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.
History-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The United States has the most comprehensive system of assistance for Veterans of any nation in the world, with roots that can be traced back to 1636, when the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony were at war with the Pequot Indians.HA evolved from the first federal soldiersâ facility established for Civil War Veterans of the Union Army. On March 3, 1865âa month before the Civil War ended and the day before his second inaugurationâPresident Abraham Lincoln signed a law to establish a national soldiers and sailors asylum.