The Lamar register., 1902-09-10

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 forcible
demonstration to support his claim.
The captain accepted these letters as
sufficient and left the island about II
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 he pursued to II con-
clusion 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 Il
view to 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 1874 of the Revised Statutes, the
civil service rules give preference to
such persons in examinations by re
quiring them to obtain m average of
only siXty-five i'll order to pass, GER
tification by placing their names at the
head of the register before all 9TH
ers not veterans, and in exempting
them from all age limitations. The
who have at any time been discharged
from the military or naval service by
reason of disability incurred in the lin
of duty, and is not confined to those
who have served during n war. a ta-
BILE accompanying shows that forty-five
appointments of preference claimants
were 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 to
the report the preference given to hon
orably discharged veterans of the war
of the Rebellion and the Spanish Amer
lean war in the matter of reinstatement
to the civil service is mentioned. Such
veterans, their widows, and army
nurses of either of these wars may he
rcinstated without regard to the length
of time they have been separated from
the civil service. That this is n sub
stantial benefit appears from the fact
that during the. fiscal year covered by
the report 131 such persons Were rein
stated, or over fifteen per cent. of the
entire number of reinstatements.
An interesting portion of the report
of the Civil Service Commission is
headed: Opportunities for Appoint
ment" in the report of the chief exam-
For men the best opportunities are of
fered through the stenography and the
typewriting examinations, which arc
given twice n year. For several years
| all men who have passed in both OF
these branches have been offered ap-
pointments except those who placed
the minimum salary they We're willing
to accept Mt so large n figure as to pre-
clude their appointment About fifty
/ t,nr nnr,t Of N mon hook
keeper examination receive appoint
ments. For some time past all the eli
| gibles from the examination for aid in
| the coast and geOdetic surveys, which
examination requires n 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
partmental service which offer good op
portugities for appointment to men are
that for inspector of meats in the bu-
reau of animal industry. and that for
| junior civil engineer. In the railway
| mail service from 700 to 500 appoint
ments 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 fill
isher electrotype molder and stereo-
typer for the government printing Of
| flee have very good opportunity for
appointment. The supply of compositor
eligibles. 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 4I,OlJ
persons We're examined during the
year, of whom 21,O2S We're examined
for the department service. This SER
vice does not include merely the de-
partLlents 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 81 600 persons were en-
amined for the postoffice service, or a
little over n thousand less than the
number examined for the department
al service. About sixty-nine per cent.
or 49, .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, n decrease of l.
29S In the number who passed, and an
increase of 3,410 in the number who
failed. The total number of persons re-
ceiving 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.
So distributed as follows: Depart
mental service Excluding the railway
mail and Indian services), 1898; rail-