10 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



Even before the Executive order requiring that a classified employee 

 be given opportunity to answer charges before removal, no employee 

 • of the Weather Bureau was removed without a full investigation of 

 his offense, and in no case was removal made of a person properly per- 

 forming his duties. No person shown to be incompetent or unfit for 

 the public service has been retained in the Bureau; and, except in 

 one case where removal was made without the knowledge that the 

 employee had not been given the opportunity to retrieve himself that 

 the chief had directed, no person removed for either inefficiency or 

 bad conduct has been reinstated. 



It should not be supposed that promotion can be gained simply by 

 passing the educational test. On the contrary, an employee must 

 (1) make a good record for aptitude, efficiency, industry, and manly 

 character, and (2) pass the educational test considered necessary to 

 qualify him for the duties of the next higher grade. 



Efficiency is determined from the observation of the work of the 

 employee by his immediate official superiors and by the general 

 appearance and the accuracy of such of the employee's work as may 

 come under review at the central office in Washington. 



Character is determined by the personal opinion of the employee's 

 official superiors with regard to his general behavior as an officer, his 

 social affiliations, his neatness of dress, his integrity of character, and 

 his observances of the courtesies of business life. 



Educational qualifications are determined by examination in the 

 following subjects: English grammar, practical arithmetic, algebra 

 (through quadratics or equations of the second degree), plane ele- 

 mentary trigonometry, elementary physics, popular astronomy, ele- 

 mentary plant physiology, and meteorology. 



The educational qualifications for promotion are apportioned as 

 follows : 



For promotion to grade of $1,000 or more per annum — English 

 grammar, practical arithmetic, and elementary meteorology. 



For promotion to grade of $1^,200 or more per annum — Elements of 

 algebra through quadratics, elements of plane trigonometry, and 

 elementary physics. 



For promotion to grade of $1,400 or more per annum — Popular 

 astronomy, elementary plant physiology, and meteorology. 



A proficiency of 70, on a scale of 100 as perfect, is required to pass 

 each of the subjects. 



The foregoing examinations are not obligatory and failure to take 

 them will not of itself be made the cause of reduction. Failure to 

 take these examinations, and thereby to become qualified for promo- 

 tion, will be construed simply as an evidence of satisfaction with the 

 grade held at the time and a tacit indication of no desire for advance- 

 ment. 



In order that a high standard of official integrity and manly char- 

 acter may obtain throughout the various branches of the Weather 

 Bureau, it is required that a firm yet kind discipline be maintained 

 by all officials in charge of stations. For the preservation of the peace 

 of their offices and the efficiency of the public service, they are 

 enjoined not to permit one subordinate secretly to impeach the integ- 

 rity of another, or to carry tales about his companions. Every com- 

 plaint must be stated either in the presence of the one against whom 

 it is directed, or else in writing and be referred to him for answer, 

 so that no unjust impression may find lodgment in the mind of a 

 supervising officer. 



