Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-12
A CIVIL SERVICE CIRCULAR
HOW the Presfdent's Recent Order 4
to BE OhAerYed

HOW the Presfdents Recent Order fn
to Be Observed.
The Secretary of the Treasury has Issued
the following circular regarding the en-
fcrcement of the recent civil service order
of President Mckinley:
The attention of supervising officers and
agents of this department is called to so
much of executive order of July %. 1897.
as is amendatory of civil service rule IL,
and provides as follows:
No removal shall be made from any
position subject to competitive examina-
ten except fer just cause and upon writ
ten charges filed with the head of the de-
partment or other appointing officers and
OF which the accused shall have full no.
ice and an opportunity to make defense.
In view of the foregoing, when ever any
ofhcer, agent, clerk or employee in the sery-
Ice OF this department shall appear to the
oincer or agent charged with the super
vision of his official conduct to be guilty
of such dereliction of duty DELINQUENCY
o. misconduct, or shall prove inefficient to
such an extent as to seem to Justify the re-
moval of such person from the service, or
his reduction in grade, it shall be the duty
o. such supervising officer to Immediately
forward to this Office written charges aud
specifications detailing fully and explicitly
the reasons for removal or reduction.
AT the same time complete copy of
the charges and specifications will be fur
nished 10 the accused, with the informa-
tion that such defense as is desired to be
made In the premises must be submitted
to the supervising officer for transmission
to this office within three days from the
date of receipt of the copy of the written
charges.
Whenever it is impracticable to present
a copy OF the charges to the accused in
person Il will be sent by registered mail
and the receipt carefully preserved.
The fact that the accused has thus
been furnished with a complete CODY of
the charges and informed of the cppor-
tunfty to make defense as above set forth
will be reported to this Office at the same
time that the written copy of charges is
forwarded to the accused as aforesaid.
In the event that the accused fails to
mail his written defense to the SUPER
vjsing officer within the time above spcci-
ned, 1t will be assumed that such person
does not desire to embrace the opportunity
thus afforded.
In person when practicable; otherwise II
should be forwarded to the supervising
officer by registered mail, ard, after due
examination, Immediately transferred to
this office, accompanied by letter of The
supervising officer, submitting his views in
the matter of the defense and making such
recommendation as the circumstances and
the nature of the defense may seem to
warrant.
when the circumstances are such as 10
render 1t evident that the interests of the
service will be better subserved by i'm
mediately relieving the accused from duty,
pending action on the charges, that course
will be pursued, in which case the action
taken will be promptly reported to this Of
flee.
Supervising officers will furnish each
ohtcer, agent, clerk or employee within their
respective jurisdictions with a copy of this
circular, and enforce strict compliance with
its provisions"