TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1909 THE PREVIOUS ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 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. THE WHITE HOUSE, February 14, 1910. WM. H. TAFT. 3 Appointments to competitive positions on the basis of service in Cuba.... Transfers of employees of the Philippine service and of the Porto Rican |