Today marks 100 years to the day that Britain joined the First World War.
The United States Civil Service Commission was a government agency of the federal government of the United States which was created to select employees of federal government on merit rather than relationships.resident Hayes' successor, James A. Garfield, advocated Civil Service reform, but was assassinated by a rejected office seeker, Charles J. Guiteau. Guiteau wanted a job via the spoils system, also known as patronage.
The spoils system flourished unchallenged in the United States from the 1820s until after the Civil War, at which time the systemâs abuses prompted civil-service reforms designed to cut down the number of government posts filled by appointment and to award jobs on the basis of merit.