Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-30
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r@riiy as acting assistant surgeon in the
Marine Hospital Service.
QUARANTINE OFFICERS

Marine Hospital Service.
QUARANTINE OFFICERS.
Any person employed in the Marine
Hospital Service as quarantine attend
ant al the Gulf. South Atlantic, rcrtu-
gas. Keedy Island and Angel Island
lGlrantnes; ana any person temporar-
NY employed as quarantine attendant
on quarantine vessels. or in camps or
stations established for quarantine pur-
poses during epidenicS OF contagious
diseases III the United States or beyond
the seas
All physicians employed as pension
examining surgeons. whether organized
IN boards or working Individually under
the direction OF Commissioner of Pen
sions.
Any person employed as Office or field
deputy III the office OF a United States
marshal.
MAYNARD APPOINTMENTS.
Appointments to the following posi-
tons are to be made hereafter on tests
oil fitness prescribed in paragraphs a
to s. inclusive. Of navy-yard order No.
- revised. but pending the result of
such examinations the Secretary OF the
Navy may appoint To the above posi-
tons qualified persons FOR n period not
to exceed thirty days.
MI persons at naVy-yards. naval sta
'!ons ana At private ship-buiiding and
manufacturing establishments where
work is done by contract for the NAVY
department. employed as special me-
chanicS and civilian assistant Inspectors
OF Work and materials Gucluding ord
nance .arincr. armor plate. marine en-
Sncs. huils. buildings. dredging. etc).
large number of persons in the
quarteimasters ordnance and engi-
neerS departments of the army are to
be appointed upon tests of fitness. as
are also the principal employees Mt the
National Military Parks at Gettysburg.
Shiloh -Ghicsamaaea,- Chatt;1noUrI.
Nicksburg and Antictam.
AS TO EXECUTIVE APPOINT
MENTS.
Rule ~. Is amended so as to require
only nom competitive examinations TO
lest the illness of Il person whom the
mead OF an executive department shall
nominate for appointment in the class
iieu service. The amendment provides
against the transfer of persons employ
ell under this rule 10 places in the com
petitive service.
The provision covering tho removal of
persons in the classified service is al
tered materially in language and as
changed reads as follows:
CAUSE FOR REMOVAL.
NO removal shall be made from the
competitive classified service eXccpt for
Just cause and for reasons given in
writing; and the person sought to be
removed shall have notice and be fur
nishcd a copy of such reasons. and be
allowed reasonable time for person
any answering the same in writing
Copy of such reasons, notice and an
swcr. and OF the order of removal shall
be made Il part of the records of the
proper department or Office: and tho
reasons for any change in rank or com
pensation within the competitive class
flied service shall also be made n part
OF tho records Of the proper department
or officer"
PREFERENCE TO EN SOLDIERS.
Rule of tho act is amended 50 as
To .iVe persons honorably discharged
from service IN the army or navy OF
the United states in the Spanish Amer
lean war rs well rs the veterans in the
civil war. preference in the making of
appointments. The term of eligibility.
heretofore one year from tho date or
the entry of the name of the eligible
OF the candidate on the civil service
commissions register is extended for Il
further period of one year in the dis
erection of the commissions
Rulc nine is SO amended as to cX-
empt persons who served in The war
with spain from the onc-ycar limit in
the matter OF Reinstatement after dis
charge from the service This pro-
f's'i''i t't'n' fif'lfiifN sti4fNc " litt NlupWS
OF such soldiers.
An entirely new classification of per-
sons in The classified service is made
and the section relating to transfers is
materially chlneed.
According to figures printed in De-
cember, the largest classes included in
the order, and thereby excluded from
the classified service. number thus:
THE NUMBER EFFECTED.
Deputy collectors. Internal Revenue
service i72; store keepers and gaugers,
temporarily employed. 500; military
park commissioners and employees. rs;
postonice finance clerks and cashiers.
2S: private secretaries at certain post
Offices. %: deputy marshals, 2Oi; phi
vate secretaries 30 L. s. District At
torneys. -; special agent general land
Office. 80; supernten1ents of ware
houses. irrigation and logging, 90:
financial clerks. Indian agencies. Go;
Alaska school service. 90 pension ex-
aiming surgeons 6,5; chief and fnan-
cial clerks pension agencies. &c; spr-
ci,I oUoptc ~ al avUarts Dpp1rtn1on. n