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Excerpt from Message of the President of the United States: Transmitting the Report of the Commission Appointed to Devise Rules and Regulations for the Purpose of Reforming the Civil Service A reform of the civil service which contemplates its restoration to higher consideration than it now enjoys will undoubtedly attract to it many who will devote to it the strength of their lives. There seems to be no good reason why those who will thus have performed services not less essential to the general welfare than those of the Army or Navy, should not be honored by the same recognition, and allowed to retire upon pensions graduated by the term and kind of service. There are many civil positions in which special knowledge, skill, fidelity, and ex perience are as essential as in the military and naval branches of the service. This is recognized in other countries Where the civil service is made a career or profession. Those who, after a long and faithful discharge of duty, are incapacitated from further activity, are held to have deserved well of the state, which does not leave them to die deserted. Provision for pensions in this country, however, even if it were thought desirable, could be made only by law, not by regulation, and it is, therefore, a subject not within our discretion. But it has been forced upon us by observation. There are some - not many - faithful servants of the country, who see with increasing years a decreasing chance of provision for their powerless old age. They have not been able to save from their salaries; and as they become infirm, no head of a Department could remove them without a sense of cruelty which no generous man would endure. With the improvement of the system and the greater permanence of tenure this class of persons will probably increase. Some new procure appointments for a temporary purpose; but as the service becomes more of a career its shifting character will be somewhat changed. We propose, therefore, that those who, after long and faith ful service, shall be incapacitated by mental or bodily infirmity for the discharge of their duties, may, at the discretion of the head. Of the De partment, be appointed to some position of less responsibility, in which they may still be of service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
