each trade or occupation included in the trade schedule of the yard, and shall report to the commandant the result of such inquiries, and recommend rates for the payment of workmen of corresponding classes and trades at the yard. 3. The per diem pay shall be so established as to be a multiple of 8. When the per diem pay as ascertained by the board in any class of any trade or occupation is not divisible by 8, the amount shall be increased or decreased to the nearest multiple of 8, and when the amount is equidistant from two multiples of 8 the higher amount shall prevail in determining the pay. 4. When the board submits to the commandant the proposed semiannual schedule of wages, it shall also make a separate report, stating in full all changes from the previous approved schedule which involve an increase or decrease in the wages of any class of any trade or occupation, with the reasons therefor. 5. The commandant shall then forward, in duplicate, the proposed schedule of wages for the yard, as approved by himself, which will be made on the blank form designated "Navy-Yard Orders, Form I, Revised," to the Department for its revision and approval; and when said schedule is approved by the Department it shall remain in force during the ensuing six months. 6. Whenever a necessity arises for workmen in a trade not authorized in the latest approved schedule of wages for a navy-yard, the trade can only be added to the schedule in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 21, of Navy-Yard Order No. 23, Revised. Trades thus allowed shall be included in the schedule of wages for the yard on and after the date of the Department's approval. 7. The semiannual schedule of wages shall not include the "civil establishment," provided for by statute, or "special employments (Schedule D)," authorized by departmental order, the pay of which is fixed by the statute or order creating them, but shall be confined exclusively to the approved trade schedule of the yard, with approved additions to date. Wherever in Navy-Yard Order No. 23, Revised, the phrase "quarterly schedule of wages" appears, the phrase "semiannual schedule of wages" will be substituted. The commandants of the respective navy-yards and the boards appointed by them will hereafter be governed by the provisions of this order. H. A. HERBERT, Secretary of the Navy. NAVY-YARD ORDER No. 26. [Revised.] Employment of labor at navy-yards. NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 1, 1896. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS LABORERS AND MECHANICS. 1. The employment of laborers and mechanics at each of the United States navyyards and stations is committed to a board consisting of three commissioned officers on duty at the station, designated the “board of labor employment." 2. No person can be given employment in a United States navy-yard as a mechanic or laborer until he registers with the board of labor employment. 3. The office of the board of labor employment is in the navy-yard. Persons residing in the vicinity of the navy-yard in which they desire to register for employment should apply to the board in person, during the regular working hours of the yard, for the prescribed blank forms upon which application must be made, and for information required to facilitate registration. 4. Persons at a distance should write to the "board of labor employment" at the navy-yard in which they desire to register, for the prescribed blank application and blank certificates of recommendation. They should state the occupation in Schedule A, or the trade in Schedule B, in which they desire to register. 5. All applicants will be registered in the order of their application. 6. No applicant will be registered unless he furnishes satisfactory evidence that he is a citizen of the United States, or has served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, and that his discharge or discharges therefrom were not dishonorable or for bad conduct. 7. Before entering the name of an applicant on the register, such further inquiry may be made in regard to his character and capacity as the board may deem practicable or expedient; and any applicant who has been convicted of crime, misdemeanor, or vagrancy, may, in the discretion of the board, be refused registration. 8. In case an applicant is found, in the opinion of the board, unfit or in any way disqualified to perform the service which he seeks, his name will not be entered on the register. 9. No certificates other than those filed at the date of registration will be received or required subsequent to entry of the applicant's name on the register. 10. Any applicant for employment who gives a false name or residence, or presents false certificates, or secures registration or employment through false representations will be discharged, and his name permanently removed from the register, as soon as the fact is ascertained. 11. Applicants will be admitted and restricted to registrations in such of the occupations and trades in the following list, under Schedules A and B, as are approved by the Department for the navy-yard in which the applicant desires work. Schedule A.-Boys; boys, boiler scalers; dredgers; helpers, general; helpers, blacksmiths'; helpers, boatbuilders'; helpers, joiners'; helpers, machinists'; helpers, molders'; helpers, painters'; helpers, plumbers'; helpers, sawmill; helpers, ship fitters'; helpers, shipwrights'; helpers, tinners'; helpers, boiler makers'; helpers, brass finishers'; helpers, carpenters' (house); helpers, coppersmiths'; helpers, galvanizers'; helpers, iron finishers'; hod carriers; holders on; janitors; laborers (common); rivet heaters; stable keepers; teamsters. Schedule B.--Anchor makers; blacksmiths; block makers; boat builders; boiler makers; box makers; cabinetmakers; calkers, wood; calkers and chippers, iron; carpenters (house); cartridge makers; catchers; chainmakers; coffee roasters; compass fitters; coopers; copper refiners; coppersmiths; core makers; divers; drillers; drivers for fire engine; engine tenders; engine tenders, fire; engine tenders, locomotive; engine tenders, stationary; fasteners; finishers, brass; finishers, iron; firemen; flag makers; flange turners; forgers, heavy; furnace men; galvanizers; gas fitters; gas makers; hammer men; harness makers; hostlers; horseshoers; instrument makers; joiners (house); joiners (ship); laboratorians; leather workers; letterers and grainers; machinists; machinists, electrical; masons, brick; masons, stone; mill men; model makers; molders, green sand (iron or brass); molders, loam; oakum spinners; oakum makers; ordnance men; packers; painters; pattern makers; pavers; pile drivers; pipe fitters; plasterers; plumbers (house); plumbers (ship); pressmen; printers; punchers and shearers; reamers; riggers; riveters; rollers, iron; rope makers; sailmakers; saw filers; sawyers; seamstresses; ship fitters; shipwrights; slaters; spar makers; stonecutters; tinners; tin roofers; tool makers; tool sharpeners; turners; upholsterers; wharf builders; wheelwrights; wiremen. 12. An applicant, to be registered for employment in an occupation, or trade in Schedule A or B, must present in person to the board of labor employment, at the navy-yard in which he desires employment, an application, and evidence to establish his capacity for the work he desires, his character and habits of industry and sobriety. The board will furnish prescribed blank forms (Navy-Yard Orders, Forms 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22) to enable applicants to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. These forms must not be folded nor in any way mutilated. The printed words thereon must not be erased. The name of the occupation or trade for which the applicant is recommended in the certificates must be identical with that written on the application. Form 17, the application, to be filled out and signed by the applicant. Form 18, a statement of the applicant's services in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, to be presented and signed by an applicant who shows to the board of labor employment, when presenting his application, an honorable discharge from or a certificate of service in one or more of the said armed branches of the Government. Form 19, a character certificate, which must be signed by a reputable citizen of the applicant's locality, testifying to the latter's character and habits of industry and sobriety. Form 20, a trade certificate, which must be signed by a firm or member thereof, superintendent, master workman, or other person under whom the applicant has worked at the trade in which he applies for employment, certifying to his capacity in said trade and to his character and habits of industry and sobriety, and the person who so certifies must specifically state that he has employed the applicant in the trade for which he recommends him. If this certificate is signed by a foreman, quarterman, or other employee of a navy-yard, it shall not be accepted. Form 21, a certificate which must be signed by the head of department of a navyyard under whom the applicant served in the trade, in which he applies for employ ment. Form 22, a discharge card, which must be signed by the head of department of a navy-yard under whom the recipient served. An applicant may be registered as "boy," "boiler scaler," "janitor," or "laborer," if he presents to the board of labor employment with his application any of the following, properly filled out and signed, viz: (a) Form 18, (b) two of form 19, (c) forms 19 and 20, (d) form 21, (e) form 22. An applicant may be registered in any occupation of Schedule A other than those mentioned in the preceding paragraph, or in any trade of Schedule B, if he presents with his application any of the following, properly filled out and signed, viz: (a) Forms 18 and 20, (b) forms 19 and 20, (c) form 21, (d) form 22. 13. The name of each applicant who is admitted to register will remain on the eligible list for one year, and the name of each registered applicant will be certified for employment in the order of registration, by trades; preference being givenI. Veterans. II. Those not veterans, who have given satisfaction in navy-yard work in the same or an allied trade to that for which requisition is made, and who presents certificates or discharge cards from the head of department under whom they severally served, showing that their workmanship was "excellent" and conduct not less than "good." III. All others on the register. When a registered applicant is needed, he will be notified by postal card when and where to report for work. A registered applicant must keep the board of labor employment informed of any change he may make in his post-office address. An applicant who does not comply with this rule will not be excused for failure, in consequence of such noncompliance, to report for work at the time designated on the postal card mailed him by the board. H. A. HERBERT, Secretary. NAVY-YARD ORDER No. 46. Employment of labor at navy-yards. NAVY DEPARTMENT, November 12, 1896. REGISTRATION OF PREFERRED APPLICANTS LIMITED. Hereafter a discharge card or a certificate from a head of department showing that an applicant's workmanship was "excellent" and conduct not less than “good” when he last worked in a navy-yard, must, in order to entitle the applicant to be registered with preference under Clause II of paragraph 31, Navy-Yard Order No. 23, Revised, be presented to the board of labor employment within two years from the date of said applicant's separation from the service, otherwise said discharge card or certificate from a head of department will only entitle the applicant to be registered under Clause III of paragraph 31, Navy-Yard Order No. 23, Revised. Approved: H. A. HERBERT, Secretary. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, JOHN R. PROCTER, President. TABLE 1.-Showing the number of examinations held for the departmental (including and the number that passed and the number that failed in each Total 412 183 71 136 30 420 1,220 532 1,034 199 2, 985 3, 048 1,965 5,013 railway mail and Indian) and the Government printing services, the number of competitors, State or Territory during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896. Departmental service. Indian. Passed. Failed. Government printing service. Passed. Failed. 447 4, 021 10, 534 141 246 108 120 615 9, 033 704 368 331 98 1, 501 5, 296 1,217 6, 513 3, 574 NOTE. In addition to the above, 184 sets of papers, examined and marked by the central board, were canceled for various reasons. The 184 sets were made up of specials, 26 sets; railway mail, 90 sets; Indian, 2 sets; and Government printing service, 66 sets. Aggregate. |