A Few of the Articles in Volume III Contributed by Specialists WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MAKING THE UNITED STATES....ROSSITER JOHNSON, PH.D., LL.D. Editor-in-Chief, The Great Events of History; Little Classics, Etc. DEPARTMENT OF STATE..CHARLES ALLCOTT FLAGG, B.L.S., M.A. In charge, Catalogue Division, Library of Congress. WAR DEPARTMENT TREASURY DEPARTMENT....MARION MILLS Miller, A.B., LITT.D. GOVERNMENT; ITS ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS WILLIAM G. JORDAN Secretary of the Governors' Conference; Author of the Kingship of Self-Control, Etc. NAVY DEPARTMENT... J. C. FITZPATRICK Assistant Chief, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.......... .WILLIAM COX EWING, A.B. Journalist; Formerly of the State Department at Washington, D. C. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE... POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT .Albert SoNNICHSEN Journalist and Author. THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY....THOMAS WOODWARD HOTCHKiss, M.S. THE SUPREME COURT, ETC. Publicist and Editor. HOW THE PEOPLE ELECT........CLAY Meredith Greene, Ph.D. Author; The New South. GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD... .A. S. ISAACS, A.M., PH.D. CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION.. Professor of Semitic Languages, New York University ANDREW S. DRAPER, LL.D. Commissioner of Education, State of New York. The Birth of the First Legislature in America. Maryland: Lord Baltimore's Arbitrary Rule.... Georgia: A Benevolent Government that Failed. Great Events of a Famous Year.... The Famous Motion of an Eminent Virginian. "The Most Remarkable of Human Documents".... Celebrated Sayings of the Signers...... The Solemn Words that Sealed Our Independence.. PAGE The Chief Features of the Constitution... CHAPTER VII. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE Gov- ERNMENT. |