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..
July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897.

19,438

12, 802

65.9

26,316

3,348

26.2

14,433

10,374

July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1898..
July 1, 1898, to June 30, 1899.
July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1900..
July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901..
July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902..
July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903.
July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904.
July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905..
July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906..
July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907.
July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908.
July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909..
July 1, 1909, to June 30, 1910.
July 1, 1910, to June 30, 1911..
July 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912..
July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1913..
July 1, 1913, to June 30, 1914..

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.