The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-23
AFTER NEW BLOOD
Some Openings in the Revenue Cut
ter Service.
EXAMINATIONS ON JUNE II
a Fierce Ordeal at First, but q
Rather Easy Berth for Life
Thereafter.

From, The Journal Bureau. Room, IS. Pos'
Building, Wdshin0tof
WASHINGTON, May 23-New and young
blood is to be infused into the revenue
cult er service as result OF the passage
of the bill to reorganize the service. This
bill provides for the retirement OF OF
ficers who have reached the age or ef
years. or who have seen thirty years
service 1t will result in the retirement
of ten or more of the Older officers, ana
the promotion of that number from the
lower grades, and the vacancies created
at the foot of the list are to be hlled py
the appointment of cadets. .,
In order to fill these vacancies the civil
service commission has issued notlees
that examinations will be held on June IL,
is and 10, at various cities throughout the
country Under the regulations or the
treasury department applicants must not
be less than is nor more than 20 years
of age of vigorous constitution, physlcally
sound and we'll formed and not less than
five feet three inches in height, or sooo
moral character and unmarried.
Service in the revenue cutter service
is even more desirable than in the army
or navy Because Of the fewer number or
officers promotion is more rapid, While
the grades and pay are approximately the
same as in the military and naval
branches of the government. A cadet
QOeS not nave TO serve So louS pSlol Q hO
gets his commission After he is ap-
pointed he goes aboard the practice ship
Chase If he enters the service in sum-
mer he goes off on a cruise, returning to
the vicinity of the naval academy at An
napolis in the winter, where he studies I'M
til the following spring, when he goes off
on another cruise, repeating the winter
program in his second year. After two
years the cadet gets a commission as
hir6
cadet he gets a salary Of $500 year, and
as third lieutenant 81, 400 a year. On
promotion to second lieutenancy he gets
$1,000 year; as first lieutenant $1,000 and
as captain $4,000. In addition to salary,
there are certain allowances, such as ra-
tions, medical attendance, ETC., which are
furnished free by the government.
1t is announced by the civil service
commission that eligibles to appointment,
as a result Of the present and future ex-
aminations, will be certified in accor-
dance with the civil service law and
rules" This will almost certainly insure
the selection of a greater percentage of
young men who are residents of int erior
and Pacific coast states than has formerly
been the case. The civil service regula-
lions require that each state shall have
its quota of appointments in each branch
of the service, based on the population of
each. glance at the register of the
revenue cutter cervice shwos that nearly
all Of the commissioned officers were ap-
pointed from states bordering on the At
lantic coast, from Maine to Georgia,
while the middle, western and Pacific
coast states have been neglected almost
entirely If the announcement of the
commission is carried out, candidates
from Minnesota. North and South Da-
kota, Wisconsin, Iowa. Washington. Ore
gon and other middle, western and Pa
cifc coast states will have the first CALL
But the examination Is almost equal to
that for admission to West Point and An
napolis.
Applicants from Minnesota may take
this examination at St. Paul, Mankato or
Duluth; from Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
La Crosse, Stevens Point, Chippewa Falls,
Ashland or Marinette; from North Dakota
at Fargo, Grand Forks or .Pembina; from
South Dakota at Deadwood, Mitchell,
Watertown or Aberdeen;, from Iowa at
Des Moines Sioux City, Fort Madison or
Mason City.
w. W. Jermane.