The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-06
Will Probably Order Discharged
Veterans te Be ReinStated.
FORTY APPLICATIONS MADE
Commissioner Evans About TO Stir
Up the Examining surgeons
Throughout the Country Holds
That They Are Not Entitled 10 the
Protection of the Civil Service.


in the distribution Of patronage, and re-
ceivcd the applications of between thirty
and forty old soldiers, which he acted on
favorably
About two years ago, in one great sweep,
Secretary Lamont dismissed 400 employees,
the major part Of whom were veterans,
from the division OF records and pensions,
and from other places in the department.
dismissed 90 more employees. to ielt No
vacancies, for he virtually abolished tEc
p,Sitions that had been filled, claiming
them t. be a useless expense
Soon aftcl Secretary Alger entered upon
his official duties he caused an eXamina-
tion into this wholesale dismissal to he
made with a view to masking reinstate-
ments. The result of this investigation Is
that today the Secretary was presented
with between thirty and forty applications
for rein ateIneuts bearing thc proper in
dors,,iuents as TO efficiency and merit
1t is probable that the appointments Will
be made within week, aud it Is expected
that a number OF designations viii also he
requeS, ed.
The employees in the War Department,
who are not thoroughly protected, give much
evidence of measiness, each seeming TO
fear that tie lightning viii strike him or
her
william Martin Aiken, supervising arChi-
tect of tie Treasury, received a notice yes
tercfay afternoon to the effect tEat SeCIe-
tary Gage desired to see him. When Mr.
Aiken entered the Secretary 5 of1ioe he was
perenp'o orily told that ne must resign inn
1nediately OF he removed Mr.. Aiken said
he preferred the former. ana rendered his
resignation, to take effect July l. His
stccesSur has not been determined on.
II as said that the office Of super yising
architect viii not be taken from the civil
service list but that the commissioners
VIII I've requested To prepare special ex-
animation for il, and that al tie leatinS
architects in tire country viii he invited TO
participate in the examination.
Naval Constructor d. W. Taylor, as
sistan, TO the chief constructor, will IN
July represent this country at the jubilee
meeting of the institution Of Naval Arch
itec,s, TO hC held in England.
The list of applications for appointment
10 positions in the Treasury Department,
filed today, was follows:
o n Thatcher. Washington, u. C, to he
deputy auditor for the rostoffice; A. c.
Ppachv, Newport News, Va, 10 be col
hector of Gus otus at Newport News, vi;
W T. Robbins, Grangeville, idaho. 10
be collector OF internal revenue 1t Port
land, Oregon. J. r. Jacobs. Baltimore. Nd,
to be surveyor OF cUst ous at Baltimore,
Mo; r w. Burt, Peoria, H., 20 be sur
vevor uf customs at Peoria, III: A z
Clarke. Manchester, y. H, to he naval
officer at RoSJon, Mass, C W WOodmen,
Chicago. IN. to lie supervising inspector
OF steam vessels at Washington, u. c.;
J. H Sentz, SpringhuI, W. Va. 10 he
supervising inspector of steam vessels at
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Orders have been issued as follows by the
Navy department: J. W. Caum, appointed
pay clerk for thr Marion; Lieut.. Commander
T. {. Mclean ord afed = the torpedo station
at Newport. Il | June l; Chaplain u. H,
Wilson detached from the Wabash and or-
dered % the Boston navy yard; Lieut.. z.
J Haeseler. detached from the Amphitr5e
Nav g and ordered to the Texas May Il;
Lieut. A tlra YES. detached from the Texas
MAY II. Assistant Naval Constructor L. :.
Adams. to he assistant superintendent Of
construction at Newport News: James Don
aid, appointed acting gunner May .; Pat
rick Deerv appointed acting boatSwain May
o; Medical Inspector FLINT, ordered To eX-
Hl:liaat .oH for promotion at WaShtn gt,n,
DC; Ensign A. 7. Lons,ordereGt to examlna-
ton ru promotion at Washington. b. -,
May IL: Lieut.. l. ]. CLARK, ordered 10 eX-
animation at Washington, FOR promotion
May "a, and Carpenter 4. II. A. Mahoney
given siN months sick leave from date.
H. Clay Evans, ComndsSionei of = eIgsions,
has annnngccd that he intends TO change
,P l-p
examining boards throughout tie country,
as be li.leI> t!iat a pension examining sur
ge0n, without respect to the amount Of
fees received, is not entitled TO the beu-
efits Of the civil service reform law as
extended 10y President Cleveland
Commissioner Evans maintains that pen
SION exarining surgeons are not Govern
ment officials, hut simply Government
agents, TO be hired and discharged at
tire VIII q: the Commissioner Of Pensions
He cites in support of this position the
case cf Cermaine. an examining surgeon,
who was indicted for receiving eXtOItionate
fees This case was tiled in the circuit
court OF the district Of Maine, and appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United States
MIR Justice Miller rendered The decision,
in which it was held thatpensiOn exam ming
within the Interpretation OF tie law.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announced today that it is IN
receipt Of request for oeIufication from
which a selection may be made TO fin a
vacancy in the position OF interpreter Of
the Navaioe language at Fort Wingate, n.
Mex No Scholastic examination viii be
held to fin tits vacancy, but persons de-
kiriDse To CODtrptp for the TOSition will hta
required TO file the necessary forms. and
they viii be graded upon their age, charac-
ter as a workman, intelligence and ex-
perence and physical qualifications. Per
sons desiring 10 avail themselves of this
OppOrtm unity may obtain blank forms from
Col. C. Il Hunt, of Fort wingate. The ap-
phcai:ons shan tse properly executed and
forwarded 10 the Civil Service Commission
Applications VIII be accepted up to the
hour of closing business on May %
At . O'Clock today bids were received at
the various executive departments for
supplies for the next fiscal year, begin
ming July /, for the Government and the
District government. The bids will all he
scheduled and certified Go the Assistant
Secretaries Of the Treasury and Interior,
Assistant Postmaster General and Assist
ant Superintendent Hills, OF the Treasury
building, who will carefully examine them
SIS a board OF commissioners and make such
recommendation to the Secretary of the
Treasury as they deem proper. If the rec
concentrations receive the approval of the
Secretary, the awards win be made. Itis
thought that il will be two weeks before
the awards are made.
The proposition to condean the old
for sha ~