VOL. 48 1905 
SMITHSONIAN 
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 
VOL. Ill QUARTERLY ISSUE PART 2 
ioe OtPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
WITH SOME HINTS TOWARD ITS REFORM? 
By ANDREW D. WHITE, LL:D., D.CL. 
REGENT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SOMETIME PRESIDENT OF* CORNELL 
University, MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY AT ST. PETERSBURG 
AND AMBASSADOR AT BERLIN 
Remarks of Mr. S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 
introducing Doctor White. 
A number of years ago Mr. James Hamilton left a small bequest 
to the Smithsonian Institution, the income of which was to be “ appro- 
priated biennially by the secretaries, either in money or a medal, for 
such contribution, paper, or lecture on any scientific or useful subject 
as said secretaries may approve.” 
The Regents of the Institution decided to let this small sum accu- 
mulate, and it is only recently that the Secretary has found himself 
able to commence to employ the income as a lecture fund. 
The lectures may be on any scientific or useful subject, but surely 
no subject is more useful or important than that which tends to pro- 
mote a general peace among mankind, and I am fortunate in being 
able to present to you to-day one who can speak with authority on 
the diplomatic service of our country, which has at all times signally 
and successfully aided in promoting this great object of the peace 
of the world. 
I have now particular pleasure in introducing to you as the first 
lecturer in the series one whose name is so prominent in these annals 
of American diplomacy, as that of the Honorable Andrew D. White. 
Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen: 
Some years since, a very eminent American journalist,.in d’s- 
cussing our diplomatic service, proposed what he was pleased to 
An address delivered before the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, 
March 9, 1905. 
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