translate English to French: The CSC found itself faced with a task of gigantic proportions, and as the opening quotation of this chapter indicates, some strong reservations among the organization’s senior staff were expressed as to its capabilities in performing its new duties.
Le commissaire Jameson raconte avec pittoresque ces difficultés, dans son témoignage devant le comité formé en 1923 pour étudier l’activité de la Fonction publique : « À ce moment-là, le personnel de la Commission du Service civil comprenait douze membres.