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Show Naval Service Is Not Popular, Authorities Find ' increasing Difficulty in Securing Men for Desirable Positions Claim Made That Experts in the Government Service Are Not Adequately Remunerated. An Illustration of tho great demand de-mand for young men of technical education edu-cation and tho dearth of supply Is afforded by tho recent examinations held In New York and Chicago for appointments ap-pointments to tho corps of civil engineers en-gineers of the navy. Tho exanllnations were held simultaneously, simul-taneously, and uniiBiial efforts were mado to attract through advertisements advertise-ments the nttcntion of tho graduates of technical schools, Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing this publicity and the Inducements held out by thu navy department, only six candidates reported before tho oxamlnlng board In New York and only one candldnto In Chicago, Tho failure of the department to In-duco In-duco n larger number of young men to tnko the examination Is all tho more Inexplicable when It Is stated thoro aro now three vacancies In UiIb corps of tho navy, and tho salary to start with Is $2,700, with periodical Increase and allowances lu tho way of quarters, mileage, etc., with retirement re-tirement on three-quarters pay at tho ago of sixty-two yeirs. Next year thrco moro civil . engineers nnd several sev-eral assistant civil engineers will bo needed. Tho dearth of candidates for such an attractive branch of the govern ment service ns this naturally suggests sug-gests an Inquiry ns to tho cause. The technical schools of tho country aro turning out an Increasing number of graduates each year. In fact tho pronounced drift townnl thu engineering engineer-ing schools which set In ten or n dozen years ago lu being constantly accelerated by tho demands of our great Industrial development, . Tho dllllculty of securing cnndl-dates cnndl-dates for the englneeilng positions In the navy Is explained by tho better opportunltlets and larger rewards that await civil engineers outsldo thu navy. It is claimed that In tho government gov-ernment Service the experts nro not adequately paid. At tho samo tlnio the naval examinations are severe nnd tho standards are high. As a matter of fact, however, tho appointment appoint-ment rests entirely with the President-, and u candidate who stood low In the technical oxnmluutlnn might be recommended for appointment. It Is very evident that It tho government gov-ernment expects to nttract young civil engineers Into tho nnvy It will havo to compete with tho great Industrial Indus-trial development of our times und offer Ealarlcs that aro adequate to command their skill and service New York Sun. |