The Portland daily press., 1900-11-01

Peppes1nan win be appointed chairman
OF the board.
The comprshensvsness Of this new
provides that this Act slIali apply, ex-
oept as hersinafterg provided, to all ap-
potntments of civilians to executive posi.
lions under (a). the military governor;
tb), the United States Philippine oom-
mission; tc(, the treasurer Of the islands
(d), the auditor OF the tslands; (e), the
collector or customs for the islands; ~,
the collector of inland revenue for the Is
lands; (g), the director Of posts for the
islands; IN, the Civil Service Board I;
~, the bureau Of forestry; %, the
bureau OF mines; (k). the general super
intendent of public instruction; ~, war
dens OF penitentiaries and prisons; (m),
the provost marshal general OF Manila; ;
I'M, the captain Of the port Of Manila"
IL is to be noted that school teachers are
exempted from the requirements OF the
Civil Service.
section 10 gives the Civil Service Board
ample power to discharge any empioye
whom they find to be holding q position
in the service In violation Of the provis-
ions of the Act, or the rules oil. the boar
and Section 10 provides that religious or
political affiliations shall In no way In
tiuence the examination or appoint
ment of applicants. Section "a sets
service shall contribute TO any political
fund, and section IL provides for the
punishment of all persons making such
solicitation.
Examinations for admittance to the
service will be held In Manila, Iloilo
and Cebu, In the Philippines, and in the
United States under the auspices and oon-
troll OF the federal civil Service Commits
sion, who already possess the required
men and machinery to hold these exaini-
nations In all OF the larger cities.
The enactment OF this Owl Service
bill takes away from the army officers q
considerable degree OF their power in
Philippine civil administration it 10 not
pleasant for any body OF men to be de-
prived OF powers they have welded inde-
pendentiy, and the army officers do not
enjoy their present necessity Of asking
the Civil Services Commission for the APP
pointment Of all their civilian employees.
From the standpoint OF the army, it Is
inconsistent that General Macarthur, the
military governor of eig ht million FIJI
pinos ana the comm ander of 60, 900
American soldiers, should be forced TO
ask the Commission for the appointment
OF custom house checker at nifty dollars
a month, and the army does not take to
the new conditions with entirely good
grace. Such slight symptoms Of drawn
relations between the military and the
civil officials are, 1t is pointed out, bound
TO arise when two systems Of govern
ment. military and civil. are operating
ct one and the same time. and, 1t is
added, the only way to prevent their CO.
currence is to defer the assumption OF
power by the civil element until such
time as the army pleases. But the au-
thorities at Washington have decided that
the Civil Commission shall take over a
certain part Of the insular government,
and to this end the administration has
Qtyan the Communication axn
ana every action taken by the Commits
sion is nothing more than the carrying
out OF the signed instructions given them
by Secretary Root.
Speaking of this Civil Services bill, q
prominent Filipino said today
The bill requires an oath of allegiance
from the Filipino to the United States
government before the former.can enter
the Civil Service and this Is as II should
be-. But you viii lind comparatively few
Filipinos ready to take this same oath
until your authorities can give them sde-
quate protection against the reprisals OF
their revolutionary countrymen.p
The full text OF the Civil Service act Is
as follows:--
AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
AND MAINTENANCE OF AN EFF
FICIENT AND HONEST CIVIL
/. SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES
LANDS.
By the authority OF the President OF the
United States, be 1t enacted by the United
States Philippine Commission, that;
Section !. The Commission shall ap-
point three persons to be members of a
Board to be called the Philippine Civil
Service Board. The Commission Isnall
designate one Of such persons as chair
man, and another as secretary, and may
in its discretion designate from among
the members of the Board a chief examf
ner.
Section 2. No person shall be eligible
for appointment as q member of the
Board unless he shall be a native OF the
Philippine Islands, owing and ssacknowl-
edging allegiance to the United States,
or a citizen OF the United States.
Section 8. Each member OF the Board
shall during his incumbency reside in
Manila, and shall receive an annual salary
OF three thousand dollars and his neces-
sary travelling expenses while in the dis
charge OF his official duties. In case the
Commission shall designate member of
the Board to act rs chief examiner he
shall receive in addition to his salary as
a member OF the Board a further annual
compensation of i've hundred dollars.
Section 4. The Board shall prepare
rules adapted to carry out the purpose Of
THIS ACT, WHICH IL hereby declared TO be
the establishment and maintenance Of
an efficient and honest civil service in
all the executive branches OF the govern
ment of the Philippine Islands, central,
departmental, and provincial, and of the
city OF Manila, by appointments and pro.
motions according to merit and by COM
petitiye examinations where the same
are practicable, ana 1t shall be the duty
of all officers in the Philippine civil
service in the deparsments and offices to
which any such rules may relate to aid,
in all proper ways, in carrying saidsrules.
and any notifications thereof, into effect,
Section s. This act shall apply, except
as hereinafter expressly provided, to all
appointments Of civilians to executive
positions under:
(a) The Military Governor;
(b) The United States Philippine
Commission;
(c) The Treasurer for the Islands;
(d) The Auditor for the Islands;
le) The Collector of Customs for the
Islands;
~ The Collector OF Inland Revenue
for the Islands;
(g) The Director Of Posts for the Is