Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-27
Annual Report Of Chief Examiner
Server,
he ASKS FOR MORE ASSISTANTS
Growing Need of the Govern
ment for Specialists.
A T 7 E M PTS A FIR A U D

The annual report of A. r. Server, chief
examiner of the civil service commission,
covering the business transacted under his
supervision during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1900, was submitted to the COM
mission today.
During that period 1854 persons took
the competitive examinations provided by
the commission to test their qualifications
for original appointment to positions in
the classified service; OF these 81 ,S72 were
for the departmental branch of the service,
2,349 for the Government Printing Office,
4,396 for service in the custom houses, 455
for positions under collectors of internal
revenue and 1860 to serve in the classified
post offices. During this period PAL persons
were examined non-cOmpetitively for ex-
copied positions in the customs service and
Z for excepted positions in the internal
revenue service, making total Of $3.50
persons examined for original entrance to
all parts of the classified service. OF the
1851 persons examined comparatively for
original entrance to the service, "a, 237
passed and II, 404 failed. OF the 24S per-
sons examined non-competitively for en-
trance to excepted positions in the customs
and internal revenue services 200 passed
and As failed During the year the COM
mission examined persons already in the
service for promotion, as follows: Depart
mental 100; customs, 1913; post office, II.
Total, 465. Examinations were given to
test qualifications for transfer within the
service as follows: Departmental, 237;
customs, 8; post office, g. Total persons
examined for transfer, 24S. OF the 100 per-
sons examined for promotion in the de-
partmental service 40 passed and 81 failed.
OF the 323 persons examined for promotion
in the customs service, 3O3 passed and 20
failed. OF the ~ persons examined for
promotion in the post office service all
passed. OF the 26 persons examined for
transfer in the departmental service, 1853
passed and 81 failed. OF the persons eX
amined for transfer in the customs service,
passed and failed OF the 5 persons eX-
amined for transfer in the post office SER
vice, passed and 1 failed. This makes a
total of 46,G02 persons examined under the
civil service law and rules during the year.
In addition to this number. at the request
of the Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia, 134 persons were examined for
policemen, of whom Y passed and 81
failed, making grand total of 1876 per-
sons who were examined during the year.
In order to examine these persons it
was necessary to provide 1,1SS opportuni
ties for the assembling of competitors.
which were at places widely distributed
through the several states and territories.
However. no persons were examined in
either Alaska, Indian territory, any of
the new possessions. OF this number Of
places and dates for taking examinations,
Alb We're advertised in the spring and fall
editions of the manual of examinations
and notice of the remaining 745 was given
to the public by means of specially pre-
pared press announcements.
There We're 469 different kinds of exami-
nations required to test the qualifications
Of applicants examined during the year;
l9I of these, in which $3.50 competitors
were examined, Of whom 519S passed and
49, failed were conducted and rated en-
tirely by members of the local boards for
the different services, as follows: Engineer
department at large, los; ordnance depart
ment at large. 81; mint and assay service,
4 hoe, i+oJ
lighthouse service 10; marine hospital SER
vice, l, and secret service, Treasury De
partment. 1. The remaining 212 kinds of
examinations given during the year, in
which 40,922 competitors were examined
were rated by the commissions examiners
iIA Washington.