TOTAL CHANGES IN THE CITY CIVIL SERVICE, BOTH OFFICIAL AND LABOR SERVICE. SEPARATIONS FROM THE SERVICE BY RESIGNATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, In the Official Service.. 17 In the Labor Service...... 69 86 Total changes of all kinds (excepting leave of absence and "lay-offs") 263 Of the 151 Skilled Labor Eligibles, 136 have families dependent upon them and 66 are freeholders. Can read and write English and German... Can read and write German and Bohemian... Can read and write English only....... Can read and write German only.... Can read and write Polish only...... Can neither read nor write any language.. 15..... born. The question of preference to be given honorably discharged Union Veterans who are qualified for the positions sought, having been discussed for some time in Wisconsin, I take the liberty of adducing statistics which prove that a provision of that kind does not practically cause any serious disadvantage to other applicants. The total number of enlisted men in the Union Army and Navy during the war of the Rebellion was about 2,200,000, equal to 712% of the total population of the United States, 15% of all inhabitants 21 years old, 30% of all males 21 years old, and estimated at 25% of the male population old enough to serve. In Massachusetts, where the most liberal Veteran preference laws were enacted, the number of Veterans appointed in 1896 was only 125 out of a total number of 703 appointees, or 18%, and in 1895 only 137 out of a total of 908 individuals appointed, or less than 16%. They are certainly not taking the bread away from young civilians to such an extent as to give the latter class any cause for complaint. |