Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-30
fed persons for period not to exceed
thirty days:

thirty days:
All persons at navy-yards, naval sta
tons, and private shlp-buildihg and manu-
featuring establishments whore work Is
done by contract for the Ncvy Depart
ment. employed as special mechanics and
civilian assistant inspectors OF work ana
materials Including ordnance, armor,
plate, marine engines, bulls, build
ings, dredging). etc.
a large number Of persons In fhe quar-
termaster's, ordnance. and engineer de-
partments OF the army are to be appoint
ed upon tests of fitness, as are also the
principal employees at the national MILF
tary parks at Gettysburg. Shiloh, Chat
tanooga, Nicksburg, and Antietam.
Rule ". is amended so as TO require
only non-competitive examinations to test
the fitness of person whom the head OK
an executive department shall nominate.
The amendment provides against the
transfer of persons employed under the
rule to places in the competitive service.
REMOVALS.
The provision covering the removal OF
persons in the classified service Is altered
materially in language. and as changed
reads as follows;
mo removal shall be made from the
competitive classified service except for
just cause and for reasons given In writ
ing. and the person sought TO be removed
shall have notice and be furnished copy
of such reasons, and be allowed reason
able time for personally answering the
same in writing. Copy of such reasons,
notice. and answer, and of the order OF
removal shall be made a part of the re-
cords in the proper department or ofhcc,
and the reasons for any change in rank
or compensation within the competitive
classified service shall also be made
part of the records of the proper depart
ment or office
PREFERENCE TO VETERANS.
Rule VII. of the act is amended so as
to give persons honorably discharged from
service In the army or navy OF the United
States in the Spansh-American war. as
well as the veterans OF the civil war;
preference in the making OF appointments.
The term of eligibility. heretofore one
year from the date of the entry OF the
name of the eligible candidate on the
Civil Service Commissions register, Is
extended for a further period Of one year,
in the discretion of the commissions.
Rule tx. is so amended as to exempt
persons who served In the war with Spain
from the one-year time limit in the mat
ter Of reinstatement after discharge from
the service. This amendment also applies
alike to the widows of such soldiers.
An entirely new classification of persons
in the classified service is made. and the
section relating to transfers Is materially
changed.
LARGEST CLASSES EXEMPTED.
According to figures printed in Decem-
Der. the largest classes included In the
order and thereby excluded from the
classified service number thus: Deputy
collectors internal-revenue service, Az;
storekeepers and gaugers temporarily en-
ployed. 500: military park commissioners
and employees, IS; p0st-oftce hnance
clerks and cashiers, rs: private secretaries
at certain post-Ofces. ODD; deputy mar
shals, 2O4; private secretaries to United
States district attorneys, 81; special
agents, general land office, 30; superin-
tends of warehouses. irrigation and log
ging, 20; financial clerks Indian agencies
co; Alaska school service, %; examining
surgeons, CTS; chief and financial clerks,
pension agencies. go; special agents ana
experts, Department of Agriculture, %.