Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-19
CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
Some Figures from the Forthcoming IN
nual Report Of the Comnission'

nual Report Of the Comnissl"H'
washington. D. c.. June 1S.-The
forthcoming annual report of the Uni
ted States Civil Service Commission
will show that the whole number OF
persons regularly employed in the civil
service OF this country is about 2J0UVo.
OF these approximately one-fourt1 are
in the classified service subject to com
petitiye examinations under the civil
service rules. OF those in the unclss-
s.fied service $4,000 are lGOorers, 5,OOO
are appointed by the President subject
to confirmation by the Senate, l,5OO are
in the legislative branch OF the gov
eminent and 1855 are in the judicial
branch The civil service act excludes
these classes from classification. The
total number of positions affected by
the extension OF civil service rules from
March 4. 1898, to January 8, 1895, was
8.194. OF these 5,537 were added to the
classified service by original classill-
cation and 2647 By transfer Of places
classified but excepted from eXamin2-
ton TO the list of places subject to COM
retitive examination. Since January 3,
all employees Of the Agricultural Depart
ment have been brought into the clas-
sified service. except the Secretary and
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture, a
private secretary TO. each the chief OF
the Weather Bureau and his private
secretary, the chief clerk Of department
and his private secretary, and laborers
and char-WOmen.
A comparative statement shows that
at the end of President Arthur's admin
istration the approximate number Of
positions classified were 1878; at the
end Of President Cleyeland's first term
there were 27,33O, and at the end Of
President Harrisons administration
there were 1928 places classified. Elk
ecutive acts brought 29,S7S Of the latter
number into the service, while 1900
others, principally in pOstofices, be
came classified by reason OF growth
from small Offices.
Investigations made at the request of
the commission show that the salaries
Of government clerks in the principal
foreign countries are lower than those
paid in this country, but the pay Of
higher officials is generally more than
that here. In all of the principal coun-
tries an entrance examination, both
mental and physical, is required before
appointment to the service.
The tenure Office is permanent, or
during good behavior, and after the
employe has became incapicitated by
reason of age length of service Of phys
ical infrmity, he is retired with a PEN
sion, the amount of which varies in
proportion to the length of service
from onc-sixth to fOur-ffths of actaul
salary. In some counties it is option
al with the employe to retire after 10
years of service. In other countries
from 80 to 80 years of service are re-
Quired before retirement. Females are
not employed by some governments
while by others their employment is
limited 10 the work Of teachers, tele-
graph operators and positions in the
postal service The investigation also
showed that the hours of labor vary.
In the far northern, as we'll as in the
tropical and semi-tropical countries,
the hours Of labor are short. In nearly
ALL including the United States, the
hours Of labor of postal employees are
longer than those Of other goyernmen-
tai employees.