The Dolores star., 1902-09-12
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

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Captain Rosehill. who undertook TO lay
claim to Marcus island and take pos
session. arrived ON that island July Goth
last. He was met by Japanese war
ship the commander of which handed
to him the letters addressed by the
State Department. pointing out the ad-
visibility of his avoiding any forcib!e
demonstration TO support his claim
The captain accepted these letters as
sufficient and left the island about
week later. He has not lost any right
he might have had, according TO the
State Department and If he has any
just claim 1t may be pursued to con
cluslon in the usual diplomatic chan
mel.
Concerning the preference given to
United States soldiers and sailors hon
orably discharged for disability in
CURED in line of duty the report of the
civil service commission says: With
view 10 securing to those honorably dis
charged from the military or naval ser
| vice by reason OF disability incurred in
line of duty the benefits granted by Sec
tion 1f;,i of the Revised Statutes. the
civil service rules give preference TO
/ such persons in examinations by re-
quiring them to obtain an average of
only siXty-fve in order TO pass. Ger
rification by placing their names ut the
head of the register before all 9TH
ers not veterans, and in eSemptiDc
| them from all age limitations. The
preference thus conferred extends to all
| who have at any time been discharged
| from the military or naval service by
reason of disability incurred in the linS
/ of duty, and Is not confined to those
who have served during n war. \ ta-
Int fn,
| appointments of preference cla!maf. :
We're made during the year. most of
/ these being to positions in the depart
ments at Washington. The average
age of these preference claims was less
/ than fifty years. In the appendix 10
the report the preference given to hon
| orably discharged veterans of the war
( of the Rebellion and the Spanish-A
! lean war in the matter of reinstatement
/ TO the civil service is mentioned. Such
/ veterans. their widows, and army
nurses of eithe.. of these wars may he
reinstated without regard TO the length
of time they have been separated from
the civil service. That this is sub
stantlal benefit appears from the fact
| tina. during the fiscal year covered by
4 the report 131 such persons were rein
| stated, or over fifteen per cent. of the
i
An interesting portion of the report
! of the Civil Service Commission is
headed: Opportunities for Appoint
ment' in the report of the chief exam-
| lner An abstract of this is as follows:
For men the best opportunities are of
fered through the stenography and the
typewriting examinations, which ar,
1 given twice year. For several years
7 N ry,x.f -tr hn,.n tn, l,..tr .Nf
these branches have been offered ap-
pointments except those who placed
the minimum salary they We're willing
to accept at SO large figure as to pre-
clude their appointment About fifty
| per cent. of the men passing the book
| keeper examination receive appoint
ments. For some time past all the eli
i gibleS from the examination for aid in
the coast and geodetic surveys. which
examination requires a fair knowledge
of higher mathematics, mathematical
astronomy and physics, surveying. and
some knowledge of modern European
languages, have been offered appoint
ment. Other examinations for the de-
partinental service which offer good op-
porttnities for appointment to men are
that for inspector of meats in the bu-
reau of animal industry. and that for
mail service from 700 to 500 appoint
ments a year have been made for the
last four or five years, at an entrance
salary of $500 per annum. Most of the
eligibles from the different teacher eX-
aminations for the Indian service are
usually appointed at entrance salaries
of from 5000 to 5000 per annum. Per
sons who pass the examinations for
bookbinder, pressman, electrotype fin
Usher, electrotype molder and stereO-
typer for the government printing Of
flee have very good opportunity for
appointment. The supply of compositor
eliSibles, on the otherhand, is usually in
excess of the demand.
The annual report of the Civil Ser
vice Commission is largely statistical.
1t opens with the statement that 47,O75
persons We're examined during the
year, of whom 21,02S were examined
for the department service. This SER
Vice does not include merely the de-
partIlents at Washington, but all the
federal classified services outside of
Washington, with the exception Of the
postal customs. internal revenue and
government printing services. Thus.
the railway mail and Indian services
are divisions Of the departmental SER
vices. Nearly 21,O00- persons were ey-
amined for the postoffice service. or II
little over thousand less than the
number examined for the department
al service. About sixty-nine per cent.
or 33.739, Of those taking examinations
passed, and 1850 failed. Compared
with the year previous. this represent
ed an increase of 2,i12 in the number
of persons examined. decrease of L.
29S In the number who passed, and an
increase of 3.41O in the number who
failed. The total number of persons re-
cciving appointment, excluding the
Philippine service and the municipal
service Of the District of Columbia,
neither of which is subject to the pro-
visions of the civil service act, was o.
$40, distributed rs follows: Depart
mental service Excluding the railway
mail and Indian servlces), 1893; rail
way mail service. S16; Indian service,
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