Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-05
THE NEW CIVIL. SERVICE RULES.

Secretary Srhul% to-day promulgated al
order providing for the Investigation and pract'
| ical detcrlniuaJi3n OF questions connected win
APPOINTMENTS removals and promotions IN inc
various bureaus Of the Department OF the 10
| terror by means Ct Board OF lrqulry to be
constituted from time to time as follows -
| The board is to be composed OF clerks select
Ell from the 18th or highest grade 10 the Patent
Office, from the Board of Examiners; one 10
represent the SecrCtary'S Office and to bc ap,,
pointed by the Secretary; one to DC selecteo
from such bureau as the Secretary may lndl-
cate, and named BY the head thereof, and the
third to be named by the head OF the bureau
from which the proposed changes are 10 take
place This Board IS to examine all Such cm
ployoes as may be ordered before them by the
Secretary 10 dclcrmin by practical tests their
fitness Tor the positions they hold and to recon-
mend such Announcements. reductions, Suspcn-
sops or uismiSsas as the facts ascortalned by the
Board may warrant. y method Is provided
for the trial OF charges agalOSt any employed.
When Il reduction is To be made OF the lOlcc
in bureau, list Of games, % per cent IL eX.
cess of each reduction, Is to be presented TO the
Board, who are to decide upon the persons to
be dropped. When a recommendation for ap-
poiulucut il made by any person outside the
DEPARTMENT. it ii to b. rGlelrGd to the Board,
who will call the persons recommended Tor
examination CT not al their discretion. The
result Of the Boards aclIou must be approved
ly the Secretary before being carried into elect.
APPOINTMENTS IN VIRGINIA.
The Secretaries gcnrrally, especially the Sec
returcs ol the Interior, and Of the Treasury and
the Postmaster General, have entered with
yiaof 10 80 much Of the official work OF their
Offices as relates to the filling of vacancies and
the making Of appointments in cases where
commissions have expired. Alter each OF the
cases on which the action Of the President IS
required shall have passed the scrutiny Gl the
Secretary, it will be sent to the President and
the usual consultation will be had upon it.
VIRGINIA PosToFFICE9.
1t may be said with certainty that to-day, for
the first time, has any official movement been
made in relation to any Of the Virginia Offices,
and the movements so lar made are prenl-
nary ONLY, and merely designed 10 brief the
various papers and group them together so as
to give the appointing officers an idea OF the
contents OF several hundred letters, petitions,
recommends So., which have been Tiled
in these cases Some oil them Will 60 before
the President this week
AT THE PRESlDE , ifUUSE.
The Secretaries were all at the Presidents
house at noon, and Cabinet meeting, formal
or informal, was held, bnt the main business re-
lated to such details Of executive business al
the Departments a7was pressing tor immediate
action.
1t is ccrtutn Miss Van Lew will not be reap
pointed postmaster oil Richmond.
a NEW GOVERNOR.
John s. Iioyt, Of Michigan, has f.eea ar-
pointed Governor Of Arizona.
TO BE DISCHARGED.
Some thirty or forty temporary clerks, writ
ers, &C., employed by Secretary Robson 10 the
Navy Department without warrant OF law, will
he discharged at once by Secretary Thompson.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT..
The following circular was made public to-
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, April 8, 1877.
The Secretary of the Navy regrets that it has
become his duty to announce to the otlccrs OF
the Naval Service that the amount OF money
found by him in the Treasury Of the United
States, to the credit Of the appropriation Pay
OF the Navy" il Insufficient to pay the officers
for the months Of April, May and June.
The Secretary proposes 10 retain as much as
may be found necessary Of what there is in the
Treasury, under Pay Of the Navy for the
purpose Of paying aotmcuts TO the wives OF
officers and sailors whose husbands are abroad
10 the service Of their country, and unable to
otherwise provide for them, aud IN this pur-
pose the Secretary feels that he will be sus-
tanned h. every high.mindcd, honorable officer
in the Navy oI' the United States.
Il. W. THOMPSON.
Secretary OF the Navy.
The appropriation Tor the "Pay Of the Navy"
was s.. 750, 900 and The deficiency bill gave
ST, 00O,0 900 additional. hut the amount rtquir.
cd is ST, 500. 900, 80 that there is a deficiency
of thrre.quarlcrs OF 4 million.