Evening star., 1901-06-13
CIVIL SERVICE IN HAWAII
STATISTICS REGARDING NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES.
Information Gathered by the Heads Oi
Departments for Use Of
the Commission.

The civil service commission May 16 ad-
dressed letter to the heads of the execu-
tive departments of the government, the
commissioner of labor and the commission
er of fish and fisheries requesting informa-
tion as to the number and classification Of
employees maintained in Hawaii by those
branches Of the government. A reply from
each government officer addressed has
been received and tabulation of the in
formation obtained from the different de-
partments has been prepared.
The-letter sent out by the civil service
commission follows:
'"The commission has the honor to re-
quest that you furnish a statement show
ing the positions classes of positions I'M
der your department in the Hawaiian Is
lands, and If any of the positions are in the
classified service under the requirements
of civil service rule III whether the
tablishment of local boards Of examiners
seems desirable"
In the Quartermaster's Department..
The reply from the War Department
shows the following civilian employees in
the quartermaster's department:
One chief clerk, at $50 per month; two
clerks, each. at s133.33 per month; one
clerk Transportation agent), at $133.33 per
month: one clerk assistant transportation
agent), at 500 per month; two clerks, each,
at S11e.67 per month; one clerk, at 1888
per month; one superintendent Of con-
struction at $50 per month; one messen-
ger, at $50 per month; one veterinary sur
geon. at s75 per month; one blacksmith, at
$50 per month; one wheelwright, at $50 per
month; one packmaster, at 500 per month;
one trainmaster. at $50 per month; one
forage master, at $50 per month; one car
penter, at $50 per month: one watchman,
at $50 per month; one timer, at $50 per
month.
The quartermaster general remarks that
the civilian employees holding classified po-
SittonS in Hawaii are of the war emer
gency class, whose term of service Is of
temporary character, and adds that If the
tablishing a local board of examiners in
the islands for other branches of the pub
lie service, with a view to providing a reg
lister of eiigibles, 1t would be desirable to
include the quartermaster's department,
and, when the examinations are called, to
give the present war emergency employees
of the quartermaster department on duty
in Hawaii an opportunity to enter the ex-
aminattons for the places they now tenn
porarily hold, with view to their certifi-
cation by the civil service commission for
permanent appointment, should it be found
necessary in the near future to make these
positions permanent ones.
In Treasury Department.
The statement received by the civil ser
vice commission from the Treasury De-
partment follows:
Custom House service: Employed at
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS deputy coll
lector, four deputy collectors and clerks,
two examiners. one examiner and gauger.
nine clerks, one weigher, twenty-four in
SpectorS, one foreman of laborerS.
EXcepted-One deputy collector, Honolu-
lu; one deputy collector. Kakului one dep
uty collector, Hilo; one deputy collector.
Manhukona.
Internal revenue service-One presiden-
tial appointee one collector, five deputy
collectors (unclassifed. appointments hav-
ing been made under the war revenue act
Of June 13, 1898, and act of July Z, 1S9S);
sixty-three deputy collectors Temporary
until not later than July 1, 1901 for regis
terfng certificates of residence obtained by
Chinese. under the civil government act
for the territory Of HawaiD; one janitor.
Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice reports as fol-
lows:
Above Observation-Disclosures Court: One
chief justice, two associate justices.
Circuit court: Six circuit judges.
District court: One district judge. one
United States attorney, one United States
marshal.
Excepted and excluded: Assist ant attor-
ney, clerk TO attorney and deputy marshals
are appointed when necessity arises.
The establishment Of local boards seems
unnecessary.
In Other Departments.
The report from the Navy Department
shows that at the naval station at Homo
lulu there Is first clerk to the comman-
dant and a watchman, each holding his po-,
sition under a temporary appointment. The
Secretary Of the Navy gives 1t as his opin-
ion that the establishment Of local boards
for the examination of messengers and
watchmen is desirable.
The commissioner of labor returns that
under his Office there is employed in Ha-
wall an expert for the investigation OF la
Dor conditions. He says he would like an
eligible list from which to appoint one or
more employees.
In the Department of Agriculture there
is employed a special agent in charge Of
the experiment station at Honolulu. Secre-
tary Wilson says it is not necessary to es-
tablish local boards.
The Secretary Of State, the Secretary of
the Interior and the commissioner of fish
and fisheries return that there are no po-
SitiOnS IN Hawaii Under than