The Postal Service (Fifth Edition)

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Editor

O'Reilly, Joseph John Edward, 1872-

Credits

Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, John Campbell and The Philatelic Digital Library Project and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Subject

Postal service -- United States

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60597

Release Date

October 30, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Postal Service (Fifth Edition) — FOREWORD
2. 2.CHAPTER I. CRADLE DAYS OF THE POSTAL SERVICE. — Beginning of the Postal Service. — New York’s First Post office. — Annual Postal Receipt Less Than $3,000. — Franklin First Postmaster General.
3. 3.CHAPTER II. WHAT IS REQUIRED OF CANDIDATES. — Physical Conditions. — Clerks and Carriers Are Bonded.
4. 4.CHAPTER III. SALARIES AND OPPORTUNITIES. — Promotion For Good Clerks. — Hours of Labor. — “Subs.” — Carriers’ Moral Responsibility.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. WHERE AND HOW TO OBTAIN APPLICATION.
6. 6.CHAPTER V. OFFICES IN NEW YORK STATE.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI. QUESTIONS TO BE FILLED OUT IN APPLICATION. — Vouchers.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. THE EDUCATIONAL TEST. — Subjects and Weights and Specimens of Previous Questions Asked. — Subjects of Examination. — First Subject—Spelling. — Second Subject—Arithmetic. — Problems In Earlier Examinations. — Third Subject—Letter Writing. — Fourth Subject—Penmanship. — Fifth Subject—Copying From Plain Copy. — Sixth Subject—Reading Addresses.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. — Studies in Each of the Subjects on Which Examinations Are Based. — Spelling. — Lessons in Decimals. — Addition. — Subtraction. — Multiplication. — Division.
11. 11.Suggestions for the Study of Arithmetic — Punctuation.
12. 12.CHAPTER X. HOW COMPETITORS ARE JUDGED. — Methods by Which the Examiners Keep Candidates’ Identity Secret.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. THE ELIGIBLE REGISTER. — How Names Are Placed on Eligible List and Mode of Certification to Postmasters.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. RULES FOR RATING. — Formula by Which Percentage Is Attained and Credited to the Competitor. — Rules for Rating Spelling. — Rules for Rating Arithmetic. — Rules for Rating Letter Writing. — Rules for Rating Penmanship. — Rules for Rating Copying from Plain Copy. — Rules for Rating Reading Addresses.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. DISTRICT REGULATIONS. — RULES GOVERNING EXAMINATIONS. — FIRST DISTRICT. — SECOND DISTRICT. — THIRD DISTRICT. — FOURTH DISTRICT. — FIFTH DISTRICT. — SIXTH DISTRICT. — SEVENTH DISTRICT. — EIGHTH DISTRICT. — NINTH DISTRICT. — TENTH DISTRICT. — ELEVENTH DISTRICT. — TWELFTH DISTRICT.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. EXAMINATION IN THE FAR EAST. — Regulations Differ from Those in the United States —Mounted Men in the Island Force.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. RULES FOR LETTER CARRIERS. — How Mail Must Be Delivered—Work of Substitutes— Requirements, Uniforms, Etc. — Uniforms of Carriers. — For Winter Uniform. — For Summer Wear. — Performance of Service. — Hours of Service for Carriers.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. DELIVERY AND COLLECTING OF MAIL BY CARRIERS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. SPECIAL DELIVERY MESSENGERS. — Chance for Boys from Thirteen Years of Age to Enter Post Office Service.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL OF THE POSTAL SERVICE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. — A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress Assembled.
22. 22.CHAPTER XX. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. — Article I.—Legislative Department. — Article II.—Executive Department. — Article III.—Judicial Department. — Article IV.—General Provisions. — Article V.—Power of Amendment. — Article VI.—Miscellaneous Provisions. — Article VII.—Ratification of the Constitution.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. AMENDMENTS — To the Constitution of the United States, Ratified According to the Provisions of the Fifth Article of the Foregoing Constitution.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. STATIONS of the POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N. Y. — CARRIER STATIONS. — Brooklyn.
25. 25.INDEX

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