Evening star., 1902-02-06
Amendm snt to Rule Ten of the Civil
Service Regulations.
NECESSITY FOR IT'S PROVISIONS
The President Received but Few
Visitors This Morning.
SOME OF THE CALLE r S

President Roosevelt has amended rule 10
Of the civil service by adding a new section,
which provides:
s Operatives and other employees in the
bureau Of engraving and printing whose
duties similar to those of operatives
may be transferred without examination
and certificate of the commission to the
positions of expert money counter and
paper counter in the office of the Secretary
of the Treasury, money order assorter and
skilled laborer acting as money order as
Sorter in the Office of auditor for the Post
Office Department and expert counter,
feeder and separator In the office of the
treasurer of the United States. Employees
so transferred shall not be charged to the
apportionment, and such transfer shall not
give them rights of promotion or transfer
within the Treasury Department to the ap-
portiOned service, or for transfer to other
departments, commissions, or offices, great
er than the rights belonging to the posi-
tion from which they were transferred; and
they shall not be assigned to other duties
than those of the non-apportioned places
herein provided for: Provided, that appoint
ments made to the positions described in
this section other than by transfer from
the bureau of engraving and printing shall
be subject to the apportionment.
The necessity for this amendment to the
rule has long been realized by the Treas
ury Department and the civil service COM
mission, as there are large number of
positions in the treaSurer'S office and the
office of the auditor for the Post Office De-
partment that require persons with quick
eyes, nimble fingers and good judgment
rather than superior Intellectual attain
ments or good clerical ability. 1t was
found that so long as the positions were in
the apportioned force, transfers could not
be made under the rules without taking ex-
aminations for positions as clerks; AS
amended, the positions are now similar IN
every way to those of operative in the
bureau of engraving and printing.
There are large number of new posi-
tions created in the urgent deficiency BILL
all of which are in the classified service IN
the Office of the treasurer of the United
States. The persons transferred from the
bureau to the positions of feeder and sepa-
rator, or skilled laborer, Will not be eligible
urder its provisions for promotion to any
of the clerical grades, unless they should
take an examination at the civil service
commission to test their fitness for the
same; but, should the treasurer's office have
an abundance of feeders and separators
and be short Of clerks, or should the audi
tor for the Post Office Department be short
of clerks and have an abundance of money
order assorters, requisitions under the rule
as passed can be made on the civil service
commission and appointments made from
either the bookkeeper's register or the
clerks register, and such persons would
be charged to the apportionment and be
eligible for promotion to clerkshlps, ana
feeders, separators and skilled laborers
performing the work of money order as
sorter would be interchangeable.
Not Many Visitors.
The President did not see many visitors
on important business prior to his departure
before noon from the White House to at
tend the Whitney-Hay wedding. Most OF
the visitors were presenting friends and
had no business to transact. Senators Dlet-
rich Clay, Simon and Burton Representa-
tives Burkett and Calderhead and others
had friends with them.
Senators Hanna Lodge and Jones of Ar
kansas discussed some political matters
| Senator Hanna was talking about some
| Ohio offices.
Senators Burrows and Mcmillan talked
| about Michigan office-seekers and Offices.
The President will see no visitors between
| now and his return from Charleston except
| those having the most important business
Tomorrow is cabinet day, and Saturday an6
| Monday will be given to dispatching bust
ness that ought to be out Of the way be.
| fore the President leaves for Charleston
| Monday night.
The Connecticut Judgeshfp.
| Judge Epaphroditus Peck, associate Jus.
tice of the court Of common pleas at Hart
ford Conn, had short conference with the
! President about the federal judgship ir
| Connecticut. Owing to the attitude of Sen
| ator Platt in making no recommendation
| the President has sought the advice of some
| Of the most distinguished turists and law.
| yers in Connecticut. Judge Peck came or
| here at the Presidents request to talk ovel
| the situation No decision has been reached
| and for awhile nothing will be done excep
| to receive suggestions from Connecticu
people qualified to make them.
The Schley Appeal Case.
1t is stated on most competent authority
that the President has not intimated to any
one, not even Secretary Long, what his
conclusions are likely to be in the case Of
Admiral Schley's appeal from the verdic
Of the court Of inquiry. The President, il
Is stated, has not discussed the case will
any one except those from whom he wa:
seeking information. To these people h,
has expressed no opinion, merely sitting a:
a judge and asking questions necessary t.
securing as much light as possible. Tn,
President is giving more deliberation to tn,
matter than to any he has had since he as
sumed office, and Is exceedingly careful
with whom he talks. The statements tina
the President will decide the case advers
to Admiral Schley are based on assump
tion, 1t Is said