The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-04-21
INTERESTING BULLETIN FROM
THE CENSUS BUREAU.
CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES
Their Number and all Facts Related
to Them-Where and How EN-
ployed. Their Age and Aver.
age Compensation.

Washington, d. c., April 2l-Spe-
cial-An interesting bulletin has
been issued by the census bureau
which shows in concrete form the
number Of civil scrvicc employees of
the government and all facts relating
10 them. The inquiry made by the
bureau Of the census has been in
progress for several months Not
withstanding the fact that it might
bee supposed the government. through
the civil service commission, would
have all the information concerning
its employees al 1t fingers ends,
so 10 say, nobody has any idea of
the exact number of civil service en-.
ployees or Of their location and sta
tus In the government service
II was determined, therefore, TO
have the census bureau make de-
tailed inquiry into the subject with n
view to preparing statistics that
would be valuable and accurate. The
returns from that inquiry have been
compiled carefully and with interest
ing results. The total number of en-
ployeos In the executive civil service
of the government on July lst, 1907.
exclusive of those employed In the
diplomatic and consular services, was
2SG9 These employees are scat
tered all over the world, but about
one-tenth of them, 29,l03, To be ac-
curate, are employed In the city of
| Washington in the various executive
departments.
\ large number OF employees OF
the government, under the civil ser
vice regulations, is not included by
the census bureau In its inquiry, be-
cause of the difficulty in obtaining
the exact status of the people. These
| included postmasters, nayy-yard en-
ployees, mechanics and people en-
ployed on the lsthmus of Panama on
the canal
Eliminating these, the total num-
ber considered by the census bureau
is 1S5,s74. or these, 2j,35l are en-
ployed in the District of Columbia and
| l60,523 in other parts OF the country
or world. 1t is a curious fact that
while the number of employees In the
District of Columbia is only about
/ onesiXth of the total number, the
number of women employed in the
| city of Washington exceeds the num-
ber employed in all other parts OF
the world by 1896. The total number
Of women employed by the govern
ment in Washington il 1858, while
only G,iG3 women are employed else
| where.
In the city of Washington, one
government employee in every nine
is a negro. OF the total number en-
ployed by the government, SO per
cent are colored OF the colored,
S,352 are negroes; l,725 are Indians
l,0i7 are Filipinos, l42 are Chinese
and 60 are Japanese. 1t must be
borne in mind. of course, that these
are civil service employees, Many
others are employed in other branch
es of the government service.
one halfof the employees are un
der 81 years of age. In the city OF
Washington the average limit IL
slightly higher being 1873 years
There are 1877 persons In the civi
service employ OF the government
who are so years of age and over
The old employees nearly all are 10
Gated in Washington, although ther,
are few elsewhere.
) The average compensation OF tn,
men employees in the District o
' Columbia is s1,l7S; of women 1897
Il In other places, the compensation 4
$685. for men. and 1896 for women
The figures show that the women d,
2 not rate as high in the service a.
r the men.
II Is particularly interesting to not
! that more than one-half OF the EN-
r ployees considered In the bulletin ar
r connected with the postoflce depart
r ment.
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