The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-22
THEY WANT JOBS
EBMI-ANNUAL CIVIL SERVICE Elk
ANIMATION HELD IN WICHITA.

ANIMATION HELD IN WICHITA.
Applicants are Promptly on Hand an
Spend the Day in Answering Question
Prepared for Their Digestion by on
cials i'm washington-There are Fifty
five Persons Present Seeking Employ
ment in the Different Departments
Directions Given as to How Persons Ma
Become Eligible for Examination.
The United States court room in tn
federal building was a scene of interes
yesterday. 1t was the regular selni-an
nuaI examination Of applicants desiring
positions in the several government de
partments.
There were fifty-five applicants il
all divided as follows: Teachers in In
dian and government schools, IS; super
dntendent of the same department. L
Matrons Of Indian schools, 1; copyists
clerks, z; compositors, desiring positions
in the government printing offices, ?
applicants for positions in the railroad
mail service, q.
The following rules are published for
the benefit of persons desiring TO enter
an examination for services in the gov
eminent departments, and should De
needed by all and carefully studied, as
it will be of great advantage to them IN
passing the examination:
No person will be admitted to a reg
ular schedule examination who has not
previously filed an application for the
particular examination which he seeks
On the form which will be furnished by
the commission upon request Of the APP
phcant-
The application blank and pamphlet
pf instructions for the departmental.
railway mail, and Indian branches of
the classical service may be obtained
by writing directly to the United
States Civil Service Commission, Wash
sngton. d. c. Each applicant must,
however, write for his own application
blank, as il is contrary to the practice
pf the commission TO forward blanks to
pne person for the use of another per-
Son.
There is no need of seeking the aid Of
a prominent or influential person to
secure an application blank or an eX-
animation, and no recommendation
other than those provided for in the APP
the commission, as the rules forbid the
filing Of any such letters with the APP
plicatfon.
Full instructions for the execution of
the application will be found on the
blank itself. and applicants are caution
ed to answer all questions and conform
In all respects to the printed instruc-
tions A failure to do this causes I'M
necessary delays and great annoyance
TO the commission as well as TO the APP
plicant Very many applications have
TO be returned to the applicants for cor
rection On account OF careleSSness in
THE execution of either the application
or vouchers. Special attention is called
to the following regulations:
No applica ton for theregular schedule
examinations shall be approved more
than six months or less than six days
prior to the date of the examination Sc
1ected, and no application shall be ap-
proved which is dated, or which has
vouchers that are dated. more than
thirty days prior to the time of its re-
ceipts.
No person shall be admitted to 2 reg
nlar schedule examination whose appli
cation has not been previously filed
with the commission and approved in
accordance with the first regulation.
ing applications on the day of exami-
nation, and from admitting persons
who have not complied with the re-
quirements and procured admission
cards or other proper authority in adj
vance. An application will be good for
only one kind OF examination, and if ,
an applicant desires to take more than
one kind of examination he must file a
separate application for each kind de-
sired. except that only one application
will be required for both stenography |
and typwrfting, and one for all modern |
languages which an applicant desires !
10 take at one examination.
All writing in the applications. voucI-
ers, ard certificates must be in ink, and |
In the handwriting of the signer.
Every question in the application |
must be fully answered.
The applicant must give his first 4
name in full, his middle initial or initials. I
6f there be any, and his surname in full; !
and in all other places in the applica- 1
ton, vouchers, and certificates the in |
stials and surname must be correctly
given and must be uniform throughout
the application. Women must prefix
the title Miss or Mrs. The postoffice
a ddress on the outside of the apelica-
rion must be in the handwriting of the
the written order of the applicant,
which order. when received. will be filed !
with the application.
All applicants must make cath in
their application 10 their United States
In the case of foreign-bo~n J
citizens proof Of citizenship must be
furnished.
Every applicant must make oath to
the statements in his application before
an officer who is authorized to admin
ister oaths for general purposes. and
the officers signature must be auth en-
ticated by an official seal If the officer
has no official seal he must obtain a
certificate of his authority from the
proper officer who has the custody of
an official seal, which certificate must
be attached To the paper
Every applicant must make oath in |
his application to the place of his legal |
residence. which must he shown to the ;
exact date of application. and which |
must be corroberated by the vouchers |
required on his application paper.
No application shall be approved If
he applicant is under the minum are
required for the examination which no
s@eks, or fhe is past the maximum age
imitation, at the time Of filing his ap-
olication
II the physicians certificate discloSes
ne fact that the applicant for railway
nan service is less than feet ana
nches IN height. or weighs less than f95
pounds. the applicant is rejected. At
ne examination yesterday three of the