The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-04
WILL HOLD EXAMINATIONS
FOR CLERK AND CARRIER

An examination for clerks and city
letter carriers will be held at the Wa
tertown postoffice on Thursday, Octo-
Der 20, 1918.
Applicants must have reached their
eighteenth but not their forty-fifth
birthday on the date of the examina-
ton The age limits are waived, how
ever, in the case of persons honorably
discharged from the United States
military or naval service by reason of
disability resulting from wounds or
sickness incurred in the line of duty.
Eligibles resulting from this examina-
ton who were under Fl years of age
on the date of the examination will
not be certified for filling vacancies
in the position of assistant postmast-
err. Male applicants must measure not
less than feet inches in height in
bare feet. No male applicant who
passes the examination will be eligible
for appointment either as clerk or city
carrier who does not weigh at least
1t will be inadvisable for male appli-
ca hts whose normal weight is less
than 125 pounds to enter the examina
ton. Female applicants are not re-
quired to be of any specific height or
weight
The pOstoffice department has ad-
vised the commission that no person
who has any of the following named
physical defects will be appointed to
the position of carrier in the postof-
fee service: Hunchback; defective
hearing, sight, or speech; blindness
in one or both eyes; asthma; loss of
arm, hand, leg, or foot; crippled arms
or legs; fiatfOot; hernia (rupture);
congenital weakness Of the abdominal
wound or operation. These defects
will also debar person from appoint
ment to the position Of clerk in the
postoffice service, except that deaf
mutes and persons with defective
speech or hearing may be appointed
to the positions of mail clerk, distrib
utor, and directory and forwarding
clerk, and persons suffering from fiat
foot or weakness of the abdominal
wall may be appointed to any position
of clerk the duties Of which they are
physically capable of performing. APP
plications from persons who are not
entitled to appointment on account OF
physical defects will be disapproved.
Other physical defects may debar per-
sons from appointment when in the
judgment of the commission such de-
fects would render them unfit to per-
form the duties of the. position for
which the examination is held.
Each applicant will be required to
submit to the examiner on the day of
the examination a photograph of him
self, taken within two years, secure
ly pasted in the space provided on the
admission card sent him after his ap-
plication is filed. Tintypes, group
photographs, or proofs will not be
accepted
Married women will not be admit
ted to this examination, regardless of
whether or not they are separated
from their husbands and are sup
porting themselves, except wives of
soldiers or sailors.
This examination is open to all citi-
zens of the United States who meet
the requirements. From the eligibles
resulting from this examination it is
expected that certification will be
made to fill existing and future va
cancies. For application blank (Form
1870 and Constructions to Appli-
cants," address the secretary of the
board of United States civil service
examiners at the postoffice at the
place of employment or the place of
examination named above.