, 1904-04-27
CADETS WANTED.
Fifteen Vacancies in the United
States Revenue Cutter Service.

The United States Civil Service COM
mission announces an examination on
April 26, 81, %, 1904, at the Philadel-
phia Post Office Building, from
which to secure about fifteen ell
igibles for position of cadet in the Rev
enue Cutter Service and other similar
vacancies as they may occur. April
cants must be between Is and 70 years
of age and not less than 8 feet 3 inches
in height, unmarried, physically sound
and well formed. The salary of a cadet
is $500 per year and one ration "a day.
After three years service a q Is
eligible to appointment by b President
as lieutenant at a salary of from 81 400
to ST. 800 per year with allowances. AT
the age of "a officers of this service are
retired on three-quarters pay and al
lowances.
This examination is open to all cltl-
zens of the United States who comply
with the requirements. Applicants
should at once apply to Congressman
j. J. Gardner, Washington, ID. c., or to
the Secretary of the Philadelphia Board
of Examiners for Application Form
No. 304, which should be properly ex-
ecuted and forwarded to Congressman
Gardner or the Civil Commission at
Wasn1ngtOn, ID. y.
While it is not a prerequisite to ell
igibility, all applicants for the position
of cadet who have served at sea, or who
have served as deck officers OF sea-going
vessels of the United States merchant
marine, should file with their applica-
tons a certificate or certificates showing
such service, from the master of the
vessel with whom they served or
from the ship Masters Association. 1t
is proposed to give applicants credit for
such service when satisfactory shown.
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below, weighted as
Indicated:
Subjects. Weights.
|. Spelling twenty words of more
than average dif1iculty)........ 5
2. Arithmetic (as comprised in the
ordinary grammar school text
DOOk) III
%. Algebra las comprised in the
high school textbooks, inclu-
ding logarithms) ................. III
4. General geography GAS compri-
ed IN the grammar schoolt text
DOoks) D
3. Geometry (%including plane and
sollu 10
d. General history and COnstitu-
ton of the United States
las comprised in high school
textbooks. The questions on
Constitution refer to its general
provisions only)............... 8
7. Physics las comprised in high
school t~eXt-books) ................. 1C
8. General information Questions
relating to well-known mat
tiers of current INTEREST," .........
8. Trigonometry including ques-
lions in plane and spherical
t~rigonometry) ..........."."..... Il
10. Grammar, rhetoric, and compo-
sition (the questions in gram
mar comprise the work given
in the grammar school text
books, including parsing and
analysis In rhetoric the
questions comprise the work
in the high school textbooks.
The test in composition con
sists of the preparation of an
essay on one of two assigned
toplcs) IL
IL. English literature las comprised
in high school teXt-books)... 49,.
II. One modern language-French,
German, or Spanish-(com-
petitors may select any one
of these languages. The test
includes the translation of a
short exercise into English
and also one into the language
selected)
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