According to information received! on September 23 at the U.S. Con-late General in Shanghai, several foreign officials of the United States Government, who have been posted in Ctina, have received higher classication. Mr. Malan Fay Perkins, of the American Legation in Peking, as been promoted to Class 1 of the Foreign Service. Mr. Perkins was executive consul at the American Consulate in Shanghai for several years.
Mr. Joseph E. Jacobs, who left Shanghai in August to take a position in the. State Department. has been promoted to class 3. Also promoted to class 3 are Mr. Walter Adams, American Consul at Nanking, Mr. John R. Putnam, American Consul at Amoy, and Mr. W. Roderick Dorsey, American Consul at Tsingtao, Among the class d promotions are Mr, Clarence J. Spiker, who formerly served in Shanghai, and who is row in the American Legation at Peking. Mr. Jay C. Huston, Consul in charge] y of the commercial department of the Consulate in Shanghai, and Mr. George C. Hanson, American Consul at Harbin, were also promoted to class 4.
Mr, James Orr Denby, now serving as a secretary with the American Legation in Peking, has been promoted to class 5. He is the son of the former American Consul General] Denby of Shanghai. The Americar, Consul at Bangkok Mr. H. S, Ware man, formerly a Shanghai resident, also received the promotion Mr. Leon H. Ellis, second secretary in the American Legation at Peking, has been promoted to class 6. The American Consul in Chefoo, Mr. LeRoy Webber, was also promoted to class 6, The former American Consul at Dairen, Mr. Leo D. Sturgeon, received the same classfication.
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