FIFTEENTH REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1898. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. TABLE OF CONTENTS. (See also Index to Report.) Apportionment of appointments in the Government Printing Office Scope, character, and value of examinations. Status of the positions of office deputy marshals, clerks to United States attorneys, and deputy collectors of internal revenue.... Report of the Senate committee on civil service and retrenchment.. The civil service in our recently acquired territory Officers and employees under the direction of the Commission PART I.-CIVIL-SERVICE ACT AND RULES, ETC. Reasons submitted by the Commission to the President for the recommenda- 94 |