TABLE 3.-Apportionment of appointments from July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1927 This total should be the same as the total of the preceding column, showing total appointments charged to each State and Territory. The last column shows the number of appointments to which each State or Territory is entitled of the whole number of appointments actually made and is the number each would have received if all the States and Territories had furnished sufficient eligibles with the necessary qualifications for the positions to be filled to permit an equal distribution of appointments. POSITIONS NOT SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION [The classified service does not include positions filled by appointment by the President subject to confir mation by the Senate, mere laborers or workmen, nor positions under the government of the District o Columbia (positions in the fire and police services although not classified are filled under the civil service rules), Library of Congress, legislative and judicial branches, Consular and Diplomatic Services, Pan American Union, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Federal Farm Loan Board, War Finance Corporation or the United States Railroad Administration] TABLE 4.-Showing, by departments, the number of positions with compensation in excess of $1,500 per annum which may be filled without examination under Schedule A of the civil service rules on June 30, 1927 Table showing, by departments, the distribution of positions with compensation in excess of $1,500 per annum which may be filled without examination under Subdivisions II to XIX of Schedule A of the civil service rules on June 30, 1927, total of which is shown in next to last column of preceding table POSITIONS SUBJECT TO NONCOMPETITIVE EXAMINATION Table showing, by departments, the number of positions with compensation in excess of $1,500 per annum which may be filled upon noncompetitive examination, under Subdivisions I to IX of Schedule B of the civil-service rules on June 30, 1927 POSITIONS EXCEPTED BY LAW, WHICH MAY BE CLASSIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT A proviso in the acts reads as follows: "That nothing herein shall prevent the President from placing said employees in the classified service." Federal Reserve Board, 131 employees (act December 23, 1913). POSITIONS NOT TREATED AS CLASSIFIED An act of January 28, 1915, combined the Revenue Cutter Service and the Life Saving Service to form the Coast Guard to constitute a part of the military forces of the United States, to operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and to operate as part of the Navy in time of war. With few exceptions the personnel is commissioned or enlisted as in the Army and Navy. However, there is a force of approximately 150 employees at the Coast Guard depot at Baltimore, Md. This personnel is neither appointed nor enlisted but is hired by the day and is employed without regard to the civil-service rules. There is no specific exception of this force from the requirement of the civilservice rules. 67746-27- -8 TABLE 5.-Showing, for all branches of the classified service, the number examined, the number that passed, the per cent that passed, the number appointed, the per cent appointed of those that passed, and the approximate number of competitive classified positions in the service during the several periods covered by the reports of the commission July 16, 1883, to Jan. 15, 1884. July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1900.. 6, 852 65.2 2,584 37.7 July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901. 40,000 July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902.. 20, 901 12, 749 40, 114 July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903. 30, 605 18,858 59, 015 46,565 July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904. July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905. July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906 89, 202 48, 302 July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907. 17, 121 45.1 July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908. July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909. 37,850 45, 468 30, 170 127, 228 July 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912. 42, 750 34, 149 115, 905 40, 256 26, 133 161,846 165, 646 103,678 July 1, 1914, to June 30, 1915. 76, 257 165, 808 July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916.. 70, 734 52, 586 166, 375 72, 122 July 1, 1916, to June 30, 1917. 55, 614 July 1, 1917, to June 30, 1918. 188, 201 July 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919.. 56, 268 41,309 190, 081 58,459 July 1, 1919, to June 30, 1920.. 41, 433 196, 449 58,922 July 1, 1920, to June 30, 1921.. 39, 667 July 1, 1921, to June 30, 1922.. 74, 977 July 1, 1922, to June 30, 1923.. July 1, 1923, to June 30, 1924.. 222, 276 July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925. 77,862 52, 575 66.1 27, 237 52.0 July 1, 1925, to June 30, 1926.. 1 Includes clerks, city carriers, village carriers, and employees in motor-vehicle service at classified post offices, rural carriers, fourth-class postmasters, and sea post clerks. 2 On account of the abundance of eligibles remaining from the previous year, but few examinations were held; percentage upon the basis of these figures would, therefore, be deceptive. TABLE 5.-Showing, for all branches of the classified service, the number examined, the number that passed, the per cent that passed, the number appointed, the per cent appointed of those that passed, and the approximate number of competitive classified positions in the service during the several periods covered by the reports of the commission-Continued On account of the abundance of eligibles remaining from the previous year, but few examinations were held; percentage upon the basis of these figures would, therefore, be deceptive. This year's examination not yet rated. 63, 066 53.3 |