The American Foreign Service Journal; Vol. VII, No. 5, May, 1930
Washington DC: American Foreign Service Association, 1930. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue. Wraps. pages 157-195, [1] plus covers. Illustrations. Advertisements. Cover has a portrait of Homer M. Byington. Cover has some wear and soiling and an ink notation at top front. Spine worn and torn in places. This includes articles by A. W. Ferrin, Harold Playter, Robert Skinner, John Carter, and John Considine. Topics addressed include: A Pilgrim's Sea Shell, Why Did Frysbye Resign?, Progress, Public Health Service, Commercial Work, and Necrology. The Foreign Service Journal is a monthly publication of the American Foreign Service Association. It covers foreign affairs from the perspective of American Foreign Service personnel, members of Washington's foreign policy establishment, as well as features on living overseas as a foreign affairs professional. The publication currently has a circulation of 17,500 with approximately 35,000 readers. The American Foreign Service Association was preceded by The American Consular Service Association which was founded in the spring of 1918. In March 1919 the American Consular Service Association published the first issue of the American Consular Bulletin. The diplomatic and consular branches of the State Department were combined into a single Foreign Service by the Rogers Act of 1924 and, as a result, the American Consular Service Association gave way to the American Foreign Service Association. It was decided to continue the monthly American Consular Bulletin as the official publication of the expanded association. In 1924, with the publication of the October issue, the title of the bulletin was changed to American Foreign Service Journal. In 1897, the 71 year-old Aaron Homer Byington, a newspaper man from Norwalk, Connecticut, was named U.S. Consul to Naples. Since consuls were expected to finance the operation of the consulate, Byington decided to bring his grandson Homer M. Byington I, aged 18, to work with him. During this 10 year period in Naples, young Homer established friendships with the younger generation of large landowners and businessmen in the area. Young Homer eventually managed the consulate when his grandfather was away, and became the Chief of Personnel of the Foreign Service in 1929. It was in this capacity that he sent his son (the FSO Homer M. Byington Jr.) to work in Naples in 1933, thus continuing the family tradition. This issue briefly addresses Byington's role a chief of the Division of Foreign Service Personnel. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Department of State, Consular Service, Foreign Service, A. W. Ferrin, Harold Playter, Robert Skinner, John Carter, John Considine, Frysbye, Public Health, Resignation, Commercial Work, Pilgrim, Sea Shell
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