The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-31
CIVIL SERVICE REPORT
EXAMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
UNDE THE STATUTE.
Women Have a Poor Outlook for EN-
DIOyment-Extent of the Service
Lack of Congregational Action.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O.-The eighteenth
sion, about to be made public. covering
the fiscal year 1901, covers, among other
things, the following points:
A total of 1905 persons were examined
during the year, of whom 1,02S were ex-
amined for the departmental service. This
service does not include merely the de-
partments at Washington, but all the fed
eral classified services outside of Wash
ington, with the exception of the postal,
customs. internal revenue and government
and Indian service are divisions OF the
departmental service. Nearly 1900 per-
sons were examined for the post office
service, or a little over a thousand less
than the number examined for the de-
partmetnal service. About 90 per cent, or
80. 739, of those taking examinations passed.
and 1889 failed. Compared with the year
previous, this represented an increase of
2,u2 in the number Of persons examined, a
decrease of .29S in the number who passed.
and an increase of 3,41O in the number who
failed.
The total number of persons receiving ap-
pointment, excluding the Philippine service
and the municipal service of the District
or Columbia, neither or which is subject to
the provisions of the civil service act, was
$50, distributed as follows: Departmental
service Excluding the railway mail and
Indian services), 1888; railway mail service,
SIC; Indian service, 276; post office service,
4,2SS; custom house service. 302: government
printing service, 172; internal revenue serv-
ice, So. Two-thirds of the appointments in
the departmental service proper and nearly
one-half of the appointments in the Indian
service were OF persons who had passed
noneducational examinations.
A brief statement of the extent of the
service subject to the civil service act and
rules is a feature of the report. From this
1t appears that in the entire executive
round numbers 235,0OO places, of which
number about 12l,OW are classified. OF the
1l4,No remaining unclassifed. 72,49S are
those of fOurth-class postmasters. The
annual expenditure for salaries for the en-
tire executive service is stated to be about
$3.50. 900. 600. and of this sS5. 900, 600, or nearly
two-thirds, goes to salaries for positions
subject TO the civil service rules.
Probably the most interesting portion of
the report to the general public will be
that part of it headed Opportunities for
Appointment" In the report of the chief
examiner. An abstract of this is as fol-
lows: For men, the best opportunities are
writing examinations, which are given
twice a year. For several years all men
who have passed in both of these branches
have been offered appointments, except
those who placed the minimum sal
airy they were willing to accept at
so large a figure as TO preclude their ap-
pointment. About so per cent. of the men
passing the b~ookkeeper examination receive
appointments. For some time past all the
eligibles from the examination for aid in
the coast and geodetic survey, which ex-
800 N4NANo n La1A hIONlCu6e Ol
higher mathematics, mathematical astron-
omy and physics, surveying, and some
knowledge of modern European languages,
have been offered appointment.
The opportunities for the appointment of
women In the classified service as a whole
are not fattering. The chief examiner
says: "At present but few women are
ordinarily appointed to the general depart
mental and government printing services.
except in the Indian service. the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing, and the posi-
ton of skilled laborer in the Government
Printing Office. However, a small number
Of women clerks and photographers and
typewriters are appointed each year. The
opportunities for women eligibles from the
examinations for the different kinds of
teachers in the Indian service are very
good Quite a number of opportunities are
also made in the Indian service from the
trained nurse and matron examinations -
Attention is called in the report to the
fact that although, during the past seven
or eight years, the number of classified
positions has increased from a little over
10000 to more than 100000. and the num-
Der of appointments per year from about
1000 to about 10000, no additional employees
have been provided by Congress to meet
this enormous increase. This difficulty is
only partially met by the detail of en-
ployes from other departments.