TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1909 THE PREVIOUS ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES WASHINGTON 1910 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1909. FEBRUARY 15, 1910.-Read; referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, the Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the year ended June 30, 1909. Wm. H. TAFT. THE WHITE HOUSE, February 14, 1910. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Personnel of the Commission... Extent and growth of the service: By operation of act of Congress.. Examinations and appointments. Appointments, including Philippine service and laborers Distribution of original appointments, by occupation ... Special employees and confidential agents in the Customs Service and special agents, Treasury Department. Appointments to competitive positions on the basis of service in Cuba... 18 Transfers of employees of the Philippine service and of the Porto Rican Additional force for the Thirteenth Census. Improved methods of examination. Partisan activity of officeholders and political assessments. New promotion regulations for the Customs Service.. Merit system in States and cities. Establishment of the merit system in the Diplomatic Service... Statutes affecting the classified service: Prohibitory statutes without penalties... II. Classification of the service. III. Examinations..... IV. Boards of examiners.. 65 68 72 74 |