Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-16
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0Asss shs SIost Important Changes Are
II uxhsly % Ne Made-Ths Amount Of
& Ganasy Drawn In Each Case-what EN-
Il pasyss Il the 0overnment Are Protected
- shs Present Civil Service Law. Etc.
N Ihsrs are more than 10000 positions
under the government Of the United States,
( ~ only comparatively small number Of
- will change incumbents on account OF
! ~ change Of administration. In compiling
~ llst given below, an effort has been made
- how only the principal places in the gov
1tnmsnt service In which changes are likely
5 . b. made, sooner or later, under President
( Harrison. While it Is true that n vast ma
3ority Of tho employees Of the government
\ hold Office at the will Of tho appointing
powcr, It Is also truo that the minor en-
plcyes are not disturbed by party vicissi-
&ules Nearly $1,000 employees are protected
by the civil services laws Among these are
clerks in Washington under 5000 yearly
mlary, clerks and carriers In many OF the
large postoficcs throughout the country, and
tbs railway mail service was recently in
cludcd by tho Presidents order. Three
fourths Of the government employees In
Washington are Republicans, and three
fcurths of tho Democrats will probably be
Mt undisturbed. OF tho employees at Wash
ihgton and elsewhere, not protected by tho
civil service law, vast majority are post
masters, whose salaries are very small, and
common )aborers or persons in merely 'nenial
employment.
- Al ,,l Iietr
courts, and Of the court Of claims and SUI
preme court Of the District Of Columbia, md
commissioned officers Of the army, navy and
/ marine corps, hold office during good be-
havior. Judges of territorial courts, assist
ant treasurers, principal officers of customs
aud internal revenue, governors and sccrc-
taries of territories, land officers, Indian
agents, pension agents, postmasters OF the
first, second and third classes, district at
torneys and marshals cannot hold Office more
than four years under the same commission.
There are q, 600 postofiices in the United
Etates, Of which about z, 800 pay their incum-
bents 81 900 or more year, and hence are
presidential Offices, receiving their appoint
nents from the president direct, and needing
tho confirmation Of tho senate. All other
Offices are filed by the postmaster general.
Salaries arc frequently adjusted, and in
some cases tho salaries now paid are not pro-
cisely as stated below, tho figures here given
bsing taken from the last issue Of the official
register.
The civil employees of the government Gro
how said to number nearly 10000, Of whom
nearly 40 600 are employed in the postal SER
& vice. OF these 800 are in the general otlico
n Washington, 10000 mail carriers and con-
tractors, 400 special delivery carriers, 1900
mail messengers, 5,0OOrailway mail employees,
5000 clerks in postofilces, 5000 letter carriers
and 10000 postmasters. Twelve thousand
persons are employed in the departments Ia
Washington, 1900 in tho internal revenue, q
large number in tho diplomatic and consular
service and In tho Indian service, the officers
and clerks Of congress and Of tho United
States courts, employees Of mints, employees
Of the District of Columbia government, light
house employees, and forces engaged in the
marine hospital service, under the Mississippi
River commission, at navy yards, tho land
Offices and government printing offices.
The list hero following begins with tho Dis
trict Of Columbia as the seat Of the national
( government and therefore Of the largest num-
ber OF the most important Offices. 1t was tho
original intention to include all the postoilces
paying salary Of $1,000 and upwards, but
space limitations have forbidden this In some
-
OF the states.
DISTRICT or coLua.iA
Executive.
PRESIDENT ............'........'... ......SCpoO
Vice president. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
Private secretary $500 Executlyecl'ks CD 5000
Az q c,srte nehe, a ,nassor,,,,., n 5nor.
No u. es''H = 49, -
the only changes viii DO private secretary aud
steward
State Department Secretary q state. ssooO;
assist sec of ,ta,e a,fD ossisfs Cso a,9,D. chief
,s.,' o. u'so's ~ 49, ,s,.
-, s'", 'i1nsia'oi, ~'iuV' h'ei"b"plie,b i9OV'
enief aip. oateail sioo' caiei consular bureau
xiou; cbief indexes anu archives, 2lOo; chief ac-
counts 2I0o; chief statistics, 2lOO chief rolls and
library ofol
Treasury pepartment-s Secretary of tho treas
WY scoo, asst secs 20, 9a~o cierR Sooo' govt
actuary, 2o; chief OF warrants, etc, 1900: asst,
sS chef % pin,nE e'e etc @ @ so spsca @ s art fcf
- Asst, SoOi spcciai agts tll, per dieii(,
~; special a4 nG per diem,, ~; chief clerk
ana supt oUu, ulsbuislng Clerks %, euO; chlet
Appointments s5o; asst suVO' chief pub. moneys,
2DO; asst. &vl chief INT rev, 200; asst, 800;
chief rev. marine, eoeO; asst, so1 insls OF Gus
anna ca zoo; special agts Alaska a, per. diem),
$lo 70 ~; chlet man aud HES 800; chiei claims
and lands, @oo; chief secret service, 5000; chief
clerk so' stpt marine hospital soo' s',fgeuil
SuO; lnsp gen. steamboats,, 800; chief bureau
statistics, 5000; chief clerk, 500; chief engraving;
and printing, 400; asst, 2ao, accountant, 500;
4 supt. engraving 1000: first comptroller tOoo;
deputy. 600; chiefs 90, 2i0O; asst, supt., 200;
com bureau nav, 1900; director of mint, 1890: oX
aminer, 800; computer bullion, 2sUC asssayer,
SaU; adjuster accts.. 1000; supt life saving SER
vice, 400; asst goo; chief clerk lighthouse
bd-, 2EO; asst. civil engineer 300; superyis.
Ing architect, 400; asst, 200; second comp
troiler, t1J; deputy, 200; chiefs 90. 2lOO,
comptroller currency 5tO; deputy, goo; chiefs
a., gao, first auditor 300 deputy, 21J, chiefs
~. ssp, third auditor, 300; deputy, 2!O; chiefs
ID, zSut s&th auditor q. %, oUpO; deputy,
yU0. chef CLERK, apo; disbursing clerk, auV;
chiefs tiO), 5000 com. customs, 400, deputy,
xs0; chiefs (e), 2lCv second auditor, 1900; deputy
xs0; chiefs 90, aoOO fourth auditor, $500; deputy,
Sp, eaisls 2 21dl so'i treasurer, opoI; asst, 90,
Sasn'ef, i 1pi sup, currency ieIemp.i oSpy, book
krPer, sSo. asst,, stgVi teiier, S+pi asst s'O'
register, sVp; asst, ~; chiefs lil, IOVyi com
Mt rev, U00, deputy, 300; chief clerk, 300;