Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-03-13 | Page 1 | Reducing the Forces

Reducing the Forces WASHINGTON March I3The first decided de-cided action of Secretary Manning in regard re-gard to changes in the force under the Treasury Department was announced this morning It consists of a reduction of the force in the special agents division whereby it is expected a saving of 40000 annually will be affected The services of forty persons in various parts of the country have been dispensed with and notices to that effect mailed them today The list includes six special agents twentysix special inspectors of customs and ten employees whose names are borne on the socalled fraud roll