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Employment of partially disabled soldiers.-It will be noted that the preference law applies to all honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines. The War Department, the Federal Board for Vocational Education, and the Civil Service Commission will cooperate to facilitate in every way possible the employment under the War Department, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, of partially disabled soldiers on an equal basis with those who have not sustained physical injury.

For permanent appointment.—To become eligible for permanent appointment the partially disabled soldier must qualify through the usual examination in the same manner that is required of other persons seeking employment in the classified civil service. Having so qualified, he is entitled to the preference in appointment hereinbefore described as applying to all honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines.

For temporary appointment. When the Civil Service Commission authorizes the War Department to make temporary appointments pending the establishment of eligible registers, they will be made, so far as is practicable, from among honorably discharged soldiers who appear to be competent to perform the duties of the positions.

Physical requirements.—For all positions the following-named physical defects will bar from examination: Insanity; seriously defective sight of both eyes which can not be corrected by glasses; uncompensated valvular disease of the heart; paralysis or epilepsy, serious in degree; transmissible disease where it is evident that the applicant is a menace to others, including acute gonorrhea, syphilis, when infective lesions are present, and tuberculosis, in active stage, of any part of the body.

In any case where a soldier is barred from examination because of his physical condition his case will be referred to the Federal Board for Vocational Education for its action under clause (b) of section 4 of Civil Service Rule V, which provides that "the commission may, in its discretion, exempt from the physical requirements established for any position a disabled and honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine upon the certification of the Federal Board for Vocational Education that he has been specially trained for and has passed a practical test demonstrating his physical ability to perform the duties of the class of positions in which employment is sought."

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The following-named physical defects will not bar honorably discharged soldiers from examination for positions under the War Department, but may prevent appointment to a particular position: Paralysis or epilepsy, not serious in degree; loss of both arms or both legs; loss of arm and leg; badly crippled or deformed hands, arms, feet, or legs; locomotor ataxia; cancer; Bright's disease; diabetes; defective hearing; and any other defect which would render the applicant incapable of performing the duties of the particular position.

In the case of an examination in which physical ability is a ratable element, such as examinations for mechanical trades and similar positions, honorably discharged soldiers who are not absolutely barred by one or more of the barring physical defects mentioned will be admitted and will be given an eligible rating in the subject of physical ability.

Established height and weight requirements will be omitted for all persons entitled to preference in appointment on account of military or naval service, except in the case of applicants for positions of watchman and guard.

In cases where examinations require the applicants to submit medical certificates, such certificates will be executed for honorably discharged soldiers, when practicable, by Army surgeons, without charge.

Under these modified physical regulations a soldier applicant may qualify for a class of positions which includes some particular positions for which his physical disability would prove a bar. Therefore the Civil Service Commission will sustain the objection of the War Department to the certification of an eligible for a particular position where the physical condition of the eligible is such that he can not perform the duties of the position. In such a case the name of the eligible will be restored to the register for certification to another position.

Positions open to partially disabled soldiers, under the War Department.—The positions under the War Department in which partially disabled soldiers may be employed are those of stenographer-typist, typist, clerk, file clerk, messenger, watchman, multigraph operator, mimeograph operator, blue printer, skilled laborer, foreman of laborers, packer, sign painter, electrician, carpenter, painter, checker, elevator operator, storekeeper, timekeeper, and the like. The positions named are merely examples of the classes of positions in which partially disabled soldiers

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may be employed, and those named are not necessarily open at all times and places.

Definite information as to the positions open at any particular time and their locations may be obtained at any office or establishment of the Civil Service Commission, the War Department, or the Federal Board for Vocational Education named in the Appendix. (See p. 5.)

Application and examination.—Application blanks may be obtained from any district secretary of the Civil Service Commission. (See page 5.) For positions in the War Department at Washington application blanks may also be obtained from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C.

In making request for an application blank, the applicant should specify the position for which he wishes to apply and its location. This information should also be given in the formal application.

Each applicant, after executing the prescribed application, should write across the top of the brief of the application the words "War Department—Injured Soldier.”

For positions in the War Department at Washington, applications should be filed with the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. For positions in field establishments throughout the country, application should be filed with the secretary of the civil service district which includes the establishment in which employment is sought. (See p. 5.)

Applicants should attach to their applications their original Army discharge, or a photostat or certified copy thereof, or their official record of service, which will be returned after inspection.

Where written scholastic tests are required, the examinations will be held at convenient places. Examinations may be held at Army hospitals when circumstances warrant.

APPENDIX.

UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

Local secretaries of the United States Civil Service Commission have their offices in the post office or customhouse in each city of the United States that has city free delivery mail, and in some smaller cities that do not have such delivery.

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The territories embraced in the United States civil service districts, and the addresses of district secretaries, are as follows:

First District.-District secretary's office in the Customhouse Building, Boston, Mass. Includes the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Second District.-District secretary's office in the Customhouse Building, New York, N. Y. Includes the State of New York and the following counties in New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Union.

Third District.-District secretary's office in the Post Office Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Includes the States of Pennsylvania and Delaware, and all of the State of New Jersey not included in the Second District.

Fourth District.-District secretary's office in the old Land Office Building, Washington, D. C. Includes the States of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.

Fifth District.-District secretary's office in the Post Office Building, Atlanta, Ga. Includes the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Sixth District.-District secretary's office in the Post Office Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

Seventh District.-District secretary's office in the Post Office Building, Chicago, Ill. Includes the States of Wisconsin and Michigan, and the northern part of Illinois, from a line drawn along the northern border of the following counties: Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Tazewell, McLean, Champaign, and Vermilion.

Eighth District.-District secretary's office in the Post Office Building, St. Paul, Minn. Includes the States of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Ninth District.-District secretary's office in the Old Customhouse Building, St. Louis, Mo. Includes the States of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the southern part of Illinois, from a line drawn along the northern border of the following counties: Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Tazewell, McLean, Champaign, and Vermilion,

Tenth District.-District secretary's office in the Customhouse Building, New Orleans, La. Includes the States of Louisiana and Texas.

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Eleventh District.-District secretary's office in the Post Office Building, Seattle, Wash. Includes the States of Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and the Territory of Alaska.

Twelfth District.-District secretary's office in the Post Office Building, San Francisco, Calif.) Includes the States of California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.

The Civil Service Commission is represented in Hawaii by the secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Customhouse, Honolulu; in Porto Rico by the chairman, Porto Rican Civil Service Commission, San Juan; in the Canal Zone by the secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Balboa Heights; in the Philippine Islands by the Director of Civil Service, Manila.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ZONE SUPPLY OFFICE.

Atlanta, Ga., Transportation Building.

Baltimore, Md., Coca Cola Building.

Boston, Mass., Army Supply Base, 100 Summer Street. Chicago, Ill., General Supply Depot, 1819 West Thirty-ninth Street.

El Paso, Tex.

Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Quadrangle Building.

Jeffersonville, Ind., Tenth Street and Meigs Avenue.

Kansas City, Mo. (Pur. Q. M.), 410 Scarritt Arcade.

Los Angeles, Calif. (Deputy), 425 Central Building, Sixth and Main Streets.

New Orleans, La., Poland and Dauphine Streets.

Newport News, Va., Depot Supply Office.

New York, N. Y., 461 Eighth Avenue.

Omaha, Nebr., Army Building, Fifteenth and Dodge Streets. Philadelphia, Pa., Twenty-first Street and Oregon Avenue. Pittsburgh, Pa. (under Philadelphia Deputy), Fortieth and Butler Streets.

Portland, Oreg. (Deputy), Third and Oak Streets.

St. Louis, Mo., Second and Arsenal Streets.

San Francisco, Calif., Fort Mason, Calif.
Seattle, Wash. (Deputy), Pier No. 11-B.

Washington, D. C., Seventeenth and F Streets NW.

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