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EXCEPTION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

May 31, 1919.

Schedule A, Subdivision I, paragraph 7, of classified positions excepted from examination under Rule II, section 3, of the civil-service rules, is hereby amended in its first clause to read as follows:

7. Any person employed in a foreign country when, in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission, it is not practicable to treat the position as in the competitive classified service.

As amended, paragraph 7 will read as follows:

7. Any person employed in a foreign country when, in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission, it is not practicable to treat the position as in the competitive classified service; but this exception shall not apply to any person employed in a foreign country contiguous to the United States in the service of the Bureau of Immigration, Department of Labor.

The present needs of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for certain appointments in its Paris office and the probable needs of other departments for similar appointments abroad seem to render this authority desirable. This amendment is recommended by the Civil Service Commission.

III. ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULE B.

WITHDRAWAL FROM NONCOMPETITIVE CLASS OF POSITIONS OF INSTRUCTORS IN FLYING, STUDENT INSTRUCTORS IN FLYING, AVIATION MECHANICIANS, AND INSPECTORS OF AIRPLANES AND AIRPLANE ENGINES.

April 14, 1919.

Schedule B, Subdivision IV, paragraph 1, of positions subject to noncompetitive examination in the War Department under the civil-service rules, is hereby amended by striking out the following words:

Instructors in flying, student instructors in flying, aviation mechanicians, inspectors of airplanes and airplane engines, * * * in the aviation section of the Signal Corps. As amended, the paragraph will read as follows:

1. Aeronautical engineers, aeronautical mechanical engineers, aeronautical chemists, and aeronautical mechanical draftsmen.

This amendment has the effect of placing within the competitive service the positions of instructors in flying, student instructors in flying, aviation mechanicians, and inspectors of airplanes and airplane engines. Persons qualified for these positions are now sufficiently numerous to afford competition. The limitation of the paragraph to the aviation section of the Signal Corps is no longer proper, since a portion of the work of the Signal Corps was placed under the office of the Director of Military Aeronautics and the Bureau of Aircraft Production by the Executive order of May 20, 1918. The War Department and the Civil Service Commission concur in recommending the amendment.

IV. EXCEPTIONS FROM EXAMINATIONS FOR DURATION OF WAR.

October 11, 1918.

PASSPORT PERMIT SERVICE.

During the continuation of the present war the Secretary of Labor is authorized to make appointments to the various positions in the Passport Permit Service without regard to the civil-service rules, it being understood that all possible use will be made of the registers of the Civil Service Commission.

This is purely an emergency service, based upon the exigencies of the present situation, which require that this service be organized and extended as rapidly as possible. This order will be revoked when the necessity for it ceases to exist.

INDUSTRIAL BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

February 26, 1919.

In view of the pressing importance and specialized character of the work to bẹ performed by the Industrial Board of the Department of Commerce, which was created by the Secretary of Commerce on February 18, 1919, with my approval, given under date of February 13, 1919, said industrial board is authorized to employ, for the period of its existence, without reference to the requirements of the civil-service laws and rules, such persons as in the judgment of those in responsible charge are best adapted to its work, it being understood that all possible use will be made of the registers of the Civil Service Commission.

V. MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS.

CERTIFICATION OF NAMES OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF HAVING TWO OR MORE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY IN THE SERVICE WOULD OTHERWISE BE BARRED FROM CONSIDERATION FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENT.

October 28, 1918.

In view of conditions existing in Washington, D. C., due to the influenza epidemic and the inadequate housing facilities, the Civil Service Commission is authorized as a war measure to certify to the executive departments and independent establishments in the District of Columbia for probational (or permanent) appointment the names of persons who, by reason of having two or more members of their family in the service, would otherwise be barred from consideration for such appointment. November 30, 1918.

The Executive order of October 28, 1918, authorizing the Civil Service Commission, as a war measure, to certify for appointment the names of persons who by reason of having two or more members of their family in the service would otherwise be barred from consideration for such appointment, is hereby rescinded.

ESTABLISHMENT OF REEMPLOYMENT REGISTERS.

November 29, 1918.

The names of persons in the competitive classified service with unrestricted status who were appointed, either permanently or probationally prior to the date hereof, and who have served less than three years, and who are separated from the service because of a reduction of force, and who are recommended for further employment by the Government because of demonstrated efficiency in the office from which they are separated, will, upon request, be entered by the Civil Service Commission upon appropriate eligible registers for reappointment, eligibility thereon to continue for one year from date of separation.

Such reemployment registers will be separate and apart from the registers of the commission resulting from current examinations, and eligibility thereon and certifications and appointments therefrom shall in all respects conform to the usual practice and procedure, except that certifications of persons formerly in the apportioned service shall be made without regard to the apportionment.

The departments, in making requisition on the commission for certifications of eligibles, shall state whether they prefer certification to be made from a reemployment register or from a regular register of the Commission.

It is desirable that the departments in making requisitions request certification from the reemployment registers so far as practicable, having in view the efficient performance of Government work.

April 30, 1919.

The Executive order of November 29, 1918, providing for the placing on reemployment registers of the names of certain employees separated from the service by reason of reduction of force, is hereby amended by striking out in its first paragraph the words "prior to the date hereof." The order as amended will read as follows:

"The names of persons in the competitive classified service with unrestricted status who were appointed, either permanently or probationally, and who have served less than three years, and who are separated from the service because of a reduction of force, and who are recommended for further employment by the Government because of demonstrated efficiency in the office from which they are separated, will, upon request, be entered by the Civil Service Commission upon appropriate eligible registers for reappointment, eligibility thereon to continue for one year from the date of separation.

"Such reemployment registers will be separate and apart from the registers of the commission resulting from current examinations, and eligibility thereon, and certifications and appointments therefrom, shall in all respects conform to the usual practice and procedure, except that certifications of persons formerly in the apportioned service shall be made without regard to the apportionment.

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The departments in making requisition on the commission for certifications of eligibles shall state whether they prefer certification to be made from a reemployment register or from a regular register of the commission.

It is desirable that the departments in making requisitions request certification from the reemployment registers so far as practicable, having in view the efficient performance of Government work."

This amendment will extend to employees appointed since the issuance of the original order the privilege of having their names placed on the reemployment registers.

ANNUAL LEAVE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PANAMA CANAL OR PANAMA RAILROAD CO. WHO ENTERED OR WHO MADE AN EFFORT TO ENTER THE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE.

January 25, 1919.

By virtue of the authority vested in me I do hereby establish the following Executive order for the Canal Zone:

Employees of the Panama Canal or Panama Railroad Co. who have entered the military or naval service of the United States or service overseas directly connected with the present war, including those who resigned to enter any of such services and failed to do so only because of the cessation of hostilities or on account of physical disability, and who were promised that they would be reinstated in the same or like positions within a period of 90 days after their honorable discharge from such service or within a period of 120 days after their resignation from the Panama Canal or Panama Railroad Co. if unable to enter such service, shall, upon return to duty with the Panama Canal or Panama Railroad Co. within the periods designated, be credited with leave at the rate of one-twelfth of the year's allowance of leave for each full month served prior to their separation from the service of the Panama Canal or Panama Railroad Co., where a loss of such leave resulted from the employees' separation from that service for the purposes named.

REVOCATION OF THE ORDER REQUIRING THE ASSENT OF THE HEAD OF A DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE TO AN EMPLOYEE'S EXAMINATION OR CERTIFICATION UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE

RULES.

March 2, 1919.

The Executive order of April 2, 1917, requiring the assent of the head of a department or office to an employee's examination or certification under the civil-service rules, is hereby rescinded.

PERMISSION TO FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO UTILIZE GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND THE SERVICES OF FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE TRAINING OF DISABLED SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES.

May 17, 1919.

The Executive order of October 13, 1905, is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:

Provided, That this order shall not be so construed as to prevent the Federal Board for Vocational Education from utilizing the Government facilities and the services of Federal officers and employees where such facilities or services may be necessary or useful in enabling that board to carry out the duties imposed upon it by law in the training and testing of disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines. As amended the Executive order will read:

No officer or employee of the Government shall, directly or indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in the instruction of any person or classes of persons, with a view to their special preparation for the examinations of the United States Civil Service Commission. The fact that any officer or employee is found so engaged shall be considered sufficient cause for his removal from the service: Provided, That this order shall not be so construed as to prevent the Federal Board for Vocational Education from utilizing the Government facilities and the services of Federal officers and employees where such facilities or services may be necessary or useful in enabling that board to carry out the duties imposed upon it by law in the training and testing of disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines.

This Executive order is recommended by the Civil Service Commission after consultation with officials of the Federal Board for Vocational Education and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission.

RECERTIFICATION OF STENOGRAPHERS, TYPEWRITERS, OR STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPEWRITERS WHO ARE NOT ASSIGNED PRINCIPALLY TO WORK REQUIRING PROFICIENCY IN TECHNICAL SUBJECTS UPON WHICH EXAMINED.

June 30, 1919.

The Civil Service Commission may enter upon its register for stenographer, typewriter, or stenographer and typewriter at Washington, D. C., or elsewhere, the name of a person certified and appointed within three years from any of these registers who is found to be assigned principally in point of time or importance to work not requiring proficiency in the technical subjects upon which he was examined, after the following procedure:

(1) The employee shall transmit request for entry of his name on the register through the head of his department or office or his authorized representative, in which he shall state the kind or kinds of work he is performing and the amount of time devoted to each kind.

(2) The request shall be promptly forwarded to the commission with comment or recommendation.

(3) If the commission finds that the principal duties of the person are not those requiring proficiency in the technical subjects upon which he was examined, his name shall be entered upon the appropriate register for further certification unless the department or office corrects the assignment and so reports.

(4) No disciplinary measure or discrimination shall follow request under this order except for false statement therein, of which the commission shall be the judge.

(5) A person certified and selected under the terms of this order shall be at liberty to accept appointment without objection or hindrance by the department or office which failed to assign him to duties in keeping with his examination.

PERMISSION TO EMPLOYEES IN ARSENALS AND OTHER MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.

August 27, 1919.

The Executive order of May 14, 1909, permitting employees in the vicinity of any navy yard or station to participate in local elections, is amended so as to include arsenals and other military establishments. The Executive order of May 14, 1909, as amended, will read as follows:

"Whenever in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of War a strict enforcement of the provisions of section 1, Rule I, of the civil-service rules would influence the result of a local election the issue of which materially affects the local welfare of the Government employees in the vicinity of any navy yard or station or of any arsenal or other military establishment, the Civil Service Commission may, on recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of War, and after such investigation as it may deem necessary, permit the active participation of the employees of the yard, station, arsenal, or other military establishment in such local election. In the exercise of the privilege which may be conferred hereunder, persons affected must not neglect their official duties nor cause public scandal by their activity."

This order is recommended by the Secretary of War and the recommendation is concurred in by the Civil Service Commission for the reason that the same conditions exist in the vicinity of arsenals and other military establishments as in the vicinity of navy yards and stations named in the original order.

AMENDMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS SO AS TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROVISION OF THE DEFICIENCY ACT OF JULY 11, 1919, CONCERNING PREFERENCE.

September 29, 1919.

Regulation IV of the regulations governing appointments of mere unskilled laborers in Washington, D. C., is hereby amended to read as follows:

REGULATION IV.

The board shall enter upon registers, by sex, showing the kind of labor in which proficient, the names of applicants rated at 85 or more in the order of their ratings, except that honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, their widows, and the wives of soldiers, sailors, and marines disqualified by injuries received in service and line of duty, rated at 85 or more, shall have priority.

Section 2 of Regulation III of regulations governing appointments of mere unskilled laborers outside of Washington, D. C., is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. Upon completion of the physical examinations the board shall enter upon registers, by sex, the names of applicants rated at 85 or more in the order of their ratings, except that honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, their widows, and the wives of soldiers, sailors, and marines disqualified by injuries received in service and line of duty, rated at 85 or more, shall have priority.

These amendments are necessary to give effect to the provision of the deficiency act of July 11, 1919, which bases preference on military service instead of disability incurred in the service and line of duty.

VI. ORDERS EXCEPTING PERSONS NAMED FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RULES.

October 11, 1918.

Mr. Thomas H. O'Neil may be reinstated in the Customs Service, Treasury Department, without regard to the one-year provision of the civil-service rules relative to reinstatements. Mr. O'Neil was removed from the Customs Service on February 11, 1907, and the Attorney General has held that this removal was illegal for the reason that the provisions of Rule XII of the Civil Service Commission were not complied with. This order is issued on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury.

October 25, 1918.

Mrs. Anna L. Bennett may be appointed to the position of clerk in the classified service without regard to the civil-service rules.

This order is issued on the recommendation of the Postmaster General, who states that on account of Mrs. Bennett's distinct ability as a clerk, gained as the result of over four years of training in the Post Office Department and the difficulty that would be experienced in replacing her by the appointment of a new and inexperienced clerk, her appointment would be in the interest of the service.

November 26, 1918.

Mrs. Clara E. Werres may be appointed to the position of minor clerk at $900 per annum in the Government Printing Office without reference to the civil-service rules. This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Public Printer, who states that Mrs. Werres is the widow of John P. Werres, late an employee in the Government Printing Office; that she has been employed for several months in said office as a skilled laborer, being detailed to minor clerical work in the accounting division; and that her services have been satisfactory in every particular. February 26, 1919.

Miss Clara Bell Suit may be permanently appointed topographic draftsman in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey without reference to civil-service rules. This order is issued upon recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce and the superintendent of the survey, who states that Miss Suit was given September 1, 1918, a temporary appointment as topographic draftsman at $1,200 per annum to fill a vacancy when, owing to conditions due to war, it was impracticable to obtain male draftsmen possessing the desired qualifications to meet the pressing needs of the Coast and Geodetic Survey engaged in most important chart work to meet the demands from our Navy and other military sources as well.

The examination for this position is restricted to males. But after five months' service Miss Suit has given complete satisfaction and has exhibited special capacity for the particular duties assigned her. In view of the bureau's limited force of draftsmen her services have an important value and her permanent appointment, for which she is barred by her sex, will be in the interest of good administration. February 27, 1919.

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Mr. Robert L. Stancil, who has been serving as private secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and who now under the designation of special agent at $2,500 per annum is performing the duties of administrative assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, may be appointed to the position of assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Standards, at $3,600 per annum, without regard to the requirements of the civilservice rules.

This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce, who states that Mr. Stancil has peculiar qualifications and experience fitting him for the work which the Director of the Bureau of Standards requires.

February 27, 1919.

Miss Bert M. Williams may be appointed to the position of clerk at $900 per annum in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, without reference to the civil-service rules.

This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce who states that Miss Williams has performed especially meritorious service in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey during the period of the war and her appointment would be to the interest of the service.

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