The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-31
Third Annua! Report OF the Civil Ser
vice Commission.

dent sent to Congress to-day the thlrd
annual report of the civil service COM
mission, together with a message, IL
which he says: 'EThe exhibit thus
made of the operations Of the commits
sion and the account thus presented Of
the results following the execution Of
the civil service law cannot fail to de-
monstrate its usefulness and strength
en- the conviction that this scheme for
reform in the methods of administer
ing the Government is no longer an
experiment. Wherever this reform
has gained a.foothold it bas steadily
advanced in the esteem of those charg-
ed with public administration duties,
while people who desire good govern
ment have constantly been confirmed
in their high estimate of its value and
efficiency. With the benefits it has
already secured to the public service
plainly apparent, and with its promise
of increased usefulness easily appreci-
ated, this cause is commended to the
liberal care and jealous protection Of
Congress
The REPORT.
The report says that applicants
have been examined within q year
from every State of the Union and
from every Territory except Utah.
The whole number OF persons examin-
ed under the commission during the
year has been 1862, OF whom G,S72
were males and 730 females. The
whole number thus far examined since
the Act was passed has been l7,49l.
OF The 1902 examined during the past
wear 5,O34 attained the minimum OF
65 per cent, which makes them eligi-
bic for appointment, and 1868 failed.
The average age of all those exam
was 30 years, from which it would ap-
pear that there must have been an
average period Of from seven to Six
teen years Of practical life intervening
between the time of completing their
education and the time Of their en-
trance into the public service. Il is
further shown by the report, that the
average age Of those who failed is less
than six months above the average age
of ell those who succeeded, 50 that Il
longer experience of the more fresh
recollection Of what has been learned
in schols and colleges.
From this result it would seem, the
report says, that the examinations have
been such IS to almost equally divide
the chances OF success between those
who are best posted in their studies
and those who are most experienced
in bushes affairs. This is probably
contrary to the general belief. The
education Of those examined during
the year, exclusive Of Al Who took
special examinations was as follows:
6,053 only in public schools, 75S il
part in colleges, and 327 in part in
business colleges.
II we class those who have attended
business colleges with those who have
been in other colleges, those educated
in public schools alone are more than
80 per cent. OF the whole number ex-
aniiued, and those who have been in
college are less than IS per cent. Il
bushes colleges are not so classed the
ratio will be tnat. Of S6 per cent. edu
Gated in schools to II per cent. in col
leges.
The whole number ofappointments
made during the past year from those
examined has been 1876 each for 4
probationary period Of SIX months. Ii
to those we add 1850, the number
made during the previous eighteen
months under the rules, it Shows that
4l76 have been appointed in two
years This is between one-third and
one-fourth OF the whole number OF
places to which the examinations ex-
tend, and indicates that thcse to Office
when the Civil Service Act took effect
viii be rcplacel Dy applicants exam