Arizona republican., 1910-07-21
CHANCE FOR ARIZONA
 BOYS OF AMBITION
Men Are Needed for Subordinate Places With Good Opportunities for Advancement in Coast
 and Geodetic Survey.


 The civil service commission an nounces an examination at the usual places on August lO-1l to secure eli gibles for the positions of aid and deck officer in the coast and geOdetic sur vey. As the commission has experi- enced difficulty in securing eligibles for these positions, qualified persons are urged to enter the examination. The examination includes mathematics. astronomy, physics, surveying, modern languages, drawing and descriptive geometry and training and experience. A physical examination may also be required before an applicant is ap- pointed.
 The rank of aid is the lowest or en- tering rung leading to the position of assistant tO the superintendent The coast and geOdetic survey is engaged in a great variety of duties and its Op erations extend over a vast range of territory. The aids. like the assistants. are subject to assignments either as chiefs of party or subordinate officers on parties engaged in the determina- ton of the magnetic elements. in sec ondary triangulation and astronOmic  geographic and hydrographic surveys, in primary triangulation and the cores bonding astronomical determinations in topographic surveying along the coast, and in Photographic surveys in the bays and harbOrs and in the open sea. The steamers and sailing vessels belonging to the survey are command ed by these members of the permanent field force. During the intervals be- tween field season, assistants and aids are subject to assignment to office duty in Washington or in one of the subOffices at san Francisco or Manila Nearly all administrative positions in the office at Washington, from that of chief of division to the highest rank are open to and are now filled by as sstants The duties of the field off cers take them to all parts of the Unit ed States. including Porto Rico, Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines.
 The members of the permanent field force have, therefore, a very wide range of duties as surveyors engaged in the highest grades of surveying. as navigatOrs and as scientists. and have q rare opportunity for extensive travel and acquaintance with the world
 The aid is subject to assignment to any duty required of any other off cers of the permanent field force.
 In general. the exigencies of the service place the aids so promptly in responsible positions that there is an abundant opportunity for a man of exceptional ability 10 become known.
 Aids are appointed at a salary of S720 a year. The next steps in the line of promotion are to the salaries of s9O0 and $l.10O as aid and thence to assistant at $1.2O0 and then upward by steps of S2O0 each. The law now provides for ten aids at s720 per an mum, thirteen aids at $900, six aids at Sl,l0O. thirty-four assistants at S1.200 to $1.S0O and thirty assistants at S2,000 to $4,000.
 These statements of salary are mis- leading unless taken in connection the facts that the necessary travelling expenses incurred in the line of duty are paid by the government, and in ad- dition to his salary an aid or assistant is paid an allowance for subsistence to cover the ordinary living expenses while on field duty. During this peri cd the allowance for subsistence is from Sl a day for an officer living on shipboard or in camp in quarters fur nished by the government, to $2.50 d day for a chief of party living at hotel or other quarters not furnished by the government. On service in the Philippines the allowance for subsist- ence is s2.50 day under all condi- tiOns, even at Manila.
 Deck officers are appointed at salary of S200 per annum for special servie on board the ships of the coast and geodetic survey and on hydro graphic parties They receive their travelling expenses and actual subsist ence while travelling on official duty. No subsistence is paid them while on duty on the vessels. Deck officers ap- pointed from this examination are eli gible for transfer to the position of aid. and are usually promoted in that manner.