The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18
FOR PHILIPPINE OFFICES.
The civil Service Commission Ready
to Hold Examinations.

| to Hold Examinations.
The Civil Service Commission is now
! ready to receive applications and hold
! examinations for positions in the Cow
! eminent service in the Philippine Islands.
| Advance copies of the pamphlet Of in
| formation for applicants have been re-
/ ceived from the Philippine Civil Service
I Board, and the Commission is preparing
! the questions to be used and organizing
the other necessary machinery for holding
| the examinations.
Information in regard to the examina-
tons with the schedule of dates and
places of holding them. and application
blanks may be obtained by addressing
the Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington. ID. c.
The examinations for the Philippine ser
vice are entirely separate and distinct
from those for the United States service,
the Civil Service Commission acting
merely as the agent of the Philippine Civil
Service Board in the United States. The
Philippine Civil Service Board is com
posed of three members. Its office is in
Manila and the examinations in the Phil
ippine Islands will be conducted by that
board.
Applicants must be at least eighteen
and not more than forty years of age at
are required to undergo an examination
by physician for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether they are physically cap
able of performing efficient service in the
Philippine Islands
Three kinds of examinations Will be
held in the United States this spring.
There will be examinations for depart
ment assistants, stenographers, and
typewriters, and Spanish translators.
THE object of the department assis-
tant examination, says the Philippine
board lis to provide method of en-
trance to the Philippine civil service for
honest. energetic, and well educated per-
sons, and they will be preferred in promo
tons TO the higher administrative offices.
unless it should appear that employees
VINO have not passed this examination
possess exceptional or technical qualtfi-
cations required in the positions to be
filled by promotion which are not pos
sessed by any of those who have enter
ed the service through the examination
mentioned.
The Philippine civil service law pro-
Vides that vacancies occurring In the high-
ct administrative positions are to be hli-
ed from a class TO be composed of the
first second, and third assistants, with
out regard to the offices in which the as
aistauts may be employed. The entrance
salary for department assistant VIII not
be less than 81 200 year, and 1t IS expect
Cd that within a few months a number of
them will be appointed at salaries of
about 1000 a year. from among those
who have passed the examination and
demonstrated their proficiency in book
keeping and finance as well as the other
subjects of the examination.
The preliminary, or required subjects
of the department assistant examination
are: Thesis of 500 words on a given sub
ject; correction of rough draft manu-
script; mathematics, including arithmetic,
algebra, and plane geometry; history
Constitution, Government, and geography
of the United States, commerce and in
duStrial resources Of the United States;
general history and geography. Terri
tOrial government and administration;
political economy; and a consideration
OF education and experience In addition
70 these required subjects. competitors
are allowed to select one or more of
twenty optional subjects
The stenography and typewriting exam
nation is a practical one. and is similar
to that given by the United States Civil
Service Commission. The entrance sal
ares for stenographers and typewriters
VIII be from 1900 to 81, 2G0 year, In a re-
cent letter to the Civil Service Commits
sion the Philippine board says.
There viii be n demand for stenogra-
piers and typewriters as vacancies occur,
and it is probable that many appoint
ments will be made from these registers
Those who have a knowledge Of Spanish
viii be preferred. The extent Of the COM
petitors' know ledge Of Spanish will be de-
termfned by tests i'm translating from
Spanish Into English, and from English
into Spanish"
There Will also be a demand for clerks
who have n good knowledge of the SDan-
ish language and who are able to trans
late readily and accurately from one Ian
suaGe to the other.
Persons residing in the United States
who are appointed 10 the Philippine ser
vice viii be required to pay their travel
ing expenses from their places of resi-
dence in the United States to San Fran
cisco. but their travelling expenses from
San Francisco to Manila will be borne
by the insular Government. and they will
be allowed half salary from the date of
embarkation at San Francisco and full
salary from the date OF arrival in the ISL
ands. provided they proceed directly to
the islands; otherwise half salary will be
allowed only for such time as is ordinar-
lily required to make the journey between
the points named