The Civil Service and the Patronage/Appendix B

It is obvious that very little indication of the actual tenure of office can be given by tables of the number of removals only; for frequent removals from a few offices make the same totals as removals distributed over the whole service at rarer intervals. These tables illustrate the fact that rotation was never complete, and that there was in the service a constant residuum of trained men.

The total number of employees in a given office, at a specified date, has been taken. This total is indicated in heavy type and the date is at the head of the column. The history of each of these corps is given in a separate line, the number of officers remaining at the several dates being given in the column at the head of which the date appears.

This table and table II. indicate the movement of officials in the departments at Washington.

This table and tables IV., V., and VI. illustrate the tenure of officers of the presidential class.

This table and table VI. afford a comparison of the relative permanency of office in North and South.