TABLE 1.-Examinations held, number of persons examined, number that passed, and number appointed during the year ended June 30, 1918-Continued. TABLE 2.-Apportionment of appointments in the departmental service at Washington, D. C., from July 16, 1883, to September 30, 1918, with special reference to war-time appointments. TABLE 3.-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 1, 1895, to June 30, 1896.. 19,438 12, 802 65.9 26,316 3,348 26.2 14,433 10,374 July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1898.. 28,000 30.3 20, 226 10,934 31,000 14.4 2,758 35, 650 30.1 10, 509 6, 852 65.2 2,584 37,000 37.7 16,584 3,931 40,000 34.3 20, 901 4,293 40, 114 33.6 30, 605 18,858 61.6 59, 015 46,565 35, 220 75.6 71,098 16, 159 45.8 21,022 81,596 52.6 16, 297 89, 202 38.8 17, 121 95, 926 45.1 51,025 37,771 74.0 16, 456 102, 127 43.5 12,169 32.2 1 Includes clerks and carriers at classified post offices, rural carriers, and fourth-class postmasters. 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 3.-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-Contd. TABLE 3.-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-Contd. 1 The large increase in field service figures for 1913 is due to the inclusions of navy-yard artisans' positions to the number of about 16,000 in the competitive classified service. 211,635 fourth-class postmasters, appointed in 1914, and 18,238 in 1915, under the Executive order of May 7, 1913, requiring examinations at offices whose incumbents had not been appointed under the regulations, are not included in the table. |