The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-28
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
To Get on Uncle Sans Pay Roll it is
Time to Be Getting Ready.

1 % Get on OnC4e cam ray HfOAA ~ -
Time to Be Getting Ready.
The near approach of the visit of the civil
service examiner for the fall examination
Of those who seek positions in the depart
mental service and in the railway mail ser
vice lends an interest 10 those who desire
positions in these departments OF the gov
ernment
At the last two civil service examinations
| In the CITY the examiners in interviews with
q MORNING NEWS reporter expressed
regret that so little attention seems to be
paid in the south to these examinations.
! At some of the points in the south as few as
one or two candidates only applied for
examination and In this city az the last
| examination out OF seven or eight persons
| examined, all of whom were cOlored but
one. the answers 70 questions were amusing
In the blunders made in many Instances 1t
appears that as a rule those untitled from
an educational point of view applied, and
the applicants have not been successful IN
getting their names on Uncle Sam g pay
roll for that reason.
The civil service examiner will arrive in
this CITY on the evening of Monday, Oct. IL,
aud ut O'Clock on the following morning
will BEGIN a civil service examination OF
applicants fT places in the classified depart
mental service and in the railway service.
United States court room of the govern
ment building, or custom house. whore each
applicant will be provided with a separate
desk OF table to puzzle his head over the
knotty questions he will be called upon to
answer
The tune allowed for the examinations
for the departmental service, as set forth in
a letter of instruction from the president of
the civil service commission, Is as follows:
For copyist, five hours; for clerk, seven
hours; for special pension examiner, seven
hours; for medical examiner in the pension
office, seven hours; for fourth assistant ex-
aminer in the patent Office, seven hours; for
the state department, seven hours for the
obligatory, and two hours for each Of the
optional subjects; for typewriting, three
and one-half hours; for stenography, one
and one-half hours; for modern languages,
two hours for each language; for law clerk,
three hours; for proof-reading, four hours;
for draughting mechanical, typographical,
or architecturaD, nine hours; for copyist Of
drawing, six hours.
For postofice inspector eight hours,
For railway mail clerk, six hours.
For meteorological clerk, signal Office,
seven hours.
For skilled helper and printers assist
ant, bureau of engraving and printing,
seven hours
For topographic aid, geological survey,
seven hours
Twenty minutes will be allowed at the
commencement OF each examination for
the work Of filling the blanks Of the declara-
ton sheet aud inclosing the sheet in an en-
velope. and ten minutes for explanations
and Instructions by the examiner in charge,
which will not DO included in the time al
lowed to the examination.
No allowance will be made for time
spent outside of the examination room or
for time lost IN the examination room.
Examiners must, however, be careful not
TO permit delay In the issuing of examination
sheets.
Examiners must take care that all ques-
ton sheets, whether completed or not, are
turned in by the competitors at the expira-
ton Of the time to which the examination
Is limited; but any competitor who has been
permitted TO commence the examination at
an hour subsequent to that at which the
class commenced, shall be entitled to the
fun time allowed for the examination. II
any competitor shall abandon his examina-
tion, or shall fail to complete 1t within the
time allowed, the examiner shall note the
fact upon the last sheet had by such COM
petitor.
During an examination no competitor
shall leave the room without notice to an
examiner. II a competitor leaves the room
before he has finished the sheet on which he
Is engaged he will not be per mitted to finish
Ii upon his return it will be taken up, and
the next sheet will be given to him.
Should the examiner have reason to sus-
pect that competitors have copied from
each other, or that they have improperly
obtained information relating to the subject
of ale examination, the commission shall be
informed thereof, and the examination
papers of such competitors shall not be
marked until the facts are Investigated,
aud il the commission shall find that any
competitor has been guilty Of bad faith or
fraud, his papers shall be canceed
Applicants must supply themselves, for
use 10 an examination, with tablets, pen,
penholder, ink. lead pencil, eraser and blot
ting paper, and in technical examinations
such as type writing or draughting) with
the necessary machine or instruments
Except by permission of the commission,
chief examiner, or examiners, no visitor
shall be allowed within the room during an
examination.
No books. maps or diagrams shall be per-
mitted in the examination room for the use
or information Of the competitors, unless
authorized by the commission.