Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-22
THE NATIONS SCAPITAL.
Rules for Examination Of Rail-
way Mail Clerks.
Slight Discrimination in Favor Of the
Veterans.
Refusal to be Coerced in Polite
No Ground for Removal.
WAsHIsGTos, April 2l

AsHls|Tok, april Il.
The civil service commission has beer
making the necessary preliminary arrange
ments for supplying candidate. in the rail
way mail service, when thar bureau Of th,
I post Office department comes within scop. Of
civil service law. There are 5 39C
officials at present in the railway mail ser
vice. OF these one general superintendent
and one assistant general superintendent are
exempt from ttls application of civil service
rules, and all other employees of the railway
mail service are embraced in. the cla.si fied
railway mail services. All other places can
be filled only By promotion transfer or en-
animation. II is required that applicants for
examination -hall be citizens of the United
States, not und-r Is or over 3j years of age
except that any person bonorsby discharged
from the military or naval service Of the
nitei States, bv reason of disability re-
suitlng from wounds or sickness incurred in
the line of duty, may be examined without
regard to age.
No person who is an applicant for examin-
nation or ia eligible in any other branch of
the classified service of departme ntal or port
customs can ct the same time be an 40
plicant for examination in the railway mail
service. Applicants for examination will be
examined az to their relative capacity and
fitness IN one grdde examination. all appoint
ments being made 10 class | which includes
all places of $500 or less per annum Places
above $500 will be filed by promotion or
transfer. The examinations will not include
more than the following subjects ortho-
graphy, penmanship, copying, arithmetic.
Fundamental rule of fractions, percentage
letter writing, geography Of the United
States, specially of the State or railway
mail division in which the applicant resi'es,
railway systems of the State or railway mail
division in which the applicant resides and
reading addresses. II is necessary to obtain
general average of 10 per centum (appli-
cants claiming preference because of honor
able discharge from the military or naval
service for disability need obtain but 63 per
cent to be eligible for appointment.
No recommendation or certificate besides
those provided on the application itself. will
be received The circular SAYS; No one is
eligible who has made false statement in
his application or has been guilty of fraud
or deceit in any matter connected with the
application or examination, or guilty of
A crime or infamous or VIGOROUSLY disgrace
fu conduct, an such may be excluded from
certifcltion. A removal cannot legally be
male because the person in the service re-
fuses TO be coerced in political action or
to contribute money for political
purposes, or to render political ser
vice. In making redu ton of the force in
the classified service, those persons must be
retained, who, being equally qualified
have been hon)rably discharge
from the military or naval service of the
United States. With the contamination of
The proposed application of the civil service
rules to the railway mail service, there will
be total of % 200 officers of the govern
meut under these rules. The list includes
the department of customs and the railway
mail service.