New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-18
WORK UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

FACTS SET FORTH IN THE FOURTH hEfohi VI
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
Washington July 1.-The fourth report OF inc
Civil Service Commission has boon pacou III mo hau
OF tho President for Transmission to Congress IL
covers tho transactions OF the Commission from jan
uary 49, 1856 TO June 80, 1887, and gives dctaiieo
resume of the work of the Commission since Its Or
ganizatlon on January TO- 1888 Tho report shows
that between January l6 1856, AMI June 30, 1887,
o6s examinations OF 1906 men and 1857 women
were held 3.147 mon and 1,ls0 women were OK
amncd for the Department Service at Washington )
Coos men and 100 women for the Customs service
and 601o men and 557 women for the CLASSIFIED
post Offices OF the whole number 0,2iO men anu
1896 women successfully passed; 4755 mon and 3o1
women failed OF those who successfully passed.
432 men and o5 women have received appointments
in tho Departmental Service, 32l9 men and 35
women in the Postal Service, and CAL men and no
women in the Customs Service.
The report shows that Of every 100 persons who
successfully passed the examination, than forty
one received appointments. 1t also shows that from
July 16 1853, June so, 1887, SO 343 persons were
examined for all branches of the service. of which
number IL 1873 failed TO pass and 2l,96o passed Of
these S,612 received appointments. The total NUM-
Der of appointments 10 the departments at Washing
ton since The approval of the law is 1,266. OF this
number III Since the enactment OF
the law no have been appointed from the fol
lowing states and Territories: Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho Kansas, Minnesota Montana, New-Jersey, ore
gon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
The separations" from the classified service by
removal resignation and death, have been as follows
In the Departmental Service from July 16, 1888, to
January TO- So5, 226 by removal, IL by rosignafo
and Icy death; from January 16, 1885, to January
is, 1885, 600 By removal, % by resignation and
9 by death from January 16, 1856, to January 10,
1857 45-1O by removal c6 by resignation and by
death from January 16, 1857, to juno 80, 1887 81
IL by removal, Is by resignation and i by dcath ;
total 157. The total number of removals, including
those from the grade of special pension examiner, was
fftycight, Of which number six were rcinstacd
Since the law was passed only ffty-two have been
permanently removed. From January 10, 1884, 10
June 80, 1857, 158 special pension examiners were
appointed. The total number removed since MaIch
A. 1885 was thirteen, and the number resigned nlnc'
The number of separations" from the CLASSIFIED
Customs Service from January 1, 1886, TO June 80,
1857 was GAG by removal, 10 by resignation ana
5 by death.
The number from the classified Postal Service dur
ing the period was 943-4o1 by removal, 4o9
by resignation and % by death.
OF the appointments made in the period covered
by this report, twenty were preferred claimants IN
civil appointments honorably discharged soiders
and sailors : and this IS about the number OF such
claimants who passed examinations for the c!ssSlhcu
departmental service SIX OF these were appointed id
Inc Interior Department. , -. A., .,..s,
fed service to embrace employees OF inc Raii"a
Mail Service and somc other bureaus, and conciudns
with the statement of the practical cnccts OF inc
Civil Service Act and rules. The report was pro
pared by Commissioner Obcrly and Is signed py inc
three members of tho Commission