Essentials in civil government; . ed about a stones throw west of the White building might well be called the Peace and WarBuilding, for beneath its roof are done both the thingsthat keep us on terms of peace and friendship with foreignnations and the things that enable us to wage war on landand on sea. In this huge structure are the offices of theDepartment of State, the Department of War, and theDepartment of the Navy. The Department of State is the department of foreign 182 THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS 183 affairs. The United States must transact a great deal ofbusiness wit
Essentials in civil government; . ed about a stones throw west of the White building might well be called the Peace and WarBuilding, for beneath its roof are done both the thingsthat keep us on terms of peace and friendship with foreignnations and the things that enable us to wage war on landand on sea. In this huge structure are the offices of theDepartment of State, the Department of War, and theDepartment of the Navy. The Department of State is the department of foreign 182 THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS 183 affairs. The United States must transact a great deal ofbusiness with the other countries of the world, and themanagement of this business is in the hands of the Secre-tary of State. Every important nation sends to Washing-ton an ambassador or minister whose duty is to representhis home country and to defend its interests in the UnitedStates. The Secretary of State assists the President inreceiving these ambassadors and ministers upon theirarrival in Washington, and does what he can to make their. State, War, and Navy Building stay in the city pleasant and agreeable. A foreign minis-ter is a very important personage and he must be treatedwith great honor and distinction. The land on which helives is regarded as a little patch of sacred territory uponwhich no one must enter against the wishes of the minis-ter. The person of a foreign minister is also regarded as 184 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT sacred, and so are the persons of the members of his familyand of his secretaries and servants. A secretary of aforeign ambassador was arrested in a New England townfor running an automobile too fast, and was fined. TheState Department took the matter up and caused themoney to be given back, and the judge who imposed thefine v>^as reprimanded. Besides attending to the business that is brought up bythe foreign ambassadors and ministers residing in Wash-ington, the State Department has charge of the work car-ried on by our own ambassadors and ministers in otherco
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