The sun., 1873-11-14
TfE CITIL SERTICE REFORu.
Nep aud W omen before the Committee Tor
the Eastern STATES.

The Examiners of the Civil Service Com
mission met yesterday morning in Packard's
Business College TO examine candidates for
tl30 clcrhshps In the treasury, Interior, and
War Departments. This was done pursuant to
the rules recently passed regulating the civil
service Of the United States, and which divides
IA, several states and Territories into Ave dy-
-ious. 10 hc designated A. CNil service Districts.
The examination yesterday was Tor the appn-
caits residu. in tie First District, which EN-
braces the states ~ Maine, New Hampshire.
Vermont, Massachusetts, Come cticut, Rhode
Island and New York. Every application must
he made ten davs before the examination, and
must Doe IN the handwriting 81 the appn-
raut. II must state the bpilc1ufs name in full,
rAc- aud dNe of brth, legal residence, educn-
zion. "r'updt. "a, past ana present whether ever
rmilrSrd in the ciNil service, ana whether ever
ia the regular "r volunteer army "r navy. The
applicant must certiiy MAT he r"tsposed nnd
wrote the Application without assistance. and
10 the truth Of the rtaieWcnts viii II contains.
Every appli, dtinn must ais" he ACCOMPANIED 10y
the certificate OF pra' Using physician as to
thcapIhcan''s general health ana physical capa-
Gravc.. the chief examiner conducted the cx-
animation y,-lerd ~. lie was asslsted 10y Gen:
Col. >iias Burt. SneclIl Dcput, Naval oficer
Mr. Dorman H. Eaton, the Chairman of the
United state Civil service Commission, attend
ed the greater part of the d.N. Seyenty-hye
caudiddte- we're -unm"ned 70 hlp"hr Tor exam
luatinn. but ouly hfti were there, oi whom seven
were ldltr-. lhe cdill1ite were lar abnNr the
average otiice- seeker. IL 1, required that earh
candidate -houd answer at least seventy per
cent. Of the question. asked.
The questions used In the examinations wcr.
priAted on iuulscap paper, with sufficient space
after each question In which TO write the
am wer. Eleven papers are furnished to each
candidate, and the time occupied and the can
didHte- name must be written IA the foot Of
each paper. on tue hrst paper the candidates
were required 10 write letter, of about a fools
cap page IN length, ON given subject, and to
fold and brief II. ON the second paper Two eX-
ercses in simple addition were required to he
solved. Third-EiRht exercises IN notation aud
uumeratton OF whole numbers and decimals.
Fourth Eight exercises IN IN" addition, sub
traction, multiplication, division, aud mutual
conversion Of common aud decimal fractions.
iilth SIX miscellaneous examples involving
common aud decimal fractions percentage, dis
. count, aud simple interest. SiXth-A few ele-
Wcntary questions In boukkeeping, and All exer-
ESQ in iourualiZing, Seventh The statement
q a simple account for items given, Eighth
About twenty examples Of false orthogTaphy
fir correction. Ninth Twelve examples of
ial.e syniaX for correction. Tenth-A fair and
lesihle copy Of a rough draft of letter is re-
Quired And eleventh, hVe general questions In
| the history geography, and government OF the
United states.
The examination was begun at nine o'clock
| and continued to aye. The chief examiner will
! forward the papers of each candidate examined
| 10 that department or once which the candi-
| date has made application to enter, when the
Board of Examiners Of each department oi
| once viii compute the standing Of each.