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AN ARMY Of EMPLOYEES.
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The civil service commission has
prepared a report, which has been
presented to Congress, and will be is
sued in a few days, showing that
there are 17S, ,717 people in the employ
of Uncle Samuel, not including those
in the military and naval service, and
that they receive as compensation for
their services annually the enormous
sum of 500, 5S9,827. Ofthe total num-
Der of persons employed in the civil
service 81, 600 are unclassi6ed and are
not subject to examinations for ap-
pointment. The total number in the
classified service, who cannot be dis.
charged without good cause and can
not be appointed without competitive
examination, is S7,10S. Of the clas-
siied service 4, 120 are examining sur
geons for pensions. The remainder
are divided by salaries as follows:
$72O or less. ,745
$S4O or less. o,6l7
5000 or less. 1855
81, 900 or less. 6O5
81, 200 or less. .18, 179
81, 400 or less. 6,770
81, 600 or less. 4,7O1
81, 800 or less. 4,701
So, 900 or less. ss.....,............. 1,570
81, 500 or less. 1,13l
More than $2,500.. 51O
The unclassifed service consists of
IS, 725 fourth h-class postmastsrs, $3.50
laborers, $50 persons whose salaries
average less than $500 annually, 4,23O
clerks in second, third and fourth.class
postofficss, 2,O61 Indians and 4,S1S
persons, whose appointments are con-
tirmed by the Senate. In addition to
these are private secretaries and conf
Dental clerks, cashiers in customs
and pcstofices, deputy collectors OF
customs and internal revenue, deputy
postmasters, marshals, attorneys and
assistant attorneys, employees in the
quartermaster's department of the
army, custcdians of military reserva'
tons, clerks in Congress in the libsr.
ality of Congress. commissioners of
various kinds, special agents, superin-
tendents of national cemeteries, etc.,
amounting in all to about 700.
The following table shows the di
vision of the employees of the govern
ment under the various departments,
and the total compensation paid to
each department:
Executive Office, 81, $35, 200.
Civil service commission, 81, S19,-
$40.
State Department, 122, s144,9 $50.
Treasury Department, 1858, SILL
971,227.
War Department, 1867, $685.
699.62.
Department of justice, 704. $1,344.-
9O9.
Pcstofice Department, .S.465, S.
1926, 1883
Navy Department, 1852, $1,3s2,-
399. SO.
Positions registered under navy de-
partment regulations, 5,O63, $685.
754. So.
Interior Department, 9,71s, $685..
497. O7.
Pension examining surgeons, 4. .12O,
$638, 900.
Department of agriculture, 2,241,
81, ,7I3. 565.D.
Department OF labaor, 95, $127,3 800.
Commission of fish and fisheries,
1873, $3.50, ,44O.
Interstate commerce commission.
142 $195,020.
Smithsonian Institution, 292, s243,-
716.16.
Library of Congress, 80, $51, ,72O. ,
Superintendent State, War and
Navy building, 25, $24, 1920.
Pcstofice service, 1O4,sl1, $780,
025.10.
Government printing service, 1852,
81, 500, ,s30.97.
Custom house service, 5,1o3, s6,-
333, ,027.36.
Internal revenue servica, 1921, $3,.
29S, ,266.S1.
Total executive civil service United
States, 17S, ,717, $s9, ,5S9, ,SS72s.
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