FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1928 THE PREVIOUS ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION UNITED STATES WASHINGTON 1928 JK631 A 3 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 15 CENTS PER COPY Classifying certain employees, Coast Guard, Curtis Bay, Md___ Classifying laborers in post offices of first and second classes. Waiver of age requirement for. Exclusions from the retirement act_ TABLE 1. Showing, by kinds of examination and sex, number of persons examined and number that passed.-- 2. Showing total number of appointments during the year ended June 30, 1928; the number appointed by sex, from different kinds of examinations, which gives number of persons ex- amined and the number that passed; whether such appoint- ments were made in the departments at Washington or in the field service, and the range of salaries at which appoint- 3. Apportionment of appointments from July 16, 1883, to June 30, 4. 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 FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C., November 2, 1928. SIR: In accordance with the civil service act we submit the following report for the year ended June 30, 1928: EXAMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS The numbers of persons examined by the commission during each of the last three fiscal years for original appointment, promotion, transfer, or reinstatement for positions classified under the civilservice rules, and positions not so classified, and also the numbers appointed each year as the result of such examinations, are shown in the following table: A decline is noted in the number of appointments during the fiscal year 1927-28, due to the decrease in turnover in first and second class post offices. The number of clerk-carrier appointments for 1927 was 12,381, while for 1928 it was but 9,769. Appointments to many other clerical and administrative positions showed a slight increase, as did the total number of appointments to subprofessional and skilled labor and mechanical positions, but this increase was not sufficiently large to offset the reduction in the post-office appointments. POSITIONS IN THE BUREAU OF PROHIBITION On March 3, 1927, Congress enacted legislation establishing a Bureau of Prohibition in the Treasury Department and providing |