Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-09-12

ACtiHS StCTetuTy hutt i3is beeh Nv
formed by the Japanese legation that
Captain Rosehill, who undertook to lay
claim to Marcus island and take pos
session. arrived ON that island July 3Oth
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 rs
sufficient and left the island about
week later. He has not lost any right
he might have had, according to the
State Department, and II he has any
Just claim II may be pursued to n con-
ciusion In the usual diplomatic chan
mel.
Concerning the preference given to
United States soldiers ana sailors hon
orably discharged for disability In
Cured In line OF duty the report OF the
civil service commission says: With u
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 1854 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.ive in order to pass. GER
rIficatlon by placing their names ut the
head OF the register before all 9th
crs not veterans. and In cNcmpting
them from all age limitations. The
preference thus conferred extends to all
who have at any tNic been discharged
from the military or naval service by
reason OF disability Incurred In the line
OF duty, and Ii not confined to those
who have served during war. a tn.
bic accompanying shows that forty-hvc
appointments OF preference claimants
Were made during the year. most OF
these being To positions In the depart
mcnts mt Washington. The average
age OF these preference claims was less
than nifty years. In lis. appendix TO
the report the preference given TO hon
orably discharged veterans OF the war
OF the Rebellion and the Spani-l-tmcr-
lean war In the matter OF reinstatement
To the civil service II mentioned. Such
veterans. their widows. and army
nurses OF either OF these wars may he
r,.lnsiatcd without regard TO the length
OF time they have been separated from
the civil service. That this II n sub.
s,antiai benefit appears from the fact
that during the fiscal year covered by
the report i3i such persons We're rein
stated. or over fifteen per cent. OF the
entire number OF rclnsiatcmcnts.
An Interesting portion Of the rcpor,
OF the Civil Service Commission Is
headed: Opportunities for Appoint
mcnt" In III. report Of the chief exam.
incr An abstract, OF this IL as follows:
For men the best opportunities are OF
fcrcd through the sicnoTrapby and the
iypcwrItins examinations. which ARE
given twice a year. For several years
NIL men who have passed In both Of
these branches have been offered M.
poinimcnts except those who placed
the minimum salary they were Willing
to accept Mt 30 large figure rs to pre-
cludc their appointment. About hfty
per cent. OF the men passing the book.
keeper examination receive appoint
mcnts. For some time past NIL the ell
ribics from the examination for aid In
the coast and gco,ictic surveys. which
examination requires n fair knowledge
OF higher mathematics. mathematical
astronomy AMI physics. surveying. aud
some knowledge OF modern European
languages. have been offered appoint.
mcnt. Other examination. for the de-
plrtmcntnl service which offer good op-
portunitics for appointment to men are
that for inspector OF meats In the bu-
rcau OF animal Industry. and that for
Junior civil engineer. In the railway
mail service from 100 To SO appoint.
meats year have been made for the
last four or i've years. ut nm entrance
salary OF $500 per annum. Most OF the
ciiriblcs from the different teacher cx-
aininniions for the Indian service are
usually appointed Mt entrance salaries
Of from 5000 to 500 per abnum. Per
sons who pass the examinations for
buokbin,icr. prcssman. clcctrotypc I'm.
Usher, c!cctrotypc mollcr and stcrco.
| iyper for the government printing Of
| fee have n very good opportunity FOR
appointment. The supply of compositor
cligiblc-. on the oihcrhand, Is usually In
, excess OF the demand.
The annual report of the Civil Ser.
vice Commission Is largely statistical.
II opens with the statement that 1000
persons were examined during the
year. Of whom 2i.O2s were examined
for the department service. This ser
vice does not include merely the de-
pnrtmcnts Mt Washington. but all the
federal classified services outside OF
Washington. with the exception OF the
postal customs. internal revenue nnd
government printing services. Thus.
the railway mail and Indian services
are divisions of the departmental SER
vices. Nearly 21.Ooo. persons were en-
amincd for the postofiicc service. or n
little over n thousand less than the
number examined for the department
nj service. About siSiy-ninc per cent.
or 30. $50. of those taking examinations
passed. and 1850 failed. Compared
with the year previous. this represent.
cd an increase of 2.112 In the number
OF persons examined. decrease of L.
20S IN the number who passed. and an
Increase OF 3.i1O In the number who
failed. The total number OF persons re-
ccivinC 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 as follows: Depart
mental service Excluding the railway
mail and Indian scrviccs). 3.g33: rail
way mail service. SIG: Indian service.
21U: postofiice service, Ass: custom
house service. 3O2: government print
ing service. 1I2: internal revenue SER
vice. 81. Two-thirds of the appoint
ments in the departmental service
proper and nearly onc-half OF the ap-
pointments IN the Indian service were
of persons who had passed non.cduca.
| tional examinations. These cxaminn-