The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-05
SEVERAL CIVIL
 SERVICE EXAMS
 DUE ON APRIL. 1

United States Civil Service examin- ations for the following mechanical trades and similar positions in the | engineer department at large and the 1 quartermaster corps, U. S. Army, the l lighthouse service and various other | branches of the government service in ] Providence, R. l., and vicinity, will l be held on April 1, 1920:
 Positions in the engineer depart | ment at large. Applications to be filed with the secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Engineer De- partment at Large, Providence, R. I.
 Blacksmith (tool sharpener and hand, dredgehand, drillrunner, en- (eonstruction work), painter, steward gsokeT.
 For the following positions, appli- ! cations should be filed with the sec retary, First Civil Service District, Custom House Tower Boston:
 Assistant marine steam engineer, carpenter, marine steam engineer, marine fireman, marine oiler, mate. Age Limits: Lighthouse service Minimum, s years, except for posi- tions requiring a license from the U. s. Steamboat Inspection Service, for 1 which the minimum age is 19 years: maximum, 45 years for officers of l tenders, none for other positions; per i sons honorably discharged from the i United States Army, Navy or Marin 2 1 Corps, and persons already in the l Lighthouse Service in classified posi- 1 tions will be examined without regard to their age. Quartermaster Corps Men, 20 to 55 years (there is no maximum limit for packer); women
 IS to 50 years. Ordnance Depart l at T,0r0A-.MaY1 ar
 over; women, IS to 45 years. En- 1 gineer Department at Lauge-Eigh- teen years or over Other Branches | 20 years or over. The age limits for all branches are waived in the case of persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service of
 the United States by reason of disa- bi1ity resulting from wounds received
 aE- sickness incurred in the line of
 duty.
 No Mental Tests will be given and
 applicants will therefore not be call
 ed upon to appear at any place for examination; tIaey will be rated ac
 cording to their experience and physi-
 cal condition as indicated in their ap- plications and medical certifica tes
 and as corroborated by their refer
 ences.
 Physical Defects: The following
 will debar applicants from any ex-
 animation: Insanity, tuberculosis
 paralysis, epilepsy, seriously defective
 sight which can not be corrected by
 glasses, loss of both arms or bott
 legs, loss of arm and leg; badly crip-
 pied or deformed hands, arms, feet
 or legs; uncompensated valvular dis
 ease of the heart, locomotor ataxia
 cancer, Bright's disease, and diabetes
 In addition, persons who have lost ar arm or a leg, or who are ruptured
 are ineligible for appointment to DO.
 sitions in the Custodian Service. 9th
 CT physical defects will render app1i
 cants ineligible for any particular
 service or position when, in th'
 judgment of the Commission, such de
 fleets would disQualify them for thu
 duties required.
 These examinations are open to al citizens of the United States wht meet the requirements For appIi
 cation and examination blank, Forn 1900, address the secretary of tn board of civiI-service examiners a
 the Post Office or Customhouse, Ban ! gor, Bath, Portland, or Rock1and Me; Portsmouth, N. H.; Burlington Vt; Fall Ffver, Gloucester, New Bed | ford, or Newburyport, Mass; New l port or Providence, R. l.; Bridgeport : 1 Hartford, New Haven, New LondoI or Stamford, Conn; or the office c
 the Chief Quartermaster, Governor . l Island, New York; or the secretary ! First Civil Service District, Custom = house, Boston, Mass No applica '. ton will be accepted unless properl = executed and filed with the distriC . secretary at Boston prior to the hou of closing business on March I "a 1920.
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