The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-22
MESSENGER BOYS
BY THE HUNDRED
Pass Civil Service Exam
inatiOn Held Here.
NAMES OF THE APP0INTEES
Out of SsznWho Stood Test, s45 Are
Certmed, Only AZ Having
Failed.

i ne 0lklA service commission has an
nounced the results of the messenger
+ boys examination which was held OF
: february % last, FOR the purpose of OBJ
r taining eligibles to supply the demand
from the different departments.
Out of 3S7 boys who took the examina-
ton, 345 We're certified, or more than
ol& per cent. only forty-two having
g failed. OF the number ceFsSied, twenty
two have, already received appoint
nlents, twelve of this number being
legal residents of the District OF CO.
lumbia- Appointments We're declined by
- ten boys, the principal reason gwen iOT
their declination being that they did
net want TO give up their school work
until the close of the present scholastic
ear.
List of AppOintees.
The following is a list of the APP
TOintees their marks. place of assign
: ment, salary. ana their legal residence.
J. r. Reed, District of Columbia, 90.6).
sWashington navy yard. S1-04 per diem
Harold T. Rowland Georgia, S640,
Commerce and Labor. $500 per annum.
J II. Nelson, Illinois, $3.50, Navy De-
rartment. 500 per annum.
Harry Roberts. Iowa -, Agriculture,
$50 per month";
Jules G. Lehman, Kentucky, $780,
Smithsonian, $40 per annum
Penn L. Carroll. Louisiana, 80 IN
terror $3.50 per annum.
Matthew J. Moran, Maryland, Sl-40
League Island navy yard, Sl-O4 per uIeIl-
Max Regis, New Jersey, 40, Interior,
$500 per annum.
Albert Conover. New Jersey, 74.e0,
Smithsonian, $40 per annum
John Dykes, New York, $50, Smith
SOnian, $40 per annum-
Francis T. McEneny, New York,
$40, Newport News navy yard, slO4 per
diem.
Louis T. Leonard Pennsylvania. $500.
Agriculture. $500 per annum.
Milton ". Durnall, Pennsylvania. %. 40,
League Island navy yard, Sl.04 per diem.
Willard Martin, South Carolina, $3.50,
Commerce and Labor, s24O per annuln.-
Manly NJ. Michaels, South Carolina,
$3.50. Agriculture, $500 per annum
J. Edwin Rowland. Texas. $500 In
terror. $50 per annum.
Fred Lomas, Texas, $500, Interior,
$3.50 per annum-
Eugene A Crider Virginia, IS. navy
yard. Newport News. $1.04 per diem.
Eugene L. Bennett, Virginia. Sc. so,
navy yard, Newport News, s1.04 per
diem.
Lawrence S. Hollis. West Virginia.
$3.50, navy yard, Washington, D. c., Sl.o4
per diem.
Frank c. Greene. West Virginia, 81.
Navy Department. $3.50 per annum.
Frank H. Reynolds, Wisconsin. sac.
Navy Department, S1.04 per diem.
Where They Go.
This examination was fer boys be-
tween-the ages Of "A and 20, and those
who receive appointments draw salaries
ranging from $40 to $50 per annum. ac-
cording TO the department to which they
are assigned. Many OF those who 90
TO the Department of Agriculture are
assigned TO the weather bureaus. their
work being in connection with the de-
livery of the weather bulletins which
are issued every day. The navy yards
throughout the country also make use
Of a number OF messenger boys, who get
Sl.04 day for their services.
The weather bureaus pay $3.50 year,
and IN choosing boys for this work
preference is given 70 those eligibles
whose residence IS near the weather
bureau which calls FOR n messenger boy.
In the case of the, navy yards prefer
ence Is given to the boys whose legal
residence is in the State in which the
navy yard IS located.
Preference to States.
= Owing to the fact that the District OF
Columbia is far In excess Of its appor-
tiOnment preference is given 10 boys
from the States, except for appoint
ments in the nOn-aDDortionable offices,
such as the navy yard. the mail bag re-
pair shop, ana the Government Printing
ONCE
When they arrive at the age OF
eighteen the boys may be promoted to
De regular messengers at $40 per an
mum. or Watchmen when they are TWEEN
" When they are tWentv-~--ree, and
have been IN the service TWO years they
may take competitive examinations fos
cierkshlps "a salaries ranging from $40
10 $500.