Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-01
THOUSANDS EXAMINED ANNUALLY
FOR THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE

.NT SERVICE
very good. Quite n number of APP
pointments are also made in the In
dian service from the trained nurse
and matron examinations.
Scope and Character of Examinations
The scope and character of the eX-
aminations appear i'm brief in the
manual of examinations published by
the commission, of which about co.
900 copies are furnished applicants
during the year covered by the re-
port. The number of applications for
examination was 1852, an average of
LAS per week. The chief examiner
states that during the year 1.-THE ex-
| amining division, assisted by experts
detailed from the different depart
ments for that purpose, prepared eX
aminations under $50 distinct titles"
that 213 of the examinations includ-
| ed specific tests of either profession
al, scientific, technical or general ed
ucation, and 337 were registration
examinations, which have been here
| tofore described. The examinations
held during the year required the
preparation of 365 different sets of
| tests. The above would seem to JUS
| tify the statement made by the com
miSsioners that the examinations
| held = to meet the needs of
the service embrace about 400 differ
ent qualifications, which cover
wider range than any educational in
stitution in the country" There are
now 1858 local civil service boards
throughout the country. so that. as
rule. no one is compelled to travel
any great distance in order to be ex-
amined.
Lack OF Facilities.
Attention is called in the report to
the fact that although. during the
past seven or eight years, the num-
Der of classified positions has increas-
ed from a little over 10000 to more
than 100000, and the number of APP
pointments per year from about 1000
to about 10000, no additional en-
ployes have been provided by con-
gress to meet this enormous increase
This difficulty is only partially met
by the detail of employees from other
departments. for the chief examiner
states:
With the present limited appropri-
ations it has been impossible to con-
duct the examining work of the com
mission in Il satisfactory manner.
and great delays have been unavoid-
able.
Civil Service Act. Rules and Regulations.
Part 1 of the appendix TO the re-
port contains, among other things.
the civil service act, rules. and regu-
lations, the statutes particularly af-
fecting the classified service. and the
Philippine service act. This portion
of the report is brought Substanti-
ally down to date. and includes the
numerous important changes that
have been made in the civil service
rules during the past year, together
with the executive orders affecting
the civil service promulgated during
the same period.
other Features of the Report.
Parts and contain. respectively.
the regulations governing the classi-
fled service and a history of the acts
and rules throughout the country
during the year covered by the re
port. In part , are also extracts
from the reports of government Off
GERS concerning the operation of the
act and rules. Among these is
the accommodation of the com
missioners of the District of Col
umbia. made TO the president, that
the force under their control be
placed. by appropriate legislation, in
the classified civil service list.
Included in this division of the re-
port are also the conclusions and rec
concentrations of a committee of the
National Civil Service Reform Lea
que upon the subject of superannua-
ton in the civil service. and a paper
by Hon. w. ID. Foulke. entitled 1.-The
Civil Service in our New Dependent
cies." In part is published, for the
first time, n complete compilation of
the civil service rules, the amend
ments thereto, and orders of classifi-
cation, arranged chronologically,
from May Z. 1883. when the first rules
were promulgated by President Ar
thur, down to August , of the pres
ent year. The usual statistical mat
ter comprises part 5, the financial di-
vision of the report.