National Republican., 1883-07-14

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIoNs.
Proceedings Mt the Session OF the Conn
mission Ycsterday-How the Applicants
WI be Graded.

Proceedings Mt the Session OF the Conn
mission Ycsterdsy-How the Applicants
VIII be Graded.
The civil service examinations were re-
sumed yesterday. OF the 110 persons notified
about 100 were present. The examinations
yesterday were for applicants in the 5000,
81 900, and $1,000 classes. The following
men have been selected by the commission to
act as members of tho local board of exam
liners Messrs Clark and Judson, Treasury;
Messrs. Campbell and Webster, Interior; Mr..
Slater, Postollice Chief Clerk Young depart
ment of Justice Chief Clerk Brown, depart
ment of State, and Mr.. LongdOl, War depart
ment. The Navy department will be repre-
sented on the local board, and there will be
another member of tho board selected from
the Postofiice department
That portion of the new civil service law
which applies to appointments to places in
the governmental service will become opera
tive on Monday next, but the civil service
commission will nothavc concluded its mark
ing Of the standard of the applicants thus far
examined for at least two weeks. Now that
the examinations in Washington are COM
pleted, the commission will go to work on
tho papers of those who have applied
for admission TO tho departmental
service at Washington, and who have
been examined here and in other cities,
these are learned the applicants will DO noti-
fled of their standing. Their names will also
be entered on the list OF eligibles" in the
order of their standing, those who make tho
best average being placed first on the list,
and where more than one reach the same
average, that one taking precedence whose
application was filed the earliest From this
Z" list of eligibles " will be taken the names of
those to be certified for appointment in cases
of vacancies occurring in any of the depart
ments. About $50 persons have been ex-
amined for the departmental service ut Wash
ington, over 80 per cent. of which number
will probably be graded above 50, the mini
mum successful figure.
At the examination here yesterday the best
time was made by colored man, who filed
his papers in four hours, six hours being the
limit. Not more than thirty persons out of
fifty completed their papers in the allotted
six hours.
Commissioner Eaton, who has been con-
ducting the examinations at Baltimore, will
return TO the city to-day. Commissioners
Thoman and Gregory are here now, but
Judge Thoman will leave on August for
San Francisco to superintend the local ex-
aminations to be held there on August 13.
The following government officials i'll San
Francisco have been designated as local ex-
aminers in that city: j. +. Miller and
Charles Q. Leavitt, of tho collectors Office
John Pattisoh, of the naval office; Nathan d.
Hoy of the appraisers office, and A. +.
Cooper, Of the surveyors office.
EXAMINATIONS IN BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch.
BALTIMORE, July 13.-Hon. Dorman B.
Eaton chief of the civil service commission,
is here to-day examining applicants for posi-
tions in departments of the government. Mr..
Eaton, who conducts the examination, is as
sisted by three postoflice officials, constitu-
ting a local board. Twenty-four applicants
are present, thirteen of whom want positions
at Washington and eleven in the postal SER
vice. Among them are four females and one
| colored man.
The examination for governmental posi-
| tions were much more thorough and rigid
than those required for the Baltimore post
Office 1t required the entire time of the ses-
sion, from 10 a. IN. to 3 p. M, to finish the
answers for the departmental offices in Wash
iugton, and for the Baltimore postotllce from
two to three hours. The local board, consist
ing of custom house officials, will sit in the
same room to examine applicants for positions
in the custom house department tomorrow
morning. The examination tomorrow will
be presided over by Mr.. Dorman B. Eaton
chief of the civil service commission. The
members of the board are Maj. III. r. Tarbert
Deputy Surveyor Charles L. Wilson, Capt
John r. Fellmann, Rev. j. p. Carter, and Mr.
S. r. Pummer. There are fifteen applicants
already on the list for tomorrow, and q mum
Der more are expected. The names of the
applicants are withheld by the board.