Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-12
BUT FEW REMOVALS MADE
Among the Unclassi6ed Employees of the
Interior Department.
Congregational Pressure Beginning to
the Last Administration Retained.

The officials Of the Department Of the In
terror have thus far displayed considerable
lenity toward employees in the unclassified
service. Only a small number have been
removed. 1t is safe to say that 80 per cent
OF the watchmen, messengers and laborers
Of the department are appointees Of prior
administrations and are republicans. The
only severe slaughter has been in the watch
force Of the superintendent's branch Of the
department The rank and file of this force
number Al and the changes during the last
eight months have been 2S. This leaves 13
of the republican watchmen on duty, and
these at present are regarded as valuable
men because of their acquaintance with the
building and people in 1t. These men are a
great convenience to visitors. OF the 13
remaining II are Union veterans of the
late war and all of them are white. Under
the Harrison administration four of the
watch were colored. but these are now
missing.
In the pension office the rank and file Of
the watch number "a and so far as The
Star man has been able to discover onIv
eight changes have occurred here. In the
superintendent's branch there are seven
messengers and nine assistant messengers.
VI the hrst class two are colored. These
are retained and the three or four removals.
made have been of whites OF the SECOND
class hve are colored and of the four dis
missals two were white and two colored.
mere are seven hremen, six white and one
coiored. The latter was reduced and ono
or the white men dismissed. or the four
packers three are white, one colored and
one or the whites an army veteran The
SoIored man and the veteran have been
dismissed Nineteen laborers are emploved
IN TINS branch, twelve of them colored
rive dismissals, three white and two col
ored, nave occurred. One Of the four char
women (white) was dismissed
In the general land office there are two
messengers. one colored and nine assista n 4
messengers. No change has taken place in
lhe nrst class, but in the second five whites
ana enc black have been retired OF the
SIX packers two, both colored have ba.n
changed. In this bureau there are eleven
laborers, nine colored and two white Three
changes nave been made, two colored and
one White In the pension office there are
thlrty messengers and twelve assistants
VI the total only eight are colored The
| changes here cannot be figured, but are
very hght. or the firemen, laborers, mes
| senger boys and charwomen there are sew
enty. and the vacancies that have been
caused by this administration have beeu
rev. OF the force indicated twenty-four are
coIored. There are in the patent office sew
! enty-nVe messengers assistant messengers
and messenger boys and laborers. THIRTY.
TOUR OF these are colored. About a dozen
changes have been made. There are eish,
unclassihed employees in the office of educa.
| wv u tHeiii COtOTeU. NO changes
there have been reported. In the geological
survey there are thirty-two firemen watch.
| men, messengers. laborers and charwomen
and although there has been a reduction In
the temporary force it cannot be learned
That any dismissals have been made -Four.
teen OF the force were colored people.
| In the superintendent's Office of the cen ali,
once there are seventeen watchmen two
engineers, two carpenters seven firemen
nine messengers. ten skilled laborers eight
iaDorers and thirty-four charwomen. OF tn,
laborers six are colored and of the char
women fifteen. In division l there are siS
messengers and No skilled laborers and min,
laborers In division there are eighty-twc
skilled laborers. three laborers and two mes
sengers. In division there are eight mes
sengers and 112 skilled laborers. Divisions
=, ., y, Z, 3 and have forty-six skilled la.
borers, eleven messengers and five laborers
Many Of the appointees to fill vacancies
nave been colored people, and there have
Deen several Georgians in the lot. There
Is a prospect that as soon Al congressiona a
pressure Is brought to bear. and ii is al
ready being felt at the department. that va
cancies will be made for democratic appli.
cants In many Of the humble positions.