Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
Schedule Of Civil Service Examina-
tions for the Next Six Months.
VARIOUS RULES AND DIRECTIONS
District Applicants for the Lower
Places Must Travel.
POINTS FOR ASPlRANTS

| usual Will be held in every state and ter
| ritory in the Union. The commissioners
| Intimate, however, that examinations in
| certain states will extend greater hope OF
possibility than in others. For instance
| they say the share of appointments re-
| ceived by Alaska, Arizona, Delaware. Dis
trict of Columbia. Maryland, Montana,
Nevada and Wyoming is at present ex-
cessive, and no applications for any de-
partmental examinations will be accepted
iron legal residents thereof, unless there
is failure to secure eligibles from other
| states. Applications from residents of
| these states and territories WILL however,
lie accepted for all railway mail and In
dian service examinations.
| 1t also appears that California, Colo
RADIO. Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, IL
inois' Indiana, Massachusetts. Michigan,
| New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York.
North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylva-
i mia. Vermont, Virginia, Washington ard
West Virginia have also receive an ex-
| cessive share of appointments although
| to a less extent than the first list above,
and during the last half of this year no
applications for the clerk-copyst, the
Waterman or the messenger examination
| will be accepted from legal residents of
| these last named states. Applications from
| legal residents of these states and terri
| tories will be accepted for all railway mail
and Indian service examinations and for
| ell departmental examinations except the
| clerk-copyist, Waterman and messenger
! examinations.
! Schedule of Dates.
| The schedule of dates and places where
| examinations will he held is as follows
Observation-Disclosures, October %. Ari-
Zona-Tucson, November I. Arkansas-Lit-
| tie Rock, October 80. California-San Fran
| cisco, October %; Fresno October %; Los
| Angeles, October 30. Colorado-Denver,
| September SO. Connecticut-Hartford, Oc-
| tober o. INSTRUMENTATION, September
so. District of Columbia washington D.
| C)-For departmental service tspecials).
| October 3 for Indian service, October p for
typewriting and stenosraphy, October 3;
| for railway mail service. October 4. Flor
| ida-Jacksonville. October IL; Tampa, DC
tober H. GeoIgia-Thomasville. October
10: Atlanta, october 2s. Idaho-Pocatello.
Bloomington. November 6. Indiana-In-
| dianapolis October &; Evansville. October
o. Iowa-Des Moines, November /; Daven-
port, November 4 Kansas w Wichita
Louisville, November 6. Louisiana-New
| Orleans, October IS; Shreveport, October
% Maine-Augusta October 81. Maryland
-CumberIand, September 80 Massachu-
setts-Worcester. October IL: Boston. Oc-
tober 16 Michigan-Detroit. October 4;
| Grand Rapids. october Z. Minnesota-Du-
luth, October IL: Minneapolis, October IS.
ridian. October %. Missouri-st Louis.
October II; Kansas City. October -
os,dier October es
October %; Omaha. october %. Ne
vada-Reno, October 81. New Hampshire
Manchester. October IS. New Jersey-Tren-
November S. New 1ork-New York, DC
| tober I; Albany, October %: Rochester, DC
| tober IS; BinShamton, October 30 North
Carolina-Asheville, October 4; Wilmington
/ naE
81. Ohio-Cleveland. october 2: Cincinnati
October 4. observation-disclosures October
IS oregon-Portland. October is; Rose
burg. October 49, PENNSYLVANIA = Pitts
burg, September 80: Philadelphia, Oe-
tober 9; Altoona, November 1. Rhode
Island - Providence. October IA. south
Carolina - Charleston. October 9. South
| Dakota - Aberdeen. October %: Sioux
Falls, October %. Tennessee-Chattanoog
October 80; Bristol November l; Memphis.
| November 1. Nashville, November l. Texas
| Dallas October 21 Austin, October %;
Galveston october %; Ell Paso. November 6.
| Utah-Salt Lake City, October 1. Vermont
Rutland, October D. Observation-Disclosures.
September 30; Danville, October 2 Wash
| ington-Spokane, October IL; Seattle, DC
| tober H. West NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., DC
| tober . Observation-Disclosures, October IL ;
Stevens Point, October IA. Wyoming-Chey-
| enne, October 2.
| Various Directions.
| Applicants may select from this schedule
the date and place Of examination most
| convenient for them. whether the place is
| in their own state or in some other state.
No special examinations can be given to in
| diyidual competitors at any other dates or
| places Only one kind of examination Will
| be given to an applicant at the same place
ard on the same date, except that an appli-
| cant may take both typewriting and stenog-
raphy, or several modern languages Oh
| one schedule date.
| Applicants are cautioned to file their ap-
| plicatIons a considerable time in advance
| of the examinations. in order to prevent
! delays. For examinations to be held at
| points east of the Mississippi river. appli-
cations in complete form must be filed with
| the commission at least six days before the
| date fixed for the examination; Tor ex-
| amina lions held at points between the Mis-
sissippi river and the Rocky mountains, at
least ten days before the examination, and
| at points west of the Rocky mountains, at
least fifteen days before the examination
| Persons taking the typewritfng eXamina-
| ton must provide themselves with type
writing machines. Those taking the book
| keeper, drafting or other examinations re-
| curing the use of implements, must fur
| nish the implements required. All appli-
| cants must provide themselves with pens,
| peHholderS, pencils, erasers and ink. Appl!-
| cants are cautioned not to bring any paper
| for use in the examination room. Scratch
| paper and blotters will be furnished them
| No applicant will be admitted to an exam
nation who has not filed a completed APP
plication with the commission
Washington Applicants.
The examinations will be held by special
| officials sent out for the purpose, on routes
! arranged to include the points mentioned
| in the schedule. No examinations will be
held in Washington for the clerk-copyist,
| the Waterman and the messenger examin-
| atoms. Person residing temporarily or
| permanently in the District of Columbia
| cannot be examined at Wilmington, Del,
| Cumberland, Nd, or Richmond, Va, owing
| to insufficient accommodations. They may,
| however be examined a Philadelphia, Pa,
| or other points mentioned in the schedule.
| Railway Mail Examinations.
| The railway mail examinations will &C.
cur at the following-named places on the
| dates mentioned: Atlanta, Ga, October
%; Boston, Mass, October II; Chicago. ILL.,,
| October 10; Cincinnati Ohio, October s.;
| Cleveland, Ohio October s; Des Moines,
Iowa, November .; Detroit. Mich, October
;; Indianapolis, Ind, October 8; Kansas
| City, Mo-, October 10; Milwaukee, Wis,
October II; Minneapolis. MIMI. October 10;
New York. N Y, October s; Omaha, Neb.,
| October %; Philadelphia, Pa. October B.;
| Rochester, N. Y, October %; St. Louis,
| Mo. October II: Washington, October T.