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 US Secret Service was created in 1860 to combat the rising proliferation of counterfeit money. Now, that role has evolved to include protection of US Presidents and Families and past presidents, as well as visiting heads of states.