Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-10
For Employment at This and
Other Yards.
SECRETARY'S LATEST ORDER
II You Read Carefully Thcro Need
Not lie Mistakes Made I'm Having
Your Nanio Registered For Ems
pIoymcut in This or ANY Other
NAVY Ynrd Al, Applications Must
Be Presented In Person.

the public TO fully understand the order
or the Secretary in reference to the
employment OF labor at navy-yards. the
Nirginian Pilot this morning publishes
| in full for the benefit of all concerned
Secretary Longs latest order, knowing
That the people of Portsmouth will fully
| appreciate it:
Navyyard order No 26-Revised. EN-
ployment of Labor at Navy-yards
Navy Department, Jan. IL, 1899.
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS
FOR EMPLOYMENT AS LABOR
ERS AND MECHANICS.
l. The employment of laborers and
mechanics at each of the United States
naVy-yards and stations is committed
10 board consisting of three commits
stoned officers on duty at the station
designated the Board of Labor EN-
Dloyment"
z No person can be given employ
nent i'm Il United States navy-yard as
u mechanic or laborer until he registers
with the Board of Labor Employment.
s. The office of the Board of Labor
Employment is in the navy-yard Per-
sons residing in the vicinity of the
naNy-yard in which they desire to reg
ister for employment should apply to
me board In person. during the regu-
lar working hours of the yard for pre-
scribed blank forms upon which appli-
|
llon required to facilitate registration
4. PERSONS at a distance should write
TO the Board Of Labor Employment"
at the navy-yard in which they desire
10 register. for the prescribed blank
application and blank certificates of
recommendation They should state
the OCCUPATION in Schedule A, or the
trade in Schedule &, in which they de-
sire to register
.. All applicants will be registered in
the order of their application.
o. No applicant will be registered
unless he furnishes satisfactory evil
dence that he is a citizen of the United
states. or has served in the army.
navy or marine corps, and that his dis
charge or discharges therefrom were
not dishonorable or for bad conduct.
q. Before entering the name of an ap-
picant on the register, such further in
curry may be made in regard to his
character and capacity as the board
may deem practicable or expedient;
ana any applicant who has been con-
Victed of crime. misdemeanor or va
grancy, may. in the discretion of the
board. be refused registration.
s. In case an applicant is found, in
the opinion OF the board, unfit or in any
way disqualified to perform the service
which he seeks. his name will not be
entered on the register
D No certificates, other than those
filed at the date of registration. will be
received or required subsequent to en-
try of the applicants name on the reg
lister.
10. Any applicant for employment
who gives n false name or residence. or
presents false certificates, or secures
registration or employment through
false representation, will be discharged
and his name permanently removed
from the register. as soon as the fact
is aScertained.
II. Applicants will be admitted and
restricted to registration in such of the
occupations and trades in the following
list. under Schedules a and Is, as are
approved by the department for the
navy-yard in which the applicant de-
sres work:
SCHEDULE A.
Boys-Boys, boiler scalers; dredgers.
helpers, general; helpers, blacksmiths';
helpers boat builders' helpers, join
ers; helpers, machnists'; helpers,
molders'; helpers. painters; helpers,
plumbers; helpers, sawmill; helpers.
ship filters; helpers. shipwrights':
helpers, timers; helpers, boiler
makers: helpers, brass Gnishers'; help
ers carpenters (house); helpers. cop,
persmiths': helpers. galvanizers'; help
ers iron finishers'; hod carriers; hold
ers on, janitors. laborers (common).
rivet heaters, stable keepers. team
Sters.
SCHEDULE b.
Anchor makers blacllsmths, block
makers, boat builders, boiler makers,
box makers, cabinctmakers. calkers
wood; calkcres and clippers, iron: car
penters (house), cartridge makers.
catchers. chain makers coffee roasters,
compass filters. coopers. copper retiners,
coppersmiths. core makers, divers,
drilers. drivers for fire engine engine
tenders. engine tenders. fire; engine
tenders. locomotive; engine tenders.
stationary: fasteners. finishers, brass;
finishers, iron; firemen, flag makers.
hangc turner's. forGers. heavy; furnace
men; galvanizers. gas filters. gas
makers. hammer men, harness makers
hostlcrs. hoiSeshoers. instrument max
crs. jointers (house), jointers (ship), la
boratorans. leather workers lettcrers
and grainers, machiniSts, all round:
machinists. tool hand; machinists. floor
or wise hand; machinistS, electrical:
masons. brick; masons. stone; mill
men. model makers molders. green
sand Oron or BRASS; holders. loan:
oakum splnners. oakum makers, ord
nance men, packers. painters. pattern
makers. PAYERS. pile drivers. pipe fit;
ters. plastcrers. plumbers (house).
plumbers (ship), prcssmen. printers.
punchers and shearers, reamers, rig
So, 'O'iS' - i'Pt III NJ -,
sailmakes. saw filers. sawyers. seam
stresses. ship filters. shipwrights,
skaters, spar makers. stonecutters. tim
ners. tin roofers, tool makers. tool
sharpeners, turner's, upholsterers. wharf
builders, whcewrights, wiremen.
II. An applicant to be registered for
employment in an occupation or trade.
in Schedule y or b, must present in
person to the Board Of Labor Employ
ment, ut the navy yard in which he
desires employment. an application
and evidence ~ establish his couogitV