the Bureau. The oral examination, which is given mainly to ascertain the personal qualities of the candidate as regards his address, bearing, tact, and general personal characteristics, is given only at the office of the Bureau in Washington. The examining board is composed of the assistant directors, one of whom acts as chairman, a representative of the Civil Service Commission, the Chief of the Division of Appointments of the Department of Commerce, and specified division chiefs of the Bureau. The commercial attaches are not in the classified civil service, and are removable at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. Trade commissioners are appointed after a written examination and an oral examination. The written test is given by the Civil Service Commission, but the oral examination is conducted in the same manner as the one for commercial attaches. Trade commissioners are in the classified civil service, but the Bureau is allowed to select any man who has passed the examination, and is not confined to the three persons having the highest rating. All other positions in the Bureau are in the classified civil service and appointments are made only after examination and certification by the Civil Service Commission. The salaries of the Director, the four assistant directors, and 151 employees at Washington are fixed by law, while the salaries of all other employees are determined by the Secretary of Commerce on the recommendation of the Director of the Bureau. Promotions in the positions in Washington paying less than $1800 a year are generally made after recommendation by a committee consisting of the Administrative Assistant and several designated division chiefs. APPENDIX I OUTLINE OF ORGANIZATION EXPLANATORY NOTE The Outlines of Organization have for their purpose to make known in detail the organization and personnel possessed by the several services of the national government to which they relate. They have been prepared in accordance with the plan followed by the President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency in the preparation of its outlines of the organization of the United States government. They differ from those outlines, however, in that whereas the Commission's report showed only organization units, the presentation herein has been carried far enough to show the personnel embraced in each organization unit. These outlines are of value not merely as an effective means of making known the organization of the several services. If kept revised to date by the services, they constitute exceedingly important tools of administration. They permit the directing personnel to see at a glance the organization and personnel at their disposition. They establish definitely the line of administrative authority and enable each employee to know his place in the system. They furnish the essential basis for making plans for determining costs by organization division and subdivison. They afford the data for a consideration of the problem of classifying and standardizing personnel and compensation. Collectively, they make it possible to determine the number and location of organization divisions of any particular kind, as, for example, laboratories, libraries, blue-print rooms, or any other kind of plant possessed by the national government, to what services they are attached and where they are located, or to determine what services are maintaining stations at any city or point in the United States. The Institute hopes that upon the 162 Cong. 2 sess. H. doc. 458. 2 vols. 1912. completion of the present series, it will be able to prepare a complete classified statement of the technical and other facilities at the disposal of the government. The present monographs will then furnish the details regarding the organization, equipment, and work of the institutions so listed and classified. OUTLINE OF ORGANIZATION BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE Net, or without the temporary "bonus or additional compensation of 60 per cent on classes below $400, or $240 on classes of $400 to $2.500, and of an amount necessary to make the total compensation $2,740 on classes of $2,500 to $2,740. This is subject to minor exceptions in special cases. |