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Show CIVIL SERVICE TO LOCALIZE APPOINTMENTS Washington. August 12. The mlt-ed mlt-ed States civil sendee commission has decided to localize, as far as possible, pos-sible, all appointments outside of Washington. In the engineer and ordnance or-dnance branches of the army and to place the certification of such employes em-ployes directly In the bands of the district secretaries cf the commission. commis-sion. Instead of exercising this function func-tion from the headquarters of the commission In Washington. This Is said to be in pursuance, of a general policy which the commission commis-sion Is following in several branches of the government service, and j which will be extended to all cases I where practicable and where It meets with the approval of the heads of the executive departments. The plan contemplates the procuring procur-ing of local talent wherever possible, for employment In the government service. This does not apply to positions posi-tions In the departments at Washington, Washing-ton, however, where the law of appor- j tlonmcnt obtains. By permitting the district secretaries to make the certifications. cer-tifications. It is said the filling tho acances will be greatly expedited. The country is divided Into twelve districts each In charpe of a seeretary of the commission. These secretaries will make certifications for appoint-'ruents appoint-'ruents in their respective jurisdictions. jurisdic-tions. Civil Service Commissioners Washburn Wash-burn and Mcllhenv have just returned to Washington from a trip to several arsenals and armories In the east in order to acquaint themselves with the civil service conditions so as to better bet-ter enable the commission to put the new policy relating to the engineer and ordnance departments Into force. The commissioner? also conferred with officials of the New York customs house, relative to proposed chances in the civil service promotion regulations regula-tions at that port. |