The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-31
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 9, 90.


To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
In order TO answer the numerous IN
qulries addressed to the Commission
respecting the effect of the recent &C
tlOn of the President in extending the
civil service rules to free delivery
offices, the following information IS
given:
On January 5, by executive order,
the President approved and prOmul-
gated an amendment Of Postal Rule
No. 1, extending the classification OF
the postal service So as to include all
free delivery offices, OF which there are
now COL. The rule as amended IS as
follows:
The classification of the postal ser
vice made by the Postmaster General
under section E of the act Of January
Is 1883, Is hereby extended to all free
delivery post 0ffi:es; and hereafter
whenever any p0stuftice becomes free
delivery office the SAID classification or
any then existing classification made
oy the 2, stmasler General under said
section and act shall apply thereto; /;
and the Civil Service Commission shall
provide examinations to test fitness of
persons to fiji vacancies in all free de
livery pOatufficCs. and these rules shall
be in force therein; but this shall not
include any pOstOtfice made an expert
mental free delivery office under the
authority contained III lhe apprOpria
ton act of March 3, 1891 Every re
vision OF the classification Of any
pOsLOffiCG under section Of the act Of
January 16 1888, and every inclusion
of q pOsIOffiCe within the classified pos
tai service shall be reported to the
President.
Prior to this action the civil service
rules applied only to those postoffices
which had as many as so employ es
Fifty three offices were thus classified
Now the service extends to ali en-
pioyees belO Y the postmaster, iRclud
ing postal clerks, money order clerks
carriers regular and substitute, and
others, excepting speClGl delivery mes
Eengers at all offices to which the free
delivery system mas been applied. OF
the 5IS offices thus added to the claasl
tied service, 67 have twenty five or
more but less than fifty empioe ees ;
262 have ten but less than twenty five
employees, and 2I9 have less than ten
employ ees. The Commission will At
once proceed with the organization OF
boards of examiners, the hrldIng Of ex
amnaciUns, ana the preparation Of
eugIUla registers. AS soon "a eligible
registers have been established At any
flee the rules whl 90 l2sto nfEAut at
that off g Some considerable time
will necessarily elapge before the rules
will De IN active operation at all these
offices. The whole number of persons
added t. the classified service by this
action is 6lO and these persons hav
ing been brought into the classified
civil servI e by an extension Of the
classification uuder the act of July 16.
1888 are entitled to all the rights and
PRIVILEGES that they would be entitled
10 had they been appointed after eX-
animation under the act. These per-
SONS are not required to pass any eX-
animation TO retain their places but are
treated precisely s though they had
come into the service upon eXamina-
tiOn. The law and rules only require
an examination for persons seeking to
enter the service. a copy Of the report
containing the law and the rules will
be sent upon request addressed to the
Commission.
Persons seeking to enter the service
at any Of the pOstOftiCes having the free
delivery system, may obtain all need
ful information upon inquire at the
pOstuffice When a board of examiners
is established at any of these offices it
will be supplied with printed instruc
lions and forms of application papers
for distribution to applicants. Apph-
cants must wait until the necessary ar
rangemenUs can be made when they
will be furnished with instructions by
the local board, or, if the board Is not
established, by the postmaster.
The authority and duty OF removal
at postoffice are left undlsturDed by
the civil service law and rules, except
that a removal can not legally be made
because a person in the service has re,
fused to be coerced in political action,
or has refused to contribute for pOlltl-
cal purposes, or has refused 10 render
political service. CHAs. LYMAN,
President.