Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-06

| The President has extended by an amend
| ment to postal rule the classification of tn,
postal service as to include all free delivery
Offices. Of which there understood to be COL
/ Fifty-thrse OF these Offices are at presen
classified Before this extension the civil servic.
rules applied only to those post Offices which
had ss many fifty employees
Now the service extends to all post ofhce,
where carriers are employed. OF the 54s Office,
brought into the classified ton BY this amend.
Eve or more, bnt less than fifty en-
ployes. About ESQ have ten, but
less than twenty-five employees. and about 22C
have less than ten employees. The civil service
commission will proceed at once with the or
ganiLation Of boards Of examiners u,
tons and establishing eligible registers.
As soon a. eligible registers have been estab-
lished at any Office the rules will go into effect
at that Office. Some considerable time will
necessarily elapse before the rules will be in
actual operation In all Of these Offices definite
statement cannot be made from the data In the
possession Of the com mission as to the number
OF persons who will be brought within the
classified service BY this extension, but it ID
presumed to be more than TOO
The President has also approved an amend
ment tn the classification Of the Agriculture
OF that department the employees Of the weather
bureau employed elsewhere than at Wa nston.
The number ofpersons affected BY this change Of
Classification 10 between 100 and 200. 1t brings
in all the weather observers at the various
signal stations throughout the country.
The records OF the several executive depart
ments show that the extensions Of the classified
service subsequent to March 4. 1889, have been
IS follows:
On April 10. 1891, the President classified
certain classes Of school employees ana the
physicians in the Indian service. about 626
fish commission was classified as q
part Of the departmental service,
bringing in lao employees. Since the Ad-
ministration of President Harrison began ten
post Offices, each having attained tho requisite
number Of employees have been classi-
fed
BY the Presidents order, made public today,
about $50 places In the weather bureau were
added TO tue classified service and about 7 ,0C0
places at post offices, making altogether more
than 5000 added under the present admins
tration-
Under President Cleveland's administration.
records show that on March 1, 1883 the Presi-
dent made an order classifying the United
States civil service commission. On
June %, 1888. the classifcations of
the departmental service at Washington
were revised BY order of the President and ex-
tcuucN so as 10 clnDIAce al the OIuccre,
and other employees in the departments, except
those appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent
Of the Senate. aud those employed
merely as messengers watchmen, workmen
and laborers. Altogether 1881 places were
added to the classified departmental service by
this revision and extension of CLASH
fcations. The railway mail service.
with $3.50 employees. was classified
December ], 1888 On January 4. 1889, rules
for that service were promulgated. to take
effect March Is, 1882 These extensions brought
In altogether about Z 300 places.
Following is the Presidents order:
'Section 2, of postal rule 1, is hereby
amended so as to read as follows
The classification Of the portal service made
BY the Postmaster General under section 6 OF
the act OF January 16, 1888 is hereby extended to
all free delivery post Offices, and hereafter when
ever any post Office becomes q free delivery
Office the said classification or any then exist
ing classification made by the Postmaster Gen.
eral under said section and act shall apply there
to, aud the civil service commission shall pro-
vide examinations to test the fitness Of persons to
fill vacancies in all free delivery post offices
and these rules shall be in force therein, but
this shall not include any post Office made an ex-
perimentsl free delivery Office under the author
ity contained in the appropriation act Of March
8, 1891. Every revision Of the classification of
any post Office under section 6 of the act
OF January 49, 1888, and every inclusion
OF post Office within the classified postal ser
vice shall be reported to the President"