Show CIViL SHRVlCElN ISLANDS f 7TT Philippine Commission Puts New Haw intd Effcct Manila j P I Sept 20Correpntl encc oC the Associated ProssThe enactment yesterday by the Civil commission com-mission of an act fonthe eslabllshmctit and maintenance of an efficient and hpics civil service In the phlllpplie islands OB prepared by President Tart has pleased the Filipino people and has tended to displease the army The latter Is an unfortunate arid Unintentional Un-intentional result The prcjVlslon of this civil service bill are mos tcompra hcnsiverand complete comprising all the executive branches ot the Government Govern-ment of the Philippine Island and its perusal tends to show that the qualifications quali-fications of hodcst And efllcMent in the title arc real Intensions well carried out and not merb jjatchryprd The Bill is foVnded up6n the principles prin-ciples of American civil jJOrvlce carefully care-fully adapted Jocn1 oquuemenU Upon Up-on recommondatlpn yt the S6cielary of War h has bedn decided that oilier things being equal preferanco shall be given to Filipinos for clvfib employment under the American Philippine Government Gov-ernment and under the provisions of tills bill an employee be ho an American Ameri-can or a Fniplno may rise If he show ability and merit to a good and weil paid position In the service The Importance of an efflcient and honest civil service to these Islands can hardly be overestimated and if this new service be good and effective its doings will reflect credit upon Its organizers and upon the American administration ad-ministration of Philippine affairs To bring about this desirable end good men are needed and It Is the purpose of the organizers of this bill to make the civil service attractive enough to draw the class of men wanted it Is the intention of the organizers that the Philippine civil service shall not degenerate into a fiQld wherein politicians politi-cians niay find opportunities to sellle political obligations The service will be kept free from the stigma of political poli-tical patronage or that it will be open to political proteges and favorites The salaries of the several classes of employees have not yet been determined de-termined but these will bo paid and it will be possible QV n than cntjerlng the lower clerkships by efficiency and merit to eventually bVcome heads of burqaus and pOvmandnL undersecre tarles lo Important < tlcpartncnls A knowledge of Spanish will be an excellent ex-cellent help to nu American In this service although the requirement of this knowledge Is left to thedlscrcllbn of the civil service board |