Excerpt from Thirty-Second Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1915 Sm: During the year ended June 30, 1915, a decrease of about 1 per cent in the competitive service by legislation was so nearly bal anoed by natural growth that the net decrease was but slightly more than one-twentieth of 1 per cent. That this growth was less than nor mal is due in part to improvement in personnel and methods of ad ministration. The Government is doing more work with fewer em ployees and with increased economy and efficiency. Each year sees a more intensive application and observance of the rules, because the commission is coming into closer touch with the entire service and because of the cooperation and support of appointing officers. 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.