The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-01
c,ilcrt Mckinley Makes the
|I,ons.Evpccted Change in the
Civil Service Rule.
y rlACES FOR The FAITHFUL.
|. orl,r of 1896 Resulted IN Much
Embarrassment and Friction, and
Irritating Delays.
,,,,~e +. Necessary to Meet the New
Conditions That Are Arising Ia the
Tub.lc service About Pour
thousand Ilaces Affected.

thousand Ilaces Affected.
EyDni>GroN. May 80. The president
q morning issued the long-de-
.I order amending the civil service
k~ The following statement was
u .. .., v.;h the order:
E ,.,.c time of the issuance OF the
>.-,lcc order Of 1896. bringing
x .h. Classified service practically
k Whole II tho executive service
81 .o',re not classified, there was n
2 ,.r,ad belief that the order had
II ,o9 far and covered many places
81 j. would be found impractical to
ID with under the civil service rules.
81 experience OF the last three years
8 shown this feeling to have been
& founded.
tTac order TO enforce the civil serv-
sru'cs in connection with many of
e. places has resulted in much fric.
n and embarrassing and irritating
vs.. harmful to the service. In or
4 as FAR as possible and necessary, to
d 1ye these causes OF friction and de-
Il and 10 promote efficient and har-
D Gus administration, certain
i men,s 10 the civil service rules
n been thought necessary.
a icw of the amenduents have no
treucc 20 the extension of the clas-
ka:.ou made in 1>9G and are such as
i frcccssary 10 meet the new condi-
1 that arc constantly arising in the
n G service. Some places, specifical-
d Enumerated in Rule 6, have been
b from the competitive cxamina-
d and placed in the class excepted
d examination. Other places in va
d branches of the service have been
wed from the operation of the
sS but not from the classification.
hese places are enumerated in
o. Among them are those Of pen
examining surgeons, Indians en-
r. in the Indian service, not con-
! ed with the Indian school service, |
in many places in the
acc' department. at large, the
P''rmas;cr's departmcnt-at-large, I
subsistence department-at-large q
the war dcpsrtment-at-
/ aud the war department. |
reference to these places L
outside war department service,
provided that they shall be sub S
TO regulations TO be prescribed t
be secretary OF war and approved P
|he president, thus placing those {
iches Of the service on substantial
be same basis as the navy yard
.cc r
u Of the amendments have for o
OBJECT a more uniform, efficient S,
satisfactory administration of the G.
I'D o: appointments established by d
.yl service law.
a'e o. as amended, exempts from lc
.nauon the following: Execr- "
Nice and executive departments Il
exceeding two private secretar- b.
= confidential clerks TO the presi. bl
and the head of each OF the eight tl
."Ve departments; one private ar
''ary or confidential clerk to each AZ
E assistant heads Of eight execu- nj
departments, and heads OF ST
'N al persons appointed by the
''H' without confirmation by the
70 attorneys assistant attorneys
'e'a' assistant attorneys. Ia
'-s 'NoSe exempt in the treas w
PaF'mcn' are; Officer in charge al
B 'nreau Of statistics. all ship D'
'A'''''''oncrs one chief deputy &c
'''H' collectors at each port, DC
'P''y naval officer and deputy DC
w o' customs at each port where
]'' by law. All deputy collect
'"'''na. revenue, storekeepers ou
"s''N whose aggregate compen- bu
,'a'. not exceed $500 per annum. to
''' apartment of justice: War az
'''.ainS and physicians in the no
Yates penitcntiaries or prisons, th'
''@'e Sectary to each United ID
-'''r''' attorney and examiners ,
mp,
,.. fro
-'-oer Of minor places in the in r.e
'"' post Office departments are da,
ccptei. va, ia,
''> VINO served in the war no,
.1'n viii be placed at the head an,
proper register on the same
WIN union veterans of the
'''O places are affected. 'ei'
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