Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1898 — Uncle Sam's Big Pay Roll. [ARTICLE]

Uncle Sam's Big Pay Roll.

The total number of officeholders In the civil service of the country is 178,717. The aggregate salaries amount to $99,589,827. The classified list of officeholders numbers 87,108, leaving in the unclassified list 91,609, of which number about 60,000 are fourth-class postmasters. These figures are furnished by the Civil Service Commission at Washington.