The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-17
FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Opportunity for Those Seeking Work
From Uncle Sam.

Opportunity for Those Seeking Work
From Uncle Sam.
Opportunity is to be gwen next
month to all who feel themselves
qualified to enter the service of the
government to show their ability in
various directions. Uncle Sam has dis
covered that he is in need Of men and
women for different branches of his
oHlclal family and has ordered ex-
aminations under the civil service
laws to be held throughout the coun-
try,s
February 18 and 10 are the dates
fixed When the examiners will be in
this city and will conduct examina-
lions for the position of interpreter,
assistant printer in the railway mail
service, d~isciplinarian in the Indian
service and for clerk and carrier in
the postal service. For the first the
age limit is from 20 years upward;
for the second from 10 to 35 years;
for the third Is to IS years and for
the fourth from 10 to As.
An interpreter is wanted who can
interpret Slavonish (Krainish) Croat-
ian and Italian into English. This
position pays $1,000 a year. From
the eligibles resulting from the ex-
animation certification will be made
to the position and the lucky appli-
cant will find himself stationed at
Ellis island. Another interpreter is
wanted who can change Arabic, Ital-
ian and French into English as it is
spoken in this country in official cir
Giles. Like the first he will receive
81 200 a year.
In addition to the usual educational
qualifications required of applicants
under the civil service rules, the man
who is DESTROYS Of becoming assistant
printer in the railway mail service
must also be at least five feet six
inches in height and weigh at least
1876 pounds, beside being absolutely
free from all physical defects or de-
formities.
The requirements exacted of those
! who would be disciplinarians in the
Indian service are more exacting than
those which must be possessed by
those aspiring to the other branches
already mentioned. The educational
tests to which they will be expected
to submit are Of a higher order than
in the other branches, while the sal
airy is less. They will have to sue
cessfully pass in p~enmanship, spell
ing and copying, arithmetic, school
management and pedagogy, general
management and discipline of pupils,
geography Of the United States, his
tory and government of the United
States, English grammar, and analysis,
physiology n hygiene and military
tactics. Only males are eligible. The
salary attached is from $500 to $500
per annum, according to location of
the school to which a successful ap-
plicant is assigned.
For the position of carrier and clerk
in the local office of the postal de
partment it is given out that the ma
ture of the examination is a test Of
practical, general intelligence and
adaptability in postoffice work. APP
plicants, male or female, must have
a medical certificate according TO a
form prescribed by the department.
Males must be not less than five feet
and four inches in height and weigh
not less than 125 pounds. The names
Of all male eligibles will be entered
on both the clerk and carrier regis
tiers, and appointment from either
register will remove the nam of the
successful one from both registers.
All these examinations are open to
all citizens Of the United States who
comply with the requirements. Com
peitors will be rated without regard
to any consideration other than the
qualifications shown in their exam
nation papers, and eligibles will be
certified strictly in accordance with
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