TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE United States FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1908 The previous Annual Reports of the Commission can be found at all public libraries WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1909 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1908. JANUARY 4, 1909.-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 consideration of the Congress, the annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the year ended June 30, 1908. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 4, 1909. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. III TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. National Assembly of Civil Service Commissions. The work of twenty-five years. Progress of the merit system under President Roosevelt.... |