in regard to the work of his department, together with appendices containing information believed to be of interest in connection with the work of the Commission, will be found in the following pages. A copy of the official records of all meetings of the Commission, giving its transactions in full, together with a statement showing the expenditures make by the Commission, is attached hereto. In closing this, its first report, the Commission desires to express to your Honor its grateful appreciation of the uniform courtesy it has at all times received at your hands, and of the valuable assistance which you have rendered in the discharge of its duties; and it wishes further to bespeak for itself the support of all good citizens in the work of insuring that, in conformity with the law, all appointments, promotions and removals in the Classified Service of the City of Chicago shall depend upon merit alone. Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. CLARK, ROBT. A. WALLER, Chicago, January 14, 1896. Civil Service Commission of Chicago. TABLE OF STATISTICS. 13 TABLE III.-OFFICIAL SERVICE. (Original Entrance.) a. Only those that passed the Educational Examination were examined by the Doctor. b. Only those that passed the Doctor's Examination took the Educational Examination. c. Number of Doctor's rejections estimated. d. Prior to the abolishment of the " Age Limit; " hence the number of rejections by the Doctor is relatively small. 35 35 College. Education Dotate Number Failed. 63 51 1 157 151 08:25 Examina 30 N Examination. tion. Doctor's Failed in Number 834 834 41 a. The small number of failures in Efficiency is believed to be due to the fact that members of the Department as a rule refrained from applying for promotion unless they felt that their record would justify it. Of 37 examined for a position in Grade 5, Mechanical Engineers, 16 passed and one man was appointed; also 2 to Grade 3, included in Table III. |