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.
In 1971, the department was reorganized as a semi-independent agency of the federal government. Its name was changed to the United States Postal Service (USPS). New laws also removed the Postmaster General from the line of succession for the presidency.