The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-09-15
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
Opportunities to Qualify for Federal
Government Positions.

Inc united States Civil Service
lCommlsslon announces that there is
urgent need for applicants for the
positions under the Ordnance Depart.
ment listed below, for which applica-
tions may be filed at any time. Ap.
pllcants will not be required 10 ap-
pear for written examination, but will
be rated on training, experience and
education:
Mechanical engineer, artillery am
munition, $4,000 to $4,000 per annum
mechanical engineer, experimental
work, $2500 to $4,000; mechanical
craftsman, $1,000 to $14OO; appren-
tice craftsman, $3.50; inspector of ar
tillery ammunition, $500 to s24OO:
Inspector of field artillery ammuni-
tion steel, $500 to $24OO; assistant
Inspector of field artillery ammuni-
tion steel, $3.50 to SIS per diem; in
spector of ammunition packing boxes,
1882 per diem to $500 per year; in
spector and assistant inspector of
powder and explosives, $14O0 to
$240O; Inspector of ordnance equip
ment, $500 to $24OO; assistant in
spector of cloth equipment, $50 to
$125 per month; assistant Inspector
of leather, $100 to $125 per month;
assistant Inspector of small hardware,
$50 to 1926 per month; assistant in
spector of textiles, $50 to 1925 per
month; assistant inspector of leather
equipment, 500 to $125 per month;
clerk qualified in business admins
tratien, $1,000 to $500; index and
catalog clerk, $1,000 to $1,000.
Applications for the following po-
sitions will be received at any time,
and certifcation made as the needs
of the service require:
Assistant in marketing fruits and
vegetables, men and women, $1,000
to $500, Bureau of Markets, Depart
ment of Agriculture, for duty in
Washington and in the field.
Investigator in marketing fruits
and vegetables, men only, $500 to
S276O, Bureau of Markets, Depart
ment of Agriculture, with headquar-
ters in Washington.
Junior topographer and topographic
aid, $720 to $500, Geological Survey,
for duty in the Office and in the field.
Radio craftsman, and copyist radio
craftsman, men and women, 1882 to
Sc per diem, Navy Department, Wash
ington, and at any navy yard or other
naval establishment of the United
States.
Metallographist, $500 to $4,000,
and assistant chemist, $500 to $4,000,
Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa,
and elsewhere.
Other examinations are announced
as follows:
Sept. 25-Plate cleaner, $3.50 to
s4.16 per diem, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, Washington.
Barn architect, $500 to $1,000, Of
fice of Public Roads and Rural En-
gineering, Department of Agriculture,
for duty in Washington.
October 2-Agriculturist in farm
management demonstrations, $1,000
to $276O, States Relations Service,
of Agriculture, for duty
in Washington.
Junior chemist qualified in tars,
$500, Bureau of Soils, Department
of Agriculture, for duty at Madison,
Wis.
Senior signal engineer, $4,000 to
$4,000, Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, with necessary expenses when
absent from headquarters in the dis
charge of official duties.
Scientific assistant in public health
work, 5000 to $4,000, Public Health
Service.
October 3-Assistant in crop ac-
5000 to $14OO, Bureau
Of Plant Industry, Department of Ag-
riculture, for duty in the field.
Assistant in plant disinfection,
$1,000 to $1440, Federal Horticul- T
tural Board, Department of Agricul-
ture. for duty in Washington or in the
field.
Pathologist, $4,000, Freedmen's
Hospital, Washington.
Statistical clerk, men and women,
5000 to $1,000, Departmental Service,
Washington.
Telephone operator, men and wo-
men, $3.50 to $720, Departmental Ser
vice, Washington.
Excellent opportunities for appoint
nent in the departments at Washing
ION are open to men and women
,tenographers and typewriters. An
for first grade clerk will
be held Sept. 26, to provide eligibles
for filling large number of positions
IN the Internal Revenue Service.
Application blanks and necessary
concerning any of these
examinations may be secured from
the Civil Service Commission at
D. c., or from the Sec
retary. Tenth Civil Service District,
Customhouse, New Orleans, La. Clr-
culars descriptive of the examinations
and places to be filled may be seen at
the Office Of the Chief.
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