Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-23
LABOR IN NAVY YARDS
Regulations Concerning the Employment o
Men Issued by the Department
Recommendations Necessary and AID.
phcants Must Register-ThOse
Who Sign Applications.

The Secretary OF the Navy has issued
regulations for the employment OF labor at
the navy yards which are Of special interest
to all iaborers and mechanics in the Dis
trict DESTROYS OF obtaining employment at
the local navy yard. Such employment is
committed to a board consisting OF three
commissioned officers on duty at the sta
tion designated the Board Of Labor En-
ployment." The office of the board Is To-
Gated in the navy yard. Persons living In
the vicinity desiring employment must APP
ply to the board in person during the regu-
lar working hours OF the yard when they
will be furnished with blank forms Of APP
plication and all necessary information.
Persons living at a distance are allowed to
make application by letter. in which must
be stated the occupation or trade in which
they desire to register.
Persons who desire to register for em-
ployment as unskilled laborers, except
dredgers, helpers in special trades, hod
carriers, holders-on, rivet heaters, stable
Keepers and teamsters must have the pre-
scrtbed blank application filled out ana
signed by himself and the certificates Of re-
commentator as to the applicants capaoi-
ty to do the work he desires, and as TO his
character and habits OF industry and So
briefly, must be signed by two reputable citi-
zens or his locality, preferably by previous
employers.
Recomme ndatiOns Necessary.
A person who desires to register for EN-
ployment a mechanic must have the pre-
scribed blank application filled out sign IL
himself, and at least one of the two pre-
scribed certificates of recommendation
must be trade certificate" that Is, IL
must be signed by firm or member there
of, superintendent, master workman or
other person under whom the applicant has
worked at the trade for which he applies
for employment, certifying to his capacity
in that trade and to his character ana
habits OF industry and sobriety, ana tne
person who so certities must specifically
state that he has employed the applicant
in the trade for which he recommends MIN.
The second certificate must be signed py
reputable citizen OF the applicants locahtS,
preferably by q previous employer.
The trade certificate shall also be re-
ouired of applicants for the following EN-,
tTeSes. nod carriers, holders on, rivet heat
ers stablekeepers and teamsters, and any
Others in which knowledge of the trade
is necessary or advantageous.
Where an applicant has worked In q
navy yard, a certificate from the head or
the department under whom he served, tes-
| tifying to his knowledge Of the trade IN
which he applies for employment, may be
accepted In place of the trade certificate
required above, but such certificate from
a foreman, quarterman, or other employe
of a navy yard shall not be accepted.
Must He Registered.
The application and certificates when
filled out must be presented to the board
of labor employment at the yard by the
applicant in person, otherwise he cannot
| be registered.
No person can be given employment in a
United States navy yard as a mechanic or
laborer until he registers with the board
of labor employment.
The name of each applicant who is adj
mitted to register will remain on the eligi-
BILE list for one year, and the name of
each registered applicant will be certified
for employment in the order Of registra-
tion, by trades; preference being given,
first, to veterans; second, to those who
have had navy yard experience and given
satisfaction in navy yard work; third, all
others.
Applicants can register in but one trade
and in but one schedule, and no applicant
will be registered unless he is a citizen Of
the United States, or has served in the
army and naval marine corps and has been
honorably discharged therefrom. A person
employed in a navy yard cannot register,
and no applicant will be registered who has
been convicted of crime. misdemeanor or
vagrancy, or who, in the opinion of the
board, may be unfit or disqualified to per-
form the service which he seeks.