New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04
CIVIL SERVICE EXTENDED.
IMPORTANT ORDERS SIGNED BY THE
PRESIDENT
MANY PLACES not HITHERTO INCLUDED
BROUGHT UNDER THE CLASSIFIED Sh'r-
vIcE-Ft-RTHER CHANGES TO COME.

MANY PLACES not HITHERTO iNCLOpr0
HRorGuT UNDER THE CLASSIFIED SER
vIcE-FtRTHER CHANGES TO COME.
Washington Nov. 3-As result OF recent con-
ferences between President Cleveland and the mem
bers OF the Civil Service Commission, the Pres'ue''
has signed several orders OF great importance III
connection with the Civil Service Reform movement
making extensions OF the classified service to oices
not heretofore classified and revising existing ciass
cations in branches OF the service ALREADY ciasSe
so as to bring within the classification many places
heretofore excluded. The action taken by the fres-
dent is follows:
/. \ revision of the customs classification so az
to bring within that service all employees not
serving mercy as workmen laborers without re-
gard to compensation. Heretofore this service mas
been classified the basis OF compensation All en-
poyes receiving a compensation Of less thah ssp OF
at a rate less than 500 a year have been eXcluieu
from the classification. and therefore were not SUD-
iect to the civil Service rules This action OF the
President brings the classification Of the customs
service into harmony with other branches Of 'h'
service.
3 An amendment to Customs Rule NO. l. eN'e"u-
inc tho classification TO include all customs districts
In which there are as many as twenty c'i'p''se9'
The present limit is nifty employees, and under tna'
limit eleven customs districts have been classiieu'
The extension OF the classification to include all dis
trlcts in which there are many "a twenty EN-
Moves will bring into the classified service certainty
eleven additional districts. and probaDV several
more and goes as far in the direction OF classifying
the customs service 1t is deemed wise TO go AT
this time. perhaps at any time
g. An amendment to the classification or the ue-
Matrimonial service ut Washington SO IA to Include
in the classified service and subject TO the civil ser
vice rules in all the departments messengers ds
sstant messengers and watchmen
An Amendment to the civil Service rules abol-
ishing the right of transfer upon non-compettVe OK
animation Of persons appointed TO excepted places
after one years service In such places 10 cassiHeu
non-excepted places. Hereafter persons appointed
from the outside to excepted places In any branch
OF the classified service cannot be transferred al 'he
end OF one year into the places covered by eNal'-
nation This amendment, in the judgment OF the
Commission Is distinctly in the Interest Oh the good
administration OF the service.
: An order extending the classification OF the
Postofficc Department to include In the cassl-
fed service Of that Department the clerks employed
I'm the Offices Of the posofilce inspectors There are
comparatively few OF these persons,
C. Amendments TO the postal rules withdra"ins
from the excepted c.ass large proportion OF te
places now excepted from examination, ms ainein-
ment will transfer from the excepted class III me
classified posofices 10 the non-excepted class prop
ably less than go places The who's nuirDer
Of excepted placcs'n the classified postoi'ces now
IS I'm The neighborhood OF 23O Hereafter II VIII not
include more than 700 or 500 -, -. ..,.A
T. An amendment to the drpartinentta 1uIes Mism
drawing from the excepted class In the Depar tmen'
OF Agriculture the chiefs or the DIVISIONS or emo,
mccoy economic ornthology. and mammalogy ana
pomology and the assistant chiefs OF these d.
visions.
s IN amendment 70 the Indian rules providing for
the appointment assistant teachers In the Indiah
school Service without civil Service examination
The graduates OF the normal classes At the salem
ore Santa Fe. y. NJ. Haskell Institute. Lawrence,
Kan; carlisle school Carlisle. Penn. and Hampton
Institute. Hampton. Va. upon their certicates Oh
hut before they can be advanced 70 IVA
te1chsrs' powers they Will be required TO pass the
regular civil Servic" examination.
. Allowing appointment without examination loi
not exceeding thirty days To the places when may
be filed BY nOncomp"titive examination IN the de'
rartfnente ri Warrington In cases or emergency
pending an examination by the Commission. No ap
pointment made under this authority can continue
longer than thirty days
The President has had these changes under con
sheraton Tor some time and before his return from
hls vacation Informed the commission that imfned
stety upon his return he would consult with ihen
in reference thereto. other important changes In
volvng extension of the classified service ar" SUI
| under confederation. and only await the arrange
ueut Of minor details through conference between
,hs Civll Service Commission and the heads q
! varlouq departments They Will probably he made
In the early part Of next week