Show Gl T TL TC L Commission C nill i ssi it flung ng ta Q oS ay 33 J JAbout k About Many f THOUSANDS EXAMINED t t COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION IS SUFFICIENT I I Speaking of o Discharges of Persons Not in the Classified Service the Commission Declares That if They IT Were ere Due Due to Incompetence l I tence it is Proof of Benefits of Gl Service t Washington ashington Jan 21 The ne rte nth an annual annual nual rei rt of the United Unit 4 States State civil commission has been Leen presented I med ti tu t the president The report opens ees with a preliminary e Et d t t in i 11 regard to the extent of the thet t clarified rd unclassified service from t ich it ii appears that there ar an 1 at a el y classified and lO K unclassified positions or of the tim latter bitter 71 7 are occupied by fourt las post postmasters masters There tre re 1 19 positions in the r r lJ executive i service ir rr fhe he of Co Cof f and more than distributed among the tile states and The commission commissio states toot that the ex tW tur d for salaries for the entire service classified and unclassified UI is b approximate approximately ly ly 00 KM per annum a ft large increase having hAng resulted from the war with Spain Common School Education Sufficient Of the te poSItions portions classified 72 per cent cant are subject to examination for a 0 good common school education is a sum num sufficient nt training suCh sudi as aa clerks cLerics In the he de departmental de def f and customs services services services ices and railway mall clerks clerk 22 per cent art are subject to registration tests including inI ing no educational examination but ut re re reQuiring Quiring applicants to furnish evidence aa as asto amI I to their t ability ai a workmen experience physical qualities dons and ami age e The pod po tiers of fireman watchmen watchman tl janitor as aswell aswell aswell well as il various positions included In the mechanical trades are fitted filled in this way nY Only On I 6 i per cent ent of the classified post positions Hems are subject to ic 0 technical examina examinations tion requiring requiting special or technical I in addition to a 8 general edu education education cation such su h as patent p tent ex examiner stenographer st and typewriter draughts draughtsman ts man and nautical expert This leaves leave 4 H per pr cent of o tta the in the tue classified 1 services which wt can be Me by b p rs ons ns who have received a good com corn common common cornmon mon school education n which M fe ing showing in view of oZ the misleading j that are 8 frequently made in t r rd ta to the character of the eiOn etona examination During The rhe year 41 persons per ons were ware ex ox examined for tor or all ell branches of iff f Ithe t e service ervIce s on un increase of over test Jast year eur Of number peed pawed and md U Ti failed Total Number of Appointments The total otal wt 1 number of appointments 1 wade during the tho year on certificates of iff the commission was wa 9 6 In addition 1724 3 appointments were nde from front differ different different ent medical l nations to various branches of or tire the service were also issued for promotion through exam examination inn to p P sons Ons for lor re reinstatement instatement ot of 7 a nd awl d for fo transfer of 38 mI from different positions making persons ns appointed promoted r motOO reinstated and upon certificates 8 of the commission the largest t number In Its history Alleged Investigations The report contains a 8 statement of the work done by the commission during the too toor year r in investigating claig s 6 of viola violations of the civil service and rules A Aus t serious us ease case of fraud in an tn examination at Nogales Negates Aria Aric is mentioned the in investigation investigation n of Which resulted r in the die re ye removal re removal moval from the service ce of the me parties im implicated ted Reference R is also Iso made to the results of the commission of charges of tf political assessments ments In which connection tion attention Is called to extracts e tr R the api appendix to the report of ot in IQ con OOIJ congress gross gress at t the tho th ilme of tM of tU civil service Jaw ls a as tending t to te show that it it was the intention of con to t e pre pm prevent prevent f vent either in person or In writing of persons in the Ut public service and anI an I also ala to prevent members of either house boue of congress con 8 and persons in the pub public pub public lic He service from soliciting other othea positions in 10 the t he public service servi e either directly or Indirectly L The Fhe commission comm the th question of ot providing a re retirement rement of at alt atti i employees Gratifying progress Is shown in the re remarkably fe remarkably small per cent of removals now BOW being made from the classified service The order of the president o J July 27 7 preventing removals from po positions o except for fen just cause USe 4 tug lag that the reasons for removals shall shaft be given gif n in writing and made nde a 8 part of 1 the records of th the office has bad had a a most l salutary lH effect I Aims at the President i The Th commission contrasts contrast the small mall per perc p Ii c cent st lt of removals from the classified erv ervie service ice ie with ith the large lange per cent front from the un service and makes maks this sli sig comment t If I f the tn from the Unclassified poi positions t rons ons were made ma the tte occupants j pants pant were incompetent it was wu a con condemnation condemnation of UM system under which thy th were appointed On the other hand if the he e removals were made for other rea reasons sons than the of or the tte service could uld not have bave been besa n tie te e basis for such nuel action From rom the t he figures the conclusion must be drawn hat either the p pot 8 brought in through examination ate are far more effi efficient dent than the others ethers r e the renovate from the unclassified 1 portions have n be mad for other cause the good of the service ervice |