7. What has been your place of abode and occupation during each of the past four years!

15. If you have had experience in any or all of the following occupations, state how long and at what place or places you have had such experience. If your experience as a surfman consists of service as such in the Life-Saving Service, write "L. S. S." in the parenthesis below, opposite the word surfman: if as a surf fisherman, write "S. F.;" if as a wrecker, write "W. term surfman includes all of these occupations.

The

16. Give the names and addresses of the persons under whose direction, or in whose employ, you served in the occupation or occupations above mentioned, stating the length of time you served with each, and whether as a surfman, surf fisherman, wrecker, sailor, or boatman.

Sign your first name in full, your middle initial, or initials, if you have any, and your surname in full. (Signature of applicant)..

(Post-office address).

..., county

Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above-named applicant, to me personally known, this ...day of...... 189...., at.. and State [or Territory or District] of (Signature of officer)

of..

[OFFICIAL SEAL..]

(Official title)..

......

The official seal must not be omitted.

VOUCHERS AS TO CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS.

[These vouchers should be filled out if possible by persons who have employed the applicant or by persons with whom he has been employed. In addition to the vouchers required, an applicant may file other papers showing his qualifications for the position of surfman; but no statement disclosing the political or religious opinions or affiliations of applicants will be accepted.].

Each applicant for employment must have the following vouchers executed by two citizens of the United States. The person signing a voucher must be at least twenty-one years of age and must have known the applicant for six months or more. No person can execute more than one voucher on the same application. A voucher will not be accepted from the father, mother, sister, brother, wife, or child of the applicant, and not more than one voucher will be accepted from relatives of a more remote degree; but if the applicant has been employed by a relative as a surfman, sailor, or boatman, such relative may fill out one of these vouchers. The Commission will have the statements of a plicants and the statements of those who execute the vouchers verified whenever found necessary, and will require such additional evidence as may be deemed essential.

If the applicant has had experience as a surfman, surf fisherman, or wrecker, one voucher must be executed by a person by whom or with whom the applicant was employed as such. If the voucher of an employer can not be obtained, the reason why should be stated in a letter to the Commission. The vouchers must be in ink and in the handwriting of the signers. The persons who sign the vouchers are notified that they may be called upon to furnish further information concerning their knowledge of the applicant.

I hereby certify that I am.

of...

years of age; that I am a legal resident of the State .; that I have been such resident for.... ..years; that for....... years. living at...

I have known.. that he is able-bodied, of good character, and of sober and industrious habits; and that in these respects he is qualified for the position of surfman in the Life-Saving Service.

I further certify that my answers to the following questions are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Surfman examination-Subjects and relative weights: Physical condition, 6; experience, 3; age, 1.

APPENDIX B.

1. EXAMINATIONS WHICH INCLUDE EXPERIENCE AND TESTS OF GENERAL OR SPECIAL INFORMATION.

Assistant (Department of Agriculture), assistant attorney, assistant custodian, assistant engineer (Light-House Service), assistant inspector of boilers, assistant inspector of hulls, assistant microscopist, assistant photographer, bookbinder, cadet (Revenue-Cutter Service), compositor, dynamo tender, electrician, electrotyper (molder and finisher), elevator conductor, engineer, examiner (Mint Bureau), expert in the office of public-road inquiry, fireman, fur-seal island agents, instrument maker, junior civil engineer, local inspector of boilers, local inspector of hulls, map printer, marine engineer (Marine-Hospital Service), master (Light-House Service), model repairer, pressman, shipping commissioner, special inspectors, stereotyper, telegrapher, vault and lock expert, wireman. The following positions in the subtreasury service:

The officers, chiefs of divisions, tellers, assistant tellers, and other employees in the several monetary divisions, embracing those engaged in the handling of money, bonds, coupons, checks, and other representatives of money; chiefs of divisions, bookkeepers, and other employees engaged upon merely clerical work.

The following positions in the Ordnance Department service:

Chief engineer, draftsmen, constructing engineer, engineer operating testing machine, civil engi. neer, resident engineer, chemist, chief inspector, resident inspector at shops, mechanical engineer, master mechanic, master workman, master machinist, master carriage maker, master carpenter, master painter, instrument maker, assistant to engineer at testing machine.

The following positions in the mint and assay service:

Assistant melter and refiner, foreman in melting and refining department, refiner, assistant assayer, first assistant assayer, second assistant assayer, third assistant assayer, weighers in assayer's department, assistant weighers in assayer's department, engravers, die makers, chemist, foreman of laboratory, foreman of deposit melting, assistant foreman in melting and refining department, cashier, chief clerk, assistant coiner, bookkeeper, weigh clerk, assistant weigh clerk, registrar of deposits, abstract clerk, warrant clerk, assayer's computation clerk, cashier's clerk, statistical clerk, assistant book. keeper, clerk, shipping clerk, registrar clerk, medal clerk, pay clerk, time clerk, bank messenger, inspector, assistant inspector, assistant curators, minor-coin counters, assistant custodian, foreman of machine shop, storekeeper, counters, medalist, assistant medalist, foreman of deposit melter's room, pressman, chief doorkeeper, copyist, electrician, chief engineer, forewoman of adjusters, adjuster of scales, foreman of machinists, registrar of accounts, foreman of carpenters, foreman of rolling room, assistant foreman, foreman of coining room, assistant foreman, assistant weigher, foreman of cleaners, foreman in assayer's department, foreman in acid room, machinists, gas fitter, blacksmith, painter, millwright, carpenters, assistant engineers, fireman, captain of watch, annealer,

prover, cleaner, roller, cutter, adjusters and reviewers, adjusters, melter, assistant melter, employees in sweep cellar, fine-gold melter, gold melter, silver reducer, gold boiler, deposit melter, helper in assayer's department, skilled workman in assayer's department, laboratory helper, bullion samplers, plumber, assistant in acid room, engineers, conductors, oiler, gate keeper, watchman, sewing woman, foreman of laborers, classified laborers, classified workmen, helper in coiner's department, messen. gers, helpers in melting and retining department, janitor.

2. EXAMINATIONS WHICH INCLUDE ONLY

PHYSICAL ABILITY.

EXPERIENCE AND

Apprentice, blacksmith, boatman in certain custom-houses, cabinetmaker, carpenter, coachman, cook, decorator, engineer (departmental), fireman (departmental), general mechanic, hardener, hospital attend. ant (Marine-Hospital Service; see sec. 164), hostler, keeper (L. H. S.), knife grinder, laundress, leather worker, locksmith, machinist, mason, miller, painter, plasterer, plate cleaner, plato printer, plumber, portrait and vignette engraver, roller maker, sailmaker, sawyer, shoemaker, steam fitter, steam fitter helper, stonecutter, surfman, tailor, teamster, transferrer, wheelwright, and positions of similar character.

The following positions in the Ordnance Department:

Steam engineer and machinist, locomotive engineer, engineman, fireman, machinist, pattern maker, blacksmith, painter, tool maker, screw maker, file cutter, case hardener, temperer, engraver, die sinker, filer, vitrioler, polisher, rigger, piper, case maker, tinsmith, plumber, saddler, wheelwright, hammersman, boiler tender, steam engineer, engineer (not civil or mechanical), assistant steam engineer, electrician, mechanic, carpenter, smith, printer, mason, gauge maker, cutter, browner, bluer, harness maker, tool grinder, wheelman, steam and gas fitter, melter, millwright, molder, tinner, weigher, farrier, bolt maker, heater, rotary filer, foreman, assistant foreman, inspector, assistant to inspector of ordnance, assistant in experimental firing, assistant inspector, assistant machinist, assistant smith, forge master, assistant millwright, assistant piper, steam hammer driver, skilled laborer, messenger, guard, watchman. The following positions in the Engineer Department Service:

Deputy inspector and master, deputy inspector and pilot, deputy inspector and mate, master, pilot, mate, engineer of steam vessels, and similar positions where licenses are required by the Office of Steamboat Inspection, inspectors receiving $1,200 or less per annum who are not appointed through examination, baker, blacksmith, blaster, boarding master receiving $75 per month or less, boatman, and steersman receiving $900 per annum or less, boiler maker, bricklayer, calker, carpenter, cement finisher, cement tester, cement worker, chain man, concrete finisher, cranes man, dredge runner (to include engineer for dredging), elevator conductor, gardener, gauge reader, instrument men receiving $900 or less per annum, master laborer, leadsman receiving $600 per annum or less, lock master receiving $720 per annum or less, lock and bridge tender, locomotive engineer, machinist, mason, master quarryman, master mechanic, master mason, master carpenter, master stonecutter, master bricklayer, master weaver of mats, motorman (to include all steam engineers not licensed engineers), overseer receiving $900 or less, painter, pile driver receiving $720 or less, pipe fitter, plumber, powder man, recorder receiving $480 or less, rigger, rodsman receiving $75 or less per month, sheet-iron worker, ship carpenter, stadia man, steward receiving $75 per month or less, stonecutter, striker, switchman, telegraph and telephone lineman, helper to blacksmith, helper to calker, helper to carpenter, helper to machinist, watchman, and any similar positions.

The following positions in the navy-yard service:

Boys, boiler scalers, dredgers; helpers, general; helpers, blacksmiths'; helpers, boat builders'; 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, watchman, anchor makers, blacksmiths, block makers, boat builders, boiler makers, box makers, cabinetmakers; calkers, wood; calkers and chippers, iron; carpenters (house), cartridge makers, catchers, chain makers, coffee roasters, compass fitters, coopers, copper refiners, coppersmiths, core makers, divers, draftsmen, 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, bostlers, horseshoers, instrument makers, joiners (house), joiners (ship), laboratorians, leather workers, letterers and grainers, machinists; machinists, electrical; masons, brick; masons, stone; millmen, model makers; molders, greensand (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, in roofers, tool makers, tool sharpeners, turners, upholsterers, wharf builders, wheelwrights, wiremen.

For the positions of pupil nurse, Freedmen's Hospital, and classified laborer, Government Hospital for the Insane, applicants are only required to file applications and are certified in the order of regis. tration.

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APPENDIX C.

1. EXAMINATIONS REQUIRING SPECIAL PREREQUISITES.

Acting assistant surgeon, Marine Hospital Service.-Graduate of reputable medical college, preferably a regular practicing physician residing at the place where the vacancy exists.

Assistant engineer and fireman (New York).-Three years actual experience in an engine or fire room, or two years as a student in a recognized technical school, with two years experience in an engine or fire room. Also, license from the Steamboat-Inspection Service, or other satisfactory written evidence of capacity.

Assistant geologist.-Graduates of colleges, universities, or technical institutes, and expert knowl edge of geology. Practical field experience for three months under competent geologists. Assistant lampist.-A technical knowledge of the application of electricity for heating and power

purposes.

Assistant photographer.-Evidence of practical knowledge and experience.

Bookbinder.-Five years experience, three as an apprentice and at least one as a journeyman.
Compositor.-Same as book binder.

Draftsman. Senior architectural, six years practical experience; architectural, four years practical experience; structural iron, two years practical experience; heating and ventilating, two years practical experience.

Dynamo tender and wireman (New York).-Should be thoroughly familiar with electrical machinery, appliances, etc., and the practical application of electricity in their respective lines of work. Should also have had ample technical experience to qualify them for the performance of the duties required.

Electrotyper.-
-Same as bookbinder.

Expert poultry and egg producer.-Prior experience.

Expert ship fitter and ship plumber.-Five years experience in the trade, two of which have been at a navy-yard or a private yard on work in connection with naval vessels.

Farmer, San Carlos Indian Agency.-Prior experience required.

Horticultural assistant.-Graduate of agricultural college or similar institution.

Hospital attendant, Ellis Island.-Two years experience as hospital attendant or nurse.

Hospital steward.-Graduate of pharmacy.

Inspector of boilers, local.-Five years experience as first-class engineer of steam vessels.

Inspector of boilers, assistant.-Same as local inspector, except that only three years experience is required.

Inspector of hulls, local.-For seaboard ports, five years experience as master or chief mate of seagoing steam vessels; for inland ports, five years experience as master or first-class pilot of steam vessels on inland waters.

Inspector of hulls, assistant.-Same as local inspector, except that only three years experience is required.

Instrument maker.-Apprenticeship of not less than three years and an additional experience of not less than two years in a shop where mechanism of a fine and accurate character is constructed. A knowledge of astronomical, geodetic, and higher grade surveying instruments.

Lithographic steam pressman and copperplate map printer.-Six years experience, three of which as journeyman.

Marine engineer, Marine-Hospital Service.-A license from United States local inspector of steam vessels, or present other satisfactory evidence of capacity.

Meat inspector.-Must be graduate of veterinary college.

Pension examining surgeon.-Graduate of reputable medical college, and not barred by State or other laws.

Pressman.-Same as bookbinder.

Sanitary inspector, Marine-Hospital Service.-Male only, graduate of reputable medical college. Special laborer, office of inspector of machinery.-Two years' experience on board a naval vessel, in a navy-yard, or on repair work on board ship, or at a private establishment building vessels for the United States Navy, and having been directly connected therewith.

Stereotyper.-Same as bookbinder.

Stock examiner.-Three years' experience in handling meat or meat-producing animals.

Subtreasury service.-Rigid tests of character and integrity. Three years' experience required for fiduciary positions.

Superintendent of construction.-Five years' practical experience in building construction, either as superintendent proper, builder, contractor, architect, or engineer.

Surfman. Must reside in the district in which he seeks employment, and not more than 5 miles inland from the ocean, bay, or sound shore, or the shore of the Great Lakes (except applicants for the Louisville station at the Falls of the Ohio River).

Vault and lock expert.-Evidence of practical knowledge and experience.