Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889.

  • United States. Marine Hospital Service.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Original ap- Sbc. 2. That original appointmouts in the service shall only bo pointuioiit only to i i i ^ rank of assistant made to tuo rank 01 assistant surgeon; and no officer shall be pro- Burgoou. moted to the rank of passed assistant surgeon until after four years’ service and a second examination as aforesaid ; and no passed assistant surgeon shall be promoted to be surgeon until after duo examination: Provided, That nothing in this act shall ho so construed as to affect the rank or promotion of any officer originally appointed before the adop- tion of the regulations of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine; and the President is authorized to nominate for confirmation the officers in the service on the date of the passage of this act. QII a I i nrutioDg 3 No pcfson will be appointed an assistant snrtjeon ror upiMiintmviit. -v -i. i o whose age is less than twenty-one or more than thirty years, and, as a preliminary to a recommendation for appointment, the applicant must have graduated in medi- cine at some respectable medical college, and must pass a satisfactory physical and professional examination before a board of surgeons of the Marine-Hospital Serv- ice, which will be convened, from time to time, for that purpose, by the Secretary of the Treasury. Subject to q. Medical officers in the Marine-Hospital Service will cuanpo of station. ' . ^ i -l not be appointed to any particular station, but to the general service. They will be subject to change of sta- tion, as the exigencies of the Service may require, and shall serve in any part of the United vStates wherever assigned to duty. Promotion of jq A vacancv in the grade of surgeon will be filled by IiBBBod oBsistant ■' ° i • j. ^ surgeons. proiuotion from among the passed assistant surgeons, who shall be eligible for promotion to the grade of sur- geon in the order of seniority, but no such officer will be promoted until he shall have passed a satisfactory exam- ination in the several iirofessional branches. EXAMINATIONS. Successful ox- n. The passing of an examination will not be consid- n™t°?nB*uro*^ap-ered as giving assurance of appointment, as, in case pointment. should be luore candidates than vacancies, the De- partment will select for nomination to the President those of the highest attainments. Candidates quai- 12. No qualified Candidate will be eligible for appoint- oneyear.* ment more than one year. If not appointed within that time, he may, if he desire, be re-examined, when, if suc- cessful, he will take position with the class last examined. Unsuccessful 13. An applicant failing at one examination maybe allowed a second examination after one year, but not a third. Promotion of as- 14. Assistaiit surgeons, after four years’ service, shall sistant surgeons. entitled to an examination for promotion to the grade of passed assistant surgeon. The application for this