 O street. Norway.-E. E. and M. P., C. Hauge; Secretary of Legation, O. Skybak. Legation, No. 1737 H street. Panama.-E. E. and M. P., J. Domingo de Obaldia; Secretary, C. C. Arosemena; Attaché, Arturo A. Garcia. Legation, The Highlands. Paraguay.-Vacant. street. Persia.-E. E. and M. P., General Morteza Khan. Legation, No. 1800 19th Peru.-E. E. and M. P., Felipe Pardo; First Secretary, Manuel de Freyre y Santander. Legation, No. 1601 22d street. Portugal.-E. E. and M. P., Viscount de Alte; Secretary, D'Arenas de Lima. Legation, The Shoreham. Salvador.-E. E. and M. P., Federico Mejia. Legation, The Arlington. |